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2021 Program Guide Summer Supplement 2021 PROGRAM GUIDE SUPPLEMENTsummer HELLO GIRL SCOUT! The Program Guide Summer Supplement is full of opportunities to try something new, dive deeper into that which interests you, and have FUN this summer with GSOSW! NAVIGATING THIS GUIDE This guide is organized by date. When you find events that are just right for you, visit girlscoutsosw.org/events to find more detailed information about the events and sign up! Special icons in this guide indicate where you can spend your program credits ( ), and if the event is in person ( ). These icons will SAMPLE ACTIVITY LISTING tell you if you can use program This is where credits and if the the event FARM TO FORK: COMPOST event is in person title, program AND CHEESE or virtual. In this example the partner and GSOSW location can event is in person Medford, OR be found. and you can use program credits. Get your hands dirty in the garden and Learn about learn about compost and worms from this event and Bugs R Us! Afterward, learn how to make The time of the whether it’s ricotta cheese in the kitchen. activity and which something grade levels can you would like 7/13/21 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. participate are to do! $10/girl All ages located here. Abbreviations are as follows: The date and D (Daisies), BR cost of the (Brownies), JR events are (Juniors), CAD listed here. (Cadettes), SR (Seniors) and AMB (Ambassadors). COVID-19 UPDATE GSOSW is excited to be offering a handful of in-person events this summer! GSOSW has collaborated with our program partners to ensure that all COVID-19 In-Person Troop/Group Meeting Guidelines laid out in Girl Scouts Together will be upheld and followed at all in-person events. Girl Scouts who are attending in-person events are required to sign the GSOSW Assumption of Risk, Release and Waiver of Liability Relating to COVID-19 upon registration for the event. SPECIAL NOTE ON PROGRAM CREDITS Program credits that were set to expire September, 15, 2021, have been extended through December 31, 2021! This extension allows additional time for Girl Scouts to redeem balances towards program events and overnight camp. To find out more about which cards have been extended please see GSOSW’s Program Credits webpage. 1 PROGRAM GUIDE EVENTS ARE FOR EVERY GIRL SCOUT! No matter how you participate in Girl Scouts or what your interests are, Girl Scout Program Guide events are for you! If you are in a Girl Scout troop, you can participate in events together with your troop or on your own as an individual. Program Guide events can be a great compliment to Girl Scout troop meetings and badge activities, or a fun way for girls to explore their own interests in addition to the cooperative learning they do with their troop. If you are a Girl Scout Juliette—an individually registered member in grades K-12—Program Guide events are a great way to explore Girl Scout badges and connect with other Girl Scouts. In fact, you can do all of the same things girls in troops do—from badges and events, to camp, Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookie Programs, travel, highest awards and more! Have questions? Contact us at [email protected] for support! Did you know? When you see the term “patrol” in this guide, it’s referring to a travel patrol—a group of girls who function like a troop for the duration of a GSOSW-sponsored travel opportunity, including during the planning stages. Girls in troops and Girl Scout Juliettes can apply for travel patrol opportunities! Learn more at girlscoutsosw.org/travel. 2 GIRL SCOUT MEMBERSHIP Your time to shine? Now. Over the past year, you’ve shown the world—and maybe even yourself—that nothing can stop your shine. Get ready to take it to the next level and be your brightest, boldest self with Girl Scouts—renew today! Renew your Girl Scout membership by May 31, 2021, to take advantage of special spring renewal benefits. Don’t have a current Girl Scout membership? This year only, Extended Year Membership is available to girls and adults with lapsed Girl Scout membership (those who did not have an active membership for the 2021 Girl Scout year)! With Extended Year, you’ll receive membership for the remainder of this year AND all of the upcoming 2022 membership year for just $35. That’s a $15 savings, and you won’t need to renew again until September 2022!* Extended Year Membership is also available for new girls joining between now and July 31, 2021. Join us today at girlscouts.org/join! *Girl Scout membership must be renewed annually. Membership year is October 1–September 30. 3 JUNE/JULY 2021 SUMMIT AWARD LIVE ONLINE WALLOPING WEATHER DAY CAMP Mad Science Engage Thru Tech Online Online The forecast calls for meteorological Get ready to embark on an adventure mayhem in the form of thunderbolts, that celebrates the technology that has heavy winds, and your own personal changed the world, all from the comfort tornado—all produced in the safety of of your own home! Play games to learn your home. about the ways we use energy and how it affects the environment. Then 6/21/21 5 - 6 p.m. put your energy to good use in a “take action” video. Combine your passion $17.50/girl D/BR/JR for the outdoors with technology and connect with scientists! Count squirrels and pollinators, help NASA measure PLANETS, MOONS AND tree heights and help spread the word STARS about citizen science. Tinker around with Mad Science building structures, the design process, Online and how engineers think. Then use what you have learned to build something to For centuries, astronomers have studied help older adults in need! the skies to learn about the stars. Now it’s your turn to take your place in the grand orbit of our solar system, circling 6/28/21 - 7/7/21 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. the sun and weaving through rocky $125/girl Daisies planets and gas giants, while creating solar and lunar eclipses. 6/28/21 - 7/7/21 1 - 4 p.m. $125/girl Brownies 7/5/21 5 - 6:30 p.m. $22.50/girl D/BR/JR 6/21/21 - 6/25/21 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $175/girl Juniors LIVE ONLINE CODING FOR GOOD 7/12/21 - 7/16/21 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. DAY CAMP Engage Thru Tech $175/girl Cadettes Online Release your inner coder! Create a 6/21/21 - 6/25/21 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. simple video game and app, and $175/girl Seniors experience coding processes such as algorithms, loops, events, conditional statements, arrays, and debugging. 6/21/21 - 6/25/21 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $175/girl Ambassadors 7/5/21 - 7/6/21 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $125/girl Juniors 7/19/21 - 7/23/21 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. $175/girl Daisies/Brownies 7/29/21 - 7/30/21 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $125/girl Cadettes 4 GOLD AWARD GIRL SCOUT RECOGNITION CEREMONY Join us on June 19, 2021, at 11 a.m. as we celebrate our Gold Award Girl Scouts for achieving the Gold Award—the highest award for Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors! Meet Gold Award Girl Scouts, hear about their innovative and sustainable solutions to community challenges, and be inspired to change the world with a project of your own. Hear from special guest and keynote speaker Judith Batty, Interim CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA. Register to attend for FREE today! Tour America’s first National Park with your Girl Scout sisters! Enjoy the scenery as you lounge aboard a passenger train from Oregon to Wyoming. Once at the park, visit the breathtaking natural wonders of geysers, hot springs, waterfalls, lakes and unspoiled forests. Plan fun outdoor activities like hiking or kayaking. Work as a team to plan all aspects of the trip from transportation to what you are going to eat while there! The patrol will travel in the summer of 2022. Final dates and details to be determined by the patrol. Estimated cost per person is $1,300. Final cost to be determined by patrol and is dependent upon details/activities planned. Apply by August 15, 2021, at girlscoutosw.org/travel. 5 JULY 2021 LIVE ONLINE MOVIE COMBO CYBERSECURITY BADGE DAY CAMP WORKSHOP SERIES Engage Thru Tech Code Ninjas Online Tigard, OR Travel to the past through the “magic” of In this workshop series Girl Scouts 2-D animation and green screen effects! will learn how to keep their online Along the way, dabble in stop-motion as information private, stay safe on the well as custom ring tones for your cell web, and how investigators track down phone. hackers and fight cybercrime. 7/7/21 - 7/9/21 9:30 - 3:30 p.m. 7/10, 7/17 & 7/24/21 5 - 6 p.m. $175/girl Juniors $55/girl D/BR/JR 7/26/21 - 7/28/21 9:30 - 3:30 p.m. $175/girl Cadettes FLING FLYER DESIGN CHALLENGE Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum CODING FOR GOOD McMinnville, OR WORKSHOP SERIES Code Ninjas Join us as we uncover the secrets to Tigard, OR flight! Go on a guided scavenger hunt to learn more about the four forces of In this workshop series Girl Scouts will flight, then put your knowledge to the learn how computers work, how video test by building your own glider.
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