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Hello Girl Scouts, We are so excited to help you plan your Girl Scout year and share this Program Planner, which highlights some of the many program opportunities that are available to you. Whether you’re planning as a troop, individually, or as a family, you’ll have the opportunity to make a list of your top interests. Don’t forget to scan the QR code at the bottom of the page to learn about and register for the many program activities available. Through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience you’ll explore new interests, spark new passions, and gain valuable leadership skills. We can’t wait to see you experiencing your next adventure!
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Sign up for activities alone or with other troop members, and your family members are welcome to attend where noted. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), Outdoors, Life Skills, and Entrepreneurship. Choose program activities in each area to plan your next Girl Scout year.
In this planner, you’ll discover all the program activities available this year. Write down the ones that interest you most for your Girl Scout level. You can earn special rewards for participating in multiple program activities during the year. Visit our website for details. www.gsnnj.org/ProgramActivities
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New and updated badges, programs, and activities are here! Explore topics that are important to you such as improving mental wellness, protecting the planet, taking care of animals, and discovering the great outdoors. Learn smart money management, cybersecurity, and how to be a good global citizen.
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Bring a special adult or your troop and your love of animals to meet some animal friends up-close and learn about mammals, reptiles, birds, and more from professional animal handlers. We’ll play animalthemed games and make crafts. This program activity helps girls earn the Birdbath Award from the 5 Stories, 4 Flowers, 3 Cheers for Animals Girl Scout Daisy Journey. Get a closer look at the stars in the sky when our Starlab traveling planetarium visits Jockey Hollow Camp in Mendham. You’ll work on your space badge as you study the constellations and other elements of the night sky. This program activity helps girls earn the Girl Scout Daisy Space Science Explorer Badge and Girl Scout Brownie Space Science Adventurer Badge (Steps 1, 2, 3 & 4). these other
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Everything you’ll do as a Daisy—from planting a garden to making new friends—sparkles with that “first time ever” newness. Along the way, you’ll use your energy and spirit to help others and take pride in making the world a better place. Every Daisy meeting is an adventure filled with sisterhood, giggles, learning, and fun.
Brownies are excitement personified. You can’t wait to explore your world, play new games, and share your interests—from bugs to ballet— with friends. Trying new things broadens your horizons and teaches you skills can share with others. Learning to lead has never been so fun.
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Explore the great outdoors with us as you learn to prepare for a hike and then hit the trails at Jockey Hollow Camp in Mendham. You’ll earn your Girl Scout Brownie Trail Adventure Badge by learning how to prepare for the hike and how to stay safe outside, while enjoying nature along the way. You’ll make your own nut-free trail mix, before heading out to take a guided hike.
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Become a cybersecurity expert as you work in teams to develop super sleuthing skills and learn how to stay safe. Discover how the internet works and what it means to be a computer scientist. You’ll learn about encryption as we play games and solve puzzles to hack codes. program activity will help girls earn the Girl Scout Brownie Cybersecurity 1: Basics Badge and Girl Scout Brownie Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards Badge. more information about these and other program activities visit www.gsnnj.org/ProgramActivities Sleuth Trail Explorers Hiker Campfire the Rule Makers Rule Breakers Democracy Badge
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Discover the world of chemical, mechanical, biomedical, and civil engineering through this interactive workshop. You’ll explore the engineering design process with the help of Rutgers University students from Phi Sigma Rho sorority (the first social sorority for engineers). This program activity will help girls earn the Girl Scout Junior Mechanical Engineering Badge. Day and night, raptors are flying, hunting, and roosting here in New Jersey. Through the exploration of artifacts and live birds of prey, you’ll learn about Flat Rock Brook Nature Center’s feathered ambassadors, including their behavior, physiology, adaptations, and natural history. This program helps girls earn the Girl Scout Cadette Night Owl Badge (Steps 1 & 2). a Girl Junior Eco Camper Junior Camper 1, 2, 4 & Case Junior Detective 3, 4 &
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If there’s one thing Juniors have, it’s confidence. Whether you’re making posters for a canned food drive, designing a website for your cookie business, planning a troop hike, or just raising your hand in class, got something to say. Together with other Girl Scout Juniors, put skills to use improving your community and earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award in the process.
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Color Key: GIRLtopia Weekend is your invitation to imagine a perfect world and spend time learning and analyzing different challenges facing girls around our planet. Become an agent of change as we develop an art project together relating to topics you find important while staying at Lake Rickabear Camp in Kinnelon. This program activity will help girls with the Girl Scout Senior GIRLtopia Journey.
Join us for Girls Lead the Way, our girl-centric conference for girls (in grades 6-12) and adults, to be held at the Embassy Suites hotel in Parsippany. Participate in age-level appropriate workshops on mental health, dating preparedness, college readiness, anxiety, and stress.
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AmbassadorsGirlForScout FamilyEntrepreneurshipLifeOutdoorsSkillsExperienceHealthyLivingHighestAwardsCreativeArts Color Key: Discover the things that go bump in the night with the help of the New Jersey Paranormal Society. Learn how to use ghost hunting equipment and after some training, we’ll visit a local area where the unexplained happens frequently. Be a chemist for a day with the help of the staff at Bellus Skincare Lab in Pompton Plains, NJ. You’ll learn about the chemistry behind natural beauty products and how they affect your skin, health, and Thishygiene.program will help girls earn the Girl Scout Ambassador Research & Development Badge, and Girl Scout Senior Science of Style Badge (Steps 1, 3 & 5). Ghost & Tech-Ghost Hunting Chemistry of Beauty Life Skills S.T.E.M. S.T.E.M. Here are a few of the many activities you can try, plus check out our website for so many more! Scan for more information about these and other program activities or visit www.gsnnj.org/ProgramActivities Color Key Program Activity Name Badge/Patches Floral Botanical Water Lab Bellus Skincare Labs Fun Patch Owls and Hawks and Falcons...Oh My! Fun Patch Gold Award Project Planning Gold Award Take Action Project Cake Decorating I or Cake Decorating II Part 1 of your Girl Scout Bake Arts Patch Sewing I or Sewing II Fun Patch Birthplace Bound Fun Patch GingerbreadTrailblazersHouseConstruction 101 Apollo WoodburningXIIIWorkshop Girl Scout Ambassadors, you don’t just follow in others’ footsteps, you carve your own path. Your innovative thinking, optimism, and ability to bring people together inspires everyone around you. And, when you combine your passions with a plan, you can be a real world-changer. Your vision, experience, and dedication are all you need to get on the path toward becoming a Gold Award Girl Scout.
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Girl Scout Juniors who team up with other girls to make a difference in their town earn their Girl Scout Bronze Award. Girl Scout Cadettes who research an issue, make a plan to address it, and then take action to improve their community, earn their Girl Scout Silver Award
You shine brightest when you’re making the world a better place.
The Girl Scout Gold Award, Silver Award, and Bronze Award—the highest awards in Girl Scouting—prove you’ve got what it takes to build a better today and tomorrow.
Learn Business Skills and Support Your Troop Through the Girl Scout Fall Product Program and Girl Scout Cookie Program, you’ll learn valuable sales and business skills while raising funds to support your troop’s activities. New this year! Raspberry Rally Girl Scout Cookies-- thin, crispy cookies infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in a deliciouscoating.chocolaty
Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors who develop and carry out lasting solutions to issues in their neighborhoods and beyond, become Gold Award Girl Scouts. Plus, they’re amazing candidates for colleges, scholarships, competitive internship programs, and exciting careers.
Every purchase from these annual programs help you earn some of the funding needed to participate in unique and amazing experiences, while learning five essential life skills: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics. You can safely participate by creating your own online shops where you can upload photos and videos, and create your very own custom Avatar. All the resources you need for each of these financial literacy programs can be found on our website at www.gsnnj.org/FallProductProgram and www.gsnnj.org/CookieProgramResources
Sign up for a Highest Awards Workshop to get started, and learn more about earning each of these distinguished honors at: www.gsnnj.org/HighestAwards
Girl Scout Camp is where girls thrive in the great outdoors. At our Jockey Hollow and Lake Rickabear Day Camps, girls feel comfortable acquiring new skills in a safe and supportive all-girl environment. From a relaxed swim to teaming up on a project, our camps offer you a variety of opportunities to learn, grow, and build courage, confidence, and character. Activities include swimming, hiking, outdoor cooking, archery, horseback riding, environmental exploration, arts and crafts, boating, S.T.E.M. activities, and so much more! Check out all that we offer at www.gsnnj.org/Camp
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At our Celebrate Girls Summer Program, girls gain important skills in four areas that form the foundation of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Life Skills, Outdoors, Entrepreneurship, and S.T.E.M. You’ll get to work on Girl Scout badges, attend exciting field trips, participate in a Book Club, and more. www.gsnnj.org/CelebrateGirls
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Outdoor adventure awaits—become an avid hiker as a member of the Trailblazers Hiking Group. Experienced leaders will guide you through a year of scheduled events as you discover hiking, camping, fire building, rock climbing, archery, geocaching, sailing, and more. Participate as your schedule allows. Girls can register on their own, with a parent, or with their troop. Maple
Enjoy a late winter day at Lake Rickabear Camp and discover how maple syrup is made. You’ll be able to experience the maple sugaring process with all your senses. Bring your troop or family. With a little practice and good hand-eye coordination, you’ll be hitting bullseyes in no time. During this two-hour session, you’ll learn all about archery—the equipment, safety, and shooting on an archery range. Choose between our two camps for your preferred location: at Jockey Hollow Camp in Mendham or Lake Rickabear Camp in Kinnelon. Archery sessions are available from mid-April through mid-November. Adults can register to participate, too.
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Get ready for fun, friendship, and amazing adventures. Invite a friend to join, too. Check out the top 5 reasons for becoming a Girl Scout: VISIT COUNCILOURSHOPS We have everything you need to show your Girl Scout spirit and participate in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. For shop hours or to purchase merchandise online, visit www.gsnnj.org/shop. 95 Newark Pompton Turnpike Riverdale, NJ 07457 Top 5 Reasons to Be a Girl Scout Nonprofit NewU.S.PostageOrg.PaidBrunswick,NJPermit#1 https://youtu.be/3XbvkZ3IUQk
