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Participants roast s'mores over a fire at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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A Girl Scout eats a s'more at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Members of troop 679 eat s'mores at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Participant holds up flaming marshmallow at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Trussville Troop 27011 poses in front of the campfire at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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(R) Kimberly Selzer with staff organizers from GSNCA at at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Trussville Troop 679 earn s'more badges at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Two young girls eat s'mores at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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The family of a Girl Scout takes photos with a s'more at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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A Girl Scout eats a s'more at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Participant blows out flaming marshmallow at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Participants roast marshmallows at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Family roasts marshmallows at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 affiliated with Girl Scouts of North Central and South Alabama that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
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Girl Scout Troop 679 leader Rachel Cook prepares a s'more table for participants from GSNCA at Camp Coleman in Trussville, AL on October 6, 2024. The location is one of 14 that united in an attempt to set a new world record for most s'mores roasted at one time. Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
The delight of roasting s'mores may stir up fond memories of campfire songs, family vacations and tent sleepovers. Troops from Trussville and other Girl Scouts of North-Central and South Alabama decided to raise the roof on this classic camp activity this Sunday, October 6, 2024.
Kit Killingsworth, Director of Girl Programs for North-Central Alabama, presented the idea a year ago to take on the standing world record for the most people roasting s'mores simultaneously, currently sitting at 1,150 people.
“Girl Scouts are the ones who created S'mores,” Killingsworth noted. “The first time a S'more recipe appeared was in 1927 in a Girl Scout cookbook called, “Trailing and Camping with the Girl Scouts.” Thus, they were called Some Mores.
“So that got abbreviated to S'mores and it's been a Girl Scout camp classic since then,” she stated.
At 2 p.m., the Girl Scouts and residents of the Trussville area rallied at Camp Coleman (one of the GSNCA campgrounds) to begin their roast. Holding to their "scout's honor," the organizers at the 14 participating locations initiated the world record attempt at the same time to meet the world record requirement of "simultaneous."
"The hardest part for some of the girls who roasted their s'mores was not eating it until it was officially done," joked Kimberly Selzer, Director of Membership and Support Analytics for GSNCA.
Thirty minutes and many sticky hands later, happy adults and kids bit into their s'mores, satisfied with their claim to fame.
When it was over and the fires were extinguished, was Killingsworth ready to declare a new record? “I’m feeling pretty confident,” Killingsworth said. “We should hear back in eight to 12 weeks.”
Several scout leaders expressed a sense of pride and nostalgia seeing the young members of their troops unite around the campfire.
Lyndia Scinson, leader of Troop 27011, said, "This is a full circle moment for me. I went to Camp Coleman as a little girl, and I've been a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts."
"I spent every summer at Camp Coleman, and it turns 100 years old in the spring," Selzer stated. "So to attempt a world record in the same year that it turns 100 is really special."
Girl Scouts can earn patches for participating in events like the s'more roast or completing a task like first aid training. For many of the Girl Scouts, a world record patch would be a shining addition to their sash or vest.
Selzer added, "They get a s'mores patch that they can put on their vest for participating today. If we break the world record, anyone who participated, not just the scouts, can buy a world record patch."
The results of the roast will be verified in a few weeks after a board reviews the compiled signatures from the participating locations. Stay tuned to find out if the Trussville scouts will become world record holders!
To join or learn more about GSNCA, follow this link to their website.
