2018-2019 Program Resource Book Table of Contents

You Can Be Anything!

As many of you know, each year I have a President and CEO patch designed to give to the girls I meet. My patches are based on stories from my sons. Each son, who are now grown men, decided what they felt was one of the most important life lessons I have taught them. They said if the lesson was good enough for them, they would also be good for the girls. My first patch, from my oldest son, Benjamin, who now has a daughter of his own, is “Make Wise Choices.” Spencer, my second son, remembers me always telling him “It is important to look in the mirror and like who he sees looking back,” so this message became my second patch. My third son, Brooks, suffered with a physical disability as a young boy. He learned it was best to “Be Kind” even if others were not kind to him. He was very clear that his patch would be the “Be Kind” patch. That brings me to my newest patch. Christian, my stepson, was excited to get his own patch. When I first met him, he was very shy. He was always encouraged to try and experience everything life had to offer to help him get over his shyness and find his passion. Due to this encouragement he is now pursuing his dream of being a rock star – because he can be anything!

This program book provides countless opportunities for girls to make choices, like the girl they are becoming, be kind in their service to others and realize they can be anything.

I hope everyone who uses this great book discovers the world around them, connects with what they are passionate about and takes action to make a difference in the world.

Yours In Girl Scouting! Dawn Prasifka

President and CEO Girl Scouts - Diamonds

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Welcome 4 Event Types 5 Registration Information 6 Programs at-a-Glance 7-12 Important Dates 13 Calendar 13 Growing Girl Scouts 14 STEAM Center 15 Properties and Camps of Excellence 16 Outdoor Events at Camp 17-18 Horse Programs 19-20 Signature Events 21-22 Central Region 23-31 Midwest Region 32-35 Northeast Region 36-41 Northwest Region 42-47 Southeast Region 48-51 Southwest Region 52-57 Service Opportunities 58-59 Product Program 60 Did You Know? 61 Girl Scout Leadership Experience 62 Retail Shops and New Program Content 63 Adult Training 64-65 Volunteer Resources 66 Stellar Service Unit Challenge 67-68 Service Unit Road Map 69-72 Highest Awards 73 Earned Awards 74-75 Travel and Destinations 76-77 Fund Development 78 Girl Scout Traditions 79

The information compiled for this publication was correct as of July 1, 2018. As you are planning your activities, we recommend you visit www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org, as well as our Facebook page, regularly to see new and updated information.

In this book, you will find your troop’s next big adventures for their go-getting, innovating, risk-taking, leading experiences in Girl Scouts. With great programming from the Girl Scouts – Diamonds staff and our fantastic community partners, along with troop- specific activities, the options for fun, exploration and leadership are endless. Girls can participate in outdoor activities and have exciting adventures while learning important life skills. They can explore the world of science, technology, engineering, art and math through hands-on, learning-by-doing activities. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is unrivaled in its ability to teach girls financial literacy skills for today and tomorrow, and girls can take the lead on issues they care about in their communities through take action projects.

Girl Scouts – Diamonds offers a range of activities to help girls learn more about themselves, their peers and the world around them. Whether she’s building a robotic arm, learning to code, or packing for her first camping trip, a Girl Scout has an exciting array of choices to suit her interests at every age. Girl Scouts - Diamonds Program Focus Areas

STEAM LEADERSHIP

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) Leadership as an everyday practice infuses everything Hands-on experiences in science, engineering, outdoor we do at Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts focuses on key STEM, robotics, computer science and more allow girls to leadership skills to help girls set goals, think innovatively, explore the world of STEAM. and take risks in a safe environment to help them reach their full potential. OUTDOORS AND CAMP LIFE SKILLS The outdoors and camp focus is on adventure and skill building, with camping experiences for all age levels. Life skills programs address a variety of useful knowledge Girls are also introduced to sports, the natural world and and skills areas, including financial literacy, civic conservation education. engagement, healthy living and communications skills.

Our Program Team

Our team is excited to offer an array of programs and events for the 2018-2019 Girl Scout year and we are committed to making your year exciting and fun. Our team is here to support leaders so you can be prepared to be great at what you do and lead the girls to be prepared to engage in new adventures, discover amazing things that spark their creativity and passions, build lasting memories and learn new skills that will help them be successful in life, work and anything they pursue in the future.

Questions? [email protected] | [email protected] | 800-632-6894 Kristin Koenigsfest, Program Director, [email protected] Sarah Hyndman, Events Coordinator, [email protected] Emily Riggs, STEAM Specialist, [email protected] Emily Eudy, Girl Scout Leadership Experience Specialist, [email protected] Shelby Nuckolls, Girl Scout Leadership Experience Specialist, [email protected] Linda Archer, Outdoor Programs Manager/Camp Crossed Arrows Director, [email protected] Jillian Taylor, Horse Program Coordinator/CCA Assistant Director, [email protected] Betony Maringer, Camp Cahinnio Director, [email protected] 4 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Event Types

Throughout this book, you will find listings of all the wonderful programs and events happening for Girl Scouts and volunteers across the council this year. From our large signature events to outdoor programs, high adventure, travel and STEAM, you can find many opportunities for your troop to enjoy and learn from this membership year. Please share this information with parents as well. Three types of programs and events are available:

SIGNATURE EVENTS SET DATE EVENTS These are larger events that take place annually in varied Set date programs and events include our Outdoor and areas of the council and offer a unique, theme-focused Horse programs at camp, programs at our STEAM Center experience for girls throughout the council. presented by our STEAM specialist, and those programs such as badge workshops or special events that are Who should attend? For signature events, the best scheduled by wonderful program partners. The Girl scenario is that entire troops and individually registered Scouts program team carefully selects and vets each of girls (IRGs) attend, with just the right ratio of adults. our program partners to ensure that the programs they That allows for more space for girls – the people we offer are in line with the Girl Scout Leadership Experience create these events for. Some of our events are family (GSLE) and they are helping girls to build important friendly, however adults must also register and pay. That skills by discovering, connecting and taking action in means that entire families can register and attend if some way. These programs, along with our signature they want. Certain restrictions apply to overnight events. events will be posted on our online calendar at www. Adults spending the night must be registered Girl Scout girlscoutsdiamonds.org. Each calendar listing connects members and background checked prior to the event. to our event registration system where participants There are no drop-offs at our signature events. register and pay online.

Who should attend? Entire troops can attend, or FLEXIBLE DATE ACTIVITIES individual girls can register and attend these events Flexible date activities are those in which businesses any time, so be sure to share information with parents. and/or organizations provide special programs for Girl Generally, tagalongs are NOT allowed unless noted in the Scouts, which must be arranged by troop leaders. calendar and registration listing, and adults must pay if Contact information is provided for each of our flexible noted. There are no drop-offs at our set date programs. date partners, as well as a brief description of the types of activities troops can do.

Who should attend? Flexible date programs should be scheduled by troop leaders and attended by TROOPS LEGEND only. Tagalongs are generally not allowed, but troop leaders can ask the partner if this can be arranged.

HELPFUL INFORMATION ⚬ For complete information about program registration, cancellation and other procedures, see page 6. ⚬ If a program listing does not include a contact, it is being organized through our program department. For additional information, always feel free to contact us at [email protected] or at 800-632-6894. ⚬ If cost is listed for the program, it is a per person price unless otherwise noted. ⚬ Tagalongs are only allowed at events and programs that are listed as ‘Family’ events. The cost listed for these events is the cost for all participants unless otherwise noted. A tagalong is any individual not registered as a Girl Scout or served by a specific program or event due to the age/level restrictions.

REGISTRATION PROGRAM MINIMUMS Online registration for programs is through Doubleknot, Each program or event has a minimum number of which can be accessed through the event registration links attendees necessary for the program to occur. Program on our website. If you do not currently have a Doubleknot minimums will be stated within the event description on account, you will be prompted to create one. Paper our website. If a program does not make the minimum registration forms for all council events and activities can be participant number, it will be cancelled and registrants will found on the “Forms and Documents” page of our website, receive a refund. or obtained from any regional office. SPECIAL NEEDS REGISTRATION DEADLINES In order to best meet the needs of the participants, all Registration by the designated deadline is required for all special needs (allergies, disabilities, etc.) should be listed council set date events. Early registration is encouraged, as when registering for each event. many events fill quickly. To avoid delay in processing, forms should be filled out completely, include all applicable fees ADULT SUPERVISION AND and arrive prior to closing on the day of the deadline. Fees GIRL/ADULT RATIOS may go up past the registration deadline or spots may not Unless otherwise noted, leaders and other adults should be available. follow the Safety Activity Checkpoints for proper girl/adult ratios for all activities. At all times, troop leaders/adults FEES should be responsible for the supervision of their own Event/activity fees are charged to cover the costs of events troop. and are due at the time of registration. Fees can be paid through troop funds, individually, or with Cookie Bucks. NON-GIRL SCOUTS Financial scholarships are not available for program fees. Any girl can join Girl Scouts and participate in programs and events. Girls are encouraged to bring a friend to any event. FEE REFUND/TRANSFER REQUESTS All individuals must go through the registration process. Event fee refunds will be given if the registrar is notified in Certain designated family events are open to non-members. writing 10 business days PRIOR to the event. No shows will be refunded only in the case of serious illness or family VOLUNTEERS death. For serious illnesses, a doctor’s written note is We always need adult and older girl volunteers to help plan required and should be submitted within 14 days after the and execute our events. If you would like to be on a planning event. Substitutions are welcome, but please notify staff committee, please contact the program team at programs@ during check in if you are substituting one Girl Scout for girlscoutsdiamonds.org. another. TAGALONGS EVENT CANCELLATIONS In Girl Scouting, a “tagalong” is defined as any child and/or If an event is cancelled, the person listed on the adult other than the specific age-level being served at the registration form as the troop or parent contact will be event/activity. Unless otherwise noted in event descriptions, notified by phone or email. For troop registrations, it will tagalongs are not allowed at council events due to liability be the responsibility of the troop contact person to notify issues and limited space at many venues. Leaders should all girls registered for the event. Cancellations initiated by be responsible for checking with program staff or the the council or program partner will result in full refund of program partner to see if it is okay to bring tagalongs and fees paid. inform their troop parents of this regulation.

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LEGEND

Events marked with a volunteer icon are events specifically geared for volunteers. Adults may attend any event, but may have to register and pay. REGION DATE TITLE OF PROGRAM/EVENT GIRL SCOUT LEVELS AUG 2018 8/17-18 Venture Out II (NOARK) 8/24 Girl Scout Night with the NWA Naturals 8/25 CPR/First Aid Training SEP 2018 9/1 Get Wild at the Nature Center 9/7-9 Scouting U 9/8 Digital Movie Maker Badge Workshop 9/8 Owl Be a Girl Scout Fall Kick-off 9/8 Daisies or Robots 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance 9/13 Volunteer Essentials Webinar 9/14-16 Cardboard Boat Regatta & Jamboree 9/15 Discovery Days at Chimp Haven 9/15 Junior Quilting Guild 9/18 Cabela’s Adventure Night 9/22 Conway Regional’s Girl Scouts Expo 9/22 Girl Scout Golf Experience Day 9/22 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 9/22 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 9/22 Playing the Past Badge Workshop 9/22 Comic Artist Badge Workshop 9/22 Dreams to Reality 9/22-23 Journey in a Weekend 9/22-23 Venture Out II Training 9/23 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 9/23 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 9/25 Troop Leader Roundup (C-A) 9/25 Bank On It! 9/29 Hands-on Horses 9/29 Leave No Trace GS Recruitment/Renewal Day 9/29 Water Badge Workshop 9/29 Girl Scout Fishing Workshop 9/29 Legacy Naturalist Badge Workshops 9/29 Gold and Silver 101 Training 9/29 Sewing Past to Present 9/30 Climb On at the U of A Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 7 REGION DATE TITLE OF PROGRAM/EVENT GIRL SCOUT LEVELS

OCT 2018 10/1 New Girl Scout Year Begins! 10/2 Troop Leader Roundup (J) 10/2 How to Send Your GS on a Destination webinar 10/6 Girl Scout Fishing Workshop 10/6 Girl Scout Day at the Park 10/6-7 Venture Out II Training 10/6 Exploring Arkansas Animal Habitats 10/6 Her-O Day 10/6 Snacks Badge Workshop 10/6 Program Aide Training 10/6 Outdoor Adventure Badge Workshop 10/6 Girl Scouting Outing at MONAH 10/6 Sew Illuminated 10/6 Troop/Group Horse Workshop 10/7 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 10/7 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 10/9 Maker and Design Workshop 10/9 Gold and Silver 101 Training 10/9 Girl Scout Day with the Red Wolves 10/9 Troop Leader Roundup (B) 10/10 Bugs Badge Workshop 10/12-14 Outdoor Adventure Rendezvous 10/13 Razorback Football vs Ole Miss 10/13 Girl Scout Days at Mid-America Museum 10/13 Buffalo River Adventure Days 10/13 CPR/First Aid Training 10/13 New Troop Exploration Day 10/13 Girl Scout Mechanics 10/13 Pioneer Days 10/13 New Troop Exploration Day 10/13-14 Think Like an Engineer Journey in an Evening & Sleepover 10/14 Muggles in the Woods 10/14 CPR/First Aid Training 10/16 Troop Leader Roundup (D) 10/16 Cabela’s Adventure Night 10/19-21 Diamonds Trainer Retreat 10/19-21 Boo Bash Encampment 10/20 Pony Tales - Saturday Option 10/20 Mom and Me Tea Party 10/20 Bugs and Flowers Badge Workshop 10/20 Discovery Days at Chimp Haven 10/20 Arkansas Food Bank Service Day 10/20 Buffalo River Adventure Days 10/20 Youth Ranch Day! 10/20 Razorback Football vs Tulsa

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10/21 Pony Tales - Sunday Option 10/23 Gold and Silver 101 Training 10/25 Gold and Silver 101 Training 10/26-28 Girl Scouts On Target 10/27 LEGO Robotics Lab 10/27 Songs, Swaps and S’mores! 10/27 Junior Robotics Workshop: Programming Robots 10/27 Happy Halloween with Kay Dee 10/27 Make a Difference Day 10/27 Girl Scout Way 10/28 Gold and Silver 101 Training 10/28 Juliette Low Tea Party 10/28 Night at the Theatre - “School of Rock” 10/31 Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday (Founder’s Day) 10/31 Spooktacular Celebration NOV 2018 11/3 Girl Fest: STEAM Expo 11/3 Cherokee Heritage Days 11/3 Saddle Up Workshop 11/3-4 Venture Out II Training 11/4 Tenderfoot Workshop 11/4 Behind the Ballot Badge Workshop 11/10 International Girls Day at UA Little Rock 11/10 New Troop Exploration Day 11/10 Home Scientist Badge Workshop 11/10 Tinkering Workshop 11/10 Amazeum Fun Patch Night 11/10 Kitchen Chemistry 11/10-11 Delta Campout 11/11 Sew Creative Fall Sewing Workshop 11/11 Climb On at the U of A 11/13 Maker and Design Workshop 11/13 Fall Service Unit Summits 11/16-18 Gals ‘n Pals Family Horse Weekend 11/17-18 Delta Campout 11/17 Simple Meals Badge Workshop 11/17 Discovery Days at Chimp Haven 11/17 Daisy Robotics Workshop: What Robots Do 11/17 Program Aide Training 11/18 Operation A.I. 11/20 Cabela’s Adventure Night 11/24 Animal Habitats Badge Workshop 11/30-12/2 G.I.R.L. Leadership Summit DEC 2018 12/1 Destinations Round 1 Deadline 12/1 CPR/First Aid Training Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 9 REGION DATE TITLE OF PROGRAM/EVENT GIRL SCOUT LEVELS

12/6 Gold and Silver 101 Training 12/8 Scuba University 12/8 New Cuisines Badge Workshop 12/8 Girl Scout Night with the Lady Trojans 12/8 Fancy Feasting 12/8 Robotics Workshop: Programming Robots 12/8 CPR FIrst Aid Training 12/9 Night at the Theatre - “On Your Feet!” CA 12/11 Maker and Design Workshop 12/15 Destinations Round 2 Deadline 12/15-16 Engineering the Future 12/18 Cabela’s Adventure Night JAN 2019 1/8 Maker and Design Workshop 1/12 Cookie Palooza 1/15 Cabela’s Adventure Night 1/19 Royal Snow Party 1/19 Book Artist Badge Workshop 1/21 MLK Day of Service 1/26 Junior Robotics Workshop: Designing Robots 1/26 CPR/First Aid Training FEB 2019 2/2 Fling Flyer Engineering Badge Workshop 2/2 Program Aide Training 2/2 Locavore Badge Workshop 2/2 Special Agent Badge Workshop 2/2 Girl Scouting Outing at MONAH 2/2 CPR/First Aid Training 2/7 Gold and Silver 101 Training 2/9 Raising Robots 2/9 Media Journey 2/9 CPR/First Aid Training 2/9-10 Venture Out II Training 2/10 CPR/First Aid Training 2/12 Maker and Design Workshop 2/12 Bank On It! 2/15 Destinations Round 2 Deadline 2/16 Daughters, Dads and DIY 2/16 Program Aide Training 2/16 Program Aide Training 2/16 Money, Money and Smores! 2/16 Desiging Robots 2/16 CPR/First Aid Training 2/16-17 Venture Out II Training 2/18 Resident Camp Registration Opens 2/19 Cabela’s Adventure Night 10 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book REGION DATE TITLE OF PROGRAM/EVENT GIRL SCOUT LEVELS

2/22 World Thinking Day 2/23-24 Programming the Future 2/23 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 2/23 Troup/Group Horse Workshop - PM 2/24 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 2/24 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 2/26 Gold and Silver 101 Training 2/28 Gold and Silver 101 Training MAR 2019 3/9 Making Friends 3/10-16 Girl Scout Week 3/12 Girl Scouts Birthday! 3/12 Maker and Design Workshop 3/16 Arkansas Food Bank Service Day CA 3/16 CPR/First Aid Training 3/16 Animal Helper Badge Workshop 3/16 Girl Scout Week Bounce! 3/16 Potter Badge Workshop 3/16-18 Horse Lover’s Day Camp 3/19 Cabela’s Adventure Night 3/19-21 Spring Break Road Trip 3/19-21 Dream Green Day Camp 3/22-24 Spring Break Getaway (Dallas) 3/23 Budding Naturalist Badge Workshop 3/23 Arkansas Arts Center Badge Workshop 3/30 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 3/30 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 3/30 Sew Creative Spring Sewing Workshop 3/30 Detective Badge Workshop 3/30 Jeweler Badge Workshop 3/30 Camp Cahinnio Open House and Tour 3/31 Troop/Group Horse Workshop 3/31 Camp Crossed Arrows Open House and Tour APR 2019 4/4 Gold and Silver 101 Training 4/6 Model/Race Car Design Engineer 4/6 Program Aide Training 4/6 Gardener Badge Workshop 4/6 Clover Petal Workshop 4/6 Outdoor Art Creator 4/6 Outdoor Art Explorer 4/6 Playing the Past Badge Workshop 4/7 Gold and Silver 101 Training 4/7-13 National Volunteer Week 4/9 Maker and Design Workshop 4/9 Gold and Silver 101 Training Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 11 REGION DATE TITLE OF PROGRAM/EVENT GIRL SCOUT LEVELS

4/12-14 Trailblazer, Wrangler, & Advanced Riders Retreat 4/12-14 A New L.E.A.F. Retreat 4/13 Roller Coaster Rockets 4/13 Inventor Badge Workshop 4/15 Nominations for Adult Recognition Due 4/16 Cabela’s Adventure Night 4/16 Spring Service Unit Summits 4/19 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 4/19 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 4/21 Easter Eggstravaganza 4/22 Leader Appreciation Day 4/26-27 Venture Out II Training 4/26-28 Scout-O-Rama 4/27 Eureka Springs Explorers Days 4/27 Wonders of Water 4/27 Farmers Market Picnic 4/27 JulietteTown MAY 2019 5/3-5 Girl Scouts on Target 5/3-5 Scouting U - Weekend 5/4 Scouting U - Day Only 5/4 Girl Scout Outdoor School 5/4 Eureka Springs Explorers Days 5/4 Bugs Badge Workshop 5/10-12 Campin’ Cowgirls 5/10-12 Vintage Girl Scouts Encampment 5/11 Vintage Girl Scouts Day Pass 5/18 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 5/18 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 5/19 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - AM 5/19 Troop/Group Horse Workshop - PM 5/18 Plant a Flower, Watch It Grow! 5/21 Cabela’s Adventure Night 5/31-6/1 Magic Springs Campout JUN 2019 TBD Europe Extravaganza TBD Air Rescue Day 6/2 Night at the Theatre - “CATS” 6/2 Camp Crossed Arrows Open House and Family Day 6/2 Camp Cahinnio Open House and Family Day 6/8 Girl Scout Gold, Silver and Grad. Senior Award Ceremony 6/11-13 Cyber Day Camp 6/25-27 Nocturnal Nights Encampment JUL 2019 7/26-27 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference

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Fall Product Kickoff September 1 Want to see your troop featured in publications (like this New Girl Scout Year Begins October 1 one!) or on social media? Send your best pictures to Founder’s Day (Juliette Low’s Birthday) October 31 [email protected] for a chance to be featured! Destinations Deadline (Round 1) December 1 Be sure to include the basic information—troop number, location and what’s happening in the photos. You can also Cookie Program Kickoff January 18 nominate your favorite girl or volunteers for one of our MLK Day of Service January 21 spotlight profiles. Destination Deadline (Round 2) February 15 Summer Camp Registration Opens February 18 World Thinking Day February 22 Girl Scout Week March 10–16 National Volunteer Week April 7-13 Gold, Silver and Graduating Seniors Ceremony June 8 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference July 26-27

2018-19 Calendar

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DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 31

APRIL MAY JUNE JULY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 30

Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 13 Growing Girl Scouts You want to see her happy, confident, strong and ready to succeed.So do we.

Whether making new friends, riding horses, building robots, traveling, or just having fun, she’ll find her place here. From troop meetings and activities to summer camps and council-wide events, opportunities abound in your Girl Scout experience. We encourage you to stay connected with us from kindergarten through high school when she earns her Gold Award - the highest achievement in Girl Scouts.

DAISIES

Be proud to be a Girl Scout! Social Media Girl Takeover Team

Whether it’s a parade, a special day at school, or any other Do you have girls in your troop who are social media community event, show your Girl Scout pride and wear your savvy and would be interested in sharing their Girl Scout uniform loud and proud! experiences? We’re hoping to pilot a project to have small teams of girls takeover Girl Scouts – Diamonds social media at Signature Events and, if that goes well, maybe even at some of our bigger troop and service unit events. If you’ve got girls 13 and older who may be interested, please drop us a line at [email protected]. At this point we are just gauging interest and will follow up when we have additional information.

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The STEAM Center at Burnham Woods is located at the Girl Scouts – Diamonds Midwest Region property in Fort Smith and is a place where girls can discover and explore their STEAM passions through hands-on, learning-by-doing activities in a girl-focused, girl-led environment.

A variety of programming and events are available on a regular basis at the STEAM Center, including STEAM focused programs and badge workshops, as well as training for leaders to feel comfortable facilitating the new GSUSA STEM-based Journeys on their own. We also host weekend programs, day camps and overnight adventures! Registration is required to attend programs so make sure to register in advance! Check out the Midwest region section for a listing of all our pre-scheduled workshops for this membership year.

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) is a key program focus for Girl Scouts - Diamonds, and that focus is particularly strong at the newly enhanced space at Burnham Woods. Girl Scouting introduces girls of all ages to STEAM activities that help develop their creativity and hone their critical thinking skills. Whether it’s building a robot, becoming a chemist or conducting electrical experiments, we are helping girls move into a future that is constantly changing and evolving. Like all Girl Scout programs, STEAM activities offer girls the opportunity to explore and learn in a safe, peer-supportive, “ok-to-fail” environment. This increases girls’ confidence in their own abilities and encourages positive social development.

When girls participate in Girl Scout STEM programs, they benefit in four important ways: STEM Interest: Girls are excited about STEM subjects and want to learn more about them. STEM Confidence: Girls have confidence in their STEM skills and abilities. STEM Competence: Girls think scientifically to solve problems. STEM Value: Girls learn the importance and relevance of STEM to people and society.

TROOP SCHEDULED PROGRAMS NEW! EARN THE STEAM CENTER PATCH! Can’t make it to an event but really want to bring your troop to the STEAM Center? We can set you up with your own Journey or badge workshop. Some examples include: Daisy: Buddy Camper, Board Game Design Challenge, Model Car Design Challenge, Roller Coaster Design Challenge, Outdoor Art Maker, What Robots Do, How Robots Move and Design a Robot All Levels by Category: Adventure, Animals, Art in the Outdoors, Artist, Athlete, Cook, Craft, Creative Play, Digital Arts, Do it Yourself, First Aid, Healthy Eating, Innovation, Investigation, Mechanical Engineering, Outdoor Explorer, Outdoor, Robotics, and Science and Technology Troop leader workshops are also available for four or more leaders who Starting this September, all first time visitors who need guidance on how to go through the new STEM-based Journeys or how have registered and are attending a program will to do a STEM-based badge workshop. receive our new STEAM Center Patch! Already To schedule your own program for your troop or for more information: been to the STEAM Center? Don’t worry! You will email [email protected] or call 800-632-6894 ext. 4013. receive your patch on your next visit. Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 15 Properties and Camps of Excellence

There are five Girl Scout properties available for rental. Troops and/or individuals can reserve a day, night or weekend. These properties offer tent and a variety of cabin camping, as well as heated and air-conditioned units for overnight and indoor campouts. They also offer programming opportunities for badge projects and fun activities that can be reserved or used for a more engaging and skill-building experience with girls. These activities can be added for an additional fee and are led by our Diamonds outdoor program team staff or activity specialists. Programs must be reserved at the time of the property reservation on Doubleknot. Minimum registrant numbers will be required for most activities. Groups can also do certain activities independently as long as they have proper certification and follow Girl Scout Safety Activity Checkpoints. Certified lifeguard on duty required for both Girl Scout and non-Girl Scout groups.

PROPERTY AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES CHART NEW! EARN YOUR PROPERTY PATCH! Camp Camp STEAM Radford NOARK Crossed Cahinnio Center House Arrows Burnham Woods Tent Pads ❧ ❧ Air-Conditioned ❧ Cabins Screened Cabins ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ Platform Tents ❧ ❧ Bunk House ❧ ❧ Dining Hall ❧ ❧ ❧

Kitchen Access ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ What’s better than getting outside with your Self-guided Hikes ❧ ❧ ❧ girls on one of our wonderful properties? Swimming Pool ❧ ❧ How about earning a patch while doing so! The re-launch of our property patch has *Archery ❧ ❧ something for every level—even volunteers! *BB Guns ❧ ❧ For more information on how to earn the *Canoeing ❧ ❧ patches, check out Property page on the *Rock Climbing ❧ website. We look forward to seeing everyone *Horseback Riding ❧ get outside with Girl Scouts - Diamonds!

Activities with * must be reserved two weeks in advance of date to ensure equipment and instructor availability. To reserve archery or BB guns, please visit the Diamonds property page on our website and search for available dates. Please see “Troop Horseback Riding” on page 19 for available horse rental options. For private lessons, groups of more than 10, or for non-Girl Scout groups, email [email protected]. Requests outside pre- scheduled dates can often be arranged by contacting the Outdoor Program Department at [email protected]. Reservations for the 2019 membership year will be accepted beginning October 1, 2018. For more information about our properties, or to make an online reservation, visit the Camp and Properties page on our website.

16 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Outdoor Events at Camp

Contact for all set-date events: Outdoor Program Staff 800-632-6894 | [email protected].

Scouting U - Camp Cahinnio Boo Bash Encampment Choose your classes and earn up to three badges in this all- Join Girl Scouts and Dystopia Rising for a weekend filled with day workshop. Badge options vary by level. Lunch is provided, chills, thrills and camp fun! Enjoy a fall carnival complete and you’ll get a chance to get to know Camp Cahinnio. What’s with face painting, haunted trail tours, games, a hayride more fun than a day at camp? How about an entire weekend? and more! Dress to impress for the costume contest, take Attend Scouting U and choose the weekend option for even home fun prizes, and experience a campfire by the lake. All more badge-earning opportunities. Plus, we will have a campfire meals provided. Housing includes bring-your-own tent, camp and special program for all Saturday night attendees. All meals platform tents or climate-controlled cabins. provided. Housing includes bring-your-own tent, camp platform tents or climate-controlled cabins. Date: October 19-21, 2018 | Cost: $25 girl/$15 adult Where: Camp Cahinnio Date: September 7-9, 2018 | Cost: $15 day/$30 weekend Registration deadline: October 12, 2018 Where: Camp Cahinnio Registration deadline: September 1, 2018 Girl Scouts On Target Join other girls as we learn what it takes to hit the target in Journey in a Weekend archery, BB guns, sling shots and tomahawk throwing! Earn Explore camp while we embark on Citizen Science and earn a the Daisy Outdoor Brand “Girl Scouts On Target” patch once Journey in a weekend. Learn how to make a difference in your you hit the bullseye. Saturday meals and Sunday breakfast will community and your environment while working with girls from be provided. Please eat dinner before arriving Friday night. All other troops to make the world a better place. Meals provided. equipment is provided. Journey awards purchased separately. Date: October 26-28, 2018 | Cost: $15 day/ $30 weekend Date: September 22-23, 2018 | Cost: $25 girl/$15 adult Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Registration deadline: October 17, 2018 Registration deadline: September 15, 2018

Outdoor Adventure Rendezvous Cadettes, Senior and Ambassador level Girl Scouts, join staff trip leaders as we embark on the Outdoor Adventure Rendezvous. Venture into the Buffalo National Park by hiking trails, exploring caves and try your hands (and feet) at rock climbing at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. Spend two nights camping and choose your adventure during the day. This trip is chaperoned by Girl Scout staff members. Girls will depart from the Northwest Regional office or Central office. Adults wishing to attend, please contact [email protected].

Date: October 12-14, 2018 | Cost: $75 Where: Depart Northwest or Central Girl Scout office; trip to Note: VOII training is NOT needed for outdoor Buffalo River Area events at camp that are managed by council staff. Registration deadline: September 26, 2018 Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 17 Spring Break Road Trip Scouting U – Camp Crossed Arrows Hit the road with camp staff as we explore Hot Springs. Visit Enjoy Camp Crossed Arrows while working on Girl Scout’s newest the National Park, enjoy a day at Lake Ouachita and climb to badges and some old favorites. This workshop is perfect for girls new heights with a local outdoor adventure. and leaders who want to get outside while learning and earning. Choose the weekend option for even more badge-earning Date: March 19–21, 2019 | Cost: $75 opportunities. When night falls, enjoy songs and s’mores around Where: Departs from Camp Crossed Arrows the campfire. Saturday meals and Sunday breakfast included. Registration deadline: March 6, 2019 Badges purchased separately. Rocker make-up opportunity (while supplies last)! Camp Open House and Tour Thinking about summer camp but wondering where your Date: May 3-5, 2019 | Cost: $15 day/$30 weekend camper will stay? Would you like to see where she will eat? Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Tour camp buildings and get all your questions answered on Registration deadline: April 17, 2019 this camp preview day. Select activities such as archery, BB guns, canoeing or s’mores will be available. Meet the camp Camp Family Day and Open House director and preview what camp is all about! This is a drop-in Discover camp with your family on this free, fun-filled day! Try event open to the public, and family members are welcome to your aim with target sports including BB guns and archery, attend. hike around camp, make crafts, meet and ride our horses and more. Meet the camp director and summer camp staff and ask Date: Camp Cahinnio - March 30, 2019 questions during our open Q&A. This is a drop-in event open to Camp Crossed Arrows - March 31, 2019 | Free the public, and family members are welcome to attend. Where: Camp Cahinnio and Camp Crossed Arrows Registration encouraged but not required. Date: June 2, 2019 | Free Where: Camp Cahinnio and Camp Crossed Arrows Girl Scouts on Target Registration encouraged but not required. Learn new skills and fine-tune your technique in this target sports weekend. Instruction in recurve bow, BB gun, sling shot and tomahawk throwing will be offered. Participation will be open according to Safety Activity Checkpoint guidelines. This spring edition of Girl Scouts On Target will also include quiver making and arrow fletching. All meals provided. Housing includes bring-your-own tent, camp platform tents or climate- controlled cabins.

Date: May 3-5, 2019 | Cost: $15 day/$30 weekend Where: Camp Cahinnio Registration Deadline April 26, 2019

18 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Horse Programs

Contact for all Horse Program listings: Jillian Taylor 800-632-6894 | [email protected]

Troop Horseback Riding Schedule your troop’s own private horseback riding workshop at Camp Crossed Arrows. Learn horse safety and ground skills, Saddle Up including grooming and saddling, and complete a riding lesson Learn to ride a horse and earn your Horseback Riding (Junior) in the arena. Instructors will communicate with troop leaders Badge! For Juniors and older with little to no experience with in advance to plan lessons to suit the age/ability of the troop. horses (CCA Riding Level 1). Participants will learn to safely Daisies’ mounts will be led during the ride. Juniors will complete approach, lead, groom and saddle their own horse, as well the Horseback Riding Badge. Adults may participate if included as as basic control at a walk (stop, start, steer). After learning to a paid participant; no charge for spectators. AM timeslots listed ride independently, riders will play fun arena games with the for the dates below will be available between 8 am-noon; PM horses! timeslots available between 1-6 pm. Date: November 3, 2018 | Cost: $35 | Where: Camp Crossed Date: September 22, 2018 (or) September 23, 2018 (or) October Arrows | Registration deadline: October 19, 2018 7, 2018 – PM only (or) February 23, 2019 (or) February 24, 2019 (or) March 30, 2019 (or) March 31, 2019 – AM only (or) April 19, Tenderfoot 2019 (or) May 18, 2019 (or) May 19, 2019 For Juniors and older who are comfortable leading horses on Cost: $60 minimum per rider up to 4 riders (girls or adults), $12 the ground and riding independently at a walk (CCA Riding each additional rider (girls/adults), with a maximum of 10 riders Level 2). You know the basics of riding, now take it to the next Where: Camp Crossed Arrows level! Participants will practice riding at a walk and learn to trot, Registration deadline: three Fridays prior to each event as well as begin learning to bridle, pick hooves and take on new and more challenging arena games. Hands on Horses Learn to groom a horse and make your own horse treats to share Date: November 4, 2018 | Cost: $35 with our four-legged friends at a meet-and-greet with the whole Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Camp Crossed Arrows herd! Take a tour of the barn and learn Registration deadline: October 19, 2018 more about our year-round Horsemanship Program. Open to Girl Scouts, families, friends and the public. Gals ‘n Pals: Family Horse Weekend Moms, daughters, and yes, dads and brothers, too: cowgirls Date: September 29, 2018 | Free and cowboys come together at camp for a weekend of Where: Camp Crossed Arrows family horse fun! Girls will attend with their families and all Registration deadline: September 26, 2018 participants will receive a horseback riding lesson at their appropriate skill level. Families team up for some fun horsey Pony Tales games! Note: Adults may also participate in an arena ride but Daisies and Brownies will meet our friendly herd, learn about are not required to ride to fully enjoy this event. basic horse safety, groom their own horse and ride in the round pen while being led by an adult. A perfect introduction to the Date: November 16-18, 2018 | Cost: $35 barn for young riders! Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Registration deadline: November 2, 2018 Date: October 20, 2018 (or) October 21, 2018 | Cost: $35 Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Registration deadline: October 5, 2018

Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 19 Horse Lover’s Day Camp Campin’ Cowgirls Learn the basics of horse care and riding and explore all that Do you like horses, or want to learn more about them? Come camp has to offer! In addition to a once-daily horsemanship explore the camp barn with your favorite female role model! class (1-2 hours of barn time), girls will learn about horse Learn about grooming, feeding, and other horse care, create health and first aid, hike trails and take aim in target sports. horsey crafts, hike and cook-out together under the stars. Girls Riders are grouped by skill/age level for mounted lessons. will receive a horseback riding lesson at their appropriate skill Day Camp is for girls of ALL ages with little to no experience level and adults will partner up with their girls for some fun with horses, all the way through CCA Riding Level 3. Daisies, horsey games! Note: Adults may also participate in an arena ride Brownies and Juniors can choose to attend Saturday, Sunday but are not required to ride to fully enjoy this event. or both. Daisies and Brownies must be accompanied by adult chaperones, as per ratios listed in Volunteer Essentials. Date: May 10-12, 2019 | Cost: $35 Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors are invited to attend all 3 Where: Camp Crossed Arrows days! Registration deadline: April 26, 2019

Date: March 16-18, 2019 | Cost: $25 Sat/Sun only; $65 Sat- Mon. Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Registration deadline: February 22, 2019

Trailblazer, Wrangler & Advanced Rider’s Retreat Ever wondered what camp is like when it’s not summer time? Cooler weather is great for hitting the trails on horseback, getting extra saddle time to practice your rodeo events, and sitting around the campfire. Come back to camp during the school year to catch up with friends and the horses, and maybe even stay up late with a movie and your favorite snack! For Cadettes and older who, at a minimum, are comfortable grooming and tacking their own horses and riding independently at a walk and trot (CCA Riding Levels 3+).

Date: April 12-14, 2019 | Cost: $50 Where: Camp Crossed Arrows Registration deadline: March 29, 2019

20 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Signature Events

Contact for all signature events: Sarah Hyndman 800-632-6894 x 6765 | [email protected]

Cardboard Boat Regatta & Jamboree G.I.R.L. Leadership Summit Come out to Camp Cahinnio to plan and build a sea-worthy Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors—how will boat made entirely of cardboard and duct tape. In teams of you change the world? This older girl leadership retreat will 3-4 Girl Scouts, you’ll be constructing and racing your boat to focus on how teens can take the lead on issues of justice, the soggy finish. During and after the races, enjoy other STEM, inclusion and women’s empowerment from your school to aquatic and traditional camp activities. As night falls, join us for your world. Strengthen your leadership skills at this weekend- a view of the sky with a professional astronomer! Cabins and long retreat and learn how you can discover what moves you, platform tents are available to rent. This event is only open to connect with others who share your passion and take action members who renew their membership by August 30. Earn your to make the world a better place. You might even find your Innovator Rocker! Rain date: September 21-23. Membership and inspiration for your Gold or Silver Award project! Earn your background checks required for adults spending the night. Leader Rocker! Girls may attend with their troop, and drop-off accommodations may be available. Date: September 14-16, 2018 | Where: Camp Cahinnio Cost: Saturday option $15; Weekend option $30. Half price for Date: November 30-December 2, 2018 | Cost: TBD children 4 and under. Where: TBD; Northwest Registration deadline: September 10, 2018 Registration deadline: November 19, 2018

Girl Fest: STEAM Expo Cookie Palooza Girl Fest is back for a third year! Embrace your inner risk-taker Rally the troops! Join us for our 2019 council cookie rally! Join and discover the world of science, technology, engineering, arts Girl Scouts from across the council to celebrate the kick-off and math. Explore the expo hall full of hands-on activities led of the new cookie year. Take part in fun (and educational!) by STEAM experts from across the state, then check out the full activities to master the 5 Skills and boost your financial literacy schedule of workshops for both older and younger girls. From skills to help you have your best cookie season yet! Troops design challenges to virtual reality, chemistry to geology, there is who sign up to run a rally station or lead a younger girl financial something for every G.I.R.L! Friday overnight optional. Earn your literacy badge/petal workshop will receive five free admissions Risk-Taker Rocker! to the event. Friday overnight optional. Earn your Leader Rocker! Date: November 2-3, 2018 | Where: U of A Little Rock; Little Rock | Cost: $15 girls/$10 adults Date: January 11-12, 2019 | Where: TBD; Northwest Registration deadline: October 29, 2018 Cost: $3 per person; Free for children 4 and under Registration deadline: January 7, 2019

EARN THE G.I.R.L. ROCKERS The Diamonds 10-year anniversary patch was an early registration incentive. Rockers are earned at designated signature events.

Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 21 Scout-O-Rama Girl Scout Gold, Silver and Graduating Seniors Join Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Award Ceremony Texas and Louisiana for this annual scouting celebration. The Gold Award and Silver Award are the highest and most Saturday’s Four States Scout Show is open to the public with prestigious Girl Scout awards and are the culmination of the Girl activities such as soap box racing, canoeing, a BB gun range, Scout Leadership Experience. Join us in celebrating the amazing Native American dancing, patch trading and more! Camp for young women of Girl Scouts – Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma the whole weekend and take part in even more fun activities! and Texas who have dedicated themselves to making the world a Troops are encouraged to host an activity booth on Saturday. better place as well as recognizing our graduating seniors as they Rocker make-up opportunity (while supplies last). Girls may begin their journey as Girl Scout alumnae. This year’s Gold Award attend with their troop or a parent. Girl Scouts, Silver Award Girl Scouts, all graduating Girl Scout high school seniors and their friends and families are invited to join us Date: April 26-28, 2019; Day option: April 27 for this event. Where: Spring Lake Park; Texarkana, TX | Free; patches additional Date: June 8, 2019 | Where: Central Arkansas | Cost: Honorees Registration deadline: April 22, 2019 and one guest are free. TBD for additional guests Registration deadline: May 29, 2019 Magic Springs Campout New, earlier date this year! Enjoy a special night at Magic Springs complete with a nighttime roller coaster ride, a movie and popcorn under the stars, SWAPS trading and a campout with your fellow Girl Scouts! Saturday, have the family join in on the fun with special Girl Scout discount tickets, and enjoy a special concert that night! Rocker make-up opportunity NEW! EARN THE ROAD TRIP PATCH! (while supplies last). Girls may attend with their troop or a parent. Adults must be registered members and background checked as this is an overnight event.

Date: May 31-June 1, 2019 Where: Magic Springs Theme and Water Park; Hot Springs | Cost: $40 Registration deadline: May 20, 2019

Travelling more than 120 miles to attend a Signature Event? You can earn your Girl Scouts – Diamonds Road Trip patch! Visit the Signature Events page on our website for information, instructions and the patch activity sheet.

22 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Central Region

Contact for all set-date events: Program Staff 800-632-6894 | [email protected] unless otherwise noted.

Set Date Events Maker and Design Workshops Conway Regional’s Girl Scouts Expo Girls can attend workshops at the Innovation Hub and Conway Regional Women’s Council will host an Expo for Junior participate in activities such as screen printing, video game Girl Scouts to earn their First Aid, Simple Meals and Staying design, pottery, collage making and textile art. Some programs Fit badges. Girls will create their own first aid kit, receive a will fulfill badge requirements. For information on specific demonstration on preparing a healthy meal and learn how to workshops and to register, visit the Diamonds website. stay fit. Date: 2nd Tuesday of each month (Oct-April) | Cost: Varies Date: September 22, 2018 | Cost: $2 ($8-$14) | Where: Innovation Hub; North Little Rock Where: Conway Regional Health Systems; Conway Registration deadline: 8 days prior to workshop Registration deadline: September 14, 2018 Razorback Football vs Ole Miss Her-O Day The Arkansas Razorbacks kick off the season at War Memorial Gear up and work alongside the elite women and men of Stadium when they take on Ole Miss! Tickets will be available the Little Rock Fire Department at this high adventure career at special group pricing for Girl Scout troop members and their exploration day! Girls will get a crash course in what it takes to families. be a fire fighter and complete some of the requirements for their First Aid Badge. Lunch will be provided. Date: October 13, 2018 | Cost: $25 Where: War Memorial Stadium; Little Rock Date: October 6, 2018 | Cost: $12 Contact: Mitchell Haskett | 479-575-7781 | [email protected] Where: Fire Training Facility; Little Rock Registration deadline: TBD Registration deadline: September 26, 2018 Girl Scout Day at Mid-America Snacks Badge Workshop Girls will be working on their new Mechanical Engineering Girls will prepare quick and healthy energy-boosting snacks and badges! Girls will be separated by level to attend 2-hour discuss how the nutrients in the snacks give us energy. workshops throughout the day. After their workshop, girls are encouraged to visit the museum and check out the cool Date: October 6, 2018 | Cost: $2 exhibits! Where: Natural Grocers; Little Rock Registration deadline: October 1, 2018 Date: October 13, 2018 | Cost: Admission + $7 Where: Mid-America Science Museum; Hot Springs Exploring Arkansas Animal Habitats Registration deadline: October 8, 2018 Earn your Junior Animal Habitats badge by surveying and exploring the habitats at the Audubon Center, make your own Bugs and Flowers Badge Workshop nest, learn about endangered species, and plan your own Girls will learn about bugs and flowers and how they interact backyard habitat. during pollination at this fun and interactive workshop.

Date: October 6, 2018 | Cost: $6 Date: October 20, 2018 | Cost: $5 Where: Little Rock Audubon Center; Little Rock Where: Dunbar Garden; Little Rock Registration deadline: October 1, 2018 Registration deadline: October 15, 2018

Arkansas Food Bank Service Days International Girls Day Join your sister Girl Scouts for a day of hands-on work to fight Join the Kappa Deltas of UA Little Rock for a campus tour hunger in Arkansas. Take steps toward earning your Hunger and activities to build courage, confidence and character by Fighter Patch (see Hunger Fighter Patch program partner listing respecting yourself and others. for more information). Date: November 10, 2018 | Free | Where: U A Little Rock; Little Date: October 20, 2018; March 16, 2019 | Free | Where: Rock | Registration deadline: November 5, 2018 Arkansas Foodbank; Little Rock | Contact: Emily Gassman | 501-569-4349 | [email protected] New Troop Exploration Day Registration deadline: October 15, 2018 and March 11, 2019 All NEW troops or new girls are invited to join us at Audubon Arkansas to find out what being a Girl Scout is all about. We LEGO Robotics Lab will do samples of fun environmental and earth science- The tinkering studio will transform into a robotics lab where based workshops and Journeys to offer you a taste of what’s Daisies will design, test and modify an art-bot using LEGO to come. Leaders will also be able to delve into what the Girl Technic pieces in the morning session. In the afternoon, Scout Leadership Experience is all about, learn tips and tactics Brownies and Juniors will dive into LEGO Robotics which for engaging parents, how to have the most impactful cookie combines the classic brand of LEGO with computer business, network with one another and seasoned leaders and programming. Girls will work in teams to construct an animal much more. Don’t miss out! Advance registration is required. and program it to perform various commands and prompts. Date: November 10, 2018 | Cost: $2 Date: October 27, 2018 | Cost: $20 Where: Audubon Arkansas; Little Rock Where: Museum of Discovery; Little Rock Registration deadline: October 22, 2018 Sew Creative Fall Sewing Workshop Join us for a fun sewing workshop. Learn basic sewing skills Happy Halloween with Kay Dee and sewing safety while making a cute stuffed animal friend! Come get spooky with the Kappa Delta’s of UA Little Rock. Girl User-friendly sewing machines, sewing tools and a selection of Scouts will have fun with a variety of BOO! worthy crafts, some fun, pre-cut fabric will be provided. No prior sewing experience tricking and some treating, and will learn how to stay safe on is required; we guide you through your projects step by step! Halloween and earn their Confident Girls, Confident Women Participants will receive a sewing fun patch. patch. Date: November 11, 2018 | Cost: $27 Date: October 27, 2018 | Free | Where: UA Little Rock; Little Where: Girl Scouts Corporate Office; Little Rock Rock | Registration deadline: October 22, 2018 Registration deadline: November 5, 2018

Home Scientist Badge Workshop Simple Meals Badge Workshop Earn your Brownie Home Scientist badge during this fun, tasty Girls will prepare a quick nutritious breakfast and discuss and messy hands-on science workshop! Museum admission nutrition and the importance of a balanced breakfast to start the included in price. Museum memberships will not apply. day.

Date: November 10, 2018 | Cost: $20 Date: November 17, 2018 | Cost: $2 Where: Museum of Discovery; Little Rock Where: Natural Grocers; Little Rock Registration deadline: November 5, 2018 Registration deadline: November 12, 2018 24 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Scuba University MEdia Journey Have you ever wondered what it is like to breathe under What’s not to love about media? Cadettes will explore media water? Attend Scuba University for the day to find out! Get an all around them, in their lives and in their world while looking introduction to scuba diving, learn how to use the equipment critically at what they find. This is a chance for Cadettes to put and practice new skills in the indoor pool! Must be at least 10 y/o some real “me” in media and discover ways to shape media to attend. for themselves, their community and their world. Girls will complete their MEdia Journey. Date: December 8, 2018 | Cost: $27 Where: Rick’s Dive ‘N Travel; North Little Rock Date: February 9, 2019 | Cost: $12 girl/$10 adult Registration deadline: November 26, 2018 Where: Arkansas Educational Television Network: AETN; Conway | Registration deadline: February 4, 2019 New Cuisines Badge Workshop Girls will take a grocery store tour to the international foods Arkansas Arts Center Badge Workshops area to gather ingredients and prepare an international dish and Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes are invited to the Arkansas discuss the culture of the dish. Arts Center where they will get their hands dirty to complete c their Potter, Drawing and Comic Artist badges in three separate Date: December 8, 2018 | Cost: $2 workshops going on this day. Girls will work with a ceramic Where: Natural Grocers; Little Rock artist to make pottery and sculptures out of clay, learn the Registration deadline: December 3, 2018 basics of drawing using different materials and techniques, and make their stories come to life through comic drawing. Girl Scout Night with the U of A Little Rock Lady Trojans Wear your vest and come cheer on the Lady Trojans for a fun Date: March 23, 2019 | Cost: $20 | Where: Arkansas Arts night this season! Girl Scouts will have a special section to see Center; Little Rock | Registration deadline: March 18, 2019 the women’s basketball team. Sew Creative Spring Sewing Workshop Date: December 8, 2018 | Cost: $11 Join us for a fun sewing workshop. Learn basic sewing skills Where: Jack Stephens Arena at UALR; Little Rock and sewing safety while making a cute sunglass case—the Registration deadline: December 3, 2018 perfect spring accessory! We provide user-friendly sewing machines, sewing tools and a selection of fun, pre-cut fabric. Locavore Badge Workshop No prior sewing experience is required; we guide you through Girls will learn about locally-sourced organic produce, who and your projects step by step! Participants will receive a sewing where it comes from, and the nutrients it contains. Girls will also fun patch. make a dish with or sample the locally grown produce. Seniors will earn their Locavore Badge. Date: March 30, 2019 | Cost: $27 Where: Girl Scouts Corporate Office; Little Rock Date: February 2, 2019 | Cost: $2 | Where: Natural Grocers; Registration deadline: March 25, 2019 Little Rock | Registration deadline: January 28, 2019

Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 25 Gardener Badge Workshop Arkansas Foodbank Earn your Junior Gardener Badge in this two-hour interactive Hunger Fighter Patch Program workshop on organic gardening, raising chickens, composting This program will help Girl Scouts understand the food insecurity and urban agriculture. The Dunbar Garden project is a two-acre problem facing many Arkansans. Girls will learn about food outdoor classroom with a focus on teaching children the origin insecurity through troop activities, volunteer at the Foodbank of the foods they eat. Rain date: April 13. and take action by hosting a food drive of their own for hungry Arkansans. Date: April 6, 2019 | Cost: $5 | Where: Dunbar Garden; Little Rock | Registration deadline: April 1, 2019 Where: Arkansas Foodbank; Little Rock | Free Contact: Emily Gassman | 501-569-4349 | egassman@ Clover Petal Workshop arkansasfoodbank.org Girls will learn how to use resources wisely by touring Natural Grocers’ sustainability practices and learn about why they do Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light not use plastic bags. Girls will also learn new and resourceful Earth Steward Community Service Programs ways to use food scraps and coffee grounds. Girls can make the world a better place! A representative from Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light will come to your troop Date: April 6, 2019 | Cost: $2 | Where: Natural Grocers; Little meeting location to teach girls how they can make a positive Rock | Registration deadline: April 1, 2019 impact on the world around them and help girls work on a Flexible Date Activities community service project that betters the environment. All supplies will be provided. Adventure Works High ropes courses recommended for girls 8 years and Where: Mobile | Free | Contact: Scharmel Roussel | older; different levels for children and adults. $25 Girl Scout 501-772-9906 | [email protected] troop discount for groups. High ropes and ziplining activities acceptable per Saftey Activity Checkpoints if specific Arkansas Legacy Judo guidelines are followed. Girl Scout Intro to Judo Class Need a courage or confidence booster? Attend an introductory Where: Adventure Works; Hot Springs | Cost: $25 | Contact: Judo class and learn about an Olympic sport and martial art Jacob Freeman | 615-829-4431 | [email protected] while getting a fun workout! Classes are every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30pm. Arkansas Educational Television Network AETN Tour Where: Arkansas Legacy Judo; Mabelvale | Free Learn about this state-owned public, educational television Contact: John Haman | 501-612-7603 | [email protected] station. Visit the studios and production control rooms where local programs about Arkansas are created. View Master Control where all AETN-PBS programs are broadcast throughout the state of Arkansas. See the equipment used to create television. Available September-May.

Where: AETN; Conway | Free Contact: Karen Walker | 800-662-2386 | [email protected] 26 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Apple Store Clinton Presidential Library Technology Badge Workshops Citizen Legacy Badge Schedule a visit to the Apple Store and learn about the Explore President Clinton’s accomplishments as president, latest technology! Girls can work on their Computer Expert, and how he continues to take action around the world. You Programming, Digital Photographer and Digital Movie Maker can earn your Citizen Legacy badge along the way with a self- badges. guided tour! Badge worksheets available at www.clintonlibrary. gov/education/girl-scouts-badges. Girl Scouts in uniform Where: Apple Store; Little Rock | Free | Contact: Ariel Crawford receive free admission during March in honor of Women’s 501-821-5130 | https://concierge.apple.com/fieldtrip/R286/en_US History Month.

Block Kids Where: Clinton Presidential Library; Little Rock | Cost: Where do the buildings we play in, go to school in and work in $6 girl/$10 adult | Contact: Kathleen Pate | 501-244-2704 come from? Who designs and builds them? Creative women in [email protected] the construction industry want to show you through a building block program called “Block Kids.” Damsel in Defense Warrior Workshop Girls will learn how to be aware of their surroundings to stay Where: Mobile | Free | Contact: Kristy Angyal | 501-944-5335 | safe. This program is a great way to help prepare girls for [email protected] cookie sales and they can work on their Safety Award Pin! Two workshop levels are available depending on age of participants. Camp Mitchell Cost of the workshop includes a Holla Hers Personal Alarm that Outdoor Badge Workshops girls can put on a belt loop or book bag. Spend a day on Petit Jean Mountain and work on badges or participate in activities related to farming, gardening and archery. Where: Mobile | Cost: $17 | Contact: Tonia Rollins Camping options available. 501-626-9917 | [email protected]

Where: Camp Mitchell; Morrilton | Cost: Varies Delta Dental Contact: Jenny & Doug Knight | 501-727-5451 Smile Squad Patch Program [email protected] Use your creativity and scouting skills to learn how your mouth links to your overall health and well-being. Review good Centennial Bank dental habits, try an oral health experiment, discover how Teaching Girls to Save hidden sugars can damage your teeth, and learn about the Girls will learn the importance of saving, how to write checks and importance of brushing twice a day and reading every day for log transactions, how to budget and how to give back to others. a healthy body and mind! Master the topics to earn your patch Girls will complete numerous requirements of their Financial and join Delta Dental’s Smile Squad! Literacy badges. Where: On your own | Free Where: Centennial Bank; Little Rock | Free Contact: Delta Dental | [email protected] Contact: Julie Wagner | 501-603-3847 | jlwagner@my100bank. com | Marsha Davis | 501-603-3833 | [email protected]

Dunbar Garden Heifer Ranch Organic Gardening Workshop Animal Connections Girls can participate in this interactive workshop on gardening Explore the many benefits animals provide during a tour of the organically, raising chickens and composting, offering a ranch animals, global village and hands-on activities such as goat comprehensive hands-on education in urban agriculture. The milking and rope making. Participants may purchase the Heifer Dunbar Garden project is a two-acre outdoor classroom with a patch in the ranch gift shop. focus on teaching children the origin of the foods they eat. Where: Heifer Ranch; Perryville | Cost: $10 Where: Dunbar Garden; Little Rock | Cost: $3 Contact: Ranch Reservations | 1-855-3HEIFER | Contact: 501-529-8520 | [email protected] [email protected] Heifer Ranch ESSE Purse Museum Overnight Programs ESSE Scavenger Hunt Spend one to five nights at Heifer Ranch furthering your See the evolution of the 20th-century American woman knowledge of Heifer International’s work to end hunger and through the bags she carried and their contents. Girls will get poverty. Set on a working ranch, our overnight programs are a chance to explore the museum, learn about women’s history intensive, educational experiences that combine fun team- and participate in a scavenger hunt. building activities with experiential learning. Programs include Alternative Break ($425), Global Gateway ($75) and Global Where: ESSE Purse Museum; Little Rock | Cost: $7 Challenge ($150). Contact: 501-916-9022 | [email protected] Where: Heifer Ranch; Perryville | Cost: Varies Fired Up! Contact: Ranch Reservations | 1-855-3HEIFER Pottery Workshop [email protected] Crafts made with clay have been around for thousands of years. People have found ancient clay art and everyday objects. Heifer Village Come to Fired Up! and work your way through the steps to Green Building Tour become a clay artist yourself! Brownies will earn their Potter Heifer’s headquarters is designed as a sustainable and badge. environmentally sensitive building. Adjacent wetlands, which support native species, complement the building’s design. Where: Fired Up!; Cabot | Cost: $10 | Contact: Amber Breedlove | 501-442-0804 | [email protected] Where: Heifer Village; Little Rock | Free Contact: Marcia Shelton | 1-855-3HEIFER | [email protected]

28 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Heifer Village Manners Basics Heifer Village Programs Girls will learn manners and etiquette during a fun, interactive Girls can participate in the Best of Both Worlds program with session. Basic session covers: Visual poise (posture, stance, Heifer Village and the Clinton Presidential Center to discover sitting, etc.); style strategy (proper attire, individual style); how both organizations are taking action in the world and how social and business etiquette (introductions, telephone, they can help. This opportunity is best suited for large troops or thank you notes); and manners in motion (invitation, replies, service units. Girls can also participate in the Heifer Village We hostessing, gracious guest, restaurant tutorial). Custom Are Connected Program and learn how they are connected to programs available. Basic cost per girl plus cost of supplies the world, environment, and even their food. Girls will explore (food, copies, etc.). questions like “How does food get to my plate?” in a fun, interactive way. Where: Mobile | Cost: Varies Contact: Carolyn Eastham | 501-251-4891 | mannersbasics@ Where: Heifer Village; Little Rock | Free gmail.com Contact: Marcia Shelton | 1-855-3HEIFER [email protected] McLarty Honda Car Care Badge Workshop Historic Arkansas Museum Seniors can complete their Car Care badge and learn the Visit the Museum basics about vehicle maintenance including how to change a Troops can schedule a tour to visit the museum’s historic homes tire and check fluid levels. and participate in demonstrations and hands-on activities like learning how to churn butter! Where: McLarty Honda; Little Rock | Free | Contact: Becky Borden | 501-779-6267 | [email protected] Where: Historic Arkansas Museum; Little Rock | Cost: Museum Admission McLarty Honda Contact: Leon Tidwell | 501-324-9351 | [email protected] Financial Literacy Badge Workshops: Learn How to be a Top Seller! Jazzercize Girls can prepare for cookie sales and refine their skills to become a top seller while working on their Financial Literacy Where: Hot Springs, Conway, Little Rock | Cost: Varies badges. Contact: Miranda Penor | 501-623-1049 | Hotspringsjazzercise@ gmail.com (Hot Springs) | Alison Williams | 501-329-0102 Where: McLarty Honda; Little Rock | Free | Contact: Becky [email protected] (Conway) | Heather Abed Borden | 501-779-6267 | [email protected] 501-225-8222 | [email protected] (Little Rock)

MedExpress Rick’s Dive ‘N Travel First Aid Badge Workshop Girl Scouts Discover Scuba Earn your First Aid badge during this engaging, hands-on Troops can call to schedule a Discover Scuba class where they workshop with MedExpress, and make your own first aid will learn about the basics of scuba diving, how to use the kit to take home! Girls will receive a patch and certificate equipment and how to breathe underwater! Groups of 10 or for attending. Troops can schedule their program online at more get the discounted rate of $25/person. MEcommunityconnections.com Where: Rick’s Dive ‘N Travel; North Little Rock | Cost: $25-$30 Where: MedExpress; Little Rock, Conway, Cabot, Hot Springs, Contact: Trey Tyler | 501-753-6004 | [email protected] Benton | Free Contact: [email protected] Rocks & Rubies Adventures in Etiquette Confident Girls! National Children’s Oral Health Foundation Lean how to properly interact with peers and the world around ToothFairy Patch you, develop and maintain positive friendships, be confident, and The America’s ToothFairy Scout Patch Program provides an make a difference in the lives of others. Girls can earn Brownie opportunity for Girl Scouts to learn, teach and reach out into Making Friends, Junior Social Butterfly and Cadette Nettiquette their community around children’s dental health. Scouts badges. around the country are being rewarded for community oral health activities through our “Real Life Superhero” patches. Visit Where: Mobile | Cost: $7 | Contact: Karen Walker | 501-339- www.ncohf.org/scout-patch/ to complete the requirements. 7852 | [email protected]

Where: On your own | Free while supplies last, $1.50/ea after Service Dog Education Contact: Rachel Townsend | 501-819-3979 This workshop will educate and show girls the difference a [email protected] service dog can make in someone’s life and the positive outcome they can have. Learn proper ways to respect service dogs and National Weather Service the laws our state has regarding them. Cadettes can earn their Weather Forecasting Office Tour Animal Helpers badge. Girls can tour the weather forecasting office and see how meteorologists predict the weather! Girls will see science in Where: Mobile | Free | Contact: Patti Heath | 501-327-5899 | action and learn how the National Weather Service fulfills its [email protected] mission of protecting life and property across the nation. Sew Creative Where: Weather Forecasting Office; Little Rock | Free Sew Creative Girl Scouts Contact: Dennis Cavanaugh | 501-392-3355 | Learn to sew while helping others in need! We provide user- [email protected] friendly sewing machines, sewing tools and a selection of fun, pre-cut fabric. No prior sewing experience is required; we guide you through your projects step by step! Girls will receive a unique sewing patch for participation.

Where: Girl Scouts Corporate Office; Little Rock |Cost: Varies Contact: Sophie Hussey | 501-590-8065 | sophie@ sewcreativestudio.com 30 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Spirited Art Wildwood Park for the Arts Art Workshops Behind the Scenes: A Theatre Tour and Contact Spirited Art to inquire about their mobile workshops Acting/Improv Workshop where they will come to your troop meeting and work with girls This program allows the girls a behind-the-scenes look at of all levels to acquire art-related badges (Painting, Outdoor Art, what is required for a professional theatre production. A tour Drawing, Comic Artist, Collage Artist). of Wildwood’s Lucy Lockett Cabe Theatre is included as well as a brief acting and improv workshop, which will encourage Where: Mobile | Cost: Varies | Contact: Jenny Ross | 501-607- teamwork and creativity. 3406 | [email protected] Where: Wildwood Park for the Arts; Little Rock | Free or varies The Painted Pig Contact: Ashley Nipp | 501-821-7275 ext 259 | education@ Pottery Painting and Studio Tour wildwoodpark.org Girls can choose their own pottery item to paint and have their artwork glazed in the kiln. Girls will have the opportunity to tour Wildwood Park for the Arts the kiln room and learn about the glazing process. Girls will Central Arkansas Master Naturalist Adventure - receive a fun patch and 10% off their pottery and group fees Gardening Workshop waived. Girls will take a hike around Wildwood Park for the Arts’ beautiful natural surroundings with a central Arkansas Master Where: The Painted Pig; Little Rock | Cost: $5-$50 Naturalist. The hike may highlight animal habitats, lake ecology Contact: Allie Nottingham | 501-280-0553 | or many other natural elements depending on the girls’ [email protected] questions as they walk and observe.

UAMS Institute on Aging Where: Wildwood Park for the Arts; Little Rock | Free or varies Take a Walk in Their Shoes Contact: Ashley Nipp | 501-821-7275 ext 259 | education@ Girls will increase their awareness of the physical challenges and wildwoodpark.org sensory disorders common in people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia to better accomodate those affected in their Wildwood Park for the Arts community. Gardening Workshop This program will allow the girls hands-on experience with Where: Mobile | Free diverse activities including planting bulbs, caring for a raised Contact: Laura Spradley | 501-526-7482 | [email protected] bed, and basic garden upkeep. Girls will learn about how to care for a garden, which in turn cares for other natural elements in the surrounding environment.

Where: Wildwood Park for the Arts; Little Rock | Free or varies Contact: Ashley Nipp | 501-821-7275 ext 259 | education@ wildwoodpark.org

Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 31 Midwest Region Contact for STEAM Center events: Emily Riggs 800-632-6894 | [email protected] unless otherwise noted

See page 15 for information on how to earn the STEAM Center Patch!

Set Date Activities Girl Scout Mechanics Did you say new badges? That’s right! Spend the day at the STEAM Center completing the new Daisy, Brownie and Junior Daisies or Robots Mechanical Engineering badges. Calling all Daisies! Swing by the STEAM Center to work on your three Robotics badges: What Robots Do, How Robots Move Date: October 13, 2018 | Cost: $7 and Design a Robot. Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: October 6, 2018 Date: September 8, 2018 | Cost: $7 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Muggles in the Woods Registration deadline: September 5, 2018 All Muggles, join us at Burnham Woods for a Harry Potter-themed evening. We will be looking into the world of Harry Potter using Sewing Past to Present STEAM. Learn sewing basics, mend a hem, sew on badges and operate a sewing machine. Each girl will make a sewing box and pillow Date: October 14, 2018 | Cost: $7 slip. Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: October 7, 2018 Date: September 29, 2018 | Cost: $12 Where: Kelley Cabin at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Spooktacular Celebration Contact: Mary Tomlin | 479-629-8389 | mary.tomlin58@yahoo. Celebrate Founder’s Day this Halloween at Burnham Woods as com | Registration deadline: September 14, 2018 we present some spooky science. Activities and spooky treats will be provided. New Troop Exploration Day All NEW troops or new girls are invited to join us at the STEAM Date: October 31, 2018 | Cost: $3 Center at Burnham Woods to find out what being a Girl Scout Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith is all about. We will do samples of fun STEM-based badge Registration deadline: October 24, 2018 workshops and Journeys to offer you a taste of what’s to come. Leaders will also be able to delve into what the Girl Kitchen Chemistry Scout Leadership Experience is all about, learn tips and tactics Turkey Time! Do you want to learn how to cook for this for engaging parents, how to have the most impactful cookie Thanksgiving? Stop by the STEAM Center to complete the New business, network with one another and seasoned leaders, Cuisines, Locavore and Dinner Party badges. Lunch and snacks and much more. will be provided.

Date: October 13, 2018 | Cost: $2 Date: November 10, 2018 | Cost: $10 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: October 8, 2018 Registration deadline: November 7, 2018

32 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Operation A.I. Raising Robots Did you say new badges? That’s right! Spend the evening at During this STEAM Saturday program, design and showcase the STEAM Center completing the new Cadette, Senior and your robot prototypes as we complete the Brownie and Junior Ambassador Robotics badges. Robotics badges.

Date: November 18, 2018 | Cost: $7 Date: February 9, 2019 | Cost: $7 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: November 11, 2018 Registration deadline: February 6, 2019

Fancy Feasting Programming the Future Hungry? Join this STEAM Saturday to learn how to cook as we Want to Think Like a Programmer? If so, join us to complete complete the Count It Up, Snacks and Simple Meals badges just the multi-level Think Like a Programmer Journey during this in time to cook for Christmas. overnight encampment.

Date: December 8, 2018 | Cost: $7 Date: February 23-24, 2019 | Cost: $7 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: December 3, 2018 Registration deadline: February 16, 2019

Engineering the Future Dream Green Day Camp Want to Think Like an Engineer? If so, join us to complete the This Spring Break join us at the STEAM Center to learn about multi-level Think Like an Engineer Journey during this winter being green. We will go over basic gardening practices and get encampment. started on our spring garden while learning about recycling and how to keep our planet green all while earning the new Date: December 15-16, 2018 | Cost: $7 Environmental Stewardship badge. Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: December 7, 2018 Date: March 19-21, 2019 | Cost: $40 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Royal Snow Party Registration deadline: March 13, 2019 Come celebrate at Elsa and Anna’s Royal Snow Party. Learn the science and art behind ice, including how to make it disappear Roller Coaster Rockets and then reappear. Would you like to be an engineer? Then let’s complete the Daisy and Brownie Mechanical Engineering badges. We will Date: January 19, 2019 | Cost: $7 learn how to build model cars then send those cars down your Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith very own roller coasters. Registration deadline: January 16, 2019 Date: April 13, 2019 | Cost: $7 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: April 10, 2019

Easter Eggstravaganza Flexible Date Activites Stop by Burnham Woods for our First Annual Easter Egg hunt! We will have plenty of eggs to find, games to play and crafts on AGFC Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature hand. Center Discover nature in a whole new way! Programs are tailored to Date: April 21, 2019 | Cost: $3 fit troop’s needs. Activities can include live animal feedings, Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith environmental exploration, personalized JHNC patches and the Registration deadline: April 14, 2019 opportunity for Girl Scout Award Projects.

Wonders of Water Where: AGFC Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Lake Dardanelle will host a fun day of water resources Center; Fort Smith | Free programming. Earn the Wonders of Water patch. Limited to 30 Contact: Chad Lowe | 479-452-3993 | [email protected] participants. Delta Dental Date: April 27, 2019 | Cost: $7 Smile Squad Patch Program Where: Lake Dardanelle State Park; Russellville | Contact: Use your creativity and scouting skills to learn how your mouth Megan Ayres | 479-967-5516 | [email protected] links to your overall health and well-being. Review good dental Registration deadline: April 19, 2019 habits, try an oral health experiment, discover how hidden sugars can damage your teeth, and learn about the importance of Vintage Girl Scouts Encampment brushing twice a day and reading every day for a healthy body Get ready for some old Girl Scout traditions! Enjoy the and mind! Master the topics to earn your patch and join Delta present as we bring back the past in our Vintage Girl Scouts Dental’s Smile Squad! Encampment. Join us for crafts, games, hiking, campfires, great food and so much more. Where: On your own | Free Contact: Delta Dental | [email protected] Date: May 10-12, 2019 | Cost: Day $10/Weekend $30 Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Expressions Flowers Registration deadline: May 3, 2019 Floral Arranging Work with an instructor on a floral arrangement to build Cyber Day Camp teamwork and critical thinking skills while learning how to Cyber Camp will introduce Daisies, Brownies and Juniors to arrange and care for flowers. basic cybersecurity and programming skills through our new Cybersecurity badges by using spy science and our senses. Where: Expressions Flowers; Fort Smith | Free Contact: Robert Roberson | 479-783-3210 | robert@ Date: June 11-13, 2019 | Cost: $40 expressionsflowers.com Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: June 3, 2019 Faithfully Fit Drums Alive Nocturnal Nights Encampment Drums Alive® combines dynamic, full body movements with Environmental Stewardship—what does that mean? Find pulsating rhythms of the drum to create high energy, absurdly out at our Nocturnal Nights Encampment as we learn how fun, multifaceted whole brain-whole body fitness experience. We to save the planet and look to the stars. Cadettes, Seniors can help any level troop earn their healthy living, nutrition and and Ambassadors will be completing the new Environmental fitness related badges. Stewardship badges. Where: Mobile | Cost: Varies Date: June 25-27, 2019 | Cost: $30 Contact: Crystal Cole | 479-262-5075 | [email protected] Where: STEAM Center at Burnham Woods; Fort Smith Registration deadline: June 17, 2019

34 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Fort Smith Public Library National Children’s Oral Health Foundation Discover Your Library ToothFairy Patch Discover how to use your local library and all it has to offer! From The America’s ToothFairy Scout Patch Program provides an tours and organizational systems to microfiche machines and opportunity for Girl Scouts to learn, teach and reach out into genealogy, the Fort Smith Library offers something for girls of all their community around children’s dental health. Scouts ages. around the country are being rewarded for community oral health activities through our “Real Life Superhero” patches. Visit Where: Fort Smith Public Library; Fort Smith | Free www.ncohf.org/scout-patch/ to complete the requirements. Contact: Robin Benham | 479-783-0229 | rbenham@ fortsmithlibrary.org Where: On your own | Free while supplies last, $1.50/ea after Contact: Rachel Townsend | 501-819-3979 | RTownsend@ Lake Dardanelle State Park ncohf.org Wonders of Water Lake Dardanelle will host a fun day of water resources Parrot Island Water Park programming. Earn the Wonders of Water patch. Limited to 30 Girl Scouts Badge Day participants. Join us as a troop for a day in the sun at Parrot Island Water Park! Badge options for Brownie First Aid and Junior First Aid Where: Lake Dardanelle State Park; Russellville | Cost: $7 are available upon request. Contact Brenda Payne for more Contact: Megan Ayres | 479-967-5516 | megan.ayres@arkansas. information and to schedule your troop today. gov Where: Parrot Island; Fort Smith | Cost: $7-12 Lake Fort Smith State Park Contact: Brenda Payne | 479-788-6506 | bpayne@ Day at the Lake parrotislandwaterpark.com Join our interpreter for a day at the lake. Contact Lake Fort Smith State Park to schedule an event with your troop. UAMS Institute on Aging Take a Walk in Their Shoes Where: Lake Fort Smith State Park; West Fork | Cost: Varies Girls will increase their awareness of the physical challenges Contact: Heather Hula | [email protected] and sensory disorders common in people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia to better accomodate those affected in Mt. Nebo State Park their community. Hit the Trail Take a hike along a portion of the Rim Trail, Mount Nebo’s most Where: Mobile | Free popular trail. Hikers will learn about hiking safety and how to pack Contact: Laura Spradley | 501-526-7482 | [email protected] for a successful hike. Hikers can expect to see and hear signs of wildlife and will have the opportunity to identify the flora of the Wild Things Farm park. Farm Tour Stop by this spring, summer and fall to pick produce currently Where: Mt. Nebo State Park; Dardanelle | Free in season. Contact: Jackie Rupp | 479-229-3650 | jacquelynn.rupp@ arkansas.gov Where: Wild Things Farm; Pocola, OK | Cost: $7 Contact: Cathie Greene | 918-624-4053 | farmer@ wildthingsfarm.com Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 35 Northeast Region

Contact for all set-date events: Program Staff 800-632-6894 | [email protected] unless otherwise noted.

Set Date Activities Girl Scout Day with the Red Wolves Arkansas State Red Wolves will be hosting a Girl Scout Night for troops and their families! Girls, troops and family members will Get Wild at the Nature Center get special group pricing and the troops will be recognized during Learn about animals you might meet in the woods, find out the game. what they eat and see where they live. The nature center experts will have lots of fun hands-on activities as you learn Date: October 9, 2018 | Cost: $13 about area wildlife. Where: Centennial Bank Stadium; Jonesboro Contact: Tyler Weedon | 870-680-8325 | [email protected] Date: September 1, 2018 | Cost: $2 Registration deadline: October 5, 2018 Where: Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center Registration deadline: August 27, 2018 Girl Scout Way Juniors will earn their Girl Scout Way badge by setting up an Dreams to Reality event, learning and teaching different activities, selecting their Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors will learn about roles, and leading the way for the Brownie Girl Scout Way badge finding scholarships, ACT Prep, filling out college and work workshop. Juniors will lead Brownies in different games and applications, budgets, and other choices besides college such songs as they earn their Brownie Girl Scout Way badge. NEW! For as tech schools, trades, licenses and military. NEW! For adults: adults: How to keep your children safe on the internet. preparing your Girl Scout to be safe in her next adventure.

Date: October 27, 2018 | Cost: $5 Date: September 22, 2018 | Cost: $5 Where: Northeast Regional Office; Jonesboro Where: Northeast Regional Office; Jonesboro Registration deadline: October 22, 2018 Registration deadline: September 17, 2018

Girls & Women in Sports Day Bank On It! Get moving during a clinic with ASU women’s athletics teams. Learn how to become money experts with Centennial Bank! Learn basic sports skills in activities with the players, get Learn about budgeting, getting the most bang for your buck autographs and attend the women’s basketball game. and how to take care of your money.

Date: February 2019 | Cost: TBD Date: September 25, 2018, February 12, 2019 | Cost: $2 Where: ASU Student Activity Center; Jonesboro Where: Centennial Bank Main Branch; Jonesboro Contact: Tyler Weedon | 870-680-8325 | [email protected] Registration deadline: September 17, 2018, February 4, 2019

Money, Money and S’mores! Sew Illuminated Girl Scout Daisies will be playing games on how to talk to Experience sewing circuits by creating a light-up accessory customers, learning how to handle money, making posters, and through a working electrical circuit, needle and thread. You will thinking up ideas on how to decorate a booth! NEW! Adults - get create a light-up bracelet that you can wear home! some great tips on keeping your children safe.

Date: October 6, 2018 | Cost: $2 Date: February 16, 2019 | Cost: $5 Where: ASU Museum; Jonesboro Where: Northeast Regional Office; Jonesboro Registration deadline: September 17, 2018 Registration deadline: February 11, 2019 36 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Making Friends Juliette Town Join the Crown Club as they help you explore the fun of making Cadettes will learn the ins and outs of having a job and friends. Games and activities will help you learn the best way to budgeting their money and then go shopping! Check out find a friend and BE a friend. the fun at Juliette Town! NEW! For Adults: How to keep your children safe on the internet and signs there might be bigger Date: March 9, 2019 | Cost: $2 issues. Where: Northeast Regional Office; Jonesboro Registration deadline: March 4, 2019 Date: April 27, 2019 | Cost: $5 Where: Northeast Regional Office; Jonesboro Girl Scout Week Bounce! Registration deadline: April 22, 2019 Come celebrate Girl Scout Week at Bounce Paragould! Bounce the day away and enjoy cake and drinks. A special birthday patch Tune Into Music will also be available. Learn about the world of music and enjoy the “Instrument Petting Zoo.” Juniors will work on several requirements for their Date: March 16, 2019 | Cost: $7 Musician badge and there will be musical fun for Daisies and Where: Bounce Paragould; Paragould Brownies too! Registration deadline: March 8, 2019 Date: April 2019 | Cost: $2 Potter Badge Workshop Where: Arkansas State University; Jonesboro Parkin Archeological State Park is looking for Brownies who want to earn their Potter badge and learn how some of the best Service Unit Set Date Activities American Indian pottery in Arkansas was made. Greene County Service Unit World Thinking Day World Thinking Day is a way to celebrate being a part of the Date: March 16, 2019 | Cost: $5.50 global sisterhood that is Girl Scouts + Girl Guides. Join us to Where: Parkin Archeological State Park; Parkin explore cuisines and information about Girl Scouts and Girl Registration deadline: March 8, 2019 Guides in many other countries! Troops are invited to host a country table. Playing the Past Badge Workshop Join us to travel back 500 or 600 years and spend the day Date: February 2, 2019 learning about lives of girls at the American Indian village that Where: TBD; Paragould | Free, bring nickels and dimes was located at Parkin Archeological State Park. Contact: Shandra Trapp | 870-212-0110 | [email protected] Date: April 6, 2019 | Cost: $5.50 Where: Parkin Archeological State Park; Parkin Registration deadline: March 29, 2019

Girl Scout Grand Prix ASU Regional Farmer’s Market 3..2..1..RACE! Girl Scouts, with the help of parents, build and Girls will learn the basics of gardening from the soil up, how to race their own cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic identify produce, the value of beneficial insects, what items are wheels and metal axles. Fun patches awarded for all Girl grown in this area and the benefits of eating locally. Available Scouts. Trophies awarded for top finishers and best designs! May-August.

Date: April 6, 2019 Where: ASU Regional Farmer’s Market; Jonesboro | Free Where: TBD; Paragould | Cost: $10 Contact: Ella Ellingson | 870-933-8465 or 865-207-7883 | Contact: Shandra Trapp | 870-212-0110 | [email protected] [email protected] Registration deadline: February 25, 2019 ASU College of Business/Delta Center for Economic Development Flexible Date Activities Girls Lead in Business Do you want to know more about going to college? Do you want Arkansas State Museum to be a business leader? Students and mentors at the Women’s Early Arkansas Patch Business Leadership Center will host you for a college visit and/or The activities required to earn this patch are designed to work with you on business-related badges. help girls learn that farming and homesteading in Arkansas during the late 1800s and early 1900s required hard work and Where: ASU College of Business and Delta Center for Economic community cooperation, along with many special skills and Development; Jonesboro | Free ingenuity. This is a self-led program. Contact: Kathy Loyd | 919-923-7199 | [email protected]

Where: ASU Museum; Jonesboro | Free Crowley’s Ridge State Park Contact: Michelle Friend | 870-972-2074 | michelle.friend@ Dutch Oven Cooking astate.edu Learn Dutch oven cooking from a park interpreter. Can be basic or more advanced depending on girl’s age and previous outdoor Arkansas State Museum cooking experience. Prices vary based on menu – start simple Portals of the Soul Patch and just make a dessert or go deeper and make a whole meal. The activities required to earn this patch are designed to help girls learn about native peoples of northeast Arkansas. This is a Where: Crowley’s Ridge State Park; Walcott | Cost: Varies self-led program. Contact: Elizabeth Kimble | 870-573-6751 | elizabeth.kimble@ arkansas.gov Where: ASU Museum; Jonesboro | Free Contact: Michelle Friend | 870-972-2074 | michelle.friend@ astate.edu

38 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Crowley’s Ridge State Park Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center Nature Programs Nature Programs Learn about bugs, animals and other parts of nature, or enjoy Brownies can earn Animal Habitats badge, Hiker badge hiking with a park naturalist. Programs can be tailored to ages and Bugs badge. Daisies and Juniors can also take part in of participants. Animal Habitats badge at $8 includes an animal workshops on these same themes. The nature center is a great house to take home. Bugs badge at $3 includes an insect craft, place to learn about animals, go buggin’ or go hiking. and hiking with a naturalist is free. Where: Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center; Where: Crowley’s Ridge State Park; Walcott | Cost: Varies Jonesboro | Free | Contact: Cody Walker | 870-933-6787 | Contact: Elizabeth Kimble | 870-573-6751 | elizabeth.kimble@ [email protected] arkansas.gov Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum Delta Dental Tour the restored barn studio where Ernest Hemingway wrote, Smile Squad Patch Program as well as his wife’s family home. Programming at this site Use your creativity and scouting skills to learn how your focuses on the arts, especially literature, the 1920s and 1930s, mouth links to your overall health and well-being. Review good the Great Depression and the New Deal. dental habits, try an oral health experiment, discover how hidden sugars can damage your teeth, and learn about the Where: Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum; Piggott | Cost: $3 importance of brushing twice a day and reading every day for Contact: Shannon Williams | 870-598-3487 | shwilliams@ a healthy body and mind! Master the topics to earn your patch astate.edu and join Delta Dental’s Smile Squad! Henry Wrinkles Where: On your own | Free Animals with Henry Wrinkles Contact: Delta Dental | [email protected] Henry Wrinkles is all about the relationship between people and animals! The combination of people and animals is at the J&T Dive Shop core of all they do. Let them know your girls’ age level and they Discover Scuba will work with you on animal-related badges. Join us as we learn about the basics of scuba and discover a whole new way to see the world – underwater! Be prepared to Where: Henry Wrinkles; Paragould | Free swim as part of this event. Contact: Leah Johnson | 870-450-2438 [email protected] Where: J&T Dive Shop; Jonesboro | Cost: $8 | Contact: Keith Sharp | 870-935-3289 | [email protected] Henry Wrinkles Outdoors with Henry Wrinkles The Henry Wrinkles crew has camping and outdoor skills expertise. Let them know the age level of your girls and they can help you with Hiker, Trailblazer, Outdoor Adventure or Camping badges. They can also help with Gardener, Locavore or Flowers badges.

Joey Perry’s Martial Arts National Children’s Oral Health Foundation Self Defense and Bullying Workshop ToothFairy Patch We can cater to your event! We can offer girls/women self- The America’s ToothFairy Scout Patch Program provides an defense, no bullying talks, respect talks, demos/motivational opportunity for Girl Scouts to learn, teach and reach out into their talks and more! Give us a call to set up a talk with your troop! community around children’s dental health. Scouts around the country are being rewarded for community oral health activities Where: Joey Perry’s Martial Arts; Jonesboro | Free through our “Real Life Superhero” patches. Visit www.ncohf.org/ Contact: Kelly Perry | 870-910-3903 | [email protected] scout-patch/ to complete the requirements.

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Where: On your own | Free while supplies last, $1.50/ea after Exhibits tell the story of the Dyess New Deal agricultural Contact: Rachel Townsend | 501-819-3979 | resettlement colony, while the Cash Home is furnished as it [email protected] appeared when the Cash family lived there. Programming at this site focuses on music and the New Deal. Parkin State Park Parkin History Awareness Patch Where: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project; Dyess | Cost: $5 Learn about past civilizations and the need to protect and Contact: Shannon Williams | 870-598-3487 | shwilliams@ preserve history. There are three patches that may be earned. astate.edu Learn about Parkin Archeological State Park history, the prehistoric American Indian population, or the 20th Century Jonesboro Fire Department Sawmill population. Fire Department Public Education Earn the “Fire House Visit” fun patch by visiting the Jonesboro Where: Parkin State Park; Jonesboro | Cost: $2.50/girl, $3.50 Fire Department! Girls will get a chance to tour the fire station patch, $2.50 rocker patch and learn some fire safety tips. This visit will also help you earn Contact: Ryan Smith | 870-755-2500 | [email protected] your First Aid badge. Southern Tenant Farmers Museum Where: Jonesboro Fire Department; Jonesboro | Free | Girl Scout Tour Contact: Eric Simmons | 870-932-2428 | The historic Mitchell-East Building housed the businesses of two [email protected] of the organizers of the nation’s first integrated agricultural union, established in 1934. In addition to agricultural history, this site KAIT-TV offers programming on music, storytelling, the Great Depression Tour of KAIT Studios and the New Deal. Tour the TV station and learn about broadcast media. Tours usually take about one hour and MUST be scheduled in Where: Southern Tenant Farmers Museum; Tyronza | Cost: $3 advance. Tours are only available on weekdays, so this would Contact: Shannon Williams | 870-598-3487 | be a great activity for a day when school is scheduled to be [email protected] out.

Where: KAIT-TV; Jonesboro | Free Contact: Staci Haddick | 870-336-1807 | [email protected]

40 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas UAMS Institute on Aging Girls will be given the opportunity to tour the Food Bank of Take a Walk in Their Shoes Northeast Arkansas in Jonesboro to gain a first-hand experience Girls will increase their awareness of the physical challenges and of what they do. A brief educational seminar and volunteer sensory disorders common in people with Alzheimer’s disease opportunity will follow the tour. Girls may organize a food drive to and dementia to better accomodate those affected in their help assist the ever-growing demand for food donations. community.

Where: Food Bank of NEA; Jonesboro | Free Where: Mobile| Free Contact: Kassie Williams | 870-932-3663 x114 | kwilliams@ Contact: Laura Spradley | 501-526-7482 | [email protected] foodbankofnea.org Village Creek State Park The Jonesboro Sun Village Creek Nature Badges Jonesboro Sun Tour Village Creek State Park offers a variety of programs about Come tour the Jonesboro Sun and learn what it’s like to nature, history, and culture, focusing on animals, the geology of produce a newspaper! A tour of The Sun newspaper will take Crowley’s Ridge, settlement of the ridge and the Trail of Tears. approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour and must be scheduled in Park staff can work with troops to develop programs that help advance. Weekdays only. fulfill specific badge requirements with advance notice.

Contact for all set-date events: Program Staff 800-632-6894 | [email protected] unless otherwise noted.

Set Date Activities

Girl Scout Night with the NWA Naturals Comic Artist Badge Workshop Girl Scouts are invited to Scout Night with the Northwest Delve into the world of comics and explore this art form in many Arkansas Naturals! Includes a commemorative patch, pre- fun ways! Cadettes will learn a variety of drawing and writing game parade on the field, and an option to spend the night at techniques to help them create a comic of their own. the ballpark. Date: September 22, 2018 | Cost: $9 Date: August 24, 2018 | Cost: $8 | Where: Arvest Ballpark; Where: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Bentonville Springdale | Contact: Brad Ziegler | 479-927-4069 | Registration deadline: September 13, 2018 [email protected] Climb On at the U of A Junior Quilting Guild The U of A indoor climbing facility offers girls a chance to try The Junior Guild will learn about quilting while working on their rock climbing, learn technical skills and encourage each other basic sewing skills by making easy patterned quilts for charity. to reach new heights! Girls will be able to rock climb, learn new Adult volunteers from the NWA Quilt Guild will help girls learn rock-climbing skills like belaying and knot tying, and participate in and perfect skills at each meeting. This is a series event. other fun activities like slacklining.

Date: September 15, October 20, November 17, December Date: September 30, 2018 & November 11, 2018 | Cost: $15 15, 2018; January 19, February 16, March 16, April 20, May 18, Where: University of Arkansas HPER Building; Fayetteville 2019 | Cost: $3 | Where: Northwest Regional Office; Rogers | Registration deadline: September 21, 2018 & November 2, Contact: Rachel Gilbert | 479-761-0065 | rmgilbert3@yahoo. 2018 com | Registration deadline: Monday before the workshop Razorback Volleyball Digital Movie Maker Badge Workshop The Arkansas Razorback Volleyball team will host a Girl Explore the science behind movie-making! You’ve probably Scout Day for Girl Scouts and their families that will include a spent countless hours watching movies, here is your chance to discounted ticket plus special in-game recognition. The troop see what it takes to create a movie from start to finish. with the most girls in attendance will receive a cash donation to go toward cookie purchases. Date: September 8, 2018 | Cost: $17 Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville Date: Fall 2018 | Cost: TBD Registration deadline: August 31, 2018 Where: Barnhill Arena; Fayetteville

Cabela’s Adventure Night Girl Scouting Outing at MONAH Missing camp? Here is your chance to enjoy outdoor-related Drop in anytime during museum hours for a unique look at the activities at Cabela’s. Take a shot at archery, test your hand at stories of the first Americans. Go on a scavenger hunt designed fishing and other outdoor skills! for your troop’s level, try a hands-on making activity and earn a free fun patch! Date: September 18, October 16, November 20, December 18, 2018; January 15, February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, 2019 | Date: October 6, 2018 and February 2, 2019 | Free Cost: $2 | Where: Cabela’s; Rogers Where: Museum of Native American History; Bentonville Registration deadline: two weeks prior to program date. Contact: Elyse Partee | 479-273-2456 | [email protected] 42 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book New Troop Exploration Day Youth Ranch Day! All NEW troops or new girls are invited to join us at the Amazeum Autumn’s ReRide is a non-profit started as a place to rescue to find out what being a Girl Scout is all about. We will do the equine, restore the heart of a child and redeem hope for samples of fun STEM-based badge workshops and Journeys to the family. Come hang out with horses, sheep and chickens offer you a taste of what’s to come. Leaders will also be able to while learning what it takes to take care of these animals! delve into what the Girl Scout Leadership Experience is all about, learn tips and tactics for engaging parents, how to have the Date: October 20, 2018 | Cost: $2 most impactful cookie business, network with one another and Where: Autumn’s ReRide Youth Ranch; Bentonville seasoned leaders and much more. Don’t miss out! Registration deadline: October 15, 2019

Date: October 13, 2018 | Cost: $2 Razorback Football vs. Tulsa Where: Scout Family Amazeum; Bentonville Watch the Razorbacks take on the Tulsa Hurricanes at home in Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium! Tickets available at Pioneer Days special group pricing for Girl Scouts and their families. Transport back to a time when it was possible to survive without cars, fast food, cell phones, microwaves and the internet! Many Date: October 20, 2018 | Cost: $25 upper level/$45 lower level hands-on activities will allow younger visitors to experience Where: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium; Fayetteville pioneer life first-hand and earn a special patch! Junior Robotics Workshop: Programming Robots Date: October 13, 2018 | Cost: $7 Ever wonder how robots think? In this workshop, Juniors Where: Har-Ber Village Museum; Grove, OK become engineers as they to discover the different ways of Registration deadline: October 4, 2018 programming and coding robots, like Ozobot, Dash and Sphero.

Buffalo River Adventure Days Date: October 27, 2018 | Cost: $17 This unique program enables troops or families to experience Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville a day of adventures in the upper region of the Buffalo River Registration deadline: October 19, 2018 National Park. Earn a fun patch by spending the day hiking, elk- watching and getting hands-on experience with Arkansas Ozark Night at the Theatre - “School of Rock” history, crafts and folklore! Girl Scouts get a group discount on tickets to “School of Rock” at the Walton Arts Center! Patches available for participants. Date: October 13 and 20, 2018 | Cost: $10 Recommended for ages 10+. Where: Ponca, AR (and surrounding area) Registration deadline: October 12 and October 19, 2018 Date: October 28, 2018 | Cost: $48 Where: Walton Arts Center; Fayetteville Registration deadline: September 17, 2018

Razorback Men’s Basketball Brownie Robotics Workshop: Programming Robots Watch the Razorback Men’s Basketball team play at home in Ever wonder how robots think? In this workshop, Brownies Bud Walton Arena! Tickets available at special group pricing for become engineers as they to discover the different ways of Girl Scouts and their families. programming and coding robots, like Ozobot, Dash and Sphero.

Date: Winter 2018 - 2019 (November – March) | Cost: TBD Date: December 8, 2018 | Cost: $17 Where: Bud Walton Arena; Fayetteville Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville Registration deadline: November 30, 2018 Cherokee Heritage Days Join Har-Ber Village Museum as they celebrate the treasured Night at the Theatre - “On Your Feet!” heritage of the Cherokee Nation! This event features cultural Girl Scouts get a group discount on tickets to “On Your Feet!” enrichment and fun for all ages. Scouts can earn a special at the Walton Arts Center! Patches available for participants. patch by completing the available activities. Recommended for ages 10+.

Date: November 3, 2018 | Cost: $7 Date: December 9, 2018 | Cost: $48 Where: Har-Ber Village Museum; Grove, OK Where: Walton Arts Center; Fayetteville Registration deadline: October 25, 2018 Registration deadline: October 29, 2018

Amazeum Fun Patch Night Junior Robotics Workshop: Designing Robots After the Amazeum closes to the public, Girl Scouts take over Be the next robot designer! Juniors become engineers as they the museum for an exclusive STEAM event! Come explore learn how robots work. Juniors will design a bristlebot or solar the exhibits and find special activity booths with hands-on bug and test their creations. challenges that will help you earn a unique Amazeum fun patch. Date: January 26, 2019 | Cost: $17 Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville Date: November 10, 2018 | Cost: $10 Registration deadline: January 18, 2019 Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville Contact: Amazeum Reservation Specialist | 479-268-4542 | Special Agent Badge Workshop [email protected] Uncover the skills it takes to be a detective of the past! Learn Registration deadline: November 9, 2018 how to dig for artifacts and then use your skills to solve a mystery. Daisy Robotics Workshop: What Robots Do Dive into the dazzling world of robotics! Daisies will learn what Date: February 2, 2019 | Cost: $17 robots do and how they move by getting hands-on with simple Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville robots like Ozobot, Dash and Little Bits. Registration deadline: January 25, 2019

Date: November 17, 2018 | Cost: $17 Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville Registration deadline: November 9, 2018

44 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book JBU Girl Sports Day Outdoor Art Badge Workshops Get active with JBU Women’s sport teams! Learn new skills and Come explore the great outdoors and create art in response to the rules of sports, take healthy living classes, and attend a the beauty of the natural world! Brownies will complete their women’s basketball game! Outdoor Art Creator badge and Juniors will complete their Outdoor Art Explorer badge. Date: February 2019 | Cost: $2 Where: John Brown University; Siloam Springs Date: April 6, 2019 | Cost: $9 | Where: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Bentonville Razorback Gymnastics Registration deadline: March 28, 2019 The Arkansas Razorback Gymnastics Team will host a Girl Scout Day for Girl Scouts and their families that will include a Inventor Badge Workshop discounted ticket plus special in-meet recognition. The troop Today’s forecast: brainstorms! To earn your Inventor badge, with the most in attendance will receive a cash donation to go learn how to bring your wild and crazy ideas to life and make toward cookie purchases. them the best they can be.

Date: Winter 2019 | Cost: TBD Date: April 13, 2019 | Cost: $17 Where: Barnhill Arena; Fayetteville Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville Registration deadline: April 5, 2019 Razorback Women’s Basketball The Arkansas Razorback Women’s Basketball team will host a Eureka Springs Explorers Days Girl Scout Day for Girl Scouts and their families that will include This unique program enables troops and families to experience a discounted ticket plus special in-game recognition. The troop a day of adventures, history and quirkiness in and around the with the most in attendance will receive a cash donation to go unique town of Eureka Springs! Earn a fun patch by hiking, toward cookie purchases. visiting historic springs and learning about Eureka’s most fascinating women and its unusual bits of history. Date: Winter 2019 | Cost: TBD Where: Bud Walton Arena; Fayetteville Date: April 27 and May 4, 2019 | Cost: $10 Where: Eureka Springs (and surrounding area) Animal Helper Badge Workshop Registration deadline: April 26 or May 3, 2019 Autumn’s ReRide is a non-profit started as a place to rescue the equine, restore the heart of a child and redeem hope for Girl Scout Night with the NWA Naturals the family. Learn how they use animals to help people with Girl Scouts are invited to Scout Night with the Northwest disabilities, service animals, and how animals are used in certain Arkansas Naturals! Includes a commemorative patch, pre- professions. game parade on the field, and an option to spend the night at the ball park. Date: March 16, 2019 | Cost: $2 Where: Autumn’s ReRide Youth Ranch; Bentonville Date: April-June 2019 | Cost: $8 Registration deadline: March 11, 2019 Where: Arvest Ballpark; Springdale Contact: Brad Ziegler | 479-927-4069 Jeweler Badge Workshop [email protected] It’s time to shine! Come earn your Jeweler badge in this dazzling workshop. With golden tips from our Amazeum jewelry masters, Night at the Theatre - “CATS” discover ways to make unique and funky jewelry inspired by the Girl Scouts get a group discount on tickets to “CATS” at world around us. the Walton Arts Center! Patches available for participants. Recommended for all ages. Date: March 30, 2019 | Cost: $17 | Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville | Registration deadline: March 22, Date: June 2, 2019 | Cost: $48 2019 Where: Walton Arts Center; Fayetteville Registration deadline: April 22, 2019

Flexible Date Activities MedExpress First Aid Badge Workshop Beaver Water District Earn your First Aid badge during this engaging, hands-on Beaver Water District can help Brownies complete their workshop with MedExpress, and make your own first aid Wonders of Water Journey. They can also come talk to troops kit to take home! Girls will receive a patch and certificate about water quality and water education. for attending. Troops can schedule their program online at MEcommunityconnections.com Where: Beaver Water District; Lowell | Free Contact: Dot Neely | 479-756-3651 | [email protected] Where: Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville, Springdale, Mountain Home | Free Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks Contact: [email protected] Garden Tour Come take a guided tour around the 5-acre garden while Northwest Arkansas Naturals learning about plants, insects, animals, gardening and Strike the Sasquatch environmental science. There are opportunities to earn You can have Strike, the Naturals’ mascot, attend an event to multiple badges at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks. help add some fun and entertainment.

Where: Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks; Springdale Where: Mobile | Free | Contact: Brad Ziegler | 479-927-4069 Cost: $4 [email protected] Contact: Roslyn Imrie | 479-750-2620 | [email protected] Northwest Arkansas Naturals Delta Dental Ballpark Tour Smile Squad Patch Program Groups can tour Arvest Ballpark and learn about the stadium and Use your creativity and scouting skills to learn how your mouth what it takes behind the scenes to work in baseball. links to your overall health and well-being. Review good dental habits, try an oral health experiment, discover how hidden Where: Arvest Ballpark; Springdale | Free | Contact: Brad sugars can damage your teeth, and learn about the importance Ziegler | 479-927-4069 | [email protected] of brushing twice a day and reading every day for a healthy body and mind! Master the topics to earn your patch and join NWA Fab Lab Delta Dental’s Smile Squad! The NWA Fab Lab offers a two-hour design workshop. Participants will explore and tour the NWA Fab Lab. Instructors Where: On your own | Free will train the participants to use the following pieces of Contact: Delta Dental | [email protected] technology as well as the design software: 3D printers, laser cutters/engravers and vinyl cutters. Participants will leave with Har-ber Village Museum something they designed at the Fab Lab and can work on almost The pioneer-era village and history museum includes exhibits, any of the STEM badges. hands-on activity stations, demonstrations, a nature trail and workshops. They also offer badge workshops! Where: NWA Fab Lab; Fayetteville | Cost: $10 | Contact: Whitney Green | 479-521-1710 | [email protected] Where: Har-ber Village Museum; Grove, OK Cost: $5 girls/$10 adults | Contact: Paul Keefer 918-786-6446 | [email protected] 46 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book National Children’s Oral Health Foundation The Cobblestone Project ToothFairy Patch The mission of The Cobblestone Project is to grow fresh food The America’s ToothFairy Scout Patch Program provides an locally to create a sustainable community. Our goal this year is to opportunity for Girl Scouts to learn, teach and reach out into their feed 100,000 hunger insecure residents of Northwest Arkansas. community around children’s dental health. Scouts around the We always need helping hands with everything from planting and country are being rewarded for community oral health activities harvesting to helping at Farmer’s Market. through our “Real Life Superhero” patches. Visit www.ncohf.org/ scout-patch/ to complete the requirements. Where: Cobblestone Farm Project; Fayetteville | Free Contact: Laura Shaffer | 479-966-5385 | cobblestonelaura@ Where: On your own | Free while supplies last, $1.50/ea after gmail.com Contact: Rachel Townsend | 501-819-3979 | [email protected] Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge While visiting Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, you can take a Ozark Natural Science Center guided tour, explore the self-discovery area, and participate in Hands-on, experiential science-based learning opportunities incredible education programs. Juniors can earn their Animal for girls of all ages. Contact the center to see what type of Habitats badge here. experience they can help create for your troop! Where: Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge; Eureka Springs | Where: Ozark Natural Science Center; Huntsville | Cost: Varies Cost: Varies | Contact: Beckie Moore | 479-253-5992 | Contact: Becky Olthof | 479-202-0691 | [email protected] [email protected]

Seeds That Feed UAMS Institute on Aging Carecropping with Seeds That Feed Take a Walk in Their Shoes Help Seeds That Feed collect surplus produce from local farmers. Girls will increase their awareness of the physical challenges and Donated fruits and vegetables will be weighed, recorded and sensory disorders common in people with Alzheimer’s disease distributed to area food banks, shelters, community meals and and dementia to better accomodate those affected in their local neighborhoods via our mobile services. Troops can also join community. STF for farm visits, where the impact of their efforts can be seen full circle. Where: Mobile | Free Contact: Laura Spradley | 501-526-7482 | [email protected] Where: Farmer’s Market; Fayetteville and Bentonville | Free Contact: Margaret Thomas | 901-674-1248 | margaret@ Washington County Environmental Affairs seedsfeed.org Interested in learning about helping your environment? Come tour the regional solid waste facilities including the Hazardous Scott Family Amazeum Waste Drop-off, the Fayetteville Transfer Station and Recycling Amazeum Daisy Self-Guided Program Center, Eco-Vista Landfill, and the Boston Mountain Solid Waste Daisy Girl Scouts can now explore the Amazeum using the Self- District in Prairie Grove. Guided Program to earn the Fair and Honest petal! Where: Washington County; Northwest Arkansas | Free Where: Scott Family Amazeum; Bentonville | Free Contact: Leah Saffian | 479-444-1725 | Contact: Ashlee Bailey | 479-696-9280 | [email protected] [email protected]

Contact for all set-date events: Program Staff 800-632-6894 | [email protected] unless otherwise noted.

Set Date Activities Playing the Past Badge Workshop Delta Campout - Junior Earn your Playing the Past badge as you spend day learning Join us at Delta Heritage Trail State Park to learn the ropes of about plantation life in the Arkansas Delta in the 1860s. What overnight camping all while exploring nature and the Delta. was life like for women during one of our nation’s greatest Learn how to start a fire, set up a camp safely, cook outdoors conflicts? and much more. Girls will work on their Eco Camper badge. Registrants must bring their own food for dinner and breakfast Date: September 22, 2018 | Cost: $8 the following morning and must have their own tents. Girls will Where: Lake Chicot State Park: Lake Village also participate in one hour of clean-up at the state park. Registration deadline: September 17, 2018 j Date: November 10-11, 2018 | Cost: $2 Legacy Naturalist Badge Workshops Where: Delta Heritage Trail State Park; West Helena Get outdoors and join the fun at this Legacy badge workshop. Registration deadline: November 5, 2018 Girls of all ages can work on their Naturalist badges including Bugs, Flowers, Trees, Sky and Water! Delta Campout - Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Join us at Delta Heritage Trail State Park to learn the ropes of Date: September 29, 2018 | Cost: $2 overnight camping all while exploring nature and the delta. Learn Where: Tar Camp Park; Redfield |Contact: Program Staff | how to start a fire, set up a camp safely and cook outdoors. 800-632-6894 | [email protected] Cadettes will work on their Night Owl, Primitive Camper and Registration deadline: September 24, 2018 Trailblazing badges. Registrants must bring their own food for dinner and breakfast the following morning and must have their Outdoor Adventure Badge Workshop own tents. Girls will also participate in one hour of clean-up at Spend time at Lake Chicot State Park earning your Outdoor the state park. Adventure badge by participating in activities that help you explore nature and the outdoors both during the day and Date: November 17-18, 2018 | Cost: $2 at night. Camping and cabin options are available for your Where: Delta Heritage Trail State Park; West Helena overnight stay for an additional fee at Lake Chicot State Park. Registration deadline: November 12, 2018

Date: October 6, 2018 | Cost: $2 Animal Habitats Badge Workshop Where: Lake Chicot State Park; Lake Village Earn your Animal Habitats badge by exploring the diverse Registration deadline: October 1, 2018 habitats found around Lake Chicot. Participants will be able to observe the park’s animals up close while learning about the Juliette Low Tea Party variety of animals that call Lake Chicot and the surrounding area Celebrate Founder’s Day with a traditional Girl Scouts Tea Party! home. Dress up for this fun day of learning about Girl Scout traditions and tea party etiquette while engaging in fun games and play Date: November 24, 2018 | Cost: $2 with your friends. Where: Lake Chicot State Park; Lake Village Registration deadline: November 19, 2018 Date: October 27, 2018 | Cost: $5 Where: Reynolds Building; Pine Bluff Registration deadline: October 22, 2018 48 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Designing Robots Flexible Date Activities Girls will earn their first badge within the new STEM robotics badge collection! Daisy–Juniors will work separately from Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas Cadettes–Ambassadors in this hands-on workshop with Troops can schedule a visit to complete certain components of professors and students majoring in STEM careers at the STEM badges or help with completing Challenge 1 or Challenge University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. 2 for the Mechanical Engineering badges. Each challenge will require a separate program meeting. Contact for more Date: February 16, 2019 | Cost: $5 information. Where: STEM Center at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Pine Bluff | Registration deadline: February 9, 2019 Where: Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas; Pine Bluff | Cost: $4 Budding Naturalist Badge Workshop Contact: Leonor Colbert | 870-536-3375 | [email protected] Visit Delta Heritage Trail State Park to learn more about the animals that live in our park. We will spend the day having fun Arkansas Post exploring the park, discovering creatures both big and small as Badge Workshops we give you the skills to become a budding naturalist. Brownies Contact Arkansas Post educators to arrange for your troop to will earn their Bugs badge and Juniors will earn their Flowers and earn the Outdoor Adventurer, Playing the Past, Animal Habitats, Animal Habitats badge. Bring a sack lunch. Outdoor Art Creator, and the Naturalist - Bugs, Trees, and Sky badges. Other programming around canoeing, hiking and Date: March 23, 2019 | Cost: $2 colonial Arkansas or the Civil War is also available through the Where: Delta Heritage Trail State Park; West Helena national park. Registration deadline: March 18, 2019 Where: Arkansas Post National Memorial; Gillette | Free Bugs Badge Workshop Contact: Erik Ditzler | 870-548-2207 | [email protected] Earn your Bugs badge as you explore some of the bugs found at Lake Chicot State Park. This workshop will help you earn your Army Corps of Engineers badge while including an insect craft that you can take home. Schedule a time for your troop or service unit to visit a park and work on badges or outdoor journeys and engage in STEM- Date: May 4, 2019 | Cost: $6 based programs! Great locations for water and engineering- Where: Lake Chicot State Park; Lake Village related activities and badge workshops. Registration deadline: April 29, 2019 Where: Redfield, Scott, Pine Bluff, Gillette | Free |Contact: Aaron Boswell | 501-340-1285 | [email protected]

Cane Creek State Park Lake Chicot State Park Badge Workshops A variety of programs are offered, including guided walks, Girls can work on their Legacy Naturalist badges, outdoor barge tours through cypress swamps, nature talks, films, badges and more by scheduling a badge workshop their troop demonstrations, and living history from the pioneer and Civil or service unit. War periods. Groups may request special programs of specific interest year-round or use the park to work on nature legacy Where: Cane Creek State Park; Star City | Free badges. Contact: Austin Davidson | 870-628-4714 [email protected] Where: Lake Village | Free | Contact: Brian Whitson 870-265-5480 | [email protected] Delta Dental Smile Squad Patch Program Meet My Customers Use your creativity and scouting skills to learn how your Brownies will learn the essential steps in establishing a mouth links to your overall health and well-being. Review good customer-oriented cookie business. Brownies will conduct dental habits, try an oral health experiment, discover how research on where customers are located, gaining feedback from hidden sugars can damage your teeth, and learn about the customers, practice handling money and making change, role- importance of brushing twice a day and reading every day for playing good customer relations and thanking their customers. a healthy body and mind! Master the topics to earn your patch and join Delta Dental’s Smile Squad! Where: Mobile | Free Contact: Lesley Nelms | 870-315-4500 | [email protected] Where: On your own | Free Contact: Delta Dental | [email protected] MedExpress First Aid Badge Workshop Delta Heritage Trail State Park Earn your First Aid badge during this engaging, hands-on Delta Heritage Trail State Park Outdoor Programs workshop with MedExpress, and make your own first aid Schedule a time for your troop or service unit to visit the park kit to take home! Girls will receive a patch and certificate and work on badges. for attending. Troops can schedule their program online at MEcommunityconnections.com Where: Delta Heritage Trail State Park; West Helena | Free Contact: Maggie Howard | 870-572-2352 Where: Pine Bluff | Free [email protected] Contact: [email protected]

Delta Rivers Nature Center McCollum Chidester House Tour Girls are invited to visit the Delta Rivers Nature Center and Open year round for guided tours. make some new furry, scaly and feathered friends. Girls can work on badges including Animal Habitats, Outdoor Art and Where: McCollum Chidester House; Camden | Cost: $2-$5 Hiker. Contact: Ouchita County Historical Society | 870-836-9243 | [email protected] Where: Delta Rivers Nature Center; Pine Bluff | Free Contact: Jason Hooks | 870-534-0011 | [email protected] 50 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book National Children’s Oral Health Foundation UAMS Institute on Aging ToothFairy Patch Take a Walk in Their Shoes The America’s ToothFairy Scout Patch Program provides an Girls will increase their awareness of the physical challenges opportunity for Girl Scouts to learn, teach and reach out into their and sensory disorders common in people with Alzheimer’s community around children’s dental health. Scouts around the disease and dementia to better accomodate those affected in country are being rewarded for community oral health activities their community. through our “Real Life Superhero” patches. Visit http://www. ncohf.org/scout-patch/ to complete the requirements. Where: Mobile | Free Contact: Laura Spradley | 501-526-7482 | [email protected] Where: On your own | Free while supplies last, $1.50/ea after Contact: Rachel Townsend | 501-819-3979 WWII Japanese American Internment Camp [email protected] The museum welcomes and can accommodate groups of up to twenty at a time. Museum tours and scavenger hunts Pomeroy Planetarium available. Civil Rights and end of internment programming can Digital planetarium live shows can be arranged to explore the also be arranged with advance notification. Staff available to solar system, constellations and recognize stars. help with flag protocol.

Turner Neal Natural History Museum Displays a variety of natural history materials including invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, fossils, minerals and plants. Call to arrange tours and discuss specific programming for your troop’s needs.

Where: University of Arkansas at Monticello; Monticello | Free (donations accepted) | Contact: Dr. Morris Bramlett 870-460-1016 | [email protected]

Contact for all set-date events: Program Staff 800-632-6894 | [email protected] unless otherwise noted.

Set Date Events Leave No Trace Girl Scout Recruitment/Renewal Day Girls will become stewards to their environment as they learn about the principles behind Leave No Trace and participate in Owl be a Girl Scout Fall Kick-off park clean-up activities. Girls will also participate in the Furry Discover Daisy State Park and learn why it’s great to be a Girl Tales interpretive program, meet with a Girl Scout staff member Scout! All girls from kindergarten through 6th grade and their to learn about upcoming Girl Scout activities and to register for families are invited to spend the day getting in touch with their the 2019 membership year. wild side! From flower paint and sand sculptures to sun prints and rock murals—we’ll explore the park and get creative with Date: September 29, 2018 | Free art in the outdoors! Where: Cossatot River State Park; Wickes Registration deadline: September 24, 2018 Date: September 8, 2018 | Free | Where: Daisy State Park; Kirby | Registration deadline: September 3, 2018 Water Badge Workshop Explore the fountains and natural water of downtown Texarkana Discovery Days at Chimp Haven and test the quality of the water found in them. Then, join us at Make some chimpanzee friends at Chimp Haven during these the Discovery Place to construct a water art exhibit and plan an open house events (also open to public). These are self-led event to reveal the art to the public that afternoon. Lunch will events, but volunteers will be on hand to answer questions. be provided. Ambassadors earn their Water badge; seniors may Visit https://chimphaven.org/events/chimpanzee-discovery- attend but cannot earn the badge. days/ for more information.

Date: September 29, 2018 | Cost: $30 Date: September 15, October 20 or November 17, 2018 Where: Discovery Place Museum; Texarkana, TX Cost: $5-$10 | Where: Chimp Haven; Keithville, LA Registration deadline: September 24, 2018 Contact: 318-925-9575 | [email protected]

Girl Scout Fishing Workshop GS Golf Experience Day: Intro to the Sport of Golf Girls will learn the basics of fishing including knot tying, fishing Girls will learn golf basics during this introduction to golf ethics, fish identification, casting and fishing practices. By the workshop. Brownie–Ambassador workshops are available at end of the program, girls will have earned their TPWD Junior different times for girls to learn what this sport has to offer. Angler certification! Note, the September date is for younger girls and the October date is for older girls. Date: September 22, 2018 | Cost: $2 Where: Texarkana Golf Ranch; Texarkana, TX Date: September 29, 2018 and October 6, 2018 | Cost: $2 Registration deadline: September 17, 2018 Where: Atlanta State Park | Atlanta, TX Registration deadline: September 24 or October 1, 2018

52 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Girl Scout Day at the Park Songs, Swaps and S’mores! Whether you are a seasoned Girl Scout or interested in joining, Celebrate Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday with fun Girl Scout girls are invited to White Oak Lake State Park to participate in traditions! Girls will learn new songs, play games, make and fun outdoor activities. Parents can meet with a Girl Scout staff trade swaps while meeting new Girl Scout friends! member to learn about upcoming Girl Scout activities and to register for the 2019 membership year. Date: October 27, 2018 | Cost: $5 Where: Southwest Regional Office; Texarkana Date: October 6, 2018 | Free Registration deadline: October 22, 2018 Where: White Oak Lake State Park; Bluff City Registration deadline: October 1, 2018 Behind the Ballot Badge Workshop With the election coming up, do you want to learn about the Bugs Badge Workshop history of voting and how our election system works? Join us Explore the world of bugs and all of the cool things these little at the Museum of Regional History to learn about that and how creatures do! Girls will discover the different parts of bugs, take you might conduct a campaign. Senior Girl Scouts can earn a bug field trip and take part in arts and crafts to earn their Bugs the Behind the Ballot badge. badge. Date: November 4, 2018 | Cost: $10 girl/$4 adult Date: October 10, 2018 | Cost: $5 Where: Museum of Regional History, Texarkana, TX Where: Murphy Arts District; El Dorado Registration deadline: October 29, 2018 Registration deadline: October 2, 2018 Tinkering Workshop Think Like an Engineer Journey in an Evening and Girls will work on their new STEM badges in this fun and Sleepover interactive workshop! After the workshop, girls can visit the Learn how to think like an engineer by taking part in these hands- museum and participate in their Second Saturday Tinker Time on design engineering projects! Take Action project not included (note: separate registration required). in the program and the Journey Awards not included in the price. Girls can either come for just the evening activities to complete Date: November 10, 2018 | Cost: $2 the Journey (discounted price) or participate in the sleepover. Where: Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources; Smackover Registration deadline: November 5, 2018 Date: October 13-14, 2018 | Cost: $22 girl/$17 adult Where: Discovery Place Museum; Texarkana, TX Book Artist Badge Workshop Registration deadline: October 8, 2018 Explore the history of books! Looking at examples from the museum collection, learn how to repair torn paper from a Mom and Me Tea Party museum conservator and make your very own hardback book. Dress your best and bring an adult guest! High tea featuring lemonade, sandwiches, cakes and hot tea will be served as we Date: January 19, 2019 | Cost: $17 learn the traditions of the Victorian age before heading to the Where: Ace of Clubs Carriage House; Texarkana, TX lawn for an old-fashioned game of croquet, weather permitting. Registration deadline: January 14, 2019

Date: October 20, 2018 | Cost: $16 Where: Ace of Clubs Carriage House; Texarkana, TX Registration deadline: October 15, 2018 Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 53 Southwest Region

Fling Flyers Engineering Badge Workshop Girl Scout Outdoor School Explore engineering by practicing your airplane making skills Come enjoy classes and activities ranging from outdoor and see who can build the one that will fly the longest. Build a education to a scavenger hunt and much more! Grilled hotdogs boat powered by a balloon and a kite too! Daisies and Juniors will be provided for lunch. We will finish the day with a fishing can attend but cannot earn the badge. derby!

Date: February 2, 2019 | Cost: $9 | Where: Discovery Place Date: May 4, 2019 | Cost: $2 Museum; Texarkana, TX | Registration deadline: January Where: Hoot Wildlife Habitat; Fouke 28, 2019 Plant a Flower, Watch it Grow Daughters, Dads and DIY Paint your own planter! Take a greenhouse tour and learn about Bring a hammer and join us at the Discovery Place for a little different flowers. Learn how to mix soil, plant seeds and how to DIY, some breakfast snacks and build something to treasure to take proper care of your plants. Prepare to get your hands in the take home. dirt!

Date: February 16, 2019 | Cost: $10 girl/$7 adult Date: May 18, 2019 | Cost: $5 Where: Discovery Place Museum; Texarkana, TX Where: Murphy Arts District, El Dorado Registration deadline: February 11, 2019 Registration Deadline: May 13, 2019

Detective Badge Workshop Air Rescue Day Want to put your investigative skills to the test? Join us at the Join experts from the Civil Air Patrol to learn about aviation. Girls Discovery Place to learn some real detective skills and then use will also learn how real life search and rescue operations work what you’ve learned to solve a mystery! Juniors can earn their through a plane crash simulation. Don’t miss this hands-on day Detective badge. of fun and adventurous activities!

Date: March 30, 2019 | Cost: $8 Date: June 2019 | Cost: $2 | Where: TBD; Texarkana, TX Where: Discovery Place Museum; Texarkana, TX Registration deadline: March 25, 2019 Flexible Date Activities

Animal Care and Adoption Center Model/Race Car Design Engineering Badge Workshop Girl Scouts will learn about animal care including feeding, Join us to construct a model car that we will race against bathing, walking, etc. They will also learn about the processes others to see whose works best, while learning about friction at the animal shelter and can volunteer for service projects. and gravity at the same time! The fee for this workshop Brownies can complete the requirements for their Pets badge. includes the entry fee for the car into the Model Car competition to be held at Tinkerfest at the Discovery Place on Where: Animal Care and Adoption Center; Texarkana, AR | Free 6/1/2019. Contact: Bertha Curry | 870-773-6388 | [email protected] Date: April 6, 2019 | Cost: $11 Where: Downtown, Texarkana, TX Registration deadline: April 1, 2019 54 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Atlanta State Park Crater of Diamonds State Park Learn outdoor skills and even have a camp-out at Atlanta State Spend an afternoon digging for diamonds! Girls will learn how Park (VOII required). Girls can work on various outdoor badges, to identify diamonds and other rocks and gems and they can explore the park or go fishing! Troops and service units can even keep what they find! Special group rates available for request the park interpreter attend their troop meeting (Texas parties of 15 or more. counties only). Where: Crater of Diamonds State Park; Murfreesboro Where: Atlanta State Park; Atlanta, TX | Free | Contact: Kelsey Cost: $6-$10 Johnson | 903-679-3351 | [email protected] Contact: 870-285-3113 | [email protected]

Burson Orthodontics Delta Dental Tin Grin Tour Smile Squad Patch Program Girls will meet Dr. Burson, the first female orthodontist in Use your creativity and scouting skills to learn how your Arkansas! They will tour the office, learn about dental health, mouth links to your overall health and well-being. Review good and see what dentists and orthodontists do. Girls will receive dental habits, try an oral health experiment, discover how a fun patch and can even make a mold of their mouth to bring hidden sugars can damage your teeth, and learn about the home! importance of brushing twice a day and reading every day for a healthy body and mind! Master the topics to earn your patch Where: Burson Orthodontics; Texarkana, TX | Free and join Delta Dental’s Smile Squad! Contact: Laura Buchanan | 903-334-8080 [email protected] Where: On your own | Free Contact: Delta Dental | [email protected] Cato Fashions Fun with Fashion at Cato Fashions Delta Kappa Gamma Patch Program Girls will learn about fashion design, customer service and what Girls can learn about leadership from the women of Delta it’s like to work in retail. This program compliments the Financial Kappa Gamma. Girl Scouts will participate in a variety of Literacy badges and Juniors can earn their Savvy Shopper badge. activities that revolve around the DKG purposes including Great program for girls getting ready for cookie sales! uniting women educators and advancing women in education. Members of DKG are current and retired female educators Where: Cato Fashions; New Boston, TX | Free from the Texarkana area. Girl Scouts will earn a patch after Contact: Lindsey Book | 903-628-9896 completing the program.

Cossatot River State Park Where: Mobile | Free | Contact: Debbie Shidemantle Discover the Cossatot River at the Cossatot River State Park 903-223-3179 | [email protected] Natural Area through outdoor adventures and education. Park interpreters are available to assist troops on badge or Journey Explore Woodworking requirements. Activities can be fit to meet troop interests and Invite a master wood turner to your troop meeting location! needs. Girls will see a woodworking demonstration up close and can try out some carpentry tools. Where: Cossatot River State Park; Wickes | Free Contact: Shelley Flanary | 870-385-2201 Where: Mobile | Free | Contact: Roger Tipton | 870-898-6071 [email protected] Healthcare Express Healthy Habits Clinic Tour Visit HealthCare Express to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the clinic. Girls will see how x-ray machines work, talk to doctors and nurses, and learn about careers in the medical field.

Where: Healthcare Express; Wake Village, TX | Free Contact: Cody Adams | 979-204-6383

Historic Washington State Park National Children’s Oral Health Foundation Go back in time for the night at Historic Washington State Park! ToothFairy Patch Girl Scouts can have the unique opportunity to camp for free The America’s ToothFairy Scout Patch Program provides an at Historic Washington State Park after completing a service opportunity for Girl Scouts to learn, teach and reach out into their project. community around children’s dental health. Scouts around the country are being rewarded for community oral health activities Where: Historic Washington State Park; Washington | Free through our “Real Life Superhero” patches. Visit http://www. Contact: Leita Spears | 870-983-2625 ncohf.org/scout-patch/ to complete the requirements. [email protected] Where: On your own | Cost: Free while supplies last, $1.50/ea Hope Animal Shelter after | Contact: Rachel Townsend | 501-819-3979 Hope for Paws [email protected] Girls will make four-legged friends at the shelter while learning how to care for cats and dogs. Brownies can earn their Pets Neighbors Emergency Center badge! First Aid Badge Workshops and Center Tour Troops can call to schedule a tour of the facility and learn about Where: Hope Animal Shelter; Hope | Free what goes on behind the scenes of an ER. Girls can also request Contact: Jo Ann Sandlin | 870-703-3054 First Aid badge workshops. Girls who participate in the tour will receive a fun patch from Neighbors Emergency Center. Logoly State Park Badge Workshops Where: Neighbors Emergency Center; Texarkana, TX | Free Earn badges while learning about the environment! Logoly is Contact: Blake George | 903-306-2126 the first environmental state park in Arkansas and can help [email protected] girls earn their Outdoor Art and Naturalist badges as well as a variety of other badges including Jeweler, Digital Photographer, New Boston Landfill Trailblazing and Night Owl! Landfill Tour/Recycling Presentation Tour the New Boston Landfill to learn what happens to your Where: Logoly State Park; Magnolia | Free waste. Girls will see first-hand how landfills are built and Contact: Jennifer Gammon | 870-695-3561 maintained and learn what should and should not be thrown [email protected] away. Troops can also participate in a recycling presentation to learn how to keep the earth green! Lonestar Graphics and Awards Screen Printing and T-shirt Making Where: New Boston Landfill; New Boston, TX | Free Girls will learn firsthand about design, graphic art and how Contact: Greta Calvery | 214-316-0817 | [email protected] screen printing works. Need a troop t-shirt? Girls can help make their own! *Purchase of a shirt is not required. Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Girls can work on badges, campout overnight and learn new Where: Lonestar Graphics and Awards; Nash, TX | Free or skills at the Grandview Prairie. cost of t-shirt | Contact: Richard Hartcraft | 903-334-8881 | [email protected] Where: Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education Center; Columbus | Free | Contact: Aneesah Rasheed | 870-983-2790 | [email protected]

56 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Self Defense and Anti-Bullying Program Townsquare Media Girls will learn and practice techniques that will teach them basic Girl Scouts in the Me-dia self-defense and help them deal with bullies both inside and Girls will tour the radio station, meet and interact with DJs, outside school. learn about careers in radio, music and production.

Where: Mobile; Texarkana, TX | Free | Contact: Dana O’Neal | Where: Townsquare Media; Texarkana, AR | Free [email protected] | 903-908-4314 Contact: Andi Darby | 870-772-3771 | andi.darby@ townsquaremedia.com South Arkansas Arboretum State Park Troops can explore the park through paved hiking trails that UAMS Institute on Aging showcase local flora and learn about different trees. A great Take a Walk in Their Shoes space for SU and/or troop meetings. Free to use, but reservations Girls will increase their awareness of the physical challenges are recommended to use the outdoor pagodas. and sensory disorders common in people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia to better accomodate those affected in Where: El Dorado, AR | Free their community. Contact: Tammy Ward | 870-864-8447 | [email protected] Where: Mobile | Free SulliFarm and Kitchen Contact: Laura Spradley | 501-526-7482 | [email protected] Facility Tours Girls will meet the different animals at Sullifarm and learn Wastewater Treatment Facility how they are raised and what their purpose is on the farm. Facility Tour This includes visiting chickens, pigs, cows, livestock guardian Girls will learn about the wastewater treatment process and dogs, rabbits and more! Tours can be formatted for a more how waste is recycled through composting on this fun and educational experience (for adults and older kids) or a more fun educational tour lasting approximately 30-90 minutes. and interactive experience (for younger girls). Where: Wastewater Treatment Facility; Texarkana, TX | Free Where: Sullifarm and Kitchen; Leary, TX | Cost: $5 Contact: Pam | 903-798-3860 Contact: Annemarie | 512-229-7599 | [email protected] Wildlife Wonders Texarkana Golf Ranch Girls can get in touch with their wild side as they learn about Texarkana Golf Ranch is excited to offer 10% off a round of golf common characteristics of various animals using real-life for current Girl Scouts! Please show up in uniform or show your mounts from a female wildlife biologist. Great program for both membership pin to receive the discount. troops and service units.

Where: Texarkana Golf Ranch; Texarkana, TX Where: Mobile; Texas counties only | Free Cost: Discounted rate Contact: Penny Wilkerson | 903-796-7526 | penny.wilkerson@ Contact: 903-334-7401 | [email protected] tpwd.texas.gov

Texas Police Department Safety and Crime Prevention Programs Girls will learn about safety and crime prevention including how to spot a criminal, online safety and finger printing. Girls can also tour the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center and the 911 Communications Center. Juniors can work on the Detective badge and Cadettes can work on the Netiquette badge.

Where: Texarkana, Texas Police Department; Texarkana, TX | Free | Contact: Shawn Vaughn | 903-798-3114

Community service is a great way to spend an afternoon with family and friends and be the change in your community. Part of the Girl Scout mission is to make the world a better place, so Girl Scouts includes a community service component in the leadership experience. Girls will develop leadership skills as they discover new interests, connect with others, and take action on issues important to them.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS REGIONAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

National Day of Service and Remembrance | September 11, 2018 CENTRAL Engage in charitable service on 9/11 as an annual and forward-looking tribute to the 9/11 victims, survivors and ⚬ Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance | Little Rock those who rose up in service in response to the attacks. Contact: Alex Handfinger | 501-399-9999 [email protected] National Public Lands Day | September 29, 2018 ⚬ Greater Arkansas Food Bank | Little Rock Visit a local state park or USACE park to beautify, clean-up Contact: 501-565-8121 and help make our public lands a place for all to enjoy. ⚬ Historic Arkansas Museum | Little Rock Contact: Joleen Linson | 501-324-9342 Make a Difference Day | October 27, 2018 ⚬ St. Francis House | Little Rock | Contact: Linda King Spend the day working on a single purpose: to improve 972-983-7974 | [email protected] the lives of others. Visit www.makeadifferenceday.com for ⚬ Stuff the Bus, United Way of Central Arkansas | Conway project ideas. Contact: Maret Cahill | 501-327-5087 | *Takes place on AR Back-to-School Sales Tax Exempt Weekend MLK Day of Service | January 21, 2019 Join Girl Scouts – Diamonds in celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through service to your community. Girls can select a service project to work on any time during the MIDWEST week following MLK Day. Register through the Diamonds website to receive your patch. ⚬ Ronald McDonald House | Fort Smith Contact: Emma Johnson | 479-314-8030 [email protected] STATEWIDE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES ⚬ Children’s Service League | Fort Smith Contact: Kim Swaim | 501-425-0846 Girl Scouts - Diamonds Camps of Excellence and ⚬ HOPE Humane Society | Fort Smith Properties Contact: Chelsea (“CC”) | 479-783-4395 Contact: Property Department | 800-632-6894 | property@ [email protected] girlscoutsdiamonds.org ⚬ Poteau Valley Humane Society | Poteau, OK Many options are available for helping us spiff up our Contact: Elvie Moss | 918-649-0986 | [email protected] council properties. This includes general cleaning, painting, ⚬ River Valley Regional Food Bank | Fort Smith trail marking, gardening and much more. Contact: Tracy Engel | 479-785-0582 [email protected] Girl Scout Ranger Program Contact: National Park Service The Resource Stewardship Girl Scout Ranger Program invites Girl Scouts to participate in projects at national park sites to provide them with the opportunity to learn more about protecting our natural and cultural resources. Girls earn certificates and/or patches for participating in the program.

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⚬ Ronald McDonald House | Washington Regional Medical Center | Fayetteville and Rogers | Contact: Jessica 479-463-6760 | [email protected]

FALL PRODUCT COOKIES

Want to earn money for special troop activities and Why should you be a cookie boss? community service projects? Participate in the Fall Product Selling Girl Scout Cookies helps girls develop 5 skills they use Program to raise funds at the start of the Girl Scout year. throughout their lives: ⚬ Goal Setting—“I know I can do it!” Why sell Fall Product? ⚬ Decision Making—“I make smarter decisions.” ⚬ Troops get a head start on raising funds for the year! ⚬ Money Management—“I make change happen!” ⚬ Girls learn how to set goals and achieve them. ⚬ People Skills—“I get a lifetime supply of confidence.” ⚬ Nuts, candy and magazines make great ⚬ Business Ethics—“This is more than just a business.” Christmas gifts! ⚬ To have your very own bag of the new Buffalo Ranch Important Dates: Pretzel Mix! ⚬ Service Unit Product Manager Training December 13, 2018 Important Dates: ⚬ Traditional Pre-Order and Online Sales Begin ⚬ Service Unit Product Manager Training January 18, 2019 August 23, 2018 ⚬ Traditional Pre-Order Ends ⚬ Online Sales February 2, 2019 September 1-October 28, 2018 ⚬ Booth Sales Begin ⚬ Traditional In-Person Sales March 1, 2019 September 8-October 7, 2018 ⚬ Regional Office Cookie Cupboards March 1-23, 2019 ⚬ Online Sales End March 24, 2019

Dates are tentative and may change.

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10 Things you may not know about Girl Scouts – Diamonds!

Girls can attend program events without their troop. Troops are encouraged to attend our large council signature events, and some of these events are family events (noted by the “F” icon). Individual girls can attend all other 1 set date events independent of their troop. Don’t let girls miss an awesome program that will help her spark her imagination or earn a badge! Share information with parents and direct them to the Diamonds online calendar of events so they can register their daughter(s) for programs even if her troop isn’t attending.

There is more than one way to be a Girl Scout! Girls can participate in Girl Scouts in four different ways: through a traditional troop with two dedicated leaders, as an independently registered girl (IRG or Juliette), through one of our 2 Super Troops at select schools in Central Arkansas, or through our Special Initiatives programs in which we partner with schools and community centers to offer programming for Girl Scouts while they are at school. All these girls can participate in programs, attend events, earn awards, go camping, and even participate in our Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookie programs!

One fourth of our girls are funded through grants and donations. Girl Scouts is a nonprofit that depends on the 3 support of individual and corporate donors and grants to provide access to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. The Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) isn’t just for volunteers. The VTK is a digital tool that leaders can use to plan out their entire Girl Scout year, track finances, communicate with parents, and so much more. Parents can use the VTK to 4 get information on everything the troop is doing! Tell parents how they can access the VTK and see what wonderful, engaging programs their daughter is taking part in by being a Girl Scout.

The Girl Scout Cookie Program and the Fall Product Program are about much more than money. These programs give girls practical experience to let them develop 5 critical skills that will last a lifetime—goal setting, decision 5 making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Product program money (money earned from fall sales and cookies) can also help fund the Girl Scout year for girls and troops. Leaders can use product program proceeds to buy uniforms, allow girls to attend council-sponsored events and programs and even travel and camp.

You don’t need to have earned other awards to earn the prestigious GIrl Scout Gold Award! Girls who earn the Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting, have access to many college scholarships as well as enter the 6 military one rank higher. Girl Scouts is so much more than camping, crafts and cookies! Our focus areas of STEAM, Outdoors and Camp, Life Skills and Leadership pave the way and set the standard for girls to try a variety of programming and hone skills 7 related to these areas and which allow them to become prepared, knowledgeable citizens of the world. Troop leaders don’t have to be the experts on every aspect of Girl Scouts! Our Volunteer Experience Team and Program Team are here to help you! We have a variety of training and methods of delivery to allow you enjoy your 8 year of Girl Scouting along with your girls and make it the most memorable experience yet. Check out the Adult and Volunteer Resource pages (pages 64-66) for more information.

Our Camps of Excellence and other properties are available for rental any time. Check out a list of rentable 9 activities that can be added on to trips on page 16 or check the properties page on our website for more details. Girl Scouts can give girls the world. If you love exploring different places and cultures, then Girl Scouts is the place for you. In addition to local, troop travel and council-led travel, girls can participate in Girl Scout Destinations, an 10 adventure program for girls ages 11 and older. With a ton of different trips to apply for every year, there’s something amazing for everyone to experience and the Diamonds Council offers financial assistance opportunities.

Girl Scouts is the preeminent leadership development Compared to non-Girl Scouts, organization for girls, with a research-proven program Girl Scouts are more likely to: that helps them cultivate important skills they need to take ⚬ Exhibit strong leadership outcomes the lead in their own lives and the world. At Girl Scouts, girls ⚬ Earn excellent grades learn and grow in a safe, all-girl environment, discovering ⚬ Expect to graduate college who they are, connecting with others, and taking action to ⚬ Aspire to STEM, business and law careers make the world a better place. ⚬ Feel hopeful about their future

Through the leadership of supportive adults, cooperative Girl Scouts are more likely to step outside of their comfort learning, learning by doing, earning badges and taking part zones, manage healthy relationships and be civically in community service activities, girls are able to achieve the engaged in their communities. five GSLE leadership outcomes: Sense of Self – Girls are confident in themselves THE GIRL SCOUT EXPERIENCE: and their abilities and are happy with who they are as Girls can achieve these important outcomes by participating a person. in the Girl Scout curricula, which comprises Journeys and Positive Values – Girls act ethically, honestly and badges. Each Journey includes an award and a take action responsibily, and show concern for others. project and fully incorporates the three focus areas of Girl Challenge Seeking – Girls take appropriate risks, try Scouts: Discover, Connect and Take Action, as well as guides things even if they might fail, and learn from mistakes. for adult leaders to allow girls to engage in the projects Healthy Relationships – Girls develop and maintain and activities they are doing by using the three processes healthy relationships by communicating their feelings to ensure that the activities are girl-led, girls are learning directly and resolving conflicts constructively. by doing and learning cooperatively. National Leadership Community Problem Solving – Girls desire to Journeys can now be found on the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) contribute to the world in purposeful and meaningful and include entire lessons for girls at different levels. These ways, learn how to identify problems in the community lessons focus on STEM, environmental stewardship, global and create action plans to solve them. action, outdoor skill building, community engagement and more. Each Journey is designed for specific age groups and the newer Journeys are even multi-level so leaders can do programming from the same guide for either Daisies- Juniors or Cadettes–Ambassadors.

Badges can be earned at every age level and help girls build skills in a variety of areas, from art to health, entrepreneurship, outdoors, STEM and much, much more!

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Council shops sell all your Girl Scout essentials: handbooks, uniforms, pins, badges, gift items and sportswear. Shop for your Girl Scout essentials in 5 easy ways: WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN ONLINE! 1. Online shopping at www.girlscoutshop.com All purchases in our shops AND the online store support Girl 2. GSUSA Offline Order Form Scouts – Diamonds. Be sure to check our Facebook page for 3. Stop by and see us at any of our three retail shop locations shop promotions. 4. Pop-Up Shops 5. Merchandise pre-orders by: Visit the shop page on our website for locations, hours a. Phone: 800-632-6894 (select option #3) and more detailed retail shop information. b. Email: [email protected] www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/shop c. Mail: Girl Scouts – Diamonds NOTE: Our shops and offices may close when the weather c/o Retail Specialist causes hazardous driving conditions or in other unexpected 3434 One Place circumstances. Please call ahead when in doubt or before Jonesboro, AR 72404 traveling long distances. New Program Content

NEW Badges and Journeys are now available to girls and accessible to volunteers through the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK)! NEW JOURNEYS Think Like an Engineer (Daisy–Ambassador) Think Like a Programmer (Daisy–Ambassador) Think Like a Citizen Scientist (Daisy–Junior) Outdoor Journey (Daisy–Ambassador) D

BADGES (RIGHT) B Robotics (3 per level | Daisy–Ambassador) Mechanical Engineering (3 per level | Daisy–Junior) J Cybersecurity (3 per level | Daisy–Junior) Space Science (1 per level | Daisy–Junior) C Troop Camping (1 per level | Daisy–Ambassador) Outdoor Art (1 per level | Daisy) S Citizenship (1 per level | Daisy) Environmental Stewardship (1 per level | Daisy–Ambassador) College Prep (1 per level | Ambassador) A Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 63 Adult Training

The goal of the Volunteer Experience Department is to provide EVALUATION the tools and resources necessary to grow a well-trained, To ensure volunteers are meeting expectations, the Volunteer supported and recognized volunteer base. We desire for Experience Department meets regularly with service unit and Diamonds volunteers to try new things, engage in educational troop volunteers to evaluate their status and progress toward activities, lead by example and make new friends (just like we goals. The evaluation component includes: desire for our girls). The three components that make up ⚬ Providing support to the service team (director, treasurer, the Volunteer Experience Department include: product sales manager) of each service unit and visiting monthly service unit meetings TRAINING ⚬ Completing annual evaluations of service units Before volunteers can work with girls, groups or troops, they ⚬ Developing plans of action for underperforming service units must first complete training. These trainings include: ⚬ Hosting quarterly service unit summits (summits are council- ⚬ GS101 (Online) led meetings/workshops for members of the service team) ⚬ New! Welcome to Girl Scouts – Diamonds (Online) ⚬ Resolving conflicts that arise at the troop or service unit level ⚬ New! Keeping Girls Safe (Online) ⚬ New! Managing Group Finances (Online) RECOGNITION ⚬ Venture Out I (Online) Volunteers are the key to our phenomenal Girl Scout program. ⚬ New Leader Fundamentals/New Volunteer Orientation We want to recognize them for their contribution to the Girl (in-person) Scout Movement. The Volunteer Experience Department celebrates volunteers in several ways, including: In addition to the above trainings, the Training Enrichment ⚬ Volunteer Appreciation Week Series provides additional trainings for volunteers to help ⚬ Adult Recognition Ceremony during Annual Meeting enhance the Girl Scout Leadership Experience for girls in their and Leadership Conference groups or troops. ⚬ Service unit/troop awards and incentives

In-person Enrichments: For more information about recognition, please email: Venture Out II (outdoor camping) and First Aid/CPR. [email protected]

For questions about trainings, please email: [email protected]

64 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book KEY EVENTS AND IMPORTANT DATES Trainer’s Retreat New Leader Fundamentals October 19-21, 2018 | Radford House Held the third Thursday of each month at 6pm at each Are you a council trainer or want to be a trainer? This event is regional office for you! Join us for a weekend of enrichment, training and fun. Hear updates on council training initiatives, pick up some extra CPR/First Aid Training 2018/2019 tips for your training sessions, and brainstorm with your fellow ⚬ Central - December 1, February 9 trainers on how to make our trainings even better! Check out ⚬ Midwest - October 13, January 26 the event calendar for registration, classes and logistics. ⚬ Northeast - October 14, February 10 ⚬ Northwest - August 25, February 16 Leadership, Education and Fun (LEAF) Retreat ⚬ Southwest - September 8, February 2 April 12-14, 2019 | Camp Cahinnio Relax, kick up those feet and celebrate another amazing year! Venture Out II Training Come out for a weekend of relaxation and fun at the 2019 LEAF Camping and Fire-building Training Retreat! This weekend is all about you, our volunteers, and ⚬ Central-Radford House | October 6-7, February 16-17 ensuring you enjoy a weekend away with your Girl Scout sisters ⚬ Midwest-Burnham Woods | February 9-10 and brothers! Be sure to register early because last year’s event ⚬ Northeast-Camp Crossed Arrows | September 22-23 sold out! Check the event calendar for more details and to ⚬ Northwest-Camp NOARK | August 17-18, April 26-27 register. ⚬ Southwest-Camp Kemp | November 3-4 Nominations for Adult Recognition Service Unit Summits Due April 15, 2019 Training and informational workshops for service unit team The Diamonds Council invites everyone to nominate Girl Scouts members. All meetings are at regional offices. - Diamonds volunteers to be recognized at our Annual Adult Recognition Ceremony. Any adult volunteer is eligible for adult ⚬ Summer Summit | Service Unit Position Training | 6-8:30pm recognition, and any adult Girl Scout can nominate a volunteer Central - August 9 for recognition. Midwest - August 7 Northeast - August 21 Volunteer Appreciation Activities Northwest - August 6 Volunteer Appreciation Month – April Southwest - August 20 Volunteer Appreciation Week - April 7-13, 2019 ⚬ Fall Summit Leader Appreciation Day – April 22, 2019 Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | 6-8PM ⚬ Spring Summit Diamonds Council Recognition Ceremony Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | 6-8PM (held during Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference) Location TBD – July 27, 2019

We know how important volunteers are to the Girl Scout Support for Troop Leaders and Service Unit Volunteers organization and we want to ensure that as a Diamonds In addition to your service unit team, council staff provides volunteer you have all of the resources available to help you feel assistance to volunteers in several different capacities. Each well prepared and supported throughout your journey with us. service unit is assigned a member of council staff called a Volunteer Experience Specialist (VS) who is responsible for Here are a few resources to assist you: providing ongoing support and guidance to the service unit team. Specialists are located in each regional office. The team Diamonds Insider is led by the volunteer experience director who is located in the This monthly informational e-newsletter is sent to all registered Central office. volunteers in our council. Previous editions of the Insider are located on the Publications page of our website. Volunteer Toolkit Diamonds Program Update The Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) is a digital tool that leaders can This monthly e-newsletter is sent to all registered volunteers use to plan out their entire Girl Scout year, track finances, and Girl Scout parents and includes a list of upcoming events communicate with parents and so much more. Parents can use for the next two months and other event-related information. the VTK to get information on everything the troop is doing. Previous editions of the Update are located on the Publications page of our website. NEW! National Leadership Journeys can now be found on the Volunteer Tool Kit (VTK) and include future lessons for girls Website at different levels. To learn how to access the VTK, visit the Check out the Volunteer Tab at girlscoutsdiamonds.org to find Volunteer Toolkit page under the Volunteer tab on the website. out more about trainings, events and other resources just for volunteers. For more information about the Volunteer Experience Department Activities and Training Calendar or to contact a member of the Volunteer Experience team, Found on our website, this easy-to-use resource helps contact [email protected] or call us at 800-632-6894. you search for upcoming events (including girl and adult programming) by age level or geographic location.

Service Units As a Girl Scout volunteer, you will have the most contact with your local Girl Scout support team, which is called a service unit. Never hesitate to contact these fellow volunteers, because your service unit is your expert in all things Girl Scouting. If you have questions about the Girl Scout program, working with girls, or selling Girl Scout Cookies and other products, go to your service unit team for answers and ongoing support.

66 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book StellarStellar ServiceService UnitUnit CHALLENGECHALLENGE Activities must take place between August 1, 2018 - July 31, 2019 Complete the steps in the boxes below to secure some extra cash for Programming your service unit! See the back of this page for more...... details! ...... �Do a camp promotion activity such as Membership ...... hosting an Outdoor Skills Day, SU Campout at a ...... Growth Diamonds Camp of Excellence or invite

...... camp staff to a SU meeting

...... 50% of troops participate � Hold an event for D/B/J girls using GSLE in a Recruitment Event ...... � Hold an event for C/S/A girls using GSLE ...... �80% of troops participate � in Early Renewal (MY2020) ...... � 85% of troops participate in Cookie Program ...... �3% increase in Adult Volunteers ...... with a goal of 1% debt or less �3% increase in Girl Members � 65% of troops participate in Fall Product Sales ...... with a goal of 1% debt or less �Host a Fall New Member Kickoff Event ...... Do 10 things to extend membership and increase ...... � Complete 5 of the 6 steps! visibility in your unit such as hosting open houses, sending ...... troop highlights to the local newspaper, marching in parades, ...... posting our recruitment materials at schools and local spots, or a hosting GS activity at community fairs and ...... festivals! ...... Volunteer ...... Complete 5 of the 6 steps! Training and ...... Support ...... Team ...... Building ...... �Complete a Service Unit ...... Annual Plan and Calendar of Events �Provide at least 2 trainings or adult learning opportunities ...... within the service unit �Nominate a volunteer from your service unit for a ...... � Host a Fall New Member Kickoff Event ...... GSUSA or Girl Scouts - Diamonds Award � Have 3 core positions filled - Director, �Complete and submit SU annual financial report to ...... Treasurer, Product Manager ...... Sr. Troop Finance Liaison by July 31 Hold SU meetings at least 4 times a year � �Promote VTK at leader meetings ...... � Do something nice for the team, e.g. host a dinner, ...... tea or retreat �Schedule at least 15 minutes of structured Send 50% of the team to 2019 Annual Meeting networking into leader meetings (ice breakers, ...... � ...... games, testimonials)

and Leadership Conference Complete 5 of the 6 steps! ...... � Have representation at quarterly SU summits ...... Complete 5 of the 6 steps! ...... Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 67 ...... Participating Service Units that meet the challenge will receive $100 credit to their Service Unit Account! Teams will be put into a drawing to win a Service Unit campout at a Girl Scouts - Diamonds Camps of Excellence property. Campout must be completed during MY2020.

DIRECTIONS: Submit this completed form along with three service unit pictures to info@girlscoutsdiamonds. org or to the Volunteer Experience Specialist in your region. Be sure that your pictures show how your service unit worked to complete this challenge! Completed forms with pictures are due by August 15, 2019. SU Campout winner will be announced on September 3, 2019. Service Unit credit will be deposited by September 7, 2019.

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68 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book ROAD DIAMONDS MAP ROAD MILE

THE MAP BASICS  Your troop guide to an exciting Girl Scout Year! Ready! Set! Change Lives! As a Girl Scout volunteer you have the opportunity To plan your trip, make sure to share new adventures and make wonderful you have the basics: memories together with the girls in your troop. Hold a friends and family meeting to get to know � your Girl Scouts and their families, ask for This guide is designed to help you cover the basics for a support, and set clear expectations for the troop successful year. Simply complete the activities at each “stop” between August 1 – May 31 and your troop will earn � You need at least two (2) adult volunteers who the GO GIRL Road Map to Success fun patch! Once you are registered members and have valid complete the roadmap, submit a Fun Patch Order Form background checks completed and five pictures depicting your awesome year to info@ All NEW volunteers will need to complete: girlscoutsdiamonds.org or pass them along to your regional Volunteer Experience Specialist for submission. � Welcome to Girl Scouts - Diamonds and Forms and pictures must be submitted Knowledge Check by June 30 for processing. � Keeping Girls Safe and Knowledge Check Managing Group Finances RoadsideMILE � Assistance Review the Outdoor Progression Chart in � Volunteer Essentials Have general � Make sure all girls are registered to your troop Girl Scout questions? Learn about and attend service unit meetings Contact our Customer Care Department � to meet other volunteers in your area, learn Email: [email protected] news and ideas, and receive support Phone: 800-632-6894

MILE MILE Need help with your troop? Check out the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK), a great resource to help simplify your planning and make the most of Contact your Volunteer Experience Specialist your year! Get more info at www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org Name: Email:

11311 Arcade Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 girlscoutsdiamonds.org Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 69 Check off all the activities during the year and earn a sweet patch! Don’t forget, the road runs two ways so you don’t have to go in one direction.

Leadership (complete 4 of 5)

Troop completes at least one badge or award from � the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting for their grade level. DIAMONDS � Troop completes a Take Action Project. � Troop begins or completes working on a highest award GIRL (if applicable). GO � Troop plans a trip or attends a council GSDAOT ROAD MAP TO SUCCESS sponsored trip. � Troop earns the Global Action Award.

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MILE Girl Scout Traditions 3 Create a group agreement developed and � signed by all the girls. The agreement will help  the girls set expectations and guidelines for how 2016 they will treat each other during the Girl Scout year. Girls plan and carry out ONE of the following ceremonies: � • Investiture/Rededication • Flag Ceremony • Court of Awards • Bridging Advocacy & Engagement Troop completes at least two service projects. Examples include All girls know and understand the Girl Scout � MLK Day of Service, Girl Scout Week, holiday projects. � Promise and the Girl Scout Law. Troop participates in an activity promoting Girl Scout Girls plan or attend a special activity to celebrate � � visibility in the community. Examples include a parade, a special Girl Scout day. Examples include exhibit, or display at a local or state fair while dressed in uniform. Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday, World Thinking Day, or Girl Scout Week. Troop sends information and/or pictures to Girl Scouts - Diamonds � to promote visibility of Girl Scouting in the community. 70 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Life Skills STEAM (complete 2 of 3) � Troop completes a financial literacy badge. � Troop participates in an activity that supports STEAM. Examples include earning a science or arts themed badge � Troop attends a Cookie Rally. Examples include or attending a science or arts themed service unit or attending a local service unit rally or Diamonds council event. Signature Event - Cookie Palooza 2019. � Troop completes a new STEAM Badge. Examples include Troop uses cookie earnings to attend a the Robotics badge or Mechanical Engineering badge. � MILE program or event. Check out the Volunteer Toolkit for the full list of new 6 STEAM badges!  � Troop attends a STEAM event hosted at the STEAM Center at Burnham Woods. MILE 5 

MILE 4  Outdoors and Camp (complete 2 of 3) Troop participates in an outdoor � activity. Examples include attending outdoor programs, hiking,camping or geocaching.

Troop visits one of the Girl Scouts - � Diamonds properties.

Troop completes a new outdoor badge or journey. � Examples include Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey or Troop Camping Badge. Check out the Volunteer Toolkit for the full list of new outdoor badges and journeys!

Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 71 Our Mission Girl Scout Law Girl Scouting builds girls of I will do my best to be ROAD courage, confidence, and character, honest and fair, who make the world a better place. friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, MAP courageous and strong, and Girl Scout Promise responsible for what I say and do, On my honor, I will try: and to To serve God and my country, respect myself and others, To help people at all times, respect authority, And to live by the Girl Scout Law. use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS - NEXT EXIT  DIAMONDS ⏵ Fall Product Program begins. ⏵ Visit one of our fall troop camps. ⏵ If the girls are about to move to the next grade DIAMONDS OCTOBER ⏵ 10/31: Celebrate Founder’s Day level, complete the Bridge award! Requirements (Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday). MAY can be found in the handbook section of The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. DIAMONDS ⏵ Attend STEAM Saturday program at the ⏵ Turn in troop finance reports by May 31. STEAM Center at Burnham Woods. NOVEMBER ⏵ Attend the Girl Leadership Summit or Girl Fest. ⏵ Try a winter-themed service project. ⏵ Some troops choose to take the summer off, DIAMONDS while others choose to meet up a couple of DIAMONDS ⏵ Participate in MLK Day of Service. SUMMER times to help the girls stay engaged. Be sure to ⏵ Get the girls excited about learning the let the girls know about all the Girl Scout fun to JANUARY 5 Skills of the cookie program by attending be had during the summer: a local Cookie Rally or Cookie Palooza. - Encourage girls to try day camp, resident ⏵ Cookie Program begins. camp, or family camp. - Take a field trip to a park in a neighboring town. DIAMONDS ⏵ Resident camp registration begins. - Try a summer-themed service project. ⏵ 2/22: Remind the girls that they are part FEBRUARY of a worldwide sisterhood—celebrate World Thinking Day. DIAMONDS ⏵ Get your cardboard ready and join us for our Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta and Jamboree SEPTEMBER (Must renew membership by August 30). ⏵ Get ready for the new Girl Scout year; hold a DIAMONDS ⏵ 3/12: Juliette Gordon Low started Girl Scouts. parent/caregiver meeting and get together with Celebrate the Girl Scout birthday! the girls to see what kinds of fun adventures MARCH ⏵ Girl Scout week is celebrated starting with they want to try next year. Girl Scout Sunday and ending with Girl Scout ⏵ Take Fall Product Program training so girls will Sabbath on a Saturday, and it always includes be prepared to reach their goals when it begins Girl Scouts’ birthday. in October! ⏵ Try a cookie booth or a cookie walkabout. ⏵ Visit one of our camp open houses.

DIAMONDS ⏵ Spring Renewal begins! ⏵ Put those camping skills to the test at Scout-O-Rama. APRIL ⏵ 4/22: Volunteer Appreciation Day - Share your Check out girlscoutsdiamonds.org appreciation of those who support your troop. for more fun things to do! Highest Awards

Girl Scouts provides girls with the opportunity to set their innovative ideas into motion through a sustainable project designed to make the world a better place. Girl Scouts who complete their projects are honored with the Bronze, Silver or Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn for her age group.

Gold Award Girl Scouts The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award earned by a Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador. Gold Award Girl Scouts do are making the world well in life! They rate their general success significantly higher than their peers and report greater success in reaching their a better place. goals in many areas. The many benefits of going gold include: Higher education and career possibilities—Girl Scouts who earn These young women are inspiring leaders whose Gold Awards have many college scholarship options available to Gold Award projects are impacting the worlds of them AND they can enter the military one rank higher. STEM, education, agriculture, medicine and more ⚬ Prerequisites: Completing two Senior/Ambassador on a local, national or global level. Journeys OR the Silver Award, one Senior/Ambassador Journey, taking Gold 101 Training. By the time you put the final touches on ⚬ Number of hours suggested: At least 80. your seven-step project, you’ll have solved a community problem—not only in the short term, The Girl Scout Silver Award but for years into the future—and you’ll be eligible ⚬ Highest award earned by a Girl Scout Cadette. for college scholarships. Check out the seven ⚬ Prerequisite: completing a Cadette Journey. steps below. ⚬ Number of hours suggested: At least 50.

Identify an issue. The Girl Scout Bronze Award Use your values and skills to choose a ⚬ Highest award earned by a Girl Scout Junior. community issue you care about. ⚬ Prerequisite: Completing a Junior Journey.

⚬ Number of hours suggested: Minimum of 20. Investigate it thoroughly. Use your sleuthing skills to learn everything you can about the issue you’ve identified. Join us for Gold and Silver 101 Training to have a better

understanding on how to complete your project. Gold Award Get help and build your team. Training is now mandatory for girls before beginning their Form a team to support your efforts and help you project. take action.

2018-2019 TRAINING DATES: Create a plan. Central: September 29 and February 7 Identify the root cause of an issue, and then Midwest: October 28 and April 7 create a plan to tackle it. Northeast: October 25 and February 28

Northwest: October 23 and February 26 Present your plan and gather feedback. Southeast: December 6 and April 4 Submit your Project Proposal Form to your Girl Southwest: October 9 and April 9 Scout council for approval.

Diamonds staff will work to schedule additional trainings for Take action. groups of at least 10 girls based on trainer availability. Please Lead your team and carry out your plan. contact [email protected] for more information.

Educate and inspire. Gold, Silver and Graduating Seniors Ceremony | June 8, 2019 Tell your story and share your results.

Are you an adult who would like to become a Highest Awards trainer? Please contact [email protected].

TEEN MENTORING AND SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AWARDS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AWARDS Global Action Award | d b j c s a There are so many ‘extra’ awards girls of all levels can earn This award emphasizes the WAGGGS sisterhood (146 for their involvement in Girl Scouts and to highlight the countries strong) by encouraging girls to work together to wonderful leadership skills they are developing. make a difference as they support an issue that affects girls and women around the world. The Global Action Award is Special opportunity awards are available for girls who take an official award and therefore it may be worn on the front part in certain projects or events, national leadership awards of the official uniform sash or vest and placed where other highlight community engagement efforts and service, and earned badges are worn. Requirements can be found at teen mentoring awards are for girls who take their leadership www.girlscouts.org. skills and put them into practice acting as mentors to younger girls. World Thinking Day Award | d b j c s a Each year on February 22, girls participate in activities To learn more about teen mentoring and special opportunity and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl awards, visit our website. Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries. It is a special day PROGRAM AIDE TRAINING in the Girl Scout year when we remember we are part of a The Program Aide award is for Cadettes who would like to worldwide movement. The World Thinking Day award is an work with younger Girl Scouts and explore their talent as a official award and therefore it may be worn on the front of leader. Upon completion of the training, girls will be awarded the official uniform sash or vest and placed where other a certificate and shirt. Girls can then practice their Program earned badges are worn. Requirements can be found at Aide skills at six activity sessions to earn their Program www.girlscouts.org. Aide pin! Cookie Activity pin | d b j c s a Program Aide (PA) Award | c The Cookie Activity pin is an earned award that is worn to Girl Scout Cadettes receive their Program Aide award by show participation in Girl Scout Cookie Program activities. earning one Leader in Action award, completing council- When selling Girl Scout Cookies, you’ll get better at five designed leadership course training, and working directly key business skills: goal setting, decision making, money with younger girls. Requirements for earning the Program management, people skills, and business ethics. You can Aide award can be found in the Cadette “Girl’s Guide to Girl find the Cookie Program activities outlined in the Cookie Scouting.” Activity Guide.

Our council offers one training per region each year: JOURNEY SUMMIT AWARDS Central: February 2, 2019 Journey Summit Award Pin | d b j c s a Midwest: February 16, 2019 The Journey Summit Award Pin is earned by girls who have Northeast: April 6, 2019 completed any three National Leadership Journeys at their Northwest: November 10, 2018 grade level. The colored border around each pin corresponds Southeast: October 6, 2018 to their grade level. Southwest: February 16, 2019

Interested in becoming a Volunteer Trainer? SAFETY AWARDS Contact [email protected] to find out how Safety Award | d b j c s a to become a Program Aide Trainer and offer trainings to local Safety Awards are earned by following a five-step process for service units. staying safe, tailored to each level. The five-step process for each level can be found in the “Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.”

74 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book FAITH-BASED AWARDS Leader in Action (LiA) Award | c My Promise, My Faith | d b j c s a Girl Scout Cadettes can earn a Leader in Action award by The My Promise, My Faith Pin is earned by girls who want to assisting a Brownie group on any of their National Leadership find out what their faith and Girl Scouting have in common, Journeys. A Cadette will share their skills, test their knowledge using the Girl Scout Law as a guide. There is a different pin and try out new leadership roles. Requirements for earning for each year a Girl Scout earns the recognition and they can the LiA award can be found in the Cadette Leadership Journey earn this pin once a year at each grade level. Requirements adult guides. for earning the My Promise, My Faith award can be found in any of the “Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting” books. Counselor-in-Training (CIT) Award | s a Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors mentor young girls NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS in a camp setting as they build skills toward becoming a The Torch Award | c s a camp counselor. To earn this award, Girl Scouts complete To earn a Torch award, Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and a leadership course on outdoor experiences and work with Ambassadors must complete one Leadership Journey within younger girls over the course of a camp session. Keep a their level, then serve at least one term in a leadership lookout for sessions when camp brochures are mailed in position at their school, town council, community center or a February. similar organization. Cadettes earn the Silver Torch, Seniors earn the Gold/Silver Torch, and Ambassadors earn the Gold Counselor-in-Training II (CIT II) Award | a Torch. Requirements for earning the Torch awards can be Girl Scout Ambassadors earn this award by working with found in the “Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting” for Cadettes, younger girls over the course of at least one resident camp Seniors or Ambassadors. session while focusing on increasing their skills in one specific area—such as riding instruction, lifeguarding or the arts. Service to Girl Scouting Bar | c s a Girls who volunteer at least 20 hours with Girl Scouts— Volunteer-in-Training (VIT) Award | s a outside of their normal troop activities—can earn this award. This award is for girls who would like to mentor a Girl Scout For example, a girl might volunteer their time at a special Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette group outside of the camp event for younger girls, be an office assistant for their council experience. Girl Scout Seniors (who have completed the 9th or service unit, or help with special projects. grade) and Ambassadors can earn their Volunteer-In-Training (VIT) Award by working with a mentor to complete the VIT Community Service Bar | c s a Leadership Course Booklet (available online) and create and The Community Service Bar is earned by making a difference implement a thoughtful Journey project for younger girls in the community and practicing the values of the Girl Scout lasting four or more sessions. Law. Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors must choose an MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS organization, have the organization approved by the council, Medal of Honor | d b j c s a and complete at least 20 hours of service to earn the bar. This award is given to a Girl Scout who has shown presence of mind (a clear and calm head) and true Girl Scout spirit in an MENTORING AWARDS emergency by saving a life or attempting to save a life without Junior Aide Award | j risk to the candidate’s own life. What could be more fun than working with Daisies or Brownies? Juniors can earn their Junior Aide Award by Bronze Cross | d b j c s a making and completing a plan to guide Girl Scout Daisies or This award is given to a Girl Scout who has shown Brownies on one of their Journeys. The three easy steps can extraordinary heroism by saving a life or attempting to save a be found in the Junior “Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.” life with risk to the candidate’s own life.

Some of the most memorable moments in a Girl Scout’s Getting Started with Destinations is easy! Check out life happen while traveling. Travel offers a wealth of girlscouts.org/destinations to learn about this year’s trips. opportunities for girls to develop leadership skills. IMPORTANT DATES: WAYS TO TRAVEL How to Send Your Girls on Destinations Webinar Troop Travel: Is your troop ready to travel? Girl Scouts – Date: October 2, 2018 Diamonds encourages our troops to travel, whether they are Parents and troop leaders are invited to attend this webinar traveling to the different Signature Events hosted across the that will cover general information about GSUSA Destinations, state, planning a camping trip at one of our camp properties types and locations, how to apply, and financial assistance or even planning a national or international adventure. available through Girl Scouts – Diamonds. When planning your trip, make sure you check out the Travel Progression chart, and the travel sections of Volunteer Destinations Application Deadlines Essentials and Safety Activity Checkpoints. Round 1: December 1, 2018 Round 2: February 15, 2019 TRAVEL APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS If your troop is traveling more than 120 miles away from your COUNCIL-LED TRIPS normal meeting location and/or staying overnight, don’t forget Outdoor Adventure Rendezvous to submit a travel application. Travel applications are a basic Venture into the Buffalo National Park by hiking trails, exploring form to help you organize your trip, and to let the council caves and try your hands (and feet) at rock climbing at know of the awesome trips our Girl Scouts are taking. Travel Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. Spend two nights camping and applications can be found under “Forms and Documents” choose your adventure during the day. This trip is chaperoned by on our website. Please submit this form a minimum of three Girl Scout staff members. Girls will depart from the Northwest weeks prior to your activity/trip. For extended trips, please Regional office or Central office. Adults wishing to attend, please submit this form at least three months prior to a domestic trip contact [email protected]. or 12 months prior to an international trip. c s a Date: October 12-14, 2018 | Cost: $75 GSUSA GIRL SCOUT DESTINATIONS Where: Depart Northwest or Central Girl Scout office; trip to Did you know that all Girl Scouts 11 years and older can Buffalo River Area participate in Destinations? Destinations are the ultimate Registration deadline: September 26, 2018 adventure for individual Girl Scouts to apply for and attend national and international adventures sponsored by GSUSA. Spring Break High Adventure Trip With different trips every year, there’s something amazing Hit the road with camp staff as we explore Hot Springs. Visit for everyone. Financial Assistance opportunities through Girl the National Park, enjoy a day at Lake Ouachita and climb to Scouts – Diamonds are given to those with the greatest need new heights with a local outdoor adventure. and then first come, first served basis. c s a Date: Tuesday, March 19-Thursday, March 21, 2019 WAGGGS World Centers Where: Central Arkansas Located in England, Switzerland, India, Mexico and Africa, these world centers are places to connect with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from around the world and learn about different cultures. 76 | Girl Scouts - Diamonds 2018-2019 Program Resource Book Spring Break Getaway to Dallas Europe Extravaganza 2019 Are you ready to explore Dallas with other Junior Girl Scouts Girl Scouts – Diamonds is planning a trip in June 2019 that will from the across the council? Girl Scouts – Diamonds is take us to London, Paris, Switzerland and more. Girls will visit planning a Spring Break Getaway for Juniors and their troop and participate in pinning ceremonies at two WAGGGS World leaders. We will explore what fun Dallas has to offer by going to Centers: Pax Lodge and Our Chalet. Girls 14 and older can apply Six Flags and staying at the brand-new Girl Scouts of Northeast to travel with girls from across the council. Texas STEM Center of Excellence and much more. Keep For more information, check out eftours.com/enroll and type checking our online calendar for more information. in our tour number (#2122640YS) to view the itinerary and Date: Thursday, March 22-Sunday, March 24, 2019 pricing. You can also contact Shelby Nuckolls at Where: Dallas, TX [email protected] for more information and in-depth pricing. Date: June 2019 | Age: 14 and older Where: London, Paris, Switzerland and more Registration deadline: February 20, 2019 Travel Progression

Travel is built on progression and Girl Scouts is a wonderful place for girls to learn how to plan and take exciting trips. Girl Scout Daisies, for example can begin with a short, local trip and progress into an overnight camping trip at one of the Girl Scouts – Diamonds Camps of Excellence properties. Brownies can start taking longer day trips and spend one or two nights away as a troop. Once your girls are Juniors they can start taking extended overnight trips with less homesickness, plus they are old enough to help plan many of the activities and accommodations. But, we don’t just stop there! Girls 11 and older can apply for GSUSA Destinations or plan a trip with their troop or the council to travel across the United States or even the world!

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You can find more information on travel progression and trip ideas in Volunteer Essentials and Safety Activity Checkpoints. Register: www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/events | 77 Fund Development

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Did you know that Girl Scout cookie proceeds only account for about 83% of the Diamonds Council’s annual budget? It is our generous donors who cover the rest. Our donors and sponsors, including individuals, families, Girl Scout volunteers and members, alumnae, civic groups, businesses and corporations, and charitable foundations, are the agents of change in a Girl Scout’s journey to leadership.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR COMMUNITY INVESTS IN GIRL SCOUTS? ⚬ More girls join Girl Scouts! Donations are critical to providing recruitment flyers and supplies, New Troop Starter Kits, and volunteer training, which helped start 95 new troops serving almost 1,000 girls last year. ⚬ Girls join more (and improved) programs! From grants that support our STEAM Center programs, school-based Super Troops, and Girl Scouts Rise juvenile justice program to corporate sponsorships that enhance Signature Events across the council, our community invests in the programs that girls love. ⚬ Girls, no matter their families’ financial situation, can fully experience all that Girl Scouts offers! Over $70,000 was provided for membership financial assistance and camperships to over 2,500 girls last year – almost exclusively funded through donations. ⚬ Girls re-invest in their communities, now and in the future! An investment in girls is an investment in society. You see it when girls donate cookies to their local food bank and in the Take Action projects they plan and execute at their schools, parks and favorite community nonprofit organizations. Compared with her non-Girl Scout peers, a Girl Scout is more academically engaged and better prepared for life and future careers. As an adult, she is more likely to attain higher levels of education, own her own business or occupy an executive position, be an active voter, and volunteer.

HOW DO I INVEST? ⚬ Join the ToGetHer There Giving Society! Your $25 or greater monthly contribution sustains our programs. ⚬ Sponsor our Signature Events! Give your business exposure by partnering with the most recognizable name in girls’ leadership development in our area. ⚬ Make a one-time donation by check, phone, online or at any regional office supporting our greatest need, Camps of Excellence and campership fund, special initiatives, equestrian programs, travel opportunities and more!

For more information about donating to Girl Scouts – Diamonds, call 800-632-6894, email [email protected] or visit www.girlscoutsdiamonds.org/give.

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GIRL SCOUT SIGN SLOGAN

The Girl Scout sign is made when you say the Girl Scout The Girl Scout slogan, which has been used since 1912, is Promise and Law. The sign is formed with the right hand, by “Do a good turn daily.” The slogan is a reminder of the many using the thumb to hold down the little finger, leaving the ways girls can contribute positively to the lives of others. three middle fingers extended to represent the three parts of the Promise. QUIET SIGN

GIRL SCOUT HANDSHAKE The Quiet Sign is a way to silence a crowd without shouting at anyone. The sign is made by holding up the right hand The Girl Scout handshake is the way many Girl Guides and with all five fingers extended. It refers to the original Fifth Girl Scouts greet each other. They shake their left hands Law of Girl Scouting: A Girl Scout is courteous. while making the Girl Scout sign with their right hand.

MOTTO BADGES

The Girl Scout motto is “Be prepared.” In the 1947 Girl Scout A cornerstone of Girl Scouting, the seven legacy badges Handbook, the motto was explained this way: “A Girl Scout build on over 100 years of Girl Scout history. Each of is ready to help out wherever she is needed. Willingness to these badges (Artist, Athlete, Citizen, Cook, First Aid, Girl serve is not enough; you must know how to do the job well, Scout Way, and Naturalist) is available at five levels of Girl even in an emergency.” The same holds true today. Scouting, from Brownie to Ambassador.

CEREMONIES FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE

Ceremonies help Girl Scouts mark special events throughout The Friendship Circle is often formed at the end of meetings the year, such as bridging to another level, earning a or campfires as a closing ceremony. Everyone gathers in a National Leadership Journey award, or getting a Girl Scout circle, and each girl crosses her right arm over her left and pin. Ceremonies can commemorate accomplishments or holds hands with the person on each side. Once everyone is add something special to the beginning or end of a group’s silent, the leader starts the friendship squeeze by squeezing meeting. Girls can plan a ceremony around a theme, such the hand of the person next to her. One by one, each girl as friendship or nature, and express themselves in words or passes on the squeeze until it travels around the full circle. song. Whatever its purpose, every Girl Scout ceremony helps girls share in Girl Scout history and traditions—and create their own special memories.

THE GIRL SCOUT PROMISE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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