Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys

In 2003-04, over 1400 girls attended Camp Lakamaga near Forest Lake and took part in a composting demonstration project: 600 day campers learned how to compost at meal time and through signs on the property, and 800 resident campers participated in an hour-long composting information session and art activity (making a “scraps” bucket to take home). As a result, over 200 families committed to begin backyard composting. Three mailings that contained information on the composting project were sent to over 21,500 households. Due to the popularity of this initiative, the Girl Scouts created a “compost check out kit” for troop leaders who can check out a kit full of all the program supplies they need to complete a project on composting into the future.