Girl Scout Sunday and Girl Scout Sabbath are the Sunday before March 12th and the Saturday after March 12th. "Girls attend their worship place and have the opportunity to be recognized as Girl Scouts. Girls may also perform part of the service. This is a time for girls to experience different faiths, if desired" (GSUSA). These two special days are the bookends to Girl Scout Birthday Week.
This year, Girl Scout Sunday is March 6th and Girl Scout Sabbath is March 12th.
In some areas, Girl Scout and Boy Scout Sunday are combined. In some places, no church does a formal ceremony. Even if no formal ceremony occurs, girls are encouraged to wear their official uniforms to their place of worship.
Our First United Methodist Church holds Scout Sunday in February, normally the Sunday after Boy Scout Sunday. The Boy Scouts put together a service and include Girl Scouts. Our First Presbyterian Church has held special services as well.
What do you have planned?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
World Thinking Day Events
February 22nd is almost here. Maybe you have already participated in an event. Maybe you have something special planned for Tuesday. What is it? What are you and/or your troop doing to celebrate World Thinking Day this year?
A Junior Troop in our Service Unit organized a World Thinking Day event that took place today for their leadership award. It opened with a flag ceremony and World Trefoil Ceremony. Girls had time to visit many stations learning about lots of different countries and Girl Scouts/Guides. It closed with another ceremony and a friendship circle. Each troop created a presentation board and prepared a snack & a SWAP. Some had games or dances too. The girls were each given a passport to collect stamps as they rotated through the stations.
My Brownie troop represented Korea this year. We had a presentation board with the Promises, Laws, Motto, and levels as well as pictures of actual Korean Girl Scouts. She displayed various foods that allowed for great conversation. We gave everyone a piece of candy from Korea. The girls made SWAPs that represented Tae-Kwon-Do belts. To represent the game of Tops in a Box, we played Beyblades. Our stamp for everyone's passport was the Korean flag.
The girls had so much fun, and we were exhausted!
To prepare for the event, we shared artifacts sent to us from my cousins in Korea. The girls tasted all kinds of different foods, looked at Girl Scout Korea brochures and pictures, and compared/contrasted Girl Scouts of the USA with Girl Scouts Korea.
A Junior Troop in our Service Unit organized a World Thinking Day event that took place today for their leadership award. It opened with a flag ceremony and World Trefoil Ceremony. Girls had time to visit many stations learning about lots of different countries and Girl Scouts/Guides. It closed with another ceremony and a friendship circle. Each troop created a presentation board and prepared a snack & a SWAP. Some had games or dances too. The girls were each given a passport to collect stamps as they rotated through the stations.
My Brownie troop represented Korea this year. We had a presentation board with the Promises, Laws, Motto, and levels as well as pictures of actual Korean Girl Scouts. She displayed various foods that allowed for great conversation. We gave everyone a piece of candy from Korea. The girls made SWAPs that represented Tae-Kwon-Do belts. To represent the game of Tops in a Box, we played Beyblades. Our stamp for everyone's passport was the Korean flag.
The girls had so much fun, and we were exhausted!
To prepare for the event, we shared artifacts sent to us from my cousins in Korea. The girls tasted all kinds of different foods, looked at Girl Scout Korea brochures and pictures, and compared/contrasted Girl Scouts of the USA with Girl Scouts Korea.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Snow Day #2 -- What did you do?
For those of you snowed (or iced) in today, what Girl Scout activities did you complete?
We worked on/completed four Try-Its:
Caring and Sharing, Write Away, Let's Pretend, and Computer Smarts
The Boy Scout in the house completed a few requirements that allowed him to finish two of his pins too.
We worked on/completed four Try-Its:
Caring and Sharing, Write Away, Let's Pretend, and Computer Smarts
The Boy Scout in the house completed a few requirements that allowed him to finish two of his pins too.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Snow Day = Girl Scout Planning
I am off work and almost every school district and business around me is closed today due to the sleet and snow that fell overnight and this morning. What does one do with a day off? Well, if you are a Girl Scout Leader and/or serve on the Service Unit Team, there is always work to be done.
I have been working with my co-leader the past few days to plan our next meeting. This meeting will incorporate cookie booth sales and World Thinking Day.
We have been working on both Try-Its tied to cookies. One is in the Try-It book, Cookies Count, I believe, but the other, Smart Cookie, can be found online at http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/brownie_smart_cookie.asp.
By the time our booth sales end, our girls should have both of these.
We need to make signs for our booth sales, discuss "thanking" our customers, practice selling to booth sale patrons, and ask our parents to work with our girls on making change. We have to create a shopping list too, so we just need items to make the posters for this part of the meeting.
The rest of the evening will be spent working on our presentation station for our local World Thinking Day event. Those organizing the event let us know two days ago what our country would be. (We had to give our top 3 choices.) We have been asked to create a presentation board, possibly made from a science fair board, that shares something about what Girl Scouts is like in that country, their language, a snack, a game, a SWAP, and their flag.
We are going to make a flag from a pillowcase. We will probably create it with fabric paint, but we haven't made a final decision yet.
We haven't decided on our snack yet, but we need to feed about 150 people, and we need something that can be kept hot or cold easily or can be enjoyed at room temperature.
As for our SWAP, we need something easy enough for our girls to complete and also make 150 during our meeting. Besides making the item, we need to print little cards with our troop #, World Thinking Day 2011, and something that goes along with our country.
We have seen a couple of games that wouldn't be too hard, so we will have to make sure we have the space necessary around our station to play it.
Our presentation board will include the Law, Promise, pictures of uniforms, and more that represent Girl Scouts in our country. This will probably be posted in the country's language and English.
Guess we'll complete the shopping list, and when we thaw out, we'll go get the supplies. The meeting should be fun. Maybe I will be able to post some pictures.
What are all of you doing for World Thinking Day? Know of any helpful sites?
Do you have any good ideas to make the most of booth sales?
I have been working with my co-leader the past few days to plan our next meeting. This meeting will incorporate cookie booth sales and World Thinking Day.
We have been working on both Try-Its tied to cookies. One is in the Try-It book, Cookies Count, I believe, but the other, Smart Cookie, can be found online at http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/brownie_smart_cookie.asp.
By the time our booth sales end, our girls should have both of these.
We need to make signs for our booth sales, discuss "thanking" our customers, practice selling to booth sale patrons, and ask our parents to work with our girls on making change. We have to create a shopping list too, so we just need items to make the posters for this part of the meeting.
The rest of the evening will be spent working on our presentation station for our local World Thinking Day event. Those organizing the event let us know two days ago what our country would be. (We had to give our top 3 choices.) We have been asked to create a presentation board, possibly made from a science fair board, that shares something about what Girl Scouts is like in that country, their language, a snack, a game, a SWAP, and their flag.
We are going to make a flag from a pillowcase. We will probably create it with fabric paint, but we haven't made a final decision yet.
We haven't decided on our snack yet, but we need to feed about 150 people, and we need something that can be kept hot or cold easily or can be enjoyed at room temperature.
As for our SWAP, we need something easy enough for our girls to complete and also make 150 during our meeting. Besides making the item, we need to print little cards with our troop #, World Thinking Day 2011, and something that goes along with our country.
We have seen a couple of games that wouldn't be too hard, so we will have to make sure we have the space necessary around our station to play it.
Our presentation board will include the Law, Promise, pictures of uniforms, and more that represent Girl Scouts in our country. This will probably be posted in the country's language and English.
Guess we'll complete the shopping list, and when we thaw out, we'll go get the supplies. The meeting should be fun. Maybe I will be able to post some pictures.
What are all of you doing for World Thinking Day? Know of any helpful sites?
Do you have any good ideas to make the most of booth sales?
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