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Camping Fun – Balloon Flip Flops & Tacos in a Bag

jodi — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:05:27 +0000

submitted by Shayne Richard Fritz Our troop went Camping over the summer. We went to Camp Chenoa and stayed at Rocky Top in the Yurts, they love staying there. There was 3 of them that “pulled” an all nighter, but had a great time while we were there. We went with about 40 other scouts we […]

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World Thinking Day with a Carnival

jodi — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:38:13 +0000

This past year at my Service Unit’s World Thinking Day event we decided to do the event a little different. Rather than each group just creating a display for their country, we asked each group to come up with a carnival game, and SWAP from their country. The girls each received a passport and traveled […]

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World Thinking Day Ideas for Large groups

jodi — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:23:28 +0000

Question from a Girl Scout Leader: Meg Writes: Looking for ideas for running multi-level Girl Scout troop World Thinking Day celebration. Especially ideas on the four focus countries for this year (Armenia, Egypt, Benin, & Bangladesh)…and ideas on how to keep it organized and fun for a group of about 200 ranging from Daisies to […]

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16 Ideas – 2nd Year as a Daisy Girl Scout What Now?

jodi — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:05:22 +0000

Question from a Girl Scout Leader: Daisy Leader writes: I am a second year Daisy leader and have 7 girls returning this year and 7 new girls joining. Last year we focused on the petal set, so all my returning girls have earned all their petals. What do I do this year so that the […]

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Nine Camporee Ideas from Scout Leaders

jodi — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:24:29 +0000

Question from a Girl Scout Leader: Gretchen writes: Hello Ladies, I am thinking about next year’s Service Unit Camporee and was looking for some theme suggestions. What was the best camporee you’ve been to? I appreciate your suggestions. Have a great day. Answers From Other Girl Scout Leaders Compiled from our Facebook Page: For additional ideas for […]

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Cadette Money Earning Event

jodi — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:55:44 +0000

Fundraiser Cadette Girl Scouts Will Enjoy Being the leader of 9 active 7th graders it is not easy coming up with ideas that they want to put any effort into. We decided to bypass our usual meetings this year and focus on the future and Community Service and top it off with a trip to […]

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Celebrating Community Brownie Badge While Camping

jodi — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:18:05 +0000

Girl Scouts + Camping + Earning a Badge = FUN We are all going camping for the weekend, so now what? Does anyone else ever feel like that? I know there are plenty of things to do that are a necessity at camp that would just fill up this entire page, but what about all […]

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Get Moving Journey – Lets Recycle

jodi — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:00:21 +0000

The road to the Bronze includes completing a Journey book. Recently my Junior group completed their first journey, Get Moving. Along the way we added extra crafts and activities to teach the girls more about energy and recycling. Get Moving Journey, Litter Spider We didn’t have all the girls buy the book, instead we purchased […]

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