Take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change happen. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm service project leaves off. Several people are intimidated by this, but really you shouldnt be. The only thing they dont do for you is the take action project. Girl scout bronze, silver and gold award projects are all take action projects. A leadership journey amuse referred to as the journey book. What is the correct placement for girl scout badges. While earning this award, there are many ways for girls to be leaders. Release the compostworms at a local nature reserve. The 7 steps to a take action project as they are addressed in the amuse journey, note the similarity to the bronze award steps below.
Clean air gardening over the years, as we add more synthetic materials such as clothing, furniture, carpets and other floor and wall coverings in our living and working environments, we add chemicals to the air. Outdoor journey the outdoor girl scout project site. Realize stereotypes and create awareness by taking action to help end them. Apr 21, 2018 troop leaders share the take action project their girl scouts completed to complete the cadette amaze journey. Explore the wonders of water by find out more about its importance and how its used around the world. Badge activity sets are available to correspond to each journey, but do not need to be earned in conjunction with the journey your troop has chosen to complete. For their agent of change take action project troop 4762 worked with nih childrens inn.
It is designed to assist your efforts to complete this journey in a day, weekend or sleepover. Girls assist with project logistics transportation requests, the open and close times of organizations, charting team tasks. New stem and outdoor journeys and badges girl scouts. Given all of the challenges associated with navigating relationships in middle school, it was no surprise that our troop chose to take the its your world, change it. A take action guide for volunteers girl scouts of the usa. Learn about the outdoors and explore all the wonders nature has to offer. For the older girls i do 2 34 hours meetings followed by a sleep over where we complete the journey up through brainstorming for the take action project. Take action projects are different than community service projects.
You will want to personalize it based on what products and resources you have on hand or that you can. Have buddies decide what they want to try or ask them if they want to try something different. A girl scout may wear a vest or sash as part of her uniform. This journey series gives girls the opportunity to. Girls will create and carry out a take action project with every journey they complete. Take action projects the journeys culminate in a take action project. Apr 22, 2014 this video is all about good and bad relationships. Zovargo is a gssd awardwinning community partner that brings a variety of unique animals mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects to every badge or journey workshop we provide. Plan a take action project, such as making informative posters, promoting recycling at school, or planting lowwater gardens. This means that the most important part is how the girls achieve their not, not just that they achieve it. Agent of change is a journey about taking action to make the world a better place, a fine.
We are also doing more service projects and field trips that may not have anything to do with a badge. Last school year, my juniors completed the agent of change journey in anticipating of earning their bronze award this year. Theyve decided to do a take action project with a food pantry. We also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. Since we only have 2 girls in our troop myself, my husband, my oldest daughter and her.
Plan a take action project, such as putting on a performance that creatively urges an end to stereotyping, drawing a graphic novel to share with younger girls. Girls will complete the entire journey minus the take action project. Has anyone done a take action project for this journey. A journey is supposed to take 6 to 8 weeks to complete. Wow wonders of water brownie journey scouts honor wiki. To complete the amuse journey, girls complete a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way.
Ka hanna led a girl scout troop for 10 years, served as activity consultant for her service unit and believes in the power of the thin mint. After the boring journey last year, we will not do another. They planned, rehearsed and put on a skit about bullying in front of friends and family members. This video is all about good and bad relationships. Girls get the opportunity to tell their stories through a range of creative approaches. We will give you tools on how to complete the project. We provide journey in a day programs that complete all journey requirements, with the exception of the take action projects. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards all require take action projects. Our troops take action project educated our scouts and sent a message to empower girls everywhere.
Planning the take action project todays journey meeting was our eighth. Girl scouts need positive female role models from all walks of life. May 07, 2014 as you probably already know, you are to do a service project or take action project aka tap with each journey. Womenwise, wacky and wonderful girl scouts need positive female role models from all walks of life. Whether its planting a garden, painting a mural, or launching a letterwriting campaign, girl scouts of all ages experience unique advocacy challenges, complete take action projects, and discover what it means to be a leader who makes a difference in the world. These pick up where shortterm projects leave off and are longterm solutions. We completed the power of one at our fall lodgecamping trip. Girls identify a cause they feel passionate about, and with advocacy and action, make a change. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660.
Learnseedo the first step is to learn about animals. As you embark on this journey, take note of the women around you and the leadership skills they need. Girls will create and carrying out a take action project with every journey that they complete. On this journey, juniors become more confident by exploring the roles they. I think it takes time to come up with a formula that works for your troop. These can be done by a small group or by individuals. As they ponder the dirt on land use around the world corns a big issue. The girl scouts will hike through the nature center and work together to perform a skit about wild animals, build a animal home using natural materials, and take action to.
Aug 24, 2012 junior amuse journey take action project. Each girl picked a grade level on which to focus and. Our stereotype take action project from lou henry elementary in waterloo, ia. As you probably already know, you are to do a service project or take action project aka tap with each journey. Troop leaders share the take action project their girl scouts completed to complete the cadette amaze journey. Keep in mind that girls scout leadership journeys are prerequisites for girl scoutings highest awards. I condensed the entire idea of the journey into a 3 step process. There are women with different backgrounds, different careers, different lifechoices, different hobbies and different successes in every community. Anti bullying patch sharing our take action project. Overview of take action take action projects are different from community service projects.
Consider contacting girl scout cadettes in your area to help with the take action project. Junior amuse journey take action project with images girl. Take action projects and the girl scout leadership experience take action projects are process oriented instead of results oriented. Girls will complete the amuse journey and earn the three awards. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660 san. Recognizing that there is a lot of wait time and sitting around time while waiting for appointments or recovering from procedures, the girls came up with the idea to create activity books for patients and sibling family members at the nih childrens inn. Complete the amuse journey in a day and imagine, create, and portray role possibilities available to women and girls. You arrange for them to meet a pantry volunteer who will tell them about how many people in the area go hungry and what kinds of food are needed. Brownie journey wonders of water take action project subject.
Girls take action alongside community members, joining forces with the community as it moves. Since it is nice to see how many take action projects a scout has done, you will often see take action badges arranged in a group. The second step is to see what is going on with animals in your local area. Amuse journey in a sleepover girl scout leader 101.
See more ideas about girl scouts, service projects and daisy scouts. Jul 27, 2012 after the boring journey last year, we will not do another. Take action projects pick up where shortterm community service projects leave off and are longterm solutions, rather than shortterm ones. Alongside each journey, there is a badge activity set. We are very pleased to announce that gsusa has made a new journey for girls the outdoor journey, which will count towards our highest awards of bronze, silver, and gold, along with other journey and badge choices for girls. During 201220, the seniors of troop 561 did the sow what journey seniors investigate the food network no not cable tvthe real one that gets each piece of food to the table.
We brought 4 troops together to form our cadette troop. A copy of the video is currently available through the gssc service unit 3 library. Girls learn about environmental topics, such as clean water and air, noise pollution, global warming, soil contamination, and agriculture. Each journey is packed with current environmental information and offers ways to improve life for everyone on the planet through a take action project.
My girls are stuck, and giving them examples from other troops may help them. Identifying what their talents are and how they will contribute to the project. For their take action project for this journey troop 430 designed and ran a motherdaughter spa day for the girls in service unit. Girls can create a take action project with each leadership journey they complete. As their take action project for this journey, troop 4300 saw a lack of. I have 3 different troops daisies, cadettes, seniorambassador. Use it to let brownies know how other girl scouts are helping their communities and to spark ideas for their own projects. Complete one junior journey including take action project. Oct 27, 2012 i condensed the entire idea of the journey into a 3 step process. This badge is part of the amuse journey award, and is a set of three concentric pieces. Now its time to take action on some other important things through these new girl scout sisterhood initiatives and more.
Take action projects workshops4girls journey programs. We also provide many badge workshops for all levels of girls. Create a window box full of flowers to be hung somewhere at school. Outdoor journey earn the new outdoor journey for daisies, brownies, juniors, cadette, seniors and ambassadors by implementing these outdoor badges in order with the final step being a take action project. Juniors animal habitats activity badge from the amuse journey throughout the enc there are 15 different ecosystems, what better place to learn about animal habitats.
The stations included yoga, smoothies, lip balm, scrubs and facials. Jun 03, 2009 a journey is supposed to take 6 to 8 weeks to complete. Girls learn the steps needed to carry out an action plan. My juniors just completed the amuse journey last week. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. These new journeys and badges not only make timely additions and enhancements to our existing girl programming but also create a more robust experience, including take action projects, for subject areas that are most compelling to todays girls science, technology, engineering, and math stem and outdoor activities. In the workshops4girls amuse journeys, the girls spend the first two. Suggestions for brownies to develop and complete a take action project for wonders of water journey.
How does completing the amuse journey prepare girls for their bronze award. These sets do not come in the girls guide to girl scouting, and can be purchased for a small fee in the girl scout shop. Overview of take action take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service projects from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change. Use it to let brownies know how other girl scouts are helping their communities and. We read pages 120129 in the girl book and brainstormed ideas for the take action project. The final step is to do something for or with animals in your area. In general, earned awards are displayed prominently on the front of the sash or vest, and fun. Cadette girl scout leaders the dis disney discussion.
As we have a mix of multiple schools, home school students, etc. Junior level amuse journey yes, the journey includes the take action project. We have 7 girls down from 8 and they are all at different levels of maturity. Action adventure badge in a bag can be done in 7 meetings, a weekend or one day. Troop 288 wanted to let girls know that they can do anything. We do service projects all the time with our girls and just dont think about it.
We earning the amuse journey with just two girls using the action badge in a bag kit from makingfriends. Last fall i bought one copy each of the girls book and leaders book. Journey take action projects poolesville area girl scouts. Welcome to the daisy flower garden girl scout tool box. Junior family and friends checklist take action project checklist. Clean air gardening over the years, as we add more synthetic materials such as clothing, furniture, carpets and other floor and. Jan 01, 20 the cookie connection friday, january 22, 2010 brownies science discovery wednesday, may 5, 2010 brownies science sleuth wednesday, may 5, 2010 brownies art to wear friday, august, 2010 walking for fitness sunday, october 10, 2010 art in the home wednesday, october, 2010 stress less monday, october 18, 2010 humans and habitats thursday, october 21, 2010 math whiz.
An overview to the girl scout bronze award steps 1 build your girl scout junior team. Gs presidents patch archery food drive 2012 goblin gala 2012 fall product sales know and go. Take action projects are found within the journey books and these projects will prepare girls. Below are some suggestions for your take action project, which the girls must complete in order to finish their journey. Whether its planting a garden, painting a mural, or launching a letterwriting campaign, girl scouts at every level experience unique leadership and advocacy challenges and discover what it means to be a leader who makes a difference in the. They interview women and ask them if they have been affected by stereotypes. Cadette girl scout leaders the dis disney discussion forums. See more ideas about cadette badges, girl scouts and girl scout patches. Junior amuse journey take action project with images. Leadership journey encourages girls of all ages to make the world a better place and make new friends along the way.