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Working with Daisies/Brownies

Working with Daisies/Brownies. Collapse Menu. Raise Hand. Ask Questions. Staff. Jessica Richards Director of Volunteer Services Becky Pack Volunteer Services Specialist Denise Davis Northern Director of Membership and Marketing Michelle Parsons

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Working with Daisies/Brownies

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  1. Working with Daisies/Brownies

  2. Collapse Menu Raise Hand Ask Questions

  3. Staff Jessica Richards Director of Volunteer Services Becky Pack Volunteer Services Specialist Denise Davis Northern Director of Membership and Marketing Michelle Parsons Southern Director of Membership and Marketing Sarah Thomas Director of Program Beth Casey Chief Operations Officer

  4. Volunteer Panelelist Pamela Thor Cross Lanes, WV

  5. Girl Scout Daisies 2511 Girl Scout Brownies 3123 Daisy Leaders 271 Brownie Leaders 332

  6. Why are we here today? • Learn all about girls of the Daisy/Brownie grade levels • Learn ways to help girls during this stage of their lives • Learn strategies for recruiting and retaining girls in Girl Scouts • Network with other leaders to discuss hot topics

  7. All About the Girl Social Life Begins to Get Complicated

  8. All About the Girl Girl friendships are spectacular and all-encompassing.

  9. All About the Girl The nature of girls' play evolves in elementary school.

  10. All About the Girl Some girls at this age start competing and rejecting.

  11. All About the Girl The media can influence how girls relate to their friends.

  12. All About the Girl Leader experiences with girls Time to Share!

  13. How Can We Help? Encourage your girls to pursue a passion.

  14. How Can We Help? Let girls have a voice in making decisions.

  15. How Can We Help? Get girls working together.

  16. How Can We Help? Encourage her to take physical risks.

  17. How Can We Help? Address girl fighting when you see it.

  18. How Can We Help? Listen more than you talk.

  19. How Can We Help? Help her process the messages in the media.

  20. How Can We Help? Enjoy your girls!

  21. Hot Topics!

  22. Ways to Recruit New Girls and Retain Current Girls Add-a-Member Campaign

  23. Ways to Recruit New Girls and Retain Current Girls

  24. Cookie Talk!

  25. Cookie TipsBooth Sales!

  26. Cookie Tips • Troop Proceeds:How to use them appropriately

  27. Pathways

  28. Girl Scout Pathways

  29. Websites For Daisy and Brownies • Make Your Own Badge • https://www.gsmakeyourown.com/ • As a Girl Scout, you get to make your own badge once a year! This is a chance for you to choose something new you want to learn to do, take the steps to really learn to do it, and then design a badge! When you add this new badge to your vest or sash, it will represent how proud you are that you taught yourself something new! • You can find the information about the “five steps” you’ll do to earn your Make Your Own Badge in the back of the badge section in your Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. • For $3.50 plus s&h, you’ll have designed a badge and personalized certificate!

  30. Events Opportunities • Events • March 16th, 2013- Cirque de la Symphonie • April 19th, 2013- Earth Night • April 20th, 2013 - Ain’t No Bugs on Me • May 4th, 2013- Little Owls • May 11th, 2013- Little Owls • May 16th, 2013- Little Owls • May 18th, 2013- STEM Nation • June 1st, 2013- STEM Nation

  31. Journey Fun • Making Journey’s Fun • Customized for your group/troop. • Make the Journeys flexible. • Link the Journey to help your community. • Focus on the goal. • Take field trips that tie with the Journey. • Tie Journeys with the Girl Guide to Girl Scouting skill building badges. • Team with younger troops. • Attend council Journey events. • Have Journey weekends at camp with your troop or SU. • Invite guest speakers to your troop meeting. • Attend a local university speaker event. • Have the girls design their Journey. • If it is not fun, don’t do it.

  32. Awards • My Promise, My Faith Pin • Girls of all grade levels can now earn the My Promise, My Faith pin developed by Girl Scouts of the USA. This pin, which girls can earn once a year, complements existing religious recognitions and allows all girls to further strengthen the connection between their faith and Girl Scouts. A girl earns the My Promise, My Faith pin by carefully examining the Girl Scout Law and directly tying it to tenets of her faith. Requirements for this pin are included in The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting for all levels.

  33. Program Discussion

  34. Networking • Questions for our expert panel • Other suggestions

  35. Thanks for Attending! Resources: http://www.pbs.org/parents/raisinggirls/ http://www.girlscouts.org/ https://www.bdgsc.org/

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