From its inception, Women Outdoors has sponsored an annual Gathering for all members. In 2018, we moved from Sargent Center in NH, our home for over 20 years, to the Berkshire Outdoor Center. This year, with BOC still closed due to COVID, we will be at a new location. Camp Scully is a "rustic" summer camp for kids situated on a beautiful lake near Albany, NY.

What do we mean by “Back to Basics”? There will be no staff, and we will be handling things and providing all services for ourselves, including activities, food service, meal cleanup, taking out trash as needed, etc. We will be able to keep our operating costs much lower than recent years and will be passing the savings on to attendees by keeping fees as low as possible. In return, we will be asking everyone to pitch in with one or more tasks that best suits their interest and capabilities.

Join us for three wonderful days of fun, laughing and learning as we bring women together to sing and play, to make new friends and cherish their old ones, from all across the country. Whether you hike, bike, kayak, swim, gaze at the birds or at the stars, paint, play the ukulele or drum or you name it, sing, start campfires from scratch, scale walls, write or read, the Women Outdoors Gathering has something for almost everyone.

Registration is Closed

To keep costs down, we will not be hiring any staff, with the exception of possibly a kitchen coordinator. When you register, we'll ask how you can help make this a successful Gathering.

Activities

• Lead a workshop
• Lead a hike or bike ride on/off campus (we will have maps and directions)
• Organize an evening activity

Food/Meals - Help out in the kitchen

• For one meal - prep, setup
• For one meal - cleanup

Organizing

• Take a turn at the registration table (we have enough volunteers)
• Take-down and final clean-up sweep before we leave

We recommend that all of our members get one of the COVID-19 vaccinations.

Based on current information about the Covid-19 pandemic, Gathering attendees will be required to be fully vaccinated. All attendees will need to provide proof of vaccination when they complete their health questionnaire.

To reduce the risk of bringing Covid-19 to the Gathering, attendees are asked to be extra-careful during the two weeks before coming to Camp Scully. During that time:

• Please mask up when indoors with people outside of your family/household.
• Cancel your registration if you
• • are exposed to a person who has tested positive for COVID -OR-
  • you start experiencing COVID symptoms (headache, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, or loss of smell).
• Note: You will receive a full refund if you need to cancel for these reasons.

We will continue to track CDC and state recommendations between now and the Gathering and adjust our plans as needed. Wherever possible Gathering activities are being scheduled outside (we are Women OUTDOORS, after all!), and anticipate that masks will be required during indoor activities if 6-foot distancing is not feasible.

We have also decreased the number of attendees in each cabin, to enable everyone to spread out more.

Cancellation Policy - If you cancel:

• By Aug 15: Full refund 
• Aug 16 - Aug 25: $25 cancellation fee
• After Aug 25: No guaranteed refund

Camp Scully doesn’t provide meal service, but we have identified some great local caterers to provide some of our entrees, and Saturday we’ll be grilling out at the pavilion!

Meals will be served in the camp's dining hall or outside in the large outdoor pavilion. 

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Meal Times:

Breakfast: 8 am (Saturday & Sunday)

Lunch: 12:30 pm (Saturday, Sunday)

Dinner: 6 pm (Friday, Saturday)

Special Dietary Requests

We will ask during registration if you have any special dietary needs or allergies. Please register by Aug. 15 so that we can try to accommodate you! 

Note that you may need to bring food to supplement what we are able to provide. Storage is available for your perishables.