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Juniper Knoll Property Guide

W 5095 State Road 20 East Troy WI, 53120

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Property Reservation Office

222 S. Riverside Plaza Suite 2120 Chicago, IL 60606

T 312-416-2500 F 312-416-2932 www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org

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Juniper Knoll Property Guide

Table of Contents Topic Page # Juniper Knoll Property Guide Information 4 Policies and Guidelines 5 Arrival 5 Parking 5 Bath/Household supplies 5 Conference room setup 5 General Safety Standards 5 Fire Safety 5 Smoking 5 Garbage 6 Things Prohibited on Property 6 Supervision 6 Quiet Hours 6 Meal Times 6 Bringing snacks and food 6 Other Groups on property 6 Property Manager Residence 6 Personal Property 6 Firewood 6 Assigned Areas 7 Administrative Services 7 Trading Post 7 Departure & Clean up 7 Presenting the policies/guidelines to campers 7 Ideas for sharing ‘Strong Suggestions’ 7 Your Program 7 Helpful Hints 7 Maintenance Requests 8 Hot Tubs 8 Outdoor Equipment 8 Winter Recreation 8 Service Projects 8 Indoor Kitchen Equipment 9 Outdoor Kitchen Equipment 9 Cleaning Supplies for Buildings 9 Cleaning Supplies for Outdoor areas 9 Water at the Campsites 9 Restroom Facilities 9


Recycling & Garbage 10 Animals 10 Towing/Mechanical Services 10 Major Emergencies 10 Emergency Procedures and Policies 11 Emergency Telephone 11 Weather 11 Fire 12 Intruder 13 Lost, Missing, or Runaway Person 13 Juniper Knoll History 14 Directions to Camp Juniper Knoll 15 Juniper Knoll Map 16


Juniper Knoll Property Guide Information Location W 5095 State Road 20 East Troy WI, 53120 Property Manager Wil Kingery 312-656-7572 Police, Fire, and/or Dial 911 Rescue Squad Poison Control 800-942-5969 Major Emergency 312-416-2500 (M-F 8:30am to 5:00pm) 877-870-5823 After hours and weekends Council Regional John Flam 847-909-6624 for RPM cell phone Property Manager Hospital INFORMATION 262-741-2000 EMERGENCY ROOM 262-741-2120 Lakeland Hospital W 3985 COUNTY ROAD NN ELKHORN, WI. 53121 Directions to Lakeland Hospital from Juniper Knoll: Go west (turn left) on Route 20. Go Left on Territorial Road. Go south on route 12/67 (turn left at stop sign) for seven miles. Take route 12 east to County NN / Elkhorn exit. Follow hospital signs, under bridge to second exit ramp. At top of ramp, turn right. Hospital is on the right. Chicago Property Office Celeste Adams-Holecek 312-416-2500 ext.226 Monday − Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


Policies and Guidelines In addition to the terms in the Site Use Agreement, the Organization shall comply with the following policies and guidelines specified here and anywhere on the site grounds:

a. Arrival: Upon arrival, the Leader needs to check in with the Site’s GSGCNWI representative (the Property Manager or Guest Group Host), pick up any necessary keys, a check-out clean up list, and any additional information. Please hand the property manager your roster of participants.

b. Medical Personnel: Your group needs to provide a person certified in first aid, physician, nurse or EMT to be available throughout the event. This person and their immediate family is not charged for their stay. GSGCNWI requires proof of licensure. All Girl Scout groups have medical parental consent forms for every guest of minor age, we strongly encourage your non-Girl Scout Organization to have them as well.

c. Parking/Use of Vehicles: Because parking space on camp is limited, we encourage groups to utilize coach busses, otherwise please encourage carpooling. Driving or parking on grass or sidewalks is prohibited. One vehicle is permitted to your area for emergency purposes. Snowmobiles and motorbikes/cycles and/or any other recreational vehicles are not permitted at the Site for recreational use. We need to keep motor traffic to a minimum for the safety of our campers, animals and nature.

d. Bath/Household Supplies: Participants should bring their own personal supplies (towels, bedding, shampoo, soap, etc.).

e. Conference room setup: GSGCNWI will provide all the chairs and tables you need. Experience has taught us that the positioning of the tables and chairs is best handled by your organization. We will gladly help you set up the room when you arrive or prior to your arrival. Audiovisual resources are available at moderate prices if prearranged.

f. General Safety Standards: Your Organization needs to comply with the Girl Scout

safety standards as stated in Safety Wise, a Girl Scout publication that can be purchased in any of our Chicagoland shops and accessed here:

http://www.girlscoutshop.com/GSUSAOnline/GSProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=SAFETY-WISE&menuClicked=true All Girl Scout troops and groups are required to take Basic Outdoor Training and First Aid Training. Consult the training calendar for more information. Although we do not require non-Girl Scout groups and leadership to take our training, it is recommended. Doors to lodging accommodations may not be blocked or locked in any way as to allow quick exit in case of emergency. Please bring with you at least one working cell phone for emergency purposes.


g. Fire Safety: Outdoor fires may be built only at approved sites (fire scars). One filled water pail should be present until fire is totally extinguished. Indoors a screen should be kept over any fireplace in use. The Organization’s leaders should check locations of fire extinguishers and directions for use. Unnecessary discharged fire extinguishers are charged against the security deposit. A fire drill rehearsal is recommended before retiring the first day on site. Partially burned logs should never be placed back into the woodpile due to the danger of fire. After cleaning the ashes, place ashes in metal ash cans near fire scar and partially burned logs back in the fire scar. NEVER leave a fire unattended.

h. Smoking: Smoking is not allowed in any building, manmade structure, woods, trails

or when minors are present. Smoking is allowed at the fire scars or parking lots located throughout the property but not when children are present. The choice to smoke is a decision made by adults responsible for their own behavior, which includes picking up and properly disposing of cigarette butts and wrappers. The cooperation of all adults who smoke is expected and appreciated.

i. Garbage: Please place garbage in proper containers (dumpsters or covered cans). If

full, garbage should be disposed of in tied plastic garbage bags.

j. Things Prohibited on Property: Pets or other animals, alcoholic beverages, Illegal drugs, abuse of over-the-counter drugs, firearms, fireworks, or explosives.

k. Supervision: A minimum of two unrelated adults is required in the presence of all

activity regardless of the age group or group size. All activity must be done in the presence of supervising adults in the following adult/minor ratio:

Age of Minors Required Adult/Minor Ratio

ages 6-8 at least 1 adult/5 minors (Example:32 campers, ages 6-8, requires 6 adults.)

ages 9-11 at least 1 adult/10 minors ages 12-14 at least 1 adult/13 minors ages 15-17 at least 1 adult/15 minors

l. Quiet Hours: Your group is expected to observe quiet hours from 10 pm until 7 am.

m. Meal Times: If your Group is having food service provided by GSGCNWI, your are expected to adhere to the scheduled meal times of 8:15am, 12:15pm, and 5:15pm. Friday dinners are at 6:30pm to accommodate later arrivals. Meals are served buffet style unless previously arranged. We request that you notify us five days in advance of any special dietary needs of your group.

n. Bringing snacks and food: We cannot guarantee the safety of any food that

participants bring, therefore no guest is permitted to bring food onto the property unless that Organization has signed a waiver for food service from GSGCNWI.

o. Other Groups: GSGCNWI reserves the right to book other groups simultaneously in

facilities your organization is not renting. We will inform each group using the property of the presence of another group using the property. We request that each Organization, Leadership and participants show respect and consideration to the


other guest groups on the property. However, exclusive use of the GSGCNWI site can be arranged for additional cost.

p. Property Manager’s residence: The Property Manager and family live in the

residence and is responsible for maintenance on the property. The Property manager or guest group host will help your group check in/check-out, pull equipment, or provide program activities.

q. Personal Property: GSGCNWI is not responsible for loss or damage to personal

property. It is recommended that valuables, such as fine jewelry or electronic equipment not be brought to the program center.

r. Fire Wood: Some wood may be available at the program center. Groups are free to

gather wood near their campsite to start the fire. Only dead branches may be used. Leave a woodpile under the woodshed at each unit for the next Group. Cooking fires may be started with wood. Please note that processed wood (lumber) may contain chemicals and is not recommended for burning in an indoor fireplace. Manufactured fireplace logs, 3-5 pound size, make good fire starters. Cooking is not allowed in the indoor fireplaces.

s. Assigned Areas: Please use your assigned area and equipment only. If you need more

equipment, check for availability in the equipment area. Be sure to return clean equipment to the appropriate place.

t. Administrative Services: Limited wireless website access is available to your

Organization if prearranged and is no charge. Photocopies, faxes and clean up of messes, snacks, or programming assistance or using facilities you have not rented all involve extra charges.

u. Trading Post: Our trading post is available for purchase of snacks, clothes and

souvenirs. Just let us know in advance the times you would like to have it open. v. Departure & Clean up: Your group is responsible to leave your areas clean and in

good condition for the next occupants. The check-out clean up list provided at arrival needs to be completed and returned to the Property Manager or Guest Group Host before departure. Please plan time for them to tour the areas you used before you leave.

w. Checking out Recreational Equipment: Please make arrangements prior to your

event with our recreation services manager for all facilitated recreation you need, Russ Robertson (262-642-3424 or 312-533-1983). For non-facilitated recreation equipment, please ask the property manager upon arrival to make arrangements.

Presenting the policies/guidelines to campers

Unfortunately rules are necessary to allow for proper care of our environment and being respectful to others that use the grounds now and in the future. We’ve found it best to make the presentation of rules fun and entertaining, such as in a funny skit or by the campers


themselves. We’ve found it best not to read a list of rules, but to share them in a less formal way. Feel free to call them strong suggestions or guidelines if you think that would help.

Ideas for sharing ‘Strong Suggestions’

Boys are ‘blue’ and girls are ‘pink’. We do not want ‘purple’ at camp, (boys stay in the boy’s dorm and girls in the girl’s dorm). Loud noise after 10:00 keeps the wildlife awake and the camp staff and their families get cranky the next day, so please keep things cool after 10. We know we have lots of Rembrandts among us, but Girl Scout properties are graffiti free zones. Graffiti is considered uncool vandalism and will cost the group a $100 fine.

Your Program

Program entertainment is an important part of camp, and Juniper Knoll wants to facilitate your program as much as possible. We have a full time program staff with years of experience working with campers and would be happy to offer ideas and logistics that might help. Programs can be very involved, and it’s best to start planning months before your event. Our camp staff can help you understand how equipment works at camp and take care of special needs you might have. It is your program staff’s and participants responsibility to clean up after each of their activities, including stage areas and prop rooms. Also, we have lots of open field space available for program activities and free-time. Every effort will be made to allow for recreational amenities full use. However, sometime due to inclement weather, use is not practical and can cause damage, so it’s best if you always have a plan B in mind for an activity.

Helpful Hints

Maintenance Requests If you have any problems (ie. Clogged toilets, blown breakers, lack of heat, etc) please fill out a maintenance request card and hand it to any of our camp staff. Please report damage to our staff as soon as possible. Outdoor Equipment

Extra outdoor cooking and sports equipment is available from the Property Manager or Guest Group Host. It is the Group leader’s responsibility to pick up and return equipment to the storage building. Equipment is used on an honor system; the way it is returned is the way the next Group will receive it; the Girl Scout way is to leave it better than the way you found it. Please take care of equipment. If an item is damaged or broken, please make out a maintenance request form in the equipment closet to notify staff.

Service Projects


Juniper Knoll can always use your help. Groups may plan their own service projects or participate in one listed below. Please discuss all projects with the Property Manager before arrival at the site.

Suggestions: Prune trees clean cabins or buildings Clean and maintain trails Clean and repair camp equipment Develop an educational bulletin board Spread wood chips along trails and sites Indoor Kitchen Equipment

The buildings have fully equipped kitchens, which include: Microwave Dishes and eating utensils Coffeepot Basic kitchen utensils Pots and pans

Some baking utensils are stocked, but if you need a certain size or type of pan, or a special utensil, bring it with you. Outdoor Kitchen Equipment

Equipment at each site: 1 rake, 1 shovel, 1 fire bucket, 1 fire grate (pie irons, roasting forks may be available from property manager).

Cleaning Supplies Provided for Buildings:

Dish soap/anti-bacterial soap Brooms, mops Roll towels, toilet paper Bleach, Pine-sol® Toilet brushes, cleaning buckets Garbage bags Cleaning Supplies Needed for Buildings & Outdoor Areas:

Make sure you bring the following supplies with you: Sponges/cleaning cloths Rubber gloves Matches/fire starters Water at the Campsites

Juniper Knoll has wash houses. Some water spigots may be located near the campsites, to turn the water on, lift up the lever. Summer Restroom Facilities

Latrines are located near each outdoor site. The buildings have indoor restrooms. It is important to clean restrooms every day with a solution of water and disinfectant. Scrub seats and lids with a brush and solution. Sweep all floors and, then spray down with water hose to wash floor (located on outside of building). Do not put sanitary napkins, tampons, paper towels, or similar items in the indoor toilets, latrines, or porta-potties. Recycling & Garbage


Put your garbage and recycling out by 8pm on the second night and Property Manager will pick up for disposal. The remaining garbage/recyclables will be picked up upon check out. Animals

Many forms of wildlife live at Juniper Knoll – deer, squirrels, raccoons, and skunks. Remember that these are wild animals and may protect themselves if approached, teased, or picked up. Keep your distance. Do not keep food in outdoor sites as it attracts wildlife. This includes candy, gum, breath mints, and food wrappers. Towing/Mechanical Services

Emergency road services may not readily be available on weekends. Plan ahead: ask one driver to bring basic equipment such as jumper cables, gas can, and lock de-icer, or whatever might be needed to avoid potential problems.

Major Emergencies

Serious emergencies are incidents, accidents, or situations that involve questions from the media, families of persons involved, or the public. Unexpected situations require calmness and pre-established procedures to avoid panic, rumor, misunderstanding, or false speculation. If such an emergency ever occurs, despite the best health and safety precautions, the following procedures should be a guide:

1. Remain calm.

2. Provide care to injured if you are a certified First Aider, EMT, physician or nurse.

3. Call a doctor/ambulance as appropriate. Advise emergency contact if support from counselor or clergy is needed. Emergency Medical Transportation (EMT) is available for emergency transportation at all GSGCNWI locations by dialing 911.

4. Notify police if necessary.

5. Do not disturb the victim or scene of the incident.

6. Keep a responsible adult with the injured person.

7. Call Property Manager at 312.656.7572

Be prepared to provide all pertinent information: Name(s) Phone Numbers Accident information: “who, what, when, where, and how” the emergency occurred.

Use the Incident Report Form to compile information. Other participants should be kept occupied, supervised, and away from the victim. Parents/Guardians should be notified by one of the adults in the group.

8. Make no statements to the public, media, or press. Containment is the key to successful resolution of a crisis. Advise reporters that the council spokesperson will make a statement, as soon as possible.


9. Give complete and accurate information to the health care professionals in order to aid diagnosis. However, be aware that any information you give will be shared with other agencies and is no longer confidential. It’s best not to speculate.

Emergency Procedures and Policies

Prior to camp, establish a signal to call all participants together in case of an emergency. Two or three sharp blasts with a loud police whistle or horn is suggested. Make sure everyone knows the signal and where to meet when they hear the signal.

Call 911 for police, fire, and/or paramedics. Give the following address: Camp Juniper Knoll

W 5095 State Road 20 East Troy Wi 53120 Emergency Telephone

Property Office 312-416-2500 (877-870-5823 after hours) or the Property Manger’s cell phone is 312-656-7572.

Note: To prevent excessive phone calls from family, designate an emergency contact person for your group (someone off site) and share that person’s phone number with all parents/guardians. This person must be available for phone calls during your time at the program center and should have phone numbers for every participant’s parents/guardians. If parents/guardians have questions or messages for their child, the contact person can call the group leaders at the camp. If parents/guardians need to be contacted during the event (delays or emergencies), the group leaders will call the emergency contact person and she/he will notify parents/guardians. This will allow your leaders to give their full attention to the participants and injured persons. Weather

It is important that the adults with the group monitor the weather. This can be done through visual observation, radio, weather band radio, newspapers, and emergency siren systems from the area. Plan your activities with weather conditions in mind. The buildings are the designated emergency shelters on site. Corners of the buildings and shower enclosures are generally the safest locations. Groups renting these lodges must be prepared to share those spaces with others on-site in the event of emergencies. Types of inclement weather are:

Severe or dangerous lightning Severe thunderstorms with hail Tornado watch or warning

When are outdoor site occupants moved to a building for emergency shelter?

When one of the above inclement weather conditions exists When moving the occupants is less dangerous than having them remain at their

present location When physical damage occurs to a site, rendering it unusable


Unfortunately, there is not enough room in the building to house everyone for the night. When the weather clears, your group must return to your outdoor site.

Dangerous weather procedures:

If a group is staying at an outdoor site, the group should form a “buddy line” with an adult at both ends of the line. Bring flashlights, rain gear and other supplies leaders deem necessary.

Do a head count to determine that all are present?

All groups should take immediate cover at the closest shelter. Groups in outdoor units should proceed to the nearest building, if time allows. If time does not allow - find a protected area on the ground, best in a ditch or lower area.

In shelters – everyone should assume a ‘tornado position’ of sitting on the floor against an inside wall with knees drawn up, head lowered, face buried in knees, and head protected with arms. Do not lie down.

If no shelter is available – lie down along the side of a ravine, below ground level.

Everyone should remain in this position until an "all clear" is given, or the danger has passed.

Fire

A. Manageable Fire

Leaders should extinguish a small fire by:

One leader should remove all campers from the fire area.

Remaining leaders should extinguish the fire using appropriate fire equipment (e.g., water pumps, fire buckets, rakes, shovels, fire extinguisher, blankets if necessary).

B. Unmanageable Fire

Use a Group emergency signal to gather all campers and adults together. Determine that everyone is present.

Remove campers from the area using a “buddy line.” Have an adult positioned at both ends of the line. Try to keep everyone calm.

Dial 911 to summon the fire department.

Report an unmanageable fire immediately to Property Manager 312.656.7572, and other Groups on site.

Move campers to the safest possible location. Be sure to keep to the side of the road to allow emergency vehicles to pass.

Intruder

Tell the intruder - "You are trespassing, please leave."

Note a detailed description of the intruder.

Report any intruders to the Property Manager 312.656.7572 and the County Sheriff’s Department with a call to 911.


Using the Group’s emergency signal, check to determine that everyone in the Group is accounted for and safe.

Adult Male Leaders may accompany a Girl Scout Group on an overnight. Be sure the following procedures are followed:

One member of the leadership team must be an unrelated female.

Separate sleeping accommodations and hygiene facilities must be arranged.

Girl Scout leaders are expected to exercise care and good judgment to ensure a safe and appropriate environment for the girls.

Lost, Missing, or Runaway Person

Use the Group emergency signal; gather everyone together to determine who is missing.

Call Property Manager 312.656.7572

Two adults should stay with the campers while other adults check areas where the child was last seen, as well as the following sites: buildings in the unit, games field, latrines, and other buildings.

If the child is not found in these sites, notify any other Groups at the program center and ask them to check in and around their sites for the missing child.

Check the roads and areas outside the program center by car.

Call 911 to notify the County Sheriff's Department if a child has not been found within 30 minutes.

Camp Juniper Knoll

Facts Date of Purchase: 1924, opened in 1926 Acres to date: 186.4 Pleasant Lake: 164 acres


Directions to Camp Juniper Knoll

Camp Juniper Knoll W 5095 State Road 20

East Troy Wi 53120 From Chicago: I - 94 North to Wisconsin Via Elkhorn: I-94 North to Route 50 West (turn left at bottom of ramp) towards Lake Geneva. Go west (turn right) on Route 12. Route 12 will merge with Route 67 North in Elkhorn. Turn right and continue traveling to the intersection of 12/67/20. Go east on Route 20 (turn right). Camp Juniper Knoll is a half-mile down on the right. If you get to the intersection of route 20 and J you have gone too far. Via East Troy:

I-94 North to Route 20 West (turn left at bottom of ramp). Route 20 will zig-zag through Waterford – follow the signs. Go west (turn left) at the corner of Route 20 and J. Camp Juniper Knoll is one mile down on the left. If you get to the intersection of 12/67/20 you have gone too far.


Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Property Reservation Office

222 s Riverside Plaza, Suite 2120 Chicago, IL 60606

T 312-416-2500 F 312-416-2932 www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org

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