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Girl Led: Expanding Girl Scout Journeys

December 10, 2013
You may have noticed that the sessions in the Girl Scout Journeys are called sample sessions.  That’s because Journeys are designed to be customizable based on the interests and needs of girls in your group.  One way to customize a Journey is to add badges found in The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting along the way to let girls learn about specific topics that interest them. As you probably know, The Girl’s Guides to Girl Scouting contain all of the Legacy, Financial Literacy  ...

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Badges, Activities, & Beyond, General

Healthy Habits

November 18, 2013
Girl Scouts has developed three “healthy habits” booklets in partnership with the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.  These booklets are designed to help volunteers guide Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies and Juniors towards healthy habits while they complete their It’s Your Planet Love It! Journey.  Check out the video below to see what other leaders have done with these resources.  To learn more, visit the GSUSA website.

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Badges, Activities, & Beyond, General, News, Volunteers

Winter and Spring Program Events

November 11, 2013
Program events that run January 2014 through July 2014 open on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, in eBiz.  All girls and adults must be current members in order to register.  Girls don’t, however, have to be a part of a troop in order to take advantage of these opportunities. If you are a troop volunteer, start working with your girls to plan which events they would like to attend to support their Girl Scout Journey and badge work.  The Girl Scout cookie season is just around the corner  ...

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Badges, Activities, & Beyond, Volunteer Experience, Volunteers

Be a Sister to Every Girl

November 5, 2013
Share the below video with your Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes and Seniors to start a meaningful conversation about bullying and what it means to be a good friend.  If you want to help your troop build good social-emotional skills, continue this conversation through these three Girl Scout Journeys: Agent of Change for Girl Scout Juniors aMAZE for Girl Scout Cadettes Mission Sisterhood for Girl Scout Seniors

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