tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059413220701985452024-03-13T06:07:11.974-07:00All Things Girl ScoutsA fun place to find many resources on girls scouts - from dealing with parents to fun patches, this is the place to be.Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-63916387515694601622021-06-03T05:04:00.006-07:002021-06-03T08:24:20.146-07:00US Contact lists - Councils within the US<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Girl Scout</span> </b></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7505959314343642787" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 498px;"><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>verb</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px;"><br style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;" /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;">Being a Girl Scout is something you </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.79px;">DO</span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;">, and it is an </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>EXPERIENCE</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"> that no girl should miss!<br /><br />Welcome! One of the biggest hurdles for new leaders is who to contact, and how. We are working on a complete list of councils within the US - scroll down and see if we have yours. <br /><br />*If you dont see it, feel free to drop us a comment!<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alabama</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alaska</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arizona</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arkansas</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">California</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Colorado</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Connecticut</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Delaware</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">District of Columbia</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ICVIDcm4L79yI1Rl4P16ZFDiMiI5A9nUd5Lrtl5F7sk/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of the Nations Capitol</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Florida</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Georgia</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hawaii</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Idaho</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Illinois</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YWsswvE3GZClb0WRdEOZpUR53YGCtIO5qQwp5ScOVAQ/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of Central Illinois</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Indiana</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jfzj_UPvAvR4ZQPL7LFPYJMIppF8EQ0kiMS8eaz-rzQ/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana - Michiana</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Iowa</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kansas</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kentucky</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Louisiana</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maine</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maryland</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ICVIDcm4L79yI1Rl4P16ZFDiMiI5A9nUd5Lrtl5F7sk/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of the Nations Capitol</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Massachusetts</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Michigan</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Minnesota</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mississippi</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Missouri</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Montana</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nebraska</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nevada</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">New Hampshire</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">New Jersey</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fmMjEG2RAi0Znwj7dcViUyTC8DGgDQRO2AMghZHjM70/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of Southern & Central New Jersey</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">New Mexico</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hffd4mCWgsfdAYh0mp8HOealHS4iVvRxYTOWSA2wsY0/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ll3P_YhPPD0ssUZvdQfZOHBoj6bs8DO2l9p-pwRDHE/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of Suffolk County</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">North Carolina</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">North Dakota</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ohio</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oklahoma</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oregon</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pennsylvania</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rhode Island</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">South Carolina</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">South Dakota</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tennessee</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Texas</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Utah</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vermont</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Virginia</li><ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ICVIDcm4L79yI1Rl4P16ZFDiMiI5A9nUd5Lrtl5F7sk/edit?usp=sharing">Girl Scouts of the Nations Capitol</a></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Washington</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">West Virginia</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wisconsin</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wyoming</li><li>Puerto Rico</li><li>Guam</li><li>US Virgin Islands</li><li>American Samoa</li><li>Northern Mariana</li></ul></span></div></div></div>Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-85825994431050713482021-02-02T07:18:00.008-08:002021-02-03T01:28:14.149-08:00Covid-19 and Girl Scouts: Meetings<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Girl Scout</span> </b></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7505959314343642787" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 498px;"><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>verb</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;" /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;">Being a Girl Scout is something you </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.79px;">DO</span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;">, and it is an </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>EXPERIENCE</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"> that no girl should miss!</span></div><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Welcome. In this time of world wide pandemic, girl scouts is suffering. The socialization and education that girl scouts, as an organtization, brings to young womens lives is remarkable.</div></span></span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ojlwI7nl8V4BH_zaqlIGZ96WIHLTrftJu0hLARTfeBblGyop-HuTzZd6xEGYhC8AHJxE4mS2Ws31DgslLOwFGOzNy0Vs-D5XYwH8Yt4KMwoehIKZ8-WeS5icFQFaVK_btvT1W7w4l6C3/s2048/eau+de+parfum+%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ojlwI7nl8V4BH_zaqlIGZ96WIHLTrftJu0hLARTfeBblGyop-HuTzZd6xEGYhC8AHJxE4mS2Ws31DgslLOwFGOzNy0Vs-D5XYwH8Yt4KMwoehIKZ8-WeS5icFQFaVK_btvT1W7w4l6C3/w400-h225/eau+de+parfum+%25281%2529.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Covid started, for my family, one day last march. One day, my children were in school, with rumblings of having to take some time off. That day, they came home from school, with no idea that they would not be back in a classroom for almost a year. It was a friday afternoon, and life was as usual.</div></span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;">That weekend, we watched our country fall. We watched our schools close, one by one, and there was an air of uncertainty. We assumed this would be under control shortly and life would resume as normal. We joked about the hurricane like response to flood the stores and over buy everything one could imagine. We laughed at the idea of people hoarding toilet paper. We put on our masks, and we waited. And we waited. And we waited. </span></div><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;">Eventually, we realized that this covid life is now life as we know it. We settled in. We stayed home. Our kids learned how to zoom meet for class - which was exceptionally hard for my kindergartener. </span></div><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div style="text-align: left;">My girls suffered. A lot. All of my scouts lived within a few blocks of each other. They were used to running the neighborhood, and slipping in and out of all of our homes and it came to a sudden halt. It was hard for them to not see each other. And as we entered this extended time that requires masks, and 6 feet, I reached out to our parents to get their opinions. More recently, I reached out to other leaders to ask how they have managed it so far, and how they have addressed it within their troops. I have compiled this information here, in a few installments, and hope that leaders and parents alike find use in it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>MEETINGS </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Many leaders expressed frustration with the limitations placed on meetings these days. Kids are burnt out from zoom/google meet/etc at school, and it can be a real strain for them to the have one more committment to screen time. This was also <b>VERY</b> council specific. As always - please consult with your council prior to making any decisions about how to meet. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Virtual meetings - </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> These meetings are easier to facilitate - especially during the colder months. Some of the most common ideas were the following:</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>**Pre meeting prep** Many leaders have put together supply packs for their girls containing items not generally found in the household needed for patches, or just something fun to make them smile, and distributed prior to the meeting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>1. Open with something fun - a social time for the girls just to catch up; a scavenger hunt for supplies for the meeting; etc - some variation on a purely enjoyable activity. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>2. Focused work - badge work that is planned for the day to work with each other, or alongside of each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>3. Closing with something positive - saying nice things about their neighbor, their life, etc. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Many leaders have given feedback on what they found to be fuctional with a zoom meeting. Some easier things to try are:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>- Reformulating badge programs to fit the online or distanced forum that is so essential today.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>- Offering the girls a time to socialize. The lost socialization our children are missing with Covid is an enormous loss to their generation, and its important to fit it in wherever we can.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>- Fun badge or fun meeting ideas, such as:<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> 1. Scavenger hunt</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span> 2. Recycled material fashion show</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span> 3. <a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/04/healthy-habits-fun-patch.html" target="_blank">Healthy Habits</a><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In Person meetings - </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> These meetings are more difficult to facilitate as they require a larger space, and more necessities. Further, many councils DO NOT allow meeting in person of any kind, so as always, please contact your council prior to any decision making. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>**Pre meeting prep** Please make sure you have additional supplies with you. Extra masks, hand sanitizer, and lots of space. Remember - 6 feet is the best distance WITH masks, and 10 feet without. </span></div></span><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div>In closing, we will continue to share our knowledge and experience as we continue to navigate this worldwide pandemic. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxBOhRCX2a9qDc4FU612J-N6Irvbfr2Tj3GyZCQbVw_789NwjMqCBeSFc_-8WJZWQP2EyLYNOrU5prNdnmFuEst_LGcbpGimUPSfS54cKXuLQj-_tBJ2cKWZ4Y3FUosAAOvgXiw9sqtqy/s575/D-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxBOhRCX2a9qDc4FU612J-N6Irvbfr2Tj3GyZCQbVw_789NwjMqCBeSFc_-8WJZWQP2EyLYNOrU5prNdnmFuEst_LGcbpGimUPSfS54cKXuLQj-_tBJ2cKWZ4Y3FUosAAOvgXiw9sqtqy/s320/D-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></span><br /></div></div>Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-49379518034359216402021-01-30T07:44:00.001-08:002021-01-30T07:44:08.337-08:00Kookaburra<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Girl Scout songs are an integral part of being a girl scout. These are some of my favorites! Please enjoy them. I grew up in the midwest, so if you are from a different region, you may have slightly different lyrics! I've included links to YouTube videos, but they are not *my* videos - enjoy them, and let the artists know if you loved them!</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 16.8px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="137" src="https://img06.deviantart.net/76a5/i/2013/031/7/6/music_notes_stock_by_bassgeisha-d3h9mpv.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1em; margin: 10px 0px; position: relative;">Kookaburra</h1><h2 class="sub-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"></h2></span></div></div><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Uz8n--EmI3Y" target="_blank">Link to Kookaburra on Youtube</a></p><p>Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, </p><p>Merry, merry king of the bush is he, </p><p>Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! </p><p>Gay your life must be. </p><p>Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, </p><p>Eating all the gum drops he can see, </p><p>Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra! </p><p>Leave some there for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, </p><p> all the monkeys he can see, </p><p>Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra! </p><p>That's not a monkey that's me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail, </p><p>Gets a boo-boo in his tail, </p><p>Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra! </p><p>Oh how life can be.</p>Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-27583676669706428452021-01-29T19:43:00.002-08:002021-01-29T19:43:40.604-08:00The Ash Grove<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Girl Scout songs are an integral part of being a girl scout. These are some of my favorites! 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margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-sm-8 col-md-8 col-lg-8 col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 360px;">The ash grove how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The wind through it playing has language for me.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Whenever the light through its branches is breaking,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A host of kind faces is gazing at me.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The friends from my childhood again are before me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Each step brings a memory as freely I roam.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With soft whispers laden the leaves rustle o'er me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Down yonder green meadow where streamlets meander<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When twilight is fading I pensively roam<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Or in the bright noon tide in solitude wander<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Amid the dark spaces of that lonely ash grove.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />‘Twas there while the black bird was cheerfully singing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I first met my dear one the joy of my heart<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Around us for gladness the blue bells were springing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The ash grove, the ash grove that sheltered my home</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />No dream of the future my spirit can cheer.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I only can brood on the past and its brightness<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The dear ones I long for again gather here.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And others are there, looking downward to greet me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The ash grove, the ash grove, again is my home</p></div></div></div></h1></div></div></div></div>Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-89125219639175258022019-08-29T09:00:00.001-07:002021-01-29T19:44:02.105-08:00He's got the whole world<div style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; 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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The princess pat, (the princess pat)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Lived in a tree, (lived in a tree)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She sailed across, (she sailed across)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The seven Seas, (the seven seas)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She sailed across, (she sailed across)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The channel two, (the channel two)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And she took with her, (and she took with her)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Now what is that? (now what is that?)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Its something made, (its something made)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />By the princess pat, (by the princess pat)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Its red and gold, (its red and gold)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And purple too, (and purple too)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thats why its called, (thats why its called)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Now Captain Jack, (now captain Jack)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Had a mighty fine crew (had a mighty fine crew)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />He sailed across, (he sailed across)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The channel two, (the channel two)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But his ship sank, (but his ship sank)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And yours will too, (and yours will too)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />If you dont take, (if you dont take)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Now what is that? (now what is that?)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Its something made, (its something made)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />By the princess pat, (by the princess pat)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Its red and gold, (its red and gold)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And purple too, (and purple too)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thats why its called, (thats why its called)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Girl Scout</span> </b><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>verb</b></i></span><br /><br style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Being a Girl Scout is something you </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">DO</span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">, and it </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">is an </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>EXPERIENCE</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> that no girl should miss! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The Cookie CEO badge has 5 steps and is designed to help girls learn more about how to run all aspects of their cookie business! </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Juniors are in 4th and 5th grade, and ready to take the world by storm.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-42387669863449034342019-08-24T18:02:00.003-07:002019-08-24T18:04:18.709-07:00Coding for Good 1:Coding Basics - Junior Badge<div style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "segoe ui", "lucida grande", arial; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Being a Girl Scout is something you </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">DO</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">, and it </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">is an </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>EXPERIENCE</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> that no girl should miss! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The Coding for Good 1:Coding Basics badge has 5 steps and is designed to help girls learn more about how programmers write programs for computers and how computers can help people! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Juniors are in 4th and 5th grade, and ready to take the world by storm.</span></span><br />
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Danielle Poenischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151738865883965467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905941322070198545.post-89707732380510294622019-08-24T17:55:00.000-07:002019-08-24T17:55:10.748-07:00Camper - Junior Badge<div style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "segoe ui", "lucida grande", arial; font-size: 13px;">
<b style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Girl Scout</span> </b><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>verb</b></i></span><br /><br style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Being a Girl Scout is something you </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">DO</span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">, and it </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">is an </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>EXPERIENCE</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> that no girl should miss! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The Camper badge has 5 steps and is designed to help girls learn more about creating an awesome adventure in camping! </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Juniors are in 4th and 5th grade, and ready to take the world by storm.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The Business Owner badge has 5 steps and is designed to help girls learn more about creating and executing a business plan to produce a new business! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Juniors are in 4th and 5th grade, and ready to take the world by storm.</span></span><br />
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The First Aid badge has 5 steps and is designed to help girls learn more about responding in times of injury or emergency. <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Brownies are in 2nd and 3rd grade, and ready to take the world by storm.</span><br />
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1) Learn how and when to call 911</div>
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3) Make a first aid kit</div>
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4) Learn how to treat minor injuries</div>
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The Fair Play badge has 4 steps and is designed to help girls learn more about playing well with their peers. <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Brownies are in 2nd and 3rd grade, and ready to take the world by storm.</span></div>
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Trip planning is ALWAYS a lot of work - and even more so when it involves a gaggle of little ladies who are eager to be independent and have fun away from mom and dad!</div>
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In my opinion, preplanning is the most important part of any trip. With girl scouts, this is no different. We start with identifying where we wanted to go. In ^^ this case, it was Great Wolf Lodge. Once the girls decided on a destination, we researched costs - SO MANY COSTS! Here is a list of line items we considered:</div>
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-In our case, we only needed two rooms, because they both slept quite a few people. This was the largest part of our cost, because as we alllll know - GWL is soooo expensive. This brought us to a second point of consideration here - we live about 3 hrs from one GWL, and about 4 hrs from another. When comparing the prices, the one that was a bit further out had a GS special - that brought our room cost down from $1000+ a night to $400+ taxes a night for 2 rooms. Guess where we went!?!<br /><br />2. Food</div>
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-Girl scouts can PUT IT AWAY. We had microwaves and fridges in our rooms, and the girls set a budget for snacks. Then they researched the restaurants at the hotel. They looked up the cost for 13 people to eat at the various restaurants, and factored in how much they wanted to do sit down meals, versus fast food. And I mean to the dollar. The one downfall to this trip was that the restaurant pricing had increased, but it was not increased online, so we were caught off guard by that. It left us short $50+ each meal we planned to eat there. Shout out to GWL - Williamsburg though - we asked them to match the advertised price, and they did. And for our trouble, without any request, they comped our entire buffet dinner for about 15 people. That was HUGE for us. (And leaders - there is a Dunks on site! Get you some caffeine!)</div>
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-These were an interesting dichotomy of **OMG IT LOOKS SO FUN MUST DO IT** and, "yall. We are staying at a WATER PARK. Lets just WATER PARK." In the end, we allowed each girl to choose 2 options, after looking up the cost. In the moment, they all did the magic wand thing in groups of 3 and we called it good. We swam A LOT. </div>
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1. A go bag. You can see the example in the photo of this article. We will discuss this more later. ($3 per child)</div>
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2. Gas for the vehicles - we did not do this for our first trip. Lesson learned. (We spent about $75-$100 per vehicle. We took 2 vehicles.)</div>
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3. A cabana for the ALL DAY day in the waterpark - essentially a home base. Comes with drinks, and the girls ALWAYS knew where an adult was. I was in a wheelchair from massive surgery, and this made it easier for me to keep track as well. (Costly but worth it - I want to say about $200 for the day)</div>
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5. Spenging money for the girls. We did not do this on our GWL trip, because we were confined to the hotel. However, when we visited Savannah, there was a lot of shopping. In the effort of equality and the girls not bringing, and potentially losing cash, we gave them all a budget of $15. This was an excellent and very functional idea. 10/10 recommend.</div>
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<br />The last bit of planning was to give each girl a captain role. We had 10 girls, so this was a challenge, and a multitude of ages. We had titles such as CEO (each car had one - this was the go to girl for anything, and also the holder of the snacks and drinks in the car), Fun captain, safety captain, financial captain, etc. My co and I came up with these, and the details for them on our own and included them in their go bags.<br /></div>
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Once our girls had their desires on paper, and we added it all up, they were kind of surprised at the cost. But it was GREAT education for them! They were as motivated as ever to fundraise, and to get this trip under their belt. And off they went...cookie season came, and went, and I'll be darned if those beautiful litte ladies didnt earn enough PLUS some for this trip!<br /><br />Now - Let me share a bit about our go bags, and do good tokens. In the end, the leaders provided the go bags - we covered the cost (it was low) and assembled them as a surprise. They included an age appropriate activity book, a set of markers, a ticket for a car snack, a ticket for a car drink, and the written description of their captain role - essentially what they are in charge of, and empowerment for them to carry out that role while we were gone. The last thing included was a name tag. We used waterproof phone cases so they could have them at the water park as well. These listed their names, (only first), their leader/captain role, the shower number (ie, rm 1, shower 1), their car seat location (ie car 1, or car 2), their sleeping location (ie Q2), and their buddy's name. On the back, we listed both leader names, and our contact information. We LOVED these.</div>
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The last little thing we do on our trips is do good tokens. These are so simple - we got glitter glue for a glue gun, and made little discs. Each of us, myself and my co, carried a plastic sack of these, and as our girls did outstanding things, thoughtful things, and basically anything that was above and beyond, we handed them out. It did promote a slight competition, but they were very focused on just being wonderful tiny people. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 20.79px;">Dues. This is a hot topic for every troop leader. Between annual national dues, any local dues that may be imposed on top of national, and the potential troop imposed dues, it is something leaders must seriously consider before making the choice to charge them or not.<br /><br />First - I'd like to add that girl scouts is a girl led activity, and regardless of age, the girls should be involved in the decision of whether to charge dues or not.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 20.79px;">There are a lot of pros and cons to charging dues, and the mechanics of making a troop work can be more difficult without dues. Some leaders view dues as integral. Some view them as an unnessecary cost. Personally, I see the value in charging dues, but I also see a LOT of value in refraining from charging them. In my troop, we charged $25 per girl the FIRST year we were a troop. If parent's could not pay, I didn't pursue it. I lived in a pretty low income area, and we really just were trying to get through fall and get to cookie season. That council did not give any funds for new troops, so we were really starting at ground zero.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This worked well for my troop. We had a few that didn't or couldn't pay, and many who did pay promptly. It was enough to get us through, and we haven't charged dues since. My troop has always been fairly successful with cookie sales. We generally run between 7 and 10 girls and my girls generally net $1500+. Since they are small yet, this is plenty for them to do fun stuff, pay their registration, and purchase their uniforms and badges, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In the following paragraphs, we will go over the pros and the cons of charging dues. Ready?<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Pro's</u></span></b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">The troop has funds - this is important. Without funds, they cannot do any activities that cost money, purchase badges, or buy supplies</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Dues give a girl ownership over her troop, and meeting. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">Dues teach girls many lessons - life isnt free, money comes from somewhere, etc. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">You, as a leader, are not spending a lot of money out of pocket.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">Often the troop can do more things, or more expensive things.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">Dues can cause conflict between troop members family's and the troop. Sometimes parent's can't or just wont pay. If they can't, some element of embarassment or shame is generally hand in hand with that. If they won't pay, they might just not care. </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">It is hard to guess the correct amount. Leaders I know have charged anywhere from $.25 a meeting to $150 a year. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">Enforcing dues handed in at meetings may unitentionally single out a girl who's family cannot afford to pay.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">If your troop does charity work, parents may have some issues or question why they need to pay dues, if the troop is well off enough to donate to more needy groups. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">It may not cover all expenses, and it becomes a lot to ask for someone to pay national dues, possible local dues, troop dues, then drop another $75 for a uniform, and pay a portion of events.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">In the end, you really have to sit down and talk with your parents, girls, and coleaders. Some troop charge dues, some don't. It really comes down to what works for your specific troop. I urge you to sit down and really see how far you can get without them. I would not advocate using your own out of pocket money on scouts, and don't run yourself ragged trying to saving money. Just be frugal and cognizant of everything that can be done at low or no cost, and keep costs low all around. Everyone will appreciate it!<br /><br />Look for a post coming soon on low cost and no cost activity ideas, and as always, please share any questions or comments you have!<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Being a Girl Scout is something you </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">DO</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">, and it is an </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b>EXPERIENCE</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> that no girl should miss!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let me introduce you to Nicole Sutherland. She is the creative mind and power behind this site, and she is a doll. I've spent quite a but of time talking with her, and spitballing, and I am very excited to do a collaboration in the form of a blog post with her. We have an exciting surprise for you at the end of this post as well! <3 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">People. They are gorgeous as well. Nicole has a great eye for design, and color, and it really shows in her work. Now - my FAVORITE part of the free printables is that Nicole will absolutely print these items for you. And yes, there is a cost - but not the etsy cost you've come to expect. Nicole prints these for a minimal fee ($0.65), on 90lb cardstock, in a flat envelope. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have a really exciting year coming up - our Daisy's and Brownie's have a lot on their docket! We will discuss them more in depth at our first meeting - September 6th - but I wanted to give a quick overview. Our Daisy's will be working out of the girls guide for Daisy's and our Brownies will be working out of the girls guide for Brownies. We will do TWO really fun events this first </span>half<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> of the year. 1. A day trip here in town to the Poplar Grove Plantation. They have fantastic educational programs for us to choose from. This will cost about $7 per girl, plus a patch if we decide to get a patch for it. This event will be open to all scouts, parents, and family members. </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2. An overnight trip to the Asheboro Zoo. Melissa (our second in command) and any other parent who would like to will help me design some fun events for this overnight. We will plan to leave town around 7 or 8a on a Saturday, and return around dinner time on a Sunday. We'd like this to happen in October or November. This event will be open to </span></span><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ONLY </b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">registered scouts and registered volunteers, due to constrictions regarding insurance, and girl scout policy. The cost for this will be around $35 per person, and that will cover food, admission to the zoo, hotel stay, and transportation. If we would like the girls to receive a badge for this event, there would be an additional $0.75 - $1.50 added. </span></span><br />
The reason for two trips - one overnight, one day trip - is because we have a variety of girls who span different ages, and may be at different places in terms of how comfortable they are in leaving mom and dad. I want <b>EVERY </b>girl to be able to have a great experience so I did a lot of research to find a great day trip here in town. I think we will be very pleased with Poplar Grove Plantation.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have a really exciting year coming up - our Daisy's and Brownie's have a lot on their docket! We will discuss them more in depth at our first meeting - September 6th - but I wanted to give a quick overview. Our Daisy's will be working out of the girls guide for Daisy's and our Brownies will be working out of the girls guide for Brownies. We will do TWO really fun events this first </span>half<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> of the year. 1. A day trip here in town to the Poplar Grove Plantation. They have fantastic educational programs for us to choose from. This will cost about $7 per girl, plus a patch if we decide to get a patch for it. This event will be open to all scouts, parents, and family members. </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2. An overnight trip to the Asheboro Zoo. Melissa (our second in command) and any other parent who would like to will help me design some fun events for this overnight. We will plan to leave town around 7 or 8a on a Saturday, and return around dinner time on a Sunday. We'd like this to happen in October or November. This event will be open to </span></span><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ONLY </b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">registered scouts and registered volunteers, due to constrictions regarding insurance, and girl scout policy. The cost for this will be around $35 per person, and that will cover food, admission to the zoo, hotel stay, and transportation. If we would like the girls to receive a badge for this event, there would be an additional $0.75 - $1.50 added. </span></span><br />
The reason for two trips - one overnight, one day trip - is because we have a variety of girls who span different ages, and may be at different places in terms of how comfortable they are in leaving mom and dad. I want<b>EVERY </b>girl to be able to have a great experience so I did a lot of research to find a great day trip here in town. I think we will be very pleased with Poplar Grove Plantation.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">I received over 100 GREAT responses to this and am compiling them for general use for new leaders, seasoned leaders - really any volunteer that is looking for answers. THIS particular post is going to be what new leaders should know - part 1. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">The first season of scouting as a leader can be very hard. I spent my entire girlhood as a girl scouts, and still was completely unprepared for the politics between moms, with dealing with difficult guardians, with knowing what exactly the service unit or council was there for - a slew of things. So I want you to know - when you are there, in the trenches, and its not the unicorns and butterflies you imagined, there are many many MANY seasoned leaders out there that are rooting for you, cheering for you, and standing behind you. We all want you to succeed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">Some answers were repeated time and time again by seasoned leaders, and I will highlight that when discussing those points! Here is the next couple of items that ALL new leaders should know!</span></div>
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<li style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">How much I will come to love each of my girls.</span></li>
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<li style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I LOVE this sentiment. There are a lot of really cool parts about scouts - truly. You get to help mold little minds into wonderful young women, and celebrate all of their achievements with them. Often times, you meet GREAT mom friends (and I speak from the heart. The five women I am closest to outside of family in this world are all moms of my current or former scouts.) But the real jewels are the lovely young women you meet. They have a way of finding themselves a place in your heart, and sticking there. Enjoy it! </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">How to get parents to respond to emails in a timely manner...or at all.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This is one of the great questions of girl scouts. Communication with parents is almost always a struggle in the beginning, and sometimes even after that. In a day and age where communication is at our fingertips, and we can text/email/snap/call/facebook/[insert one of many other ways to communicate] almost instantly, it can be INSANELY frustrating trying to foster and preserve a good method of communication with your parents. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">There are a GREAT many of ways to communicate with your parents. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">A private facebook group</a> - This works if you have younger parents who are tech savvy or invested in facebook. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://groups.google.com/" target="_blank">A google group</a> - This is another option for a group setting where your parents can post questions and interact with you, without feeling forced to be on facebook.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://www.remind.com/" target="_blank">Remind</a> - this is an app that teachers use to communicate with parents - it lets you send out a mass text, but when people respond, the responses only come to you.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://www.shutterfly.com/sites/create/welcome.sfly" target="_blank">Shutterfly</a> - This is a share site that a lot of teams/troops/classrooms use. You can post reminders, calendars, etc on it.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://groupme.com/en-US/" target="_blank">GroupMe</a> - This is a text app that you can use online or on your phone. It is basically like a small private chat room or forum. It allows for direct messaging, as well as being able to share photos and videos.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://rallyhood.com/log_in" target="_blank">Rallyhood</a> - Rallyhood is used by a LOT of councils and can be a very effective way to communicate. You can coordinate calendars, share photos, split up tasks, etc.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://www.teamapp.com/" target="_blank">Teamapp</a> - This is an app used by many troops and teams. It is basically a platform that helps you create a smartphone app that works for your group. You can post schedules, reminders, push notifications, etc.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://www.scoutlander.com/" target="_blank">Scoutlander</a> - This is a very popular tool for both girl scouts and boy scouts. You can post calendars, blast emails, post photos and more. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="https://trooptrack.com/" target="_blank">TroopTrack</a> - This is a VERY comprehensive tool. You can post schedules, rosters, record attendance, communicate and more. The BIGGEST thing to note with this one is that there is a $100 yearly fee to use it. It does off a 30 day trial, but it is a hefty fee to utilize this tool.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Email - Snail mail of the 21st century. Theoretically, everyone should have access to this, and be able to use it. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I have tried some of these, and my parents are definitely NOT all on the same page. Facebook worked well with my last troop, but not this one. Email is something we seem to fail at as a group. Google groups was to email-y for my parents. I *think* we are going to try Team App this year - I really like that you can send push notifications, so that's a huge draw for me! <br /><br />Have you tried one or more of these? Please share your experience with them in the comments - the more info we share, the more resources we have!</span></span></li>
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<li style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I wish I knew where to start.</span></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/03/sample-parent-letter-for-first-meeting.html" style="color: #00e2ad; text-decoration: none;">Sample Parent Letter for the First Meeting</a></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/07/code-of-conduct.html" style="color: #00e2ad; text-decoration: none;">Code of Conduct</a></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-to-plan-girl-scout-meeting.html" style="color: #00e2ad; text-decoration: none;">How to Plan Meetings</a></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-should-new-leaders-know-part-1.html" style="color: #00e2ad; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">What should NEW leaders know? Part 1</a></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">There will also be a post soon dedicated to this very topic - keep your eyes peeled! There will be a post dedicated to this posted to the blog on September 3rd, 2016.</span></li>
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<li style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Some Chik-Fil-A plaecs will allow free use of their meeting rooms</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">The next thing to do is to determine when you are having your meetings, and go through the appropriate channel to obtain proper permission for your troop, then contact your parents. And get planning!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Meeting planning isn't easy, but it isn't hard. You can find a great post on the parts of a meeting <a href="https://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-to-plan-girl-scout-meeting.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and how to plan your meeting.</span></span></li>
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<li style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">That fundraising doesn't truly fund your troop.</span></li>
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<li style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This one is specific to your troop. I am here to tell you, that fundraising can ABSOLUTELY fund your troop, 100% of the time. I've been a leader 3 years now, and I have not charged my parents dues, nor have I made a habit of reaching into my own pocket. You DO have to be creative about this though. I will say - the second council I was in, I found this much easier, simply because they provided us with $25 to start our troop. However, even without start up funds, you be really be successful. Let me share some of the things we do to offset or alleviate the cost. </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">FIRST thing we do each year - We created this as an activity to do as part of our Clover petal, since her standard is using resources wisely. </span></span><a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/04/clover-use-resources-wisely-green-petal.html" style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" target="_blank">Here is a breakdown on how exactly we do it</a><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">, but basically its an at home scavenger hunt. My co leader and I make a list of the materials we need for the year, or first half of the year, and we give each girl a portion of the list - the list in my example we split 3 ways and then had 9 girls, so each portion of the list went with 3 girls. That's fine since not every girl will have every item. This really inspires a sense of respect for the items that your troop has, since many of the girls can remember when the item was personally theirs or their households. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">The next thing I will speak to are the events your troop does. There are a LOT of awesome events that your council, and service unit will sponsor. There are a lot of local things you can do - such as scout programs at museums and such. These things all cost money, and so personally, with a new troop, I do these events in the second half of the year, after fall product sales, OR I speak with the parents and let them know it would be self pay. That does not mean we don't do events in the first half of the year, though. We do LOTS of things. I love to scour the local activity pages - think your tourism sites, trip advisor, local event calendars, and school sponsored activities. <b>IF YOU NEED HELP OR DIRECTION IN THIS AREA, </b><a href="mailto:Danielle.Poenisch@hotmail.com" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">PLEASE EMAIL ME</a><b> - I WILL HELP YOU FIND THE APPLICABLE SITES FOR YOUR AREA. </b><br /><br />Some of the other events we do are tours of local government, police or fire stations, and something I did with my first troop of daisy's - that I loved, they loved, the community loved and parents loved was career day, once a month.<br /><br />Career day was with a different female professional in some capacity. I sat with my girls, and asked them for a list of things they would like to do when they grew up. These things spanned from check out girl to business owner. And then I set about finding real women in these positions to speak to my girls. I have never paid ANYONE to do this, and I basically ask them to spend 45 mins to an hour with my girls, talking to them about their career, the path they took to get there, and answer questions. The community responds to this in a HUGE way. And I mean HUGE. We have seen many professionals over the years, but the most memorable were:</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This was just cool all around - she was this very empowered, young woman who was in a field that we don't encounter on a regular basis.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Director of Marketing</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This was fun because she really related it to a level the girls could understand.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Vet</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This was one of THE COOLEST. There was a female vet that invited us to her clinic. She had her female assistants stay, and they set up the entire clinic with stuffed animals to simulate real things - an xray, getting weighed, on the surgical table, complete with IV, etc. They went through and shared information about all parts of being a veterinarian.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Police Canine Officer and her canine partner</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Hands down, the coolest woman that came to see us. She was the first female canine officer in our area and she was so cool lol. She came in alone, and talked with my girls about her position as an officer, and her path she took to get there. Then she segued into the department starting a canine department and how she became involved with that. Then she took like little black walky talky looking thing out and explained that it checked the status of her vehicle - whether it was running, doors were open, the temperature - and told the girls it was to keep her dog safe. Then she went and got her partner, and did a demo with him. She only does 2 of these a year, so we were very blessed that she chose to share with us. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Scientist</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">*I* thought this one was very cool. My husband is a scientist, and his superior at the time was female. She was amazing - she planned experiments, brought supplies, and was a mom as well, so she was very able to get on the girls level.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Kindergarten Teacher</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">My girls really loved this one because this was one of their teachers - and they thought it was pretty cool to see her outside of school.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Accountant</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This was cool because she had a lot of hands on activities for the girls to do.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Stay at home mom</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I found this particularly interesting. Some of my parents - moms even, were pretty adamant that this was not a *real* job, and it didn't really have any skills of merit. However, the girls found it pretty eye opening to see the amount of work, organization, and dedication that went into running a household and raising children.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">What kind of leader resources would you find most useful?</span></li>
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<span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This one was repeated over and over again - it was included in probably 20-25% of the answers. And I concur - it is SHOCKING how much time you invest. But what is MORE surprising? Realizing that it doesn't (usually) even feel like work. For many leaders, molding and guiding little ladies in their endeavors is a passion, and girl scouts is the perfect outlet. You are intimately involved in the lives of your girls, becoming a mentor, a confidante - someone they trust. Someone they enjoy. So yes, it is time consuming. Sometimes it's a complete time suck. But it is VERY rewarding. You will find that you love your girls, and they love you.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Something else that came up was - I wish there was something for just average leaders. But here's there thing. There is NO SUCH THING as 'just an average leader.' So maybe your girls don't earn EVERY SINGLE badge. Or maybe you just don't have it in you to spend more than an hour planning meetings each week - pinterest just isn't your friend, and so you show up, the girls have fiun and you call it good. Maybe you don't sell eleventy billion cookies, or go camping every weekend. That doesn't make you average, or sub par. As long as you love your girls, and work hard to make girl scouts a great experience for them, you are an amazing leader, and YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH.<br /></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: left;">As you can see, my method is not the most organized. I am a person who struggles with ADHD, and I find it easiest to have everything at my fingertips - when I find my focus waning, I can choose another item to work on easily. Basically, I prefer to have all of my girl scout stuff in the same area, and then I choose what I need. I have a 'craft corner' as well, and each week, I stuff what craft stuff I need into my scout bag to take to meetings. THIS MAY NOT BE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU LOL!! Something other leaders have mentioned finding great success in is using a bag meant for scrapbooking supplies, or (oddly enough) hair dresser or cosmetology supplies. Something that looks something like this:</span><img alt="ArtBin ExpreSS Rolling Upright Arts and Crafts Tote Bag" height="320" src="https://ak1.ostkcdn.com/images/products/4329404/ExpreSS-Art-Bin-Tote-02bffa7f-603f-4a50-90ab-4464489fbe8d_600.jpg" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" width="320" /><img alt="Pro Aluminum Makeup Case Zebra 4 Wheeled Spinner, only $169.95 plus free shipping! #makeup: " height="320" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/08/02/3f/08023f4ecce8a92c6ecb32268c964039.jpg" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" width="200" /></div>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">The more you let scouts get involved with the planning of meetings and camping early on, the more leadership skills they will gain. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Girls of ALL ages are great planners. The very young girls often need some guidance but they are ABSOLUTELY able to plan meetings and events, and to have some self empowerment in terms of decision making. I DO find that with younger girls, it is easier for them to process it if you present an 'either or' choice. Such as we are going to do such and such petal next week - we can do *this* activity OR *this* activity, and ask them to choose which to do. I have a blog post on event planning with younger girls and how to help/guide them and to empower them to lead. You can see that post <a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/05/event-planning-with-daisys.html">here</a>! As girls get older, you can hand the reins over more and more to them until you are in the back seat and they are driving the meeting planning.<br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">What the SU was, how they can help and that they had monthly meetings.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Your SU is your service unit and they are an extremely valuable resource for you! Sometimes in onboarding, the information you receive isn't as comprehensive as it maybe could be. A service unit is a subdivision of your council that includes girls, volunteers, parents, and community members. It serves as a unit within the community to work together to achieve community and scouting goals. Your service unit has a variety of roles they fulfill. They recruit girls and volunteers, provide training, host activities and have a series of administrative duties, such as monthly meetings and identifying delegates. You as a volunteer are expected to participate in your service unit, whether that is by volunteering on your SU, attending monthly meetings, attending trainings or even just networking. Your SU is the go between with YOU and your girls, and the council. Something that *I* think, and was reiterated to me by my membership specialist, was that leaders sometimes feel an overwhelming disconnect with their service unit. This is nothing short of tragic. But it is so easy to change - many leaders aren't completely aware of all of the help, training and service that a SU can provide, and knowledge is power. When I posed this sentiment to my membership specialist, this was her response: "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I think it starts with you and me and sharing this info with others. I know that change is a hard pill to swallow for many of our volunteers (and council employees) across GSUSA, but if we can let go of how things used to be, sometimes we can share the joy of positive energy that makes the difference. We can be the change we want to see.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">" And really, isn't that the crux of it? WE CAN BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE. If you have any other questions or need information regarding your service unit, please please PLEASE do not hesitate to contact me.<br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I wish I knew how much flexibility there was, and there is no one *right* way to do everything.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This is so so so important for new leaders. YOU can take the reins. The girls can take the reins. Things do NOT need to be completed just as described in the journeys, or girl guides. You have such leniency - many of the books in girl scouts offer a specific way to complete the steps to a badge. And this is a perfectly acceptable way to obtain your badges. However, sometimes you might come across something and think, wow that's lame. OR think, wouldn't it be so much cooler to do something like x,y and z? And that's the beauty of girl scouts. You can change it up as much or as little as you like! And remember, there is NO one *right* way to do anything - as long as you meet the general requirements, you have plenty of flexibility and empowerment to something your troop genuinely enjoys. <a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/p/daisy-resources.html">Some of the ways we completed our Daisy work is here</a>. <a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/p/brownie-resources.html">Some of the ways we completed Brownie work is here</a>.<br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">There were MANY comments from leaders who are clearly frustrated and exasperated, to the effect of parents not wanting to help, not reading correspondence, and a general feeling of uselessness for them.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;">I think it is important to speak to this. Please don't underestimate your parents. Sometimes, parents suck. They just do - that's the reality of it. You don't know their lives, and there may be more going on than what meets the eye. Or maybe they truly just suck. Either way, you don't know, so do yourself a favor and assume and err on the side of forgiveness and understanding. Now - it is SO important to be clear and succinct</span><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"> when dealing with your parents. Give them clear, and easy to understand expectations at the beginning of the year. </span><a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/03/sample-parent-letter-for-first-meeting.html" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;">You can see the parent letter I use here</a><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;">. Parents are your greatest resource during the scouting year. There are a lot of roles that they can fill - cooking mgr, fall product mgr, treasurer, drivers, etc. The most important thing to remember when dealing with your parents is that sometimes they just don't know how to bridge the gap. They may want to help, but not a the level or capacity they *think* you expect. They may not want to step on toes. They may not even realize you *need* help! What I find works best in terms of parent involvement is to jot down what I need from parents. My current list looks like this:</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">My way to approach this is to select TWO (because someone may say no, or fall through) parents that I feel will be able to help out in these areas. I selected more involved parents for the leads, less involved for the fundraising ideas. I will approach the primary person for each of these roles on my list, and privately (in person or on the phone) speak with them, and basically implore them to help lol. I am honest, and let them know that I can't do it all (no matter how much I'd like to) and that their participation will offer a more rounded, easily enjoyed experience for our girls, and that is really everyone's goal. This approach allows parents to see roles in a smaller light, and makes them less overwhelming. It's pretty easy to say yes when someone comes to you and says, listen, I need 5 age appropriate fundraising ideas in 2 weeks. Can you take some time to jot some down? To that same point, it is pretty easy to turn someone down when they say, I really need you to chair the troop fundraising. Parents WANT to help - they just need guidance. Also, remember to make sure you are IN PERSON (if possible) or on the phone. It is much harder to say no when presented with having to turn a person down to their face. </span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">The other conflict leaders frequently experience is trouble in paradise. Dissent, disapproval, frustration or any other number of emotions you may encounter with the parents of your girls. A resource my own council gave me, and that I find SO incredibly helpful is the F.A.I.R. method when talking to parents. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSHZq5cZ00Z214wETCAoRN175sT1KSFlD8eYfK9jd4I7pbnegQL7NoyhBmcZzFAy2JdXvxH4zETvDgAi4xAWYbms3lWi5xoW6Azuo40tkw2xNVn9b4tDCvU5iDmii2x7GB059naDqbTX5/s1600/fair.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSHZq5cZ00Z214wETCAoRN175sT1KSFlD8eYfK9jd4I7pbnegQL7NoyhBmcZzFAy2JdXvxH4zETvDgAi4xAWYbms3lWi5xoW6Azuo40tkw2xNVn9b4tDCvU5iDmii2x7GB059naDqbTX5/s320/fair.png" width="218" /></a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> I have expounded on this previously in my blog, and you can find <a href="http://allthingsgirlscouts.blogspot.com/2016/03/fair-method.html">further information on this method here</a>.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Lastly, if you are being harassed, threatened, demeaned, bullied, etc by parents, and are unable to self resolve it, please please PLEASE reach out to your council. They will step in and help you. Trust. I have personal experience with it, and if you have questions on my experience, feel free to <a href="mailto:Danielle.Poenisch@hotmail.com" target="_blank">email me</a>!<br /></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">As we zoom towards the new year, many leaders are already in the trenches, planning meetings, and holding meetings. For some leaders, this comes naturally - and for some...it's a labor of love.<br /><br />Everyone does it differently. But there are some parts of the meeting that are pretty standard. There are typically six parts of a girl scout meeting. Those parts are: </span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Start up</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Otherwise known as pre-meeting activities. These are the things one sets out to occupy girls as they arrive, until it is time to start the meeting. They vary with age - for instance, I set out coloring pages for my Daisies. Cadettes, or older girls, may not need anything set out, as they can usually handle entertaining themselves. This may also be a good time to have girls vote on things of importance - like which badge do you want to work on next, or and upcoming trip - please select your top three choices so we can discuss the most popular ones as a group. This should be simple, and easy to pick up - <b>AND </b>- if you make this part <b>FUN</b>, it is a great incentive for girls to arrive on time!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Opening</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This is the official call to order for your meeting. Everyone does this differently, but it should be something to bring the girls together. In the past, I have gathered my girls in a circle, and we've recited the promise. However, historically, girl scouts have started their meeting with both a recitation of the promise, as well as a flag ceremony. I have neglected to do this, because of an incorrect assumption that it was pretty time consuming. I recently chatted with another leader at length, and she really delved into how her troop handles a flag ceremony, and it literally took TWO minutes. So, we will be adding that this year. Some other suggestions are starting with a song or game.</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Troop Business</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I am a big fan of troop business. This is when I collect forms, and I suppose if you collect dues, you would do this at this time as well. You can touch on old business - 'Just a reminder girls, permission forms are due next week. Cookies start Jan 12th. Etc.' Any simple decision making or planning is done at this point as well. <br />*I have found, in discussion with other leaders, this is the most common section to be dropped when it comes to meeting planning.*</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Activity</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Clean up</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This is self explanatory. This is time designated for the girls to clean up and put the meeting space back the way it was before they had their meeting. Girl scouts always leave a place looking cleaner than they found it. It is important that all of your girls are involved with this step, and many troops find kaper chart to be useful for these tasks.</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Closing</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">This signifies the ending of the meeting. It is a great time to reiterate the girls accomplishments during the meeting, and let them know what to expect in upcoming meetings. It is also a great idea to do some sort of feel good activity. Some troops like to sing a song - my troop does a friendship circle complete with a friendship squeeze.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Now that we have all of that hammered out, some people find it useful to use a template to plan their meetings. Personally, I like to use a laminated paper that I can write on with dry erase markers, then erase and use again for the next meeting. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6e6e6e; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">If you are that leader,<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1LGYtiw17eaTU1MR3VmLVdQRlU/view?usp=sharing"> please click here</a> to find a copy of a meeting planning for that a fellow leader has created and shared with all of us to use. And while you use it, give a little shout out to Angela Brooks who has been so kind as to share with all of us. <br /><br />As always, my resources are your resources. Please feel free to use these as you find useful. You will never find a fee, or a link to Etsy or Teachers Pay Teachers for the resources found on this site - leaders devote enough time and effort to their girls - no need to reach into your pocketbook as well. <br /><br />Did you use these planners? How did they work for you? Do you have another awesome resource you use for planning? Comment and let me know - the more information we have, the merrier!<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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