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General Volunteer Information Training Life Skills STEM Outdoors Entrepreneurship EXPLORE! Program & Training Calendar 2020-2021 The Girl Scout Cookie Program isn’t just about selling cookies— it’s about developing skills and learning new things! Goal setting is just 1 of 5 essential skills a Girl Scout develops through the Cookie Program. Do you know the rest? Business Ethics | Goal Setting | Decision Making | Money Management | People Skills ABC Bakers has been baking Girl Scout Cookies since 1937! ABC's mission is to deliver the best tasting cookies & provide an easy cookie sale experience to our Girl Scout Councils. www.abcbakers.com Who do we serve? 1. Ashland Service Center 207 16th Street, Price Building #400 Ashland, KY 41101 2. Erlanger Service Center 495 Erlanger Road, Suite 102 Licking Valley Erlanger, KY 41018 2 Cluster 3. Lexington Service Center 8 Ken-O-Valley Cluster 2277 Executive Drive, Lexington, KY 40505 4. London Service Center 1 43 Waco Drive, 5 London, KY 40741 Bluegrass Cluster Jenny Wiley 5. Camp Cardinal Cluster 3758 Carter Cave Road 3 6 Olive Hill, KY 41164 7 6. Camp Judy Layne 1487 Camp Judy Layne Road Wellington, KY 40387 7. Camp Shawano 4 3775 Newman Road Lexington, KY 40515 8. Camp Whipporwill 1501 Race Track Road Alexandria, KY 41001 Mountain Laurel Cluster Shop Information Badges, patches, uniforms, oh my! Whatever you and your Girl Scout need, we've got you covered. Please click on "shop here" for the most current hours and reach out to us if you have any questions or have an order to place! Erlanger Ashland 859.342.6263, Option 2, ext. 1320 606.325.2111, Option 4, ext. 1100 [email protected] [email protected] Shop Here Lexington London 859.293.2621, Option 1, ext. 2110 606.878.8535, option 3, ext. 1222 [email protected] [email protected] 3 Our Mission Important Dates Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, July-September confidence, and character, who On Time Registration make the world a better place. October 1 Start of New Membership Year Girl Scout Promise October 15 Fall Product Program Begins On my honor, I will try: October 31 To serve God* and my country, Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday To help people at all times, January 1 And to live by the Girl Scout Law. Cookie Program Begins February 22 *God may be replaced according to your personal beliefts. World Thinking Day Week of March 12 Girl Scout Law Girl Scout Birthday Week April 22 I will do my best to be Girl Scout Volunteer Day honest and fair, May-June friendly and helpful, Early Bird Registration considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout. 4 Welcome to Girl Scouts Program Level Key To find activities that are designed for your Girl Scout’s age, refer to the grade level letters paired with each program’s description. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. If an event is cancelled, registered participants will be notified. There are no refunds for no-shows. Daisies Cadettes Volunteers D K & 1st Grades C 6th-8th Grades V Ages 18+ Brownies Seniors B 2nd & 3rd Grades S 9th & 10th Grades Juniors Ambassadors J 4th & 5th Grades A 11th & 12th Grades Table of Contents 3-7 Intro to GSKWR 8 Fall Product & Cookie Program Find us virtually: 9 Girl Scouts Alum 10-14 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES www.gskentucky.org 15 Teen Leadership Council 16-19 NEW BADGES gskwr.eventbrite.com 20-33 LIFE SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES facebook.com/kygirlscouts 34-35 JOURNEYS 36-40 STEM OPPORTUNITIES instagram.com/kygirlscouts 41 Travel OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITIES 42-47 GS Kentucky's Wilderness Road 48-51 Camp 52-53 Patch Programs twitter.com/kygirlscouts 54-55 ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 56-57 Cookie Program pinterest.com/kygirlscouts/ 58-61 Highest Awards 62 Cookie Relief Recognition GS Kentucky's Wilderness Road 63 Thank you in partner 5 with At Girl Scouts, she'll have endless CONFIDENCE opportunities to get outdoors, inspiring her to seek adventures and overcome challenges so she can create her own TODAY. CONQUER success-whatever that looks like to her. Here, she'll discover who she is, what she's TOMORROW. passionate about, and what she wants to achieve- both today and in the future. Build Her Girl Scout Experience Program Pathway Girls today are busier than ever before. But that doesn't mean she can't be a Girl Scout! This guide is filled to the brim with opportunities she can take advantage of on her own time, in her own way. Girls do not have to be a part of a troop to be a Girl Scout. She can attend any and all age appropriate events, programs, and activities, participate in the Product Program and earn the Highest Awards. Troop Experience A more traditional approach, the Girl Scout Troop, allows girls to join and partake in activities and growth with girls her own age. As part of a group she'll learn who she is and where she wants to go in her life. The Girl Scout Experience is whAt she needs, when she needs it. Who better to shape your girl's Girl Scout Leadership Experience? Volunteers are always needed. Who better to help shape your girl's Girl Scout Experience than YOU? We offer detailed training and continued support so that 6 being a part of the Girl Scout family is a no-brainer. Get started today! Girl Scout Program Processes GIRL-LED: Girls shape their experience by offering ideas, asking questions, and using their imaginations. LEARNING BY DOING: Girls learn through hands-on activities, talking, and reflection on how they might do things differently. COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Girls working together to brainstorm ideas and problem-solve to reach a common goal. 4 Program Pillars Life Skills All girl programs in STEM this guide are separated by Outdoors our four Girl Scout Program Entrepreneurship Pillars. When Girls participate in Girl Scouts... they benefit in 5 important ways! STRONG SENSE OF SELF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Girls have confidence in themselves and their Girls develop and maintain healthy relationships by abilities, and form positive identities. communicating their feelings directly and resolving POSITIVE VALUES conflicts constructively. Girls act ethically, honestly, and responsibly, and COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING show concern for others. Girls desire to contribute to the world in purposeful CHALLENGE SEEKING and meaningful ways, learn how to identify Girls take appropriate risks, try things even if they problems in the community, and create "action might fail, and learn from their mistakes. plans" to solve them. We want to hear from YOU! Girls all over the council are building their very own Girl Scout Experience. Send us your blurbs and photos so we can celebrate your success and you can inspire other girls from all over. Send them to [email protected] 7 2020 FAll Product ProgrAm Everyone benefits from FAll Product ProgrAm – girls sell mAgAzines And nuts/cAndy beginning October 15! Why PArticipAte? EArn up to 16% of gross sAles for your troop AverAge troop of 10 girls eArned $325 lAst yeAr! Girls eArn individuAl fun rewArds Supports EntrepreneuriAl ProgrAm PillAr Offers new Troop LeAders A simple intro to Product ProgrAm Girls hAve An opportunity to eArn with greAt stArtup funds for the troop their very own, one of A kind, Supports our militAry through the CAre to ShAre ProgrAm personAlized AvAtAr pAtch. Troop informAtion pAckets distributed At September Service Unit Meetings! 2021 Cookie ProgrAm Be A pArt of the #1 Girl Led Business in the World! Our trAdemArk Entrepreneurship ProgrAm, girls leArn people skills, business ethics, money mAnAgement, decision-mAking And goAl setting skills which will benefit her in the future, no mAtter which cAreer pAth she chooses. New proceeds And rewArds! New cookie will be introduced this seAson! Attend your November Service Unit Meeting to receive your troop cookie pAcket And trAining! 8 No matter how you were involved with Girl Scouts - as a Brownie for a year, a Gold Award Girl Scout, a first-time troop leader or an adult member - you are forever part of a 59-Million strong network of G i r l S c o u t A l u m s with success stories to tell and memories to share. If you were ever a Girl Scout anywhere in the world, r e g i s t e r t o d a y to get involved with other Alums at Kentucky's Wilderness Road! Reconnect with old friends while making new ones and help keep the legacy going for a new generations of girls. Kentucky's Wilderness Road is building its Girl Scout Alum network. Join us! Don't miss out on the benefits of being an Alum - Invitations to Council-wide Alum only events Opportunities to volunteer with girls – from a one-day STEM workshop presenter to a camp crewmember to a troop leader – the possibilities are endless! Access to Girl Scout continuing education and training You can champion the next generation of change-makers by investing in the world's largest leadership development organization for girls. Now, when you s i g n u p a s a l i f e t i m e m e m b e r , $25 of your dues will automatically fund one year of Girl Scout membership for an underserved girl in our Council. Girl Scouts can be a life changing experience - and you can give that to a girl who might not otherwise have the opportunity.