Perhaps you have heard about the upcoming Girl's Guide 2 Girl Scouting (GG2GS), which will be available in September. If you have, we know you have plenty of questions, so we have a document that answers most of them. Every level will have their ownGG2GS which will encompass the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, including badges and journeys. Read all about it in this document, and get ready for a great new year!
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Are there outgoing people in your troop who would like to inform others about why Girl
Scouting is important to them? Then submit an application to be a Girl Scout
Press Rep! Girl Scout Press Reps can be girls or adults, who enjoy public
speaking or writing and would like to represent the council.
Press reps will hone their writing skills and learn about different kinds of media by participating in It's Your Story- Tell It! Journey-based activities. Press reps will be required to write at least three articles during the year about Girl Scout activities for possible publication. As part of the 100th Anniversary, press reps are encouraged to attend the anniversary celebrations and submit photos, videos, or articles.
Parents, it is very important to note that the majority of representation for the council will be internal to the Girl Scout community - through our website, blogs and newsletters.
To apply, submit the following application by September 15. Applications will be reviewed and confirmations sent by September 30. There will be a Press Rep Workshop in Montgomery and Mobile. A snack will be provided at both.
• Montgomery Workshop: October 17, 2011 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
• Mobile Workshop: October 18, 2011 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
You can submit applications to: communications@girlscoutssa.org or the Mobile or Montgomery Service Centers.
Press reps will hone their writing skills and learn about different kinds of media by participating in It's Your Story- Tell It! Journey-based activities. Press reps will be required to write at least three articles during the year about Girl Scout activities for possible publication. As part of the 100th Anniversary, press reps are encouraged to attend the anniversary celebrations and submit photos, videos, or articles.
Parents, it is very important to note that the majority of representation for the council will be internal to the Girl Scout community - through our website, blogs and newsletters.
To apply, submit the following application by September 15. Applications will be reviewed and confirmations sent by September 30. There will be a Press Rep Workshop in Montgomery and Mobile. A snack will be provided at both.
• Montgomery Workshop: October 17, 2011 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
• Mobile Workshop: October 18, 2011 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
You can submit applications to: communications@girlscoutssa.org or the Mobile or Montgomery Service Centers.
The three available journeys for each level of girls make it fun and easy to plan a Girl Scout Year! The ideas below tell how to use the journey format to make your time with your girls as rich and interesting as possible.
Customize!
Use your adult journey guide as a base for creating a fun and exciting experience for girls. You'll find ideas about using activities, starting discussions, and earning awards so that the "whole" feels like one big adventure. The journey will be so much more fun and relevant as you assist girls in making it their own!
Customize!
Use your adult journey guide as a base for creating a fun and exciting experience for girls. You'll find ideas about using activities, starting discussions, and earning awards so that the "whole" feels like one big adventure. The journey will be so much more fun and relevant as you assist girls in making it their own!
Flexible!
Sample sessions in the journeys suggest several ways to engage girls.
Many girls and volunteers will quickly find there is more they will
want to do! The journey books are filled with tips for you to add more
to the experience. Let everyone's imaginations take hold and extend the
journey with ideas from girls. Do you have a short time frame? Follow
the tips about doing what's most important!
Link!
Are Ambassadors interested in partnering? What would happen if
Seniors worked together? What do Cadettes in your area have to offer to
Juniors? What if Brownies link up on steps of their journey? How could
Daisies benefit from meeting other Daisies? Connecting helps make a
powerful Girl Scout journey!
Explore Stories!
Stories capture the imagination and motivate, and inspire us to put
values into action. The journeys engage girls in stories--real and
fictional--of girls and women taking action in the world. You and the
girls decide how much time to spend on them before going on to create
their own adventures.
Leadership and You!
As a Girl Scout volunteer, your experiences--and your view of
leadership--will influence and inspire girls. Use the reflection
exercises in your journey guide to think about the three leadership
keys (Discover, Connect, and Take Action) and how you can best apply
them as you team up with Girl Scouts on their journey.
Click on the image to start your journey with your girls!
2011 Starter Kits are available for purchase through the council shops!
Purchase a starter kit and receive a free Girl Scout bag (while supplies last). Call 800-239-6636, ext. 2602 or visit us in Mobile or Montgomery to order one!
Purchase a starter kit and receive a free Girl Scout bag (while supplies last). Call 800-239-6636, ext. 2602 or visit us in Mobile or Montgomery to order one!Coming this Fall! The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting
Where can a girl find exciting new badges, the 100th Anniversary handbook, information on bridging and Bronze/Silver/Gold Awards, and much more all in one place? In The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting, of course! There is a Girl's Guide for each level of Girl Scouts from Daisies to Ambassadors.
The Girl's Guide features robust skill-building badge activities, updated and new awards, information on Girl Scout history and traditions, and -- most of all -- lots of fun!
With this fall release, girls can grow as leaders and build new skills with a complete National Program Portfolio: Journeys + The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting!
Take a peek. Let Brownie Elf tell you more...
See the Anatomy of a Badge, if you'd like something to print and share this exciting news with your troop!
Girl Scouts of the USA is on track to deliver new program
resources in time for the 2011 membership year. The new books will be available
for purchase in our council shops in September. At this time, we do not know
exactly when we will receive them, but will let you know as soon as we have the
books in hand.
Below are some FAQs regarding these new resources:
Below are some FAQs regarding these new resources:
- What will happen to the current resources, such as the Junior Badge book or the Cadette Handbook? GSUSA is currently working on a new "Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting" for each program level. It will provide updated badge activities and handbook information for girls and will be available in September 2011, when girls can begin enjoying the new badges in the guide.
- What do we do between now and September 2011? Leaders/advisors can help girls choose a Journey and continue enjoying the current badge activities. Check out the online "Journey Maps" for examples of using journeys and badges together for a great Girl Scout experience. Click here <http://www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/maps/> for the maps. Here's a graphic that shows the connection between the Journeys and the Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting.
- Will we still be able to purchase older resources and
insignia? As part of the roll-out of the Journeys and the new guide, the GS
Shop will begin to streamline existing inventory by retiring certain merchandise
this summer. This will affect the availability of certain patches, books, and
other merchandise. To check on item availability, please contact the shop at
1-800-239-6636.
It's Your Story--Tell It! Journey Series
Available in December 2010, the "It's Your Story--Tell It!" leadership journey series uses a storytelling theme in a fun and grade-level relevant way for girls to better understand themselves and their potential.
On this journey, an emphasis is also placed on media literacy and creative expression. All along the journey, girls have opportunities to engage in a variety of arts, including performing, visual, culinary, and new media, to tell their stories and take action to make the world a better place.
Check out the grade level titles and themes, and get a taste of the "It's Your Story--Tell It!" journey series right now by downloading the activities below and trying them with girls in troops, groups, series, events and camps.
Daisy: 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals!
Daisies learn just how much they can care for animals and for themselves--and just how good that makes them feel.
Brownie: A World of Girls
Stories teach Brownies clues about how they can create positive change in the world--change that affects girls.
Junior: aMUSE
Juniors learn just how many roles are open to them in the world and the possibilities those roles open for them.
Cadette: MEdia
Cadettes look for the ME in media and learn how they can shape media--for themselves, their community and the world.
Senior: MISSION: SISTERHOOD!
Seniors learn how widening their network broadens their world, and benefits the world as well.
Ambassador: BLISS: Live It! Give It!
Ambassadors learn to dream big, now and for their future, and begin their legacy as leaders who help others achieve their dreams too.
Girl Scouts of the USA launched a national campaign with the girl-centered journey, It's Your Planet--Love It!, that includes eye-catching, interactive activities and games and information that we know your girls will explore and love.
This is a great resource to use particularly if your troop is working on this journey.
Have your girls join in on the fun and check it out: www.girlscouts.org. You may want to play around on it as well, we certainly did!
What makes a great Girl Scout year? Earning badges, hiking and camping, taking field trips, selling cookies, and enjoying Girl Scout traditions. Now you can tie all that together with a choice of two leadership journeys.
Six illustrated maps, one for each grade level, have been created to show how all Girl Scout activities -- earning badges, camping, selling cookies and more -- can tie into the new Journeys. Go to www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/maps/ and start exploring!
Journey 2, "It's Your Planet - Love It" are now available at GSSA Shops
Our girls are the most enviromentally-aware young people since the "Green Movement" of the 70's. The new Journeys help them develop and focus that interest. They'll learn about the earth and have fun! Here are the details:
Girl Scout Daisies: Between Earth and Sky -- On this journey, flower friends take to the road, living the Girl Scout Law with new friends and old. Join them for sunshine, fresh air, and colors and shapes, too--and big Daisy lessons.
Girl Scout Brownies: WOW Wonders of Water -- Girl Scout Brownies find plenty of ways to WOW! themselves and everyone else on this journey. You'll find everything you need to guide the girls to LOVE water, SAVE water, and SHARE what they know.
Girl Scout Juniors: Get Moving! -- This journey offers endless energy in all its forms and functions, plus ways big and small to Energize, Investigate, and Innovate. So get set to guide Girl Scout Juniors to see that energy is what leaders are all about.
Girl Scout Cadettes: Breathe -- On this journey called BREATHE, there's plenty of space for Girl Scout Cadettes to focus all their senses on air. And all along the way, you'll be guiding the girls to their very best flair!
Girl Scout Seniors: Sow What? -- When it comes to food, what's really best for people and the planet? Girl Scout Seniors will figure that out (with you!) as they dig into far-reaching food networks on this Sow What? journey.
Girl Scout Ambassadors: Justice -- On this journey to JUSTICE, Girl Scout Ambassadors create a brand-new equation for something Earth and all its inhabitants need. Do you yearn for it, too?
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