What is White Feather?

Each week Merri-Mac gathers together. Legends are read, awards are given and handprints are left on standards.  We do this because we think it is important to recognize growth in our campers, and equally important that they recognize it in themselves. It is important because we are made to live life together, to be challenged, grow and succeed, and to engage our world. These things are always best learned in families, but we believe they are next best learned at camp. We also believe that the things that happen at camp help girls grow and so we have designed our White Feather program to lay breadcrumbs on the trail for growth at camp.

As part of White Feather girls accumulate “marks” based on activity achievements, elective challenges (solo backpacking trips, two-match fires, running Tomahawk Trail, etc.) and cabin leadership. Each mark takes them a step closer to their next “promotion”  and toward the highest rank of White Feather. With each mark and each promotion girls receive pins and necklaces, which we encourage them to keep on their camp pennant. The result is that through their years they will build a record of their camp accomplishments.

In the end, the most important part of Merri-Mac Council comes after the ceremony is over. During cabin time on the evenings that we hold council, the counselors will go to each camper to describe the gifts and abilities that they have noticed in her.  This is where a girl who may never earn a White Feather Promotion, or a Gold Bar, or be elected to a tribal office, can be told about what we see God doing in her life and her and her contribution to the camp family.

Tumbleweed:

Winnie Abney                Susanna Allen                    Virginia Beard

Gia Bredeson                 Delaney Caldwell              Charlotte  Chamberlain

Lynlee Chanblee            Lucy Cibula                        Mary Reagan Clement

Annie Collins                  Evie Coppedge                   Margot Curcio 

Anna Dedeaux                Harriet Edwards               Avery Ellis 

Evie English                     Percy Ewald                        Isabella Gaffney

Rachel Garner                Miller Givens                       Malloy Haley

Sumner Hanks               Anna-Clair Holmes            Sellers Kinard 

Bizzy Leebren                 Ruthie Lewis                        Meriwether Lewis

Audrey Lippens              Elise Lippens                       Emerson Lumpkin

Lousie Mayfield             Margeaux Merriman         Serena Merriman

Korinne Merriman       Avery Middleton                  Alezandra Miller

Astin June Mitchell       Anne Pennigton                  Alice Rogers 

Anna Charlotte Rumpf   Juliet Schar                        Mary Ellis Shiver 

Ann Douglas Tanner        Birdie Wilson                    Harvin Wood 

Annelise Wood

 

Groundhog:

Ella Brown                         Nancy Chamblee               Anna Lovett Mcuclure

Avery Moore                      Brooke Radar                      Bria Ragatz

 

Badger:

Josephine O’Brien    

 

Arrow:

Carolina Campbell          Stella Chamberlain        Bridget Connolly 

Emily Mitchell                   Oliva Steimle                    Hattie Troup 

Uma Venegas                      Jane Zoghby

 

Arrow: 

County 2

Sarah Dial Almand             Emily Campbell                   Stella Daugherty

Anna Evans                          Liza Haley                             Blair Hilley

Stella Magee                        Grace E. Miller                    Hannah Miller

Lily Neff                               Paige Rader                           Betsy Stark 

Addison Tatum                   Emme Van Jura                 London Wright

 

Crazy Creek:

Miller Caine

Mary Mac Sorrell

 

Running Deer:

Holladay Miles               Oletakate Mitchell           Caroline Mould

Caroline Nesmith          Coco Nevil                           Elli Saucier 

Avery C. Smith                Lucy Wagner                     Ansley Wilkinson

Courtney Williams 

 

Red Tail:

Rachael Brenneman 

Adeline Pearson           

Caroline Rodriguez

 

Junior Feather:

Mary Clayton Soto

Riley T.

 

Bars

County 2

Swimming

Silver: Mary Mac Sorrell 

Gold: Lucy Wagner

 

 

Camper Commendations:

County 1

 

Cross Patch:

Blair Arberg

Nicole Canin

 

Happy Hollow:

Sloan Jordan 

Collins Hussion

 

Jiggity Jig:

Emerson Milazzo

Mary Shelton Thomas 

 

Jiggity Jog:

Lillie Kate Dixon

Hattie Troup

 

Lavender’s Blue:

Lottie Skyes

Bria Ragtz

 

Sunspot:

Anna Charlotte Rumpf 

 

The Robin:

 Carolina Campbell

Oliva Steimle

 

Tweedle Dee:

Anne Pennington

Nancy Chamblee 

 

Tweedle Doe:

Louise Mayfield

Evie English 

 

Tweedle Dot:

Percy Ewald 

Avery Ellis 

 

Tweedle Dum:

Anna Lovett Mcclure 

Avery Moore

 

Up Yonder:

Stella Chamberlain

Uma Venegas 

 

Camper Commendations:

County 2

Bigg Dipper

Annie Wilcox

Ava Chiesa 

 

Blue Heaven:

Ansley Wilkinson

Gabby Koagel

Cloud Nine:

Claire Kintz 

Ella Walls

 Comet:

Adeline Pearson 

Sara Catharine Evans

 

Dreams End:

Coco Nevill 

Eve Quisenberry  

 

Little Dipper:

Paige Radar

Milky Way:

Amelia Wilkson

Betsy Stark

 

Moonmist:

Amy Johnson

Mclaine Drake

 

Rainbow:

Mary Clayton Soto

Glynes Hill

 

Stardust:

Grace E. Miller

Emme Van Jura

 

Sun Drop:

Caroline Couch

Emily Cypher 

 

SunnySide:

Enley Mccolum

Sarah Bartusch

 

 

Counselor Commendations:

 

Cross Patch:

Bridget Connolly 

Maggie Cibula 

 

Happy Hollow:

Keaton Chamblee

Eloise Edwards

 

Jiggity Jig:

Polly Mayfield 

Islamea Mitchell 

 

Jiggity Jog:

Layla Jamison

Livy Lemoine

 

Lavenders Blue:

Lottie Skyes

Bria Ragatz 

 

Sun Spot:

Lynlee Chamblee

 

The Robin:

Carolina Campbell

Molly Harris 

 

Tweddle Dee:

Alice Rogers 

Nancy Chamblee

 

Tweedle Doe:

Susanna Allen 

Lucy Cibula 

 

Tweedle Dot:

Ava Middleton 

Josephine O’Brien.

 

Tweedle Dum:

Anna Lovett Mcclure 

Sumner Hanks 

 

Up Yonder:

Stella Chamberlain

Uma Venegas

 

County 2

Big Dipper:

Meredith Hill

Sofia Leo

 

Blue Heaven:

Caroline Hobby

Kate Plaisance

 

Cloud Nine:

Caroline Reusch

Charotte Ward

 

Comet:

Adeline Pearson

Caroline Rodriguez

 

Dreams Begin:

Victoria Coleman

 

Dreams End:

Holladay Miles

Elli Saucier

 

Little Dipper:

Julie Irvin

 

Milky Way:

Emmy Cambell

Lily Neff

 

MoonMist:

Amy Johnson

Ann Huffaker 

 

Rainbow:

Adair Long

Sydnie Caldwell

 

StarDust:

Grace E. Miller

Stella Daugherty 

 

Sun Drop:

Caroline Couch 

Sophie Burby

 

Sunnyside:

Kathryn Smith 

Courtney Williams