{"id":3790,"date":"2016-12-06T13:38:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/?p=3790"},"modified":"2017-08-05T01:29:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T05:29:30","slug":"new-girl-joining-girl-scout-troop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/ambassador-girl-scout\/new-girl-joining-girl-scout-troop\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming a New Girl Joining a GS Troop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3083 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/3-cheers-animals-group-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"New Girl Joining GS Troop\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/3-cheers-animals-group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/3-cheers-animals-group-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Leader help!! Looking for ideas for welcoming a new girl into an established Brownie troop. Something fun and informative. What do you do?<\/p>\n<p>Scout leaders from our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsleader411\/?fref=ts\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> page had some creative suggestions for welcoming new girls into their troop:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Erika shared\u00a0her troop&#8217;s\u00a0tradition: We would sit in a circle and pass the new vest around. Each girl would give it a hug, say something that they have enjoyed that we have done as a troop and something they are looking forward to doing as a troop. It ends with putting the vest of good wishes on the new girl. Cheesy but the girls like it.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa&#8217;s troop has a similar idea: When I get new girls I always have the current girls welcome into the troop by having them put on there vest and saying &#8220;welcome to the troop&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brandy&#8217;s troop welcomes new girls a different way: We made post cards with drawn self portraits and mailed them to the new girl one a day until she got one from every girl in the troop. On each one, was a gs sister&#8217;s name, something she liked about scouting and one piece of I found about her.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4232\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/product\/brownie-ways-badge-bag\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4232 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/brownie-ways_badge-in-a-bag-229x350-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Girl Joining GS Troop  brownie-ways_badge-in-a-bag-229x350\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/brownie-ways_badge-in-a-bag-229x350-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/brownie-ways_badge-in-a-bag-229x350.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/product\/brownie-ways-badge-bag\/\">Brownie Ways Badge In A Bag\u00ae<\/a> <\/strong>includes everything you need to earn the Brownie GS Ways badge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sandie reminds us that this is an opportunity to work on a badge: <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Perfect time to work on GS\u00a0Ways!<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Several leaders suggest an investiture ceremony. Sara&#8217;s troop gets to know the new girls first: I have a large ball I write questions on, &#8220;what is your favorite color?&#8221; etc., It gets tossed around the circle and each girl answer a question. This is a fun because they learn things about each other and things they may have in common to talk about. Usually after a couple of meetings I will do a candle ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda has several activities to make their new scout feel welcome: Name game, make a people chain. Next meeting bring out the compliment chair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/product\/making-friends-badge-in-a-bag\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4231 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/makingfriends-badge-in-a-bag-234x350-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Girl Joining GS Troop   makingfriends-badge-in-a-bag-234x350\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/makingfriends-badge-in-a-bag-234x350-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/makingfriends-badge-in-a-bag-234x350.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dawn&#8217;s experience: Our troop went straight to <a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/brownie-badges\/\"><strong>Makingfriends\u00ae .com<\/strong><\/a> to find a badge in a bag kit to work with the girls. They have one for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/product\/making-friends-badge-in-a-bag\/\">Making Friends Badge<\/a><\/strong>, it was perfect for a new girl joining. It was all about getting to know the girls with games and crafts! And at the same time, the girls earned a badge.. win win!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 44px; left: 1013px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0her troop&#8217;s\u00a0tradition: We would sit in a circle and pass the new vest around. 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