Enjoy Camp Jam at Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania's Summer Camp Open House at Camp Mosey Wood With Radio Disney AM640 On Site; Take Part in a Talent Competition and Vie for a Chance to Get a Free Week at the Camp of Your Choice

Enjoy Camp Jam at Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania's Summer Camp Open House at Camp Mosey Wood With Radio Disney AM640 On Site; Take Part in a Talent Competition and Vie for a Chance to Get a Free Week at the Camp of Your Choice

MIQUON, Pa., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) is holding an Open House event this Sunday, May 17 at Camp Mosey Wood located on 425 scenic acres in the Pocono Mountains near Split Rock and Boulder Field. The time is 1 to 4 p.m. Families of all girls ages 6 to 18 are welcome to attend, talk to camp staff, tour the facility, and see why GSEP's summer camp is fun and economical. GSEP camps and camp programs are designed to give girls a meaningful link with nature, friends, and caring adults. The outcome is a fun-filled leadership development experience they can draw upon for life, while making life-long friendships.

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As an added element to this Open House event, you can be part of a LIVE musical talent competition from 1:30 to 3:30 entitled Camp Jam, where girls can vie for the chance to be selected as one of three semi-finalists who will advance to a final Camp Jam at our Open House at Camp Laughing Waters on Sunday, June 7th. The winner will get a FREE week at the GSEP camp of their choice!

In addition, Radio Disney AM640 will be on hand with music and a fabulous prize wheel. All girls 14 and under who attend the Camp Jam event will have the opportunity to register to win four (4) tickets to Disney's The Little Mermaid, a Broadway Musical, and dinner at a New York City restaurant. The drawing for the tickets and dinner will be at the final Camp Jam event on June 7th. For more information on the Open House event, or Camp Jam, visit the website, or call Cheryl Baker at 888.664.9770, ext. 1508.

Judges for this Camp Jam are Shannon Buck, a senior vocal major at Lehigh Valley Performing Arts School. Shannon resides in Stroudsburg and plans to attend East Stroudsburg University in the fall, majoring in music and education. She is a previous winner of the Lehigh Valley Idol from 2005. Alexis Carroll is a vocal major, also at Lehigh Valley Performing Arts School. A Bethlehem resident, Alexis will be attending Temple University's Boyer College of Music in the fall. Sydney Yonak, a senior Vocal Major from Whitehall is planning to attend Muhlenberg College in the fall with a double major in theatre and vocal music.

Girls Scouts of Eastern PA is the largest girl-serving organization in Pennsylvania. It serves 42,000 girls and 14,000 volunteers in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties. Today 80 per cent of all women in leadership and executive roles in this country were Girl Scouts. Girl Scout alumnae comprise 70 per cent of women in the U.S. Congress. For further information about Girl Scouting, to sign up, volunteer or donate, contact www.gsep.org or call 610.791.2411.

   Noreen Shanfelter   Senior Director, Communications   Girl Scouts of Eastern PA   Tel. 215-564-2030 ext. 1048 (office)   215 317 4479 (cell)   nshanfelter@gsep.org  

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Source: Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

CONTACT: Noreen Shanfelter, Senior Director, Communications, Girl Scouts
of Eastern PA, +1-215-564-2030 ext. 1048 (office), +1-215-317 4479 (cell),
nshanfelter@gsep.org

Web Site: http://www.gsep.org/

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