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No-Stress Ideas for Your December Girl Scout Meetings

Terri Bose — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:59:12 +0000

There is always so much to do around the holiday season that trying to plan your December Girl Scout meetings can be super stressful. We’ve got you covered. Here are some ideas to make it easy for you and fun for the girls. And, of course, there’s a fun patch for each activity right here […]

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Make November Memorable with These Ideas for Your Girl Scout Meetings

Terri Bose — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:17:10 +0000

We can’t talk about November without highlighting Thanksgiving. Get your troop together for a Friendsgiving celebration they won’t forget. Your Brownies will have a wonderful Friendsgiving while they earn the Snacks badge. Download includes: Learn about Thanksgiving food with a guessing game Make a Thanksgiving centerpiece Recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds Recipe for pumpkin energy […]

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Ideas for Your October Girl Scout Meetings

Terri Bose — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:12:14 +0000

There are many opportunities for October Girl Scout meetings. From parties to educational badges and everything else in between, MakingFriends has plenty of fun ideas to pique your girls’ interests. Our favorite idea is this Making Games Brownie badge download— Halloween Edition. With just a little big of tweaking it can also work for the […]

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Gold Award Grant Winners Announced

Terri Bose — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:54:09 +0000

We received dozens of applications for our Gold Award grant program. The quality of the work being done be Girl Scouts across the country is amazing. It was a difficult choice. Every applicant was deserving. The first place Gold Award grant winner is Isabella Cook Isabella’s project, Comfort 4 Kids in Court, addresses the issue […]

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How Much Is Enough

jodi — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:02:30 +0000

How Much Is Enough Underachieving can be a very good thing. Girl Scouts offers SO much in terms of resources, activities, badges, and ideas for learning about almost anything imaginable. As volunteer leaders, we are charged with matching that wealth of resources to the ideas and desires of the girls. The girls’ interests typically range […]

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How to Hold Virtual Scout Meetings

Katie Nealons — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:22:27 +0000

How to Hold Virtual Scout Meetings In situations when you are not able to hold in-person scout meetings, like practicing social distancing, you can still hold scout meetings virtually! There are plenty of platforms that can be used to virtually gather with your groups. We’ve gathered information about several different platforms to help you choose […]

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Service Unit Cookie Rally Event

jodi — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 02:22:00 +0000

Our Girl Scout Cookie Rally was planned by Kathy who has been a Girl Scout leader for 30 years. She has run many fabulous programs over the years and this year in addition to being our Service Unit Girl Scout Cookie Manager, she prepared and hosted the Cadette Girl Scouts Public Speaking Badge series for […]

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Brownies Think Like an Engineer Journey

Laura — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 05:47:38 +0000

Recently my Brownies worked on doing the new Think Like an Engineer Journey. This was a great badge to work on, especially if your girls are very hands on like mine are. This journey was probably more interesting than the traditional journeys. I felt that having them create, collaborate, work together, and figure out […]

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Pet Food Drive as Part of Bronze Award

Laura — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 07:49:33 +0000

Girl Scout Juniors in Troop 3315 of Aliso Viejo, California recently completed their Bronze Award. This is the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can earn. The Girl Scout Bronze Award teaches girls leadership and planning skills by taking action in a community service project. The girls are fourth graders and will earn their […]

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Changing Bronze Award Plans to Help a Local Family

Laura — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 04:55:52 +0000

The Girl Scouts of Troop 3574 voted to host a spay/neuter day in their hometown for the Bronze award. They made a plan to gather donations. Plans included talking to veterinarians and veterinary medication reps to get supplies. The scouts were also planning to ask vets to perform the surgery. The girls prepared lists, […]

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JEDI* Training Scout Event

Laura — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:46:29 +0000

Troop 15036, at the time of this event, had 15 Daisy’s and 2 Brownies. Approximately 23 scouts attended our JEDI* Training Scout Event which included our girls and another new troop that we had invited. When we decided we wanted to do something this big for our troop … we went all out! We made […]

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