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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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Silver Project Helps Turtles, Bees and Butterflies

Laura — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 05:47:22 +0000

Cadette Troop #30222 from Grafton MA decided that they wanted to do a Silver Award project that would help turtles, bees and butterflies. The girls in the troop became interested in endangered and threatened species began before they became Cadettes. They started with projects to help turtles by creating turtle crossing signs for their community. […]

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Girl Led: Beyond the Simple Vote

Laura — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 05:28:10 +0000

As Girl Scout leaders, we all know that it’s critical for our girls to take a leap and make decisions in age appropriate ways. This is challenging to many of us, and there are great blog entries already written on the topic here and here. Sometimes, having girls or leaders generate ideas and taking a vote […]

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Earn the New Brownie Outdoor Art Creator Badge

Laura — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:46:48 +0000

On a glorious September day, ten Brownies met on our meeting space’s lawn, rather than the indoor room we ordinarily use. The sun shone, butterflies and bees danced among the flowers, and we were perfectly content to be spread out on blankets in the shade of the building. It was a perfect setting to earn […]

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Fall Product Sales Rally

Laura — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:47:57 +0000

I recently planned and hosted the Biloxi Service Unit’s 1st Annual Fall Product Sales Rally. They have a big rally for cookies but never for chocolates, magazines, and nuts. I thought that was nuts… pun intended. I spoke to the Council about hosting one and getting the incentives and products for tasting. They were excited […]

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Opening and Closing Ceremonies for Troop Meetings

Laura — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 05:05:30 +0000

Does your troop do opening and closing ceremonies for troop meetings? Daisy leader question: I want to change things up next year for starting and ending meetings. We think the girls would like to add opening and closing ceremonies for troop meetings next year. So I’m interested in what ideas you can share. Our Facebook leaders […]

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GS Journeys with Water Rockets

Laura — Sun, 07 May 2017 17:38:50 +0000

Our Troop has been learning about water and which of course includes how important it is. Our Daisy learned how nature needs water to live while the Brownies are doing the journey WOW. The Juniors are learning that as a team, their power to change things is greater. The Cadettes are working on their Breathe Journey. But we also wanted […]

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Choosing Chaperones for Troop Activities

Laura — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 05:53:06 +0000

A leader asked about choosing chaperones for troop activities such as booth sales and trips on our Facebook page. Leader question: When your troop has an event and you need an extra parent to help chaperone how do you determine who to take with you if you have more than one parent express interest? Do you […]

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Kid Friendly First Aid Kits

Laura — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:55:33 +0000

A leader asked about kid friendly first aid kits on our Facebook page. Leader question: What have other leaders put in a Kid Friendly First Aid Kit? Sort of feel like gauze pads, tape etc., might be not appropriate but what are others thoughts? This first aid kit would not be for our troop, but […]

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Welcoming a New Girl Joining a GS Troop

Laura — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:38:42 +0000

Leader help!! Looking for ideas for welcoming a new girl into an established Brownie troop. Something fun and informative. What do you do? Scout leaders from our Facebook page had some creative suggestions for welcoming new girls into their troop: Erika shared her troop’s tradition: We would sit in a circle and pass the new vest around. […]

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How to Keep Cadette Girls Interested

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:27:06 +0000

Cadette leader question: our girls are all sixth graders, and they just seem to be too cool for everything right now. They soundly reject so many of our ideas – a quilting event with the service unit, an opportunity to do the flag ceremony at a school event, helping out with Mega Drop, etc. In […]

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