Busy Bees go Camping - Girl Scouts
I recently received an email from Bella Online, most likely automated, informing me that I hadn't posted an article in awhile and that my subscribers may believe that I had lost interest in my topic. Far from it, Scouting is just one of the ... [... more]
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Friendship Soup - Girl Scouts
Cooking out of doors is one of the challenges of camping. In my experience, the best thing to do is go simple. Hot dogs on a stick are about as easy as it gets and the girls love them. Top it off with toasted marshmallows stuck between two graham ... [... more]
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Camping Adventures Begin - Girl Scouts
We are finally striking out to camp at a regular camp site. As a troop, our past trips have been to a Girl Scout camp that I refer to as "Camp Hilton." Camp Hilton has nice heated cabins with bunks and mattresses. When I took my younger [... more]
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Girl Scouts is about Making Jam - Girl Scouts
This statement has made the rounds on Girl Scout boards and has stirred up a hornet's nest. Like so many of my sister Girl Scout leaders, I firmly disagree. Girl Scouts is about making jam. As Juliette Low insisted, Girl Scouts is about whatever ... [... more]
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Amaze Journey for Cadettes - Girl Scouts
The new Girl Scout Journey program is called "It's Your World-Change It!" The Cadette journey is entitled "Amaze: The Twists and Turns of Getting Along" and is basically about relational aggression among girls and how to deal with it. [... more]
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Grade Placement versus Age Placement - Girl Scouts
GSUSA, or rather the National administration of GSUSA, has determined that henceforth all girls will be assigned levels according to their grade not their age. In other words, Daisies will be girls who are in Kindergarten and grade 1. Brownies ... [... more]
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