Indoor and outdoor facilities at our Girl Scouts of Northern California office in Chico, California.
This location has two meeting rooms for meetings and many beautiful park-like outdoor areas including: covered patio with picnic tables, bridge over a dry creek bed, large firepit and propane grill, stage and large lawn just perfect for outdoor activities. Weekday afternoon-evening and weekend rentals with overnights are available at no cost to GSNorCal members only. Members are asked to donate paper goods and cleaning and/or program supplies in lieu of rental fees.
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Rental Period
M-F – 24 Hours
Reservation times should assume time for set-up and clean-up.
Meeting Room 1 – Day Capacity 35 / Night Capacity 15
- Meeting room
- Tables/chairs
- Audio Video / Large Monitor
Outdoor Field – Day Capacity 75 / Night Capacity 35
- Includes all outdoor lawn area for purposes of activities, patio with picnic tables, firepit / BBQ and tent camping
- Outdoor Bathrooms available
Kitchen – Shared inside main office building
- Sink
- Basic kitchen cooking supplies
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Stove/oven
- Refrigerator
Chico Program Center & Office
2511 Floral Ave., Chico, CA 95973
To receive approval for your trip/high adventure request (or in other words, for damage and accident liability to be covered by Girl Scouts, not by you or your volunteers individually), the following requirements must be met:
All adults who are attending for Girl Scout ratio purposes will need current GSNorCal memberships and fingerprinting, and to have completed the following learning pathways in their gsLearn portals:
- Troop Chaperone/Helper OR Trip & Outdoor Advisor, including Mandated Reporter (every two years)
- Troop Driver (required if driving on this trip; however, we do recommend all chaperones take the training in case of last-minute change of plans or emergency that requires additional adults to drive scouts)
Your First Aider (who does count as a chaperone for ratio purposes) is required to have the following trainings from the gsLearn portal IN ADDITION to current CPR/First Aid certification:
- Troop Chaperone/Helper OR Trip & Outdoor Advisor, including Mandated Reporter (every two years)
- Troop First Aider OR Event First Aider
- Troop Driver (required if driving on this trip; however, we do recommend all chaperones take the training in case of last-minute change of plans or emergency that requires additional adults to drive scouts)
For all reservations:
- Trip & Outdoor Advisor – required before you leave your regular meeting for any local field trip, day trip, high adventure activity, or longer travel experience. This pathway is also a prerequisite for all other Trip & Outdoor courses.
For camping trips and overnights:
- Camp Out – Required for all camping trips at a campground or other outdoor facilities without indoor plumbing and electricity.
- Sleep In – Required before staying overnight for 1-2 nights in an indoor facility with indoor plumbing and electricity.
- Sleep Out – Required before sleeping out for 1 night in a backyard or close to home in tents, cabins, yurts, or platform tents at GSNorCal properties with indoor plumbing and electricity available.
- Campfire – Required before you have an outdoor campfire.
- Cook Out – Required before youth cook simple meals outdoors such as no cook meals, one-pot meals, stick cooking, and solar cooking.
- Regional Travel – Required before Juniors and older stay overnight 3- or 4-nights camping, backpacking, or staying indoors in a hotel, motel, hostel, or other approved facility.
Please submit the trip/high adventure request no later than two weeks prior to the reservation.
