Our first meeting was all about fun! The girls played games after talking about the badges they voted on over the summer to work on this year.
The girls will take turns leading badges this year. Moms and dads can help them as needed. We will also visit experts on different badges and hopefully have some visit us.
This year will look and feel different because the girls will be taking over more leadership roles. As girls move through Girl Scouts they are working on becoming leaders and they do that by planning meetings, badges, field trips, and service projects together.
They voted on badges over the summer. The winning badges were:
Animal Habitats
Archery
Science Sleuth
Geocacher
Camper
Gardener
Jeweler
Simple Meals
Digital Photographer
Entertainment Technology
Detective
Real-Life Tooth Fairy
Playing the Past
Product Designer
Drawing
Flowers
Musician
Staying Fit
First Aid
I also found them a retired badge that we'll work on and tie in with Camp Tecumseh:
Horse Fan
Obviously that's a LONG list and we won't get to all of these ideas, but it's a great starting point!
Possible service projects the girls want to do this year include:
Cooking and Serving a Meal for the Hammond Mission
Helping at the Humane Society in Munster
Collecting books for kids that need them
Helping out at the Indiana Dunes
Helping out at a senior citizen home
Possible field trips this year:
Doing archery at On Target in Steger
Going fishing (Oak Ridge Prairie, Centennial Park or Bass Pro Shop)
Going on a bike ride (Centennial Park and Munster bike path -- geocaching badge, too)
Sleeping overnight at the zoo or the Shedd Acquarium (animal habitats badge)
Gibson Woods (animal habitats badge)
Visting Hull House in Chicago (playing the past badge)
Visiting Photographer Ann Latinovich's studio (digital photographer badge)
Visiting CBS News (entertainment technology badge)
Visting a beekeeper's house in Highland (gardening badge)
I forgot to mention the possibility of a field trip to the Tri-Town Safety Village just past the Schererville post office. It's a great place to learn about fire safety, first responders, etc. (a special fire safety badge or first aid badge)
Looking forward to our next meeting Friday September 5 and our trip to Camp Tecumseh September 20-21! Checks made out to Troop 10265 are due by our next meeting September 5. Read below for details on Camp Tecumseh. If you haven't already updated your health history and your daughter's health history forms, you need to do so at the next meeting. For most of you, this just involves checking to make sure the info is still current and signing and dating the form.
One other Girl Scout event coming up that sounds fun is a Girl Scout hiking day at 10 a.m. Saturday September 13 at Taltree Arboretum in Valparaiso.
Details:
Girl Scout H Hiking Day on Saturday, Sept. 13th, 2014 at
Taltree Arboretum and Gardens, 450 West 100 North, Valparaiso, IN.
$5 for Girl Scouts including patch, $3 for accompanying adults
Bring a water bottle, sack lunch, sun screen and bug spray! Hikers will leave the parking lot at 10:00 am. The hike is 1 ½ hours, then we will be eating our lunches in the pavilion. You are welcome to tour the other areas not included on the hike after lunch. Dress for the weather, and no flip flops. We will hike unless there is thunder and lightning. NO REFUNDS unless the venue cancels the hike. Checks made out to Girl Scouts & permission slips due by Sept. 1st To: Jayne Kranc
12780 W. 87th Avenue
St. John, IN 46373
219-365-3607
Late registrants not guaranteed a patch!
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Service Unit Roller Hiking Event Permission Slip
Troop # ______
Girls Scout's Name_______________________________ Address:__________________________
City:_______________________ Zip_______________ Phone # _________________________
List conditions or limitations that might affect regular activities, and any Allergies and /or reactions to the following: foods, drugs, animals, etc.
Please check your level. You will be grouped by levels. Daisy ___ Brownie___ Junior___ Cadette/Senior/Ambassador ___
Names of any family members who will be hiking WITH the Girl Scout: _______________________________
In case of emergency and parent cannot be reached at the above numbers, alternate adult contact is:
Name___________________________________________ Phone Number _______________________
We give full permission for our daughter to attend this event and participate in all phases of the activities. We will not allow her to attend if for any reason we do not consider her in good physical condition. We give permission for Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana to seek medical attention for our daughter in the event of an emergency. We have read the information and agree to cooperate with all regulations. If a fee is being charged for the event, we understand it is not refundable for a no-show participant. Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana has my permission to use photos/videos of my daughter for publicity purposes.
