Camp ranger Carl Gibbs (center) talks to volunteers about rebuilding a bathhouse at Camp Tanglewood. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
Camp ranger Carl Gibbs (center) talks to volunteers about rebuilding a bathhouse at Camp Tanglewood. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News

In pictures: Rotarians volunteer at Camp Tanglewood

Rotarians from across Georgia visited Girl Scout Camp Tanglewood presenting a $50,000 check, then rolling up their sleeves to help on a construction, landscaping and beautification projects at the camp which was damaged during Hurricane Helen in September 2024.

Volunteers worked to build a bathhouse, vacuumed cabins and planted flowers.

To read more about the damage sustained at the camp and the rebuilding efforts since the hurricane, go here for a January Augusta Good News article.

Volunteers helped beautify Camp Tanglewood on June 4, 2026. Charmain Z.. Brackett/Augusta Good News
Volunteers spent Friday working on construction projects at Camp Tanglewood. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
A volunteer shop vacs a cabin at Camp Tanglewood on June 4, 2026.
New cabins at Camp Tanglewood. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
Girl Scout Charlee Adams admires the view from inside one of the new cabins at Camp Tanglewood. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
One of the Camp Tanglewood cabins destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Photo from October 2024, courtesy Wesley Barney
One of the updated cabins at Camp Tanglewood. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News

Charmain Z. Brackett, the publisher of Augusta Good News and Inspiring: Women of Augusta, has covered Augusta’s news for more than 35 years. She’s won multiple Georgia Press Association awards, is the recipient of the 2018 Greater Augusta Arts Council’s media award and was named Augusta Magazine’s best local writer in 2024 and 2025. Reach her at charmain@augustagoodnews.com. Sign up for the newsletter here.

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