SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — As brush fires burned through a large part of Camp Mah-Kah-Wee in Seminole County, parents of Girl Scouts planning to visit the camp over the summer worried that it might have to be closed.
But leaders were already working on a plan to save summer camp for hundreds of Girl Scouts.
The plan is to shift the entire campground from the east side of the property to the west side, where there is no fire damage, Girl Scouts spokeswoman Mary Ann Barry said.
“We definitely won’t have anyone on the west side because of the dangers of a burned forest,” she said.
Adult Scout Kelly Creamer was one of 128 people who were evacuated from the camp over the weekend as the fire approached.
Creamer, a second-generation Girl Scout with two stepdaughters who are planning to attend the camp this summer, was distraught at the thought that the camp might have to close.
“It’s one of those places that teaches you (that) you can do anything,” she said. “It was so sad to me that that might not be there for them. So I’m so blessed that it will.”
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