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SUMMER 1986
FEATURES ~ GIRL SCOUTS
President Betty F. Pilsbury National Executive Director Frances Hesselbein Director, Communications Rhoda Pauley 7 Managing Editor Girl Scouts on the Go Carolyn Caggine Graphics and Design Director Michael Chanwick Contributing Editor Patricia Stoddard 25 Associate Editor GSUSA's Annual Report Marianne flaw Assistant Editor Deborah Craven 27 Assistant Editor Friends Around the World Janet Lombardi Editorial Assistant Colleen Floyd 29 Circulation Assistant Women In History: Alice Conway Millie freeman 9 carney Spreads the Word They Meet the Challenge ---
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dren. To date, approximately .35 the summer councils have attended workshops on 1985 issue of Girl Scout Leader, Betty this new project. and hundreds of Pilsbury talked about some of the copies of GSUSA's book. Project SAFt: priorities she hoped to see GSUSA ad TIME, have been dlstributed to coun vance during her term of office. At that cils. time. she promised another question I'm also equally pleased that we're and-answer session on how her "view continuing to further Girl Scouting's from the top" looks one year later. traditional leadership in areas such as outdoor education. We are looking Question: Mrs. Pilsbury, you spoke a forward to the opening of GSUSA's year ago of your dream of helping Camp of Tomorrow, which promises GSUSA to realize its unique potential to be one of the country's most excit to bring together girls and adults of all ing. innovative advances in this field. racial and ethnic backgrounds. Can you tell us what progress we've made In Question: What have been some of the past year? the most memorable moments of your tenure as ational President thus far? Mrs. Pilsbury: A new manual. Plan ning for A{firmatiue Action in 0ir_l Scout Mrs. Pilsbury: Visits to councils are Councils, was published early thiS year. the best part of my job by far. It's such a joy to see the enthusiasm of the girls Eighty-six councils rece~ved cons~lt~ tion on increasing pluralism and elimi and the adults who really make Girl nating institutional racism in 1985, and Scouting happen! If I had to choose by this fall. all councils will have re one highlight it was 1985's Girl Scout ceived similar consultation in their Leaders' ~lonth at lacy, because it gave membership conferences. Also, in No me an opportunity to pay tribute to Girl vember 1985, over 300 volunteers and Scout leaders from across the U.S. staff from 60 councils traveled to Ha waii to participate in an exciting con Question: How has your job as ference, "Pride. Prejudice, and Plu GSLSA's "ialional President affected ralism," sponsored by the Girl Scout your personal life? Council of the Pacific, working closely ages of 6 and 11. This study's focus Mrs. Pilsbury: Girl Scouting enters into with GSUSA. The conference discus on Brownie and Junior program ma e\ ery facet of the Pilsburys' lives these sions. workshops, and knowledgeable terials was influential in the develop days, and I love it! Even vacations turn presenters were enthusiastically re ment of GSUSA's new Brownie and into Girl Scout events, as I discovered ceived. Best of all, the attendees left Junior handbooks, with their accom on the island of Maui, in Hawaii, last the meeting strongly committed to panying leaders' guides and council Thanksgi\ ing. following the Honolulu bringing the conference's messages guide. The new Juni<;>r Girl Sco~t ~ni Girl Scout conference on pluralism, my back to their home councils. form is another step m our contmumg husband joined me there for the holi effort to respond to the needs and de day. As soon as we checked into our Question: What about other impor sires of this age level. hotel, I was asked to take part in a brief tant GSUSA priorities? 1also want to emphasize how vital ceremony to present, to the local Girl it is that we continue to understand and Scout representative, a check repre Mrs. Pllsbury: A seminar on middle respond quickly to such issues as drug childhood, in December 1984, was the senting funds raised by the hotel to abuse, teenage pregnancies, drop benefit area Girl Scouts. Of course, I start of a long-term internal study of ping out of school-problems aff~ct was glad to "do the honors." I also potential solutions to a decline in ing increasing numbers of g1rls. membership among girls between the learned a very important lesson: Never Although our role in these areas has pack your Girl Scout uniform at the previously been preventative in na bottom of the suitcase. Keep it handy ture. emphasizing constructive alter because the Girl Scouts, I'm delighted .. . today we are natives to destructive behavior, today to say, are EVERYWHERE! we are directly addressing some of the directly addressing most sensitive issues affecting youth. One good example is our drug aware some of the most ness program. and the booklet, Tune In to Well-Being, Say No to Drugs. sensitive issues Also, our national Girl Scout after school project was a response to in affecting youth. creasing numbers of latchkey chil-
4 Girl Scout Leader/Summer J 986 GSUSA y sus guias correspondientes de las GSUSA, indudablemente uno de EnIa revista Girl para las lfderes y Ia gufa para el con los adelantos mas notables en este Scout Leader del pasado verano, trat6 dUo. Otro paso mas en nuestro con campo. Ia Sra. Betty Pilsbury sobre algunas de stante esfuerzo por atender los las prioridades que conflaba las GSUSA requisitos y los deseos de las ninas en Pregunta: (.Podria comentar sobre los considerarfan durante su tenencia. esas edades fue Ia creaci6n del nuevo momentos mas memorables durante Prometi6 entonces que, transcurrido uniforrne de las Junior Girl Scouts. el tiempo de su presidencia nacional? A Ia vez quiero recalcar que se un ano, celebrarfa otra sesi6n de pre Pilsbury: Nasta ahora la mejor guiremos dandonos cuenta y respon Sra. guntas y respuestas donde ofrecerfa parte de mi trabajo ha sido mls visitas deremos a temas como el abuso de sus "impresiones desde Ia cima." a los concilios. iQue alegria notar el drogas. el embarazo en lasjovencitas. entusiasmo de las nirias y las aduttas el abandono de los estudios-proble Pregunta: Sra. Pitsbury, un ano atras a quienes se debe ta existencia de las mas todos que dia a dia afectan a nos habl6 de su gran ilusi6n-contri actividades de las Girl Scouts. Si tu mayor numero de nilias. Si bien en el buir a que las GSUSA se valieran de su viera que escoger un punto culmi pasado hemos desempenado a este singular potencial para aunar a niflas nante. dirfa que este fue el Mes de las respecto un papel de indole preven y adultas de todo origen etnico y ra Uderes de Girl Scouts de 1985 en Macy, tiva, poniendo enfasis en las alterna cial. (.Nos dira cual ha sido el progreso porque tuve Ia oportunidad de rendir tivas viabies a Ia conducta destructora, a este respecto en el curso de ese a no? tributo a nuestras lideres de costa a hoy dfa nos ocupamos mas de lleno costa en E. U.A. Sra. Pllsbwy: A principlos de este ano se publico un nuevo manual. Planning Pregunta: (.C6mo ha afectado su vida {or A{[innative Action in Oirl Scout personal Ia labor que usted desem Councils. Ochenta y seis concilios re ". . . hoy dia nos pena como Presidenta Nacional de las cibieron asesoramiento sobre Ia ma GSUSA? nera de incrementar Ia pluralidad y ocupamos mas de eliminar el racismo institucional en S ra. Pllsbury: Pues, en el hogar de los 1985, y al llegar el otoflo. todos los lleno de algunos Pilsbury, han entrada a formar parte concilios habn3n recibido similar in en todas sus facetas las actividades de strucci6n en sus conferencias de ad de los temas mas las Girl Scouts. y ime encanta que asi misi6n de nuevos miembros. Ademas. sea! Hasta mis vacaciones tienen que en noviembre de 1985, mas de 300 delicados que ver con las Girl Scouts, como descubrf personas voluntarias y personal de 60 en Ia isla de Maui, en Hawaii, el pasado concilios viajaron a Hawaii para parti afectan a Ia Dia de Gracias. Despues de Ia confe cipar en una interesantfsima confe juventud." rencia de las Girl Scouts de Honolulu rencia: "Orgullo, Prejuicios y sobre Ia pluralidad, mi esposo se reu Pluralidad", auspiciada por el Concilio ni6 conmigo para pasar esa fiesta. de GSUSA del Pacifico. Se acogieron Apenas llegamos al hotel me pidieron con entusiasmo las disertaciones y las de algunos de los temas mas delica tamara parte en una breve ceremonia reuniones de trabajo, asi como los dos que afectan a lajuventud. Un buen en que entregaria a representante lo discursos de los eruditos conferencis ejemplo de ello es nuestro programa cal de las Girl Scouts, un cheque de tas. lmportantisimo y alentador fue que de percepci6n de drogas y el folleto los fondos recogidos por el hotel a be los mensajes de Ia conferencia segun Tune In to Well-Being-Say No to neficia de las Girl Scouts de esa area. promesa de los participantes llegaran Drugs. Por supuesto me senti contenta de a sus propios concilios. Asimismo, nuestro programa na poder "hacer los honores". Tambien cional de las Girl Scouts para despues aprendi una lecci6n muy importante: Pregunta: ,:.Que nos dice de otras de Ia escuela. fue en respuesta al nu Nunca debe ponerse el uniforrne de Girl prioridades importantes? mero cada vez mayor de niflas sin su Scout en el fondo de Ia maleta. Hay que tenerlo siempre a mano. porque Sra. Pilsbury: En diciembre de 1984 pervision alguna a esas horas. Hasta lque dicha poderlo decir! las Girl tuvo Iugar un seminario sobre Ia ninez Ia fecha, unos 35 concilios han parti Scouts estan POR TODAS PARTES. (edades de 6 a 11 alios), con lo cuai cipado en sesiones de trabajo sobre se inici6 un estudio intemo a largo este proyecto y se han distribuido a los plazo para deterrninar soluciones po concilios centenares de ejemplares del tenciales al descenso observado en in libro de las GSUSA, Project SAFE TIHE. scripciones de nilias entre esos limites Me complace tambien que siga de edad. Se dirigi6 el enfoque princi mos a Ia vanguardia como es tradi pal hacia los materiales del programa cional en las actividades de las Girl de las categorfas Brownie y Junior. y Scouts de educaci6n al aire libre. Con fue este decisivo al preparar los nue el mayor interes esperamos Ia inau vas manuales Brownie y Junior de las guraci6n del Campamento del Manana
Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 5 In the News
age from five to 85 and come from Dr. Lenora Cole Alexander, miles around to browse through former educator and director of the her unique collection. If you're e\er Women's Bureau, said that career in the neighborhood-between choices for women are as impor 2nd and .3rd Streets in Hermann, tant as education levels in deter· Mo.-drop by and say hello to a mining job rewards, but most fellow Girl Scout. young women are "woefully un aware" of this in making academic Keynote Speaker decisions. She emphasized that }Oung mothers, poor women, and After placing first in an American those lacking basic academic skills Camping Association speech con· experience even more difficulties test last year, Kathryn Pruett. a in finding suitable employment. Junior Girl Scout from Deep South Dr. Alexander explained that. Girl Scout Council (Mobile, Ala.), in 1984 women were underrepre sented in such high-paying professions as law, medicine, dentist!) and engineering; the average full-time working woman Mickeys still earned only about 64 cents for Doll House eveT) dollar earned by her male counterpart; and women repre Ten years ago, 18-year-old Mich sented 6 1 percent of all persons elle (Mickey) Kallmeyer renovated in the U. S. age 16 and over with a charming little house-a grad incomes below the poverty level. uation present from her parents. She had always been interested in dolls and antiques and was deter The Joy of Reading mined to expand her hobby into a Junior Girl Scouts Michelle Cas business. After a year and a half sano (left) and Debbie Betancourt of learning the business, she set of Nassau Council of Girl Scouts up shop in the little house and enjoy New York City's Central Park called it Mickey's Doll House. during the filming of a "Reading Today, the 28-year-old Girl Scout volunteer helps her cus tomers select dolls, doll houses, was keynote speaker at the 1986 miniature furniture, and accesso ACA National Convention in Kan ries. Long active in the Movement sas City, Mo., in february. Mickey is part of a Girl Scout fam Kathryn, who represented ily. Ner mother, CaroL is president Camp Scoutshire Woods, chal of Heart of Missouri Girl Scout lenged camping professionals to Council (Jefferson City, Mo. ), and look to the future of camping in her dad is a registered adult mem the United States. She triumphed ber. over 2, 000 other entrants to ad Despite a physical disability dress the convention theme, that keeps her wheelchair-bound, "Camping Comes from the Heart." Mickey has accomplished a great deal for a woman her age. She says Laying Career candidly, "!just tell myself that I'm Rainbow" segment. The popular not handicapped and I do things Foundations public television series, now in its like anyone else who sits down According to the U.S. Department fourth season, encourages chil does." She also works full-time as of Labor's Women's Bureau, many dren to read. Filmed on location secretary for the local Chamber of young women today are not aware throughout the United States, each Commerce. of the variety of occupations avail episode features a television Mickey plans to expand the able to them, and many are dis adaptation of a picture book ap business and hopes to furnish one couraged from studying academic propriate for beginning readers. wing of the house as her living subjects that would broaden their The segment with Michelle and quarters. Her customers range in job options. Debbie will air this summer.
6 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 Girl Scouts on the Go
Donning several layers of spe· ing is also very heavy! We had a good A Trip to the End cially designed garments, the teens flew laugh with the two men who were trying from New Zealand to McMurdo Station to get us outfitted." the World and experienced a dramatic landing on of Robin, October 18, aboard a large Navy an ice runway. McMurdo, at the edge cargo plane en route to Antarctica: of the Ross Ice Shelf, is the largest U.S. "We finally touched down-the facility in Antarctica and houses more A temperatures noise was deafening and it was getting than 1,000 people during its summer began to plummet throughout the cold inside the plane. We coasted and season. continental United States last October, stopped. This was it! They opened the Karen and Robin chose study two Girl Scouts were busy adjusting to door and the cold permeated every· groups from among the 85 scientific the long days and southern summer thing. The temperature was minus research projects being conducted in temperatures of the Antarctic. Follow 23°C. I stepped out of the plane into biology, medicine, earth science, gla· ing the orientation session in Septem another world. I was completely awe· ciology, meteorology, and oceanog· ber for all U.S. scientists and support struck. Nothing I had ever felt in my raphy. During their two-month stay in personnel heading to Antarctica, the life could compare with that first Antarctica, they each kept a diary. The National Science Foundation agreed to impression. I was on another planet. following are excerpts that vividly re send along 18-year-old Robin Moyle of Vast vistas of white as far as you could call their adventures in Antarctica. Girl Scouts of Westchester*Putnam, see. Faint images of mountains broke (Pleasantville, N.Y.) and 19-year-old Robin Moyle, as she began her jour through and it was very cold. Karen Prentice of Totem Girl Scout ney to the other side of the world: "All my senses were over· Council (Seattle, Wash.). "After endless preparation I'm fi whelmed. It was pristine beauty at its The girls departed on October 12 nally off and on my 'adventure of a life best!" and settled down for the long flight to time.' It was hard to say goodbye." New Zealand, where they were outfit· Karen, October 20, ice caves: ted in special polar clothing. They also Robin, October 15, 1985, New Zea "Yesterday we took a trip to the ice had an opportunity to attend a Ranger land: caves in the tongue of the Erebus Gla· troop meeting and exchange infor· "We headed over to the clothing cier. Not only do they have deep blues mation about Girl Guiding and Girl distribution center and began a very and violets, but many parts of the walls Scouting in their respective countries. funny process. It took about 20 min are studded with ice crystals as large utes to get it all on and about an hour as six inches across. Huge snowflakes Carolyn L. Kennedy, director, Elliott Wild to get sizes straightened out. I looked imbedded in the walls. Icicles hang life Project, served as the project manager like a herd of elephants and move from the ceiling in rounded glops; they for the Antarctic Research Project. ment was rather difficult. .. The cloth- are not pointed. The walls are some· times very smooth and almost perpen· dicular to the floor like it had been sliced with a knife. At other times, it is convoluted and bumpy, shiny smooth, or crystal-studded. When I bumped the crystals, it sounded like fine g lassware breaking into many thousands of shards. The floor is frequently smooth enough to ice skate on; often though, it is slanted and slippery. Sometimes T the ice globules fall onto the floor and smooth into clear, round bumps wh_ich are difficult to see and treacherous un derfoot." Robin, October 22: "We left for survival school at 9:30 a.m. today, driving in cat trac~huge, tank-like vehicles... Our first stop was 1985·86 in front of a huge hill of snow that was quite steep in places. We were given ANTARCTICA ice axes and learned self-arresting. We went way up on the hill and slid until we were out of control and then dug in with the ax in the way we were shown." Fearless Girl Scouts Robin Moyle, right, and Karen Prentice explore th;: South Pole After two days of learning how to
Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 7 Girl Scouts on the Go
safely maneuver in snow and ice, ting on a wooden 'picture frame.' A the ice patches. They fly through the building an igloo and sleeping out corner of the box holds a heater (to water. overnight in it: prevent the hole from freezing over) " Suddenly, everyone was startled "I must say after these two days I and a bottle that causes surface move by a huge Emperor lunging out of the have an immeasurable amount of re ment. We could tell that a seal had been water. We thought it was a seal at first. spect for Scott, Amundsen, Shackle surfacing in the hole because attach What a magnificent animal! Massive and ton, and all of the other polar explorers. ments on the 'water mover' had fallen so solid. Its feathers looked like fur The great control over body and mind off. oiled and smoothed down." they must have had to endure incred "Richard asked me to use the ice Karen, November 1 7, working with a ible hardships ... You get a whole new pick to clean off the frame and left to research team studying the ecosystem appreciation for them after this... " do other things. After chipping off the of a frozen lake: ice for a while, the hole was covered Robin, October 24, working with the "Have you ever put 10,000-year with bits of flotsam-and two black eyes research team headed by Dr. Donald old glacier ice into a glass of water and rising from the depths. Swish wish, Siniff, studying the behavior and ecol watched it fizz as you drank it?" swish wish, the breathing of a seal and ogy of Weddell seals: mejumping in surprise. The seal came Karen, November 24: "Right before lunch, I went down up about a foot or so, sculling softly "I spent the day observing weather in their underwater chamber. A 25-.30- and looking at me looking at it." forecasting techniques in the weather foot climb down in the dark through room. In the afternoon the forecast the ice until you reach a little room with Robin, November 1: "This morning we left at 10:00 a.m. ers, based upon their observations and six big windows, a heater, and inter predictions, had to tell an airplane com back to the hut. The water is very for the ice runway from McMurdo in a ski-equipped Hercules transport plane coming from New Zealand If it was safe blue-somewhat muddy and very deep. to continue or not. You can vaguely see the bottom and for the South Pole. About one hour into the flight, we were invited into the " 'Go ahead, ' they said. 'Visibility the ice above which has a film of green/ is good.' Shortly after that the sky brown algae on it. There are weird cockpit to look at the mountains. They were spectacular! White expanse, sharp darkened. noise&-like in a submarine, and you " 'Sun slant, ' they said. Soon, snow feel very safe-apart from the earth black lines forming ridges, severe shadows, cliffs, pressure ridges, and began to fall through the trapdoor removed from everything. It's a re leading onto the roof and accumu markable feeling and the view is excit glaciers. The air was very clear and the view was great. lated on the floor. ing. You wonder what's lurkingjust out " 'Sun slant,' they said." of sight in the murkiness." "Upon landing. I had all my gear on. Temperature minus 46°F, with Karen, December 4: Robin, October 25: 20-knot winds making it at least minus "Because of the weather, we had "We headed out to Tent Island. 70°F. We walked quickly to the cere breakfast in bed again this morning. Today they plan to tag newborn seals, monial South Pole for pictures. Karen leaving camp for the island around take blood samples from adult fe shouted something at me-couldn't 1 I :00. At White Island, we scrambled males, and record all other tagged seals hear her... My nose was yellow/white across about 50 feet of the long. wave seen. We took blood from six females frostbite! I didn't even feel it. Wow like ridges of snow called sastrugi with and tagged 1.3 newborns. The seals are only five minutes too! My balaclava intermittent patches of green ice, be great. They have a series of different (knitted cap) up and went on with pic fore reaching the steep shale slopes of noise&-ehirps, belches, barks, tures. We drove over to the geographic the island. Scattering across the slope groan&-all very different. They smell pole-Ran Around The World!" like children on an Easter egg hunt, we quite a bit, too. The pups are adora Robin, November 14, at the edge of settled down to sift through the rock ble-fluffy fur, big eyes, and fairly the pack ice by helicopter: in search of small bits of fossilized helpless. Some mothers are extremely "It was very strange to see open barnacle. It was warm so we discarded protective, while others just watch. The water. It wasn't really that open. There our parkas and sat on the hillside, pups get two tags right in the web of were a lot of icebergs and sheets of ice talking and singing," their hind flippers. One of the seals to all through it. But it was neat. Weather day was trying to get away and at Robin, writing from the South Pole: was perfect. Warm, clear, and very lit "The Antarctic is as amazing as tempted to go down one of the nearby tle wind. And penguins! First we were holes, but didn't fit so she was hang ever! I am having the time of my life greeted by a few Adelies that waddled and I have learned an incredible ing upside down out the top." over to see us. They have almost no amount. The time is going very fast Karen, October 25, Tent Island, work fear of humans. Their legs are very much too fast. I love it here! ing with the research team of Dr. Rich much like a mammal'&-strong and " ... I really hope that more Girl musclely thick. They can almost run ard Rivkin observing photosynthesis of Scouts can get the opportunity to come phytoplankton: and will slide on their bellies while down in the future. It's an invaluable "The sample hole through the ice pushing with their strong legs and opportunity." is about one-and-a-half feet across and wings out. The water is so clear that covered with a large wooden box sit- you can see them glipe/dart by under -Carolyn Kennedy
8 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 They Meet the Challenge
pate in the same program as other girls. More Similar Than Different Girl Scouts with For some, Girl Scouting may provide "Although our girls are often the only opportunity to be part of a looked upon as 'different' by their peers Disabilities group and to socialize. For others, Girl and adults, in our small way, we have Scouting may be the only place where tried to show the girls and others in they don't feel the condescension of our community that they are truly spe special treatment. They are encour· cial individuals." So writes Maria Maz aged to achieve personal goals and to most Satur zarella. describing the Brownie and On strive to be their best. "Girl Scouting Junior Girl Scouts in Handicapable days from spring through fall, Cadette has given Dawn a place where she can Girl Scout Dawn Parkot is at the riding Troop 109 of Suffolk County Girl Scout find out what her strengths are," says Council (Commack. N.Y. ). Handicapa stables, running through her equita Karen Borkowski, Dawn's Girl Scout ble (note capable) Troop 109 now in tion and dressage exercises. A skilled leader. "She is accepted for what she cludes three Juniors and one Brownie horsewoman who won two ribbons last can do, not what she can't. " year, Dawn planned a troop trip to the Girl Scout who have disabilities such stables as part of the Silver Leadership Girl Scouting accommodates girls as Down's syndrome, learning and with disabilities in two ways, either by Award requirements. Fulfilling these emotional disabilities, cerebral palsy, mainstreaming them into the troop or requirements demands hard work. and mental retardation. "More than grouping them in a troop of girls with anything." Maria says, "these girls want commitment. and solid leadership skills; for Dawn, it means all this plus similar disabilities. Mainstreaming is to be treated as individuals and ac encouraged whenever possible; but a strong sense of determination. cepted for who they are." sometimes disabilities are so severe Leaders who have \\.Orked with girls Dawn is a Girl Scout with cerebral that a special troop would more sat with disabilities understand how much palsy and uses a wheelchair for mo isfactorily meet the needs of the girls. more they are like the others than they bility. A quadriplegic with speech and visual Impairments, Dawn is main streamed in the troop and finds Girl Scout program activities challenging as well as flexible in adapting to her abilities. In her troop in Morris Area Girl Scout Council (Mendham, N.J. ), Dawn camps, hikes, cooks outdoors, helps with registration, teaches songs, and last year carried the troop flag before 250 community residents. She tries just about everything that her troop mem bers do. Ef\ioying Full Membership Disabilities are any psychological, cognitive, physical, or social factors that might make it difficult for a person to function. Currently, more than 20,000 registered Girl Scouts with disabilities enjoy a full range of program activi ties. Disabling conditions range in na ture from mild to severe and include visual, speech, and hearing disorders, mental retardation, learning disabili ties, emotional problems, coordina tion and ambulatory disabilities, and physical health problems such as cys Cadette Girl Scouts from the California School for the Deaf in Riverside work on their Local Lore badge requirements at an historic town cemetery tic fibrosis, epilepsy, or asthma. Because girls with disabilities are Whether the troop is composed exclu- are different. Michelle Hoffmeier is a individuals who choose activities to suit sively of girls with disabilities or con- Junior Girl Scout at Tenn-Ark-Miss Girl their needs, skills, and interests like all tains only one girl with a disability, it Scout Council (Memphis, Tenn.). De- other girls, Girl Scouting does not pre is important to recognize that they are spite her blindness, Michelle partici- scribe different program activities for girls first and foremost. They are not pates in all activities, says her leader them. On the contrary, they are wei· their disability. They deserve to be Pat Bates, including hiking. camping. corned as full members and partici· treated like everyone else. and troop trips such as one recent visit
·. Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 9 They Meet the Challenge
to the planetarium. "Michelle does sense of accomplishment. They learn leader who was responsible for orga everything the rest of the girls do," says to start something, do it, finish it, and nizing and directing a summer youth Pat, "sometimes to their amazement. reflect. This was particularly helpful for project. "Sherri really pulled this com She jumps rope better than most of Tracy." munity together," says Judy Hebbe, the girls, and she's the best at any game Tracy's achievements have in council field director. "She came up involving memory. When we went cluded receiving the Girl Scout Silver with the idea and made others see what camping, the troop learned to tie knots. Award, the Silver Leadership Award, could be done for little money, pro You show Michelle once, and she's got earning an American Red Cross Ad· vided the effort was put into it." The it." Michelle and her troop members vanced Lifesaving certificate, receiving project offered such constructive ac have become so comfortable together a first- and second-place council rib· tivities as sports and field trips to more that when Michelle appeared at a troop bon for her art work, and attending the than 100 children. meeting wearing a Braille wristwatch, she turned to Pat and said resignedly, " I guess everyone's going to want to see it." Girls and adults who work along side Girl Scouts with disabilities know that relationships develop recipro cally. Indeed, one of the best opportu nities that Girl Scouting offers is meeting different people from differ ent walks of life. Leaders of girls with disabilities agree that these girls not only reap the benefits of Girl Scouting but often give others a new perspec tive or something as tangible as a new skill. When Dawn Parkot's troop hikes, they do it at her pace. Last year, when the troop set out on a hike at camp, they altered their distance to one mile and proceeded at Dawn's pace. What they found, says leader Karen Bor kowski, was that they had the time to pay careful attention to their sur roundings. "It was a great chance to l'racy Oglesby, rear, left. enjoyed an international wider opportunity in Japan absorb the scenery." Youth for Understanding Wider Oppor For Sherri, who regards her dis tunity in Japan. Tracy's strengths are ability as 'just a little inconvenience," Impressive Achievements her enthusiasm and ability to work with Girl Scouting represents a challenge Tracy Oglesby is a Senior Girl Scout younger children. "She has in mind well worth the time invested. with a learning disability in The Com· what she wants to do," says Carol Kel· monwealth Girl Scout Council of Vir ley, Tracy's leader, "and she's very ea Getting to Know the Girl ginia (Mechanicsville, Va.). As a wider ger to help out." Adept at outdoor skills, As a leader of a girl with a dis opportunity participant who visited with Tracy has helped Carol with training ability, meet your own challenge as a host family in Japan for eight weeks, classes. creatively as she meets hers. Get to Tracy has shared her experiences with know her strengths and weaknesses, other Girl Scouts by teaching origami, Overcoming "A Little her dreams and fears. Understanding participating in Japanese dance and Inconvenience" her personality will help you guide her cultural ceremonies, and discussing her At the Workshop in Sports during more sensitively and structure her ap visit during Wider Opportunity Day at Leaders' Month at Edith Macy Confer proach to program activities. Learn the council. ence Center in April 1985, participants about her disability, her energy level, Tracy's disability, which her mother were impressed with the athletic prow the mechanics of any equipment she says is similar to dyslexia, has never ess of troop leader Sherri Swiney of may require, and any medication she gotten in the way of achievement. "Girl Fox River Area Girl Scout Council (Ap· may take. Talk to her parents, listen to Scouting has been the single most pleton, Wis.). Despite the Joss of her her, to find out her needs and positive thing that has helped Tracy," left leg to bone cancer, Sherri engages concerns. says her mother, Pat, a field executive in sports as she always has. Agencies dealing with specific dis of the council. "One thing that Girl In addition to her work with Girl abilities can provide background ma Scouting does is help girls develop a Scouts, Sherri is an active community terial as well as knowledgeable people.
10 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 Girl Scout adults with disabilities or ment. The key is flexibility in approach persons who have worked with the dis and expectations. abled also are good resources. 'The most important thing for Learning More When working with a girl with a leaders working with girls with dis About Disabilities disability, consider her life experi abilities is to be flexible, .. says Judy ences. Is she mainstreamed in school Armstrong, membership services di For addltionaJ information, see and involved in other activities? What rector at Tenn-Ark-Miss Girl Scout these GSUSA resources: are her interests? Again, her parents Council, which has been recognized by can be especially helpful. Ask them the state for its work with people with The Spring 1985 Program!Mem what they want for their daughter in disabilities. " Find out what the girl's bershlp/Training Packet {available Girl Scouting; perhaps they expect her needs and the troop's needs are. If for $5.00 from GSUSA's Program Girl Scout experience to help her gain you're working on a badge, it's not a Group) independence. cut-and-dried situation." Daisy Olrl Scouts Leaders' Qulde, Whenever adaptations to earning Cat. No. 20-602, pages 14-15 Welcome to tbe Troop recognitions are made, they should be Worlds to fxplore: Brownie and If possible, prepare the other girls in line with the purpose of the activity. Consider one of the following ap Junior Leaders· Ouide (rev. 1980), ·n your troop to welcome the new girl Cat. No. 20-702, pages 21- 27 by discussing her disability and how proaches: important it is to make her feel ac· Changing the method. See a film Oirl Scout Leader, Fall 1985, page cepted. Foster an atmosphere of open or have a speaker come to the troop .31; Spring 1986, page 1.3 communication and encourage girls to meeting instead of making an on-site express their feelings. Consider invit visit. Contact the following organiza· ing an adult with a disability to visit the Modifying the activity. When tlonstagencies: troop-someone who will be happy to working on the Exploring Foods badge, American Red Cross, National answer their questions. Be prepared for for example, comparison shop by us Headquarters, 17th and D Street the girls' concerns, which may extend ing newspaper advertisements rather N. W., Washington. D.C. 20006 to concerns about how they will con than by visiting stores. This might be duct troop activities. Reading and dis more in line with the girl's capabilities Association for Retarded Citizens cussing children's books about people and still be measurable proof that she of the United States, National with disabilities can be helpful, as can understands the concept. Headquarters, 2501 Avenue J, Ar· checking public buildings in your area Substituting an activity that llngton, Tex. 76011 for barrier-free facilities. achieves the same purpose. When Blind Outdoor Leisure Develop Once the girl is part of your troop, Handicapable Troop 109 completed ment tBOLD). 5.3.3 fast Main Street recognize her limitations just as you Dance badge requirements, they talked Aspen. Colo. 81611 v.ould with any girl, but try not to un about how they felt about the music, derestimate her capabilities. "When listened to " Simon Sez" records, and Foundation for Children with Dawn first arrived," said Karen Bor danced with help from their leaders. Learning Disabilities (FCLD), 99 kowski, "there was a tendency on the With such a range of activities in ParkAvenue, NewYork. N.Y. 10016 girls' part to overly mother her. But Girl Scouting, girls with disabilities have March of Dimes Birth Defects Dawn didn't allow it. .. no difficulty selecting projects that Foundation. 1275 Mamaroneck Set realistic goals and try to work speak to their interests and needs. Avenue, White Plains. N.Y. 10605 within a structure that accommodates Creative art, for instance, is an activity the girl's abilities. In Michelle Hoff most children enjoy. When working with National Association for the Visu meier's case, Pat Bates, her leader, girls with disabilities, think along the ally Handicapped (NAVH), J05 fast considers that everything, including lines of using a multisensory ap 24th Street 17C, New York. N.Y. school work, takes Michelle more time proach: Encourage girls to exercise the 10010 than others to complete. Therefore, senses of sound, sight touch, and National Association of the Deaf she's flexible with time constraints. smell when exploring an art medium. (NAD). 814 Thayer Avenue, Silver Adapt art equipment for girls with lim· Spring. Md. 20910 Adapting Girl Scout Program ited motor coordination. Extra-large When working with a girl with a crayons, paint brushes with padded disability, you may have to adapt Girl handles, or double-holed scissors are Scout program to fit her needs. Like just a few examples. Again, the point challenged and accepted and to eqjoy the other girls, she will determine her of making adaptations is to personal new experience~just like everyone goals and, along with you, select ac ize requirements, not make them eas else. As Maria Mazzarella says, "Don't tivities to complete. When it comes to ier. Standards should be kept high, with be afraid of them, and don't let them eaming recognitions such as badges the leader and the girl determining stand on the outside. Bring these girls and interest project patches, you can them together. into the group and listen to their ideas." alter the activity or adapt the require- Girls with disabilities need to feel -Janet Lombardi
-.. Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 11 When Outreach Is Mutual
dian languages are spoken. a woman." That seems a tailor-made American Indians American Indians inhabit every opportunity for Girl Scouts to help In state of the Union, with the largest dian girls bridge the gap. and Girl Scoudng populations in california, Oklahoma, In addition to the conference, each Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina, year GSUSA collaborates with the Boy Alaska, Washington, South Dakota, Scouts of America to present the Texas, and Michigan. Girl Scouts of the American Indian Leaders' Boy and Girl L ike the Girl Scout U.S.A. has been reaching out to the Scouting Semi nar. Movement, the cultures and traditions girls and adults in these American In of American Indians are an integral part dian communities. Through the na Fostering Mutual Understanding of our nation's history. Although some tional organization, councils, and prefer the familiar lifestyle of the res individual troops, members have The seminar generates innovative ervation, a growing number of Indi sponsored a variety of events to en ideas for teaching youngsters and adult volunteers about American Indian cul ans-many of them young and eager hance awareness of American Indian ture. It aJso helps both Indian and non to experience life in cities and sub culture and values. urbs-are leaving the reservations to Indian youth to recognize their own seek more varied economic and social Outreach Activities talents through GirVBoy Scouting and to use those talents to serve their com opportunities. In 1984 , GSUSA hosted a four-day According to the 1980 U.S. Cen conference on American Indians and munities. Held on or near a reserva sus, the population of American Indi Girl Scouting at Edith Macy Conference tion, the seminar offers program ans, Aleuts, and Eskimos rose to 1. 5 Center. Girl Scouts and other partici- activities for young people and work shops for adults. A highlight is the presentation of the American Indian Youth Award to an outstanding Amer ican Indian Boy/Girl Scout. Require ments for the award include attendance at the seminar, creation of a tribal cos tume, performance of a traditional dance, and demonstration of craft work. In July 1986, the seminar con venes at Weber State College in Og den, Utah, and is open to any individual interested in working with American Indian youth. Your council office can provide more detailed information. Girl Scout councils in communi ties with sizeable American Indian populations have developed a number of exciting program activities tied to tribal traditions. The Greater Minne The award-winning demonstration patrol from Black Hills Girl Scout Council apolis Girl Scout Council, for example, million over the past decade, up from pants new in from all over the country sponsored an American Indian Cul 800,000 in 1970. Government figures to exchange ideas, hear prominent In tural Awareness Day last fall that fea show approximately 300 Federal In dian speakers, sample Native Ameri tured wide games, cooking and dian reservations and 504 tribes, in can dishes, and view a style show that beading demonstrations, movies, and cluding 197 Alaskan Native village featured traditional tribal dress. language discussions. Phase two of the groups. At the conference, Dr. Robert Ben ongoing cultural awareness project will The Bureau of Indian Affairs, a di nett, an Oneida Indian and former take place during a Junior Jamboree vision of the U.S. Department of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, ex for 300 girls in June. Indian dance Interior, defines a tribe as "a distinct plained how Girl Scouts could reach groups have been invited to perform, group within an Indian village or com the large population of Indian girls un and a modified pow-wow has been munity, the entire community, a large der 17. An understanding of Indian planned for one of the weekend number of communities, several dif culture and a willingness by youth evenings. ferent groups or villages speaking dif serving organizations to work with Lake-Wood Girl Scout Council in ferent languages but sharing a American Indian social programs would Muskogee, Okla., offers a patch project common government, or a widely benefit recruitment efforts. He told the for Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and scattered number of villages with a group, "There is no such thing as being Senior Girl Scouts who work with Cher common language but no common a teenager in traditional Indian soci okee senior citizens. (The council plans government." In 1986, about 250 In· ety. You go from b~ing a child to being to incorporate Daisy Girl Scouts into
12 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 the activities very soon.) The girls work gious state award for Girl Scouts of terest. I would like to see more troops within the structure of volunteer pro Black Hills Girl Scout Council in Rapid on reservations because many girls are grams already established in long·term City, S.D. A few years ago, the council too young for certain activities there care facilities. The Cherokee Nations organized an interracial group of 15 and others are too old. Girl Scouting Aging Program and the Ombudsman girls in grades seven through nine to can help them decide what they want Program of Eastern Oklahoma Devel study Lakota Indian culture and or to do in their lives; it can help to pre opment District are two of the volun ganize a demonstration to present at pare them for the outside world. And teer agencies that coordinate the the 25th World Conference of the World the most important thing for Indian project with the council. Association of Girl Guides and Girl girls is to understand themselves and Scouts. The girls studied sign lan their heritage." A Popular Project guage, dance, beading. and history and Both Indian and non-Indian Girl performed In tribal dress at the 1984 Scouts in Mary's community have an After completing the initial re conference. opportunity to share the Seneca cul quirements, girls receive a patch The demonstration patrol has also ture during the Indian Fall Festival, sponsored by the Cherokee Nations; performed at the American Indian which features cooking and beadwork they receive bars for subsequent years Scouting Association national meet demonstrations, costume contests, and of participation. Project activities grow ing, the Junior Miss Pageant, and at sporting events. Other troops can learn increasingly more challenging through various tribal and civic organization more about tribal history by visiting the four age levels. Brownies begin by meetings. Last February 1.3, at a cer Indian communities. "Most reserva visiting nursing homes and hosting emony in the capitol Rotunda, South tions are open to the public," Mary ex birthday parties for the elderly; older Dakota Governor William Janklow pre- plains, "and that's a good way to learn girls must complete research papers and special training and conduct workshops on aging. The project has been warmly re ceived by members of Oklahoma's Cherokee Nation. Chief Wilma Man killer, who was sworn in as the first female Cherokee chief last December, told Oirl Scout Leader, " I am really proud of what the Girl Scouts are doing here. They have some really interest ing projects and we think it's wonder ful; it instills in children the value of community service." Chief Mankiller, who has served as a resource person for Lake·Wood Girl Scout Council, believes that intercul tural awareness helps to open com munication channels between Indians and Whites. She says, "There is a lot of isolation on many reservations; for A Girl Scout double-dutch team Volunteer Louise Gopher years, the social and economic op portunities have been limited. Young sented the patrol with the Volunteer of about Native Americans. " (Before a people, especially, are showing more the Year Award. group visit contact the tribal office.) of an interest in outside education and Girl Scout leader Mary Bradley, a Silver Sage Girl Scout Council in training. and then they are returning Seneca Indian from Gowanda, N.Y., Boise, Idaho, has four Indian reser to share what they have learned with hopes to see more cross-cultural ac vations (three different tribes) within the people at home." tivllles in Indian communities and more its jurisdiction: Duck Valley, Burns Girl Scouting. she points out. with Girl Scout troops on reservations. AI· Paiute, Fort Hall, and Umatilla. Three its emphasis on skills development and though Mary's troop is multiracial and troops are already operative on the interdependence, can be a rewarding town-based, she maintains close ties Duck Valley reservation and field ex experience for Indian youth. "Direct to the reservation and offers recom ecutive Pam Voelz reports that one of contact with other groups is the best mendations and support to its Girl her current projects is to organize more way to debunk the stereotypes and Scout troops. troops on the Bums reservation. Ac break down the barriers that are built "There aren't too many activities cording to Pam, Duck Valley stretches due to lack of understanding and in for younger girls on reservations," she out for more than 20 miles, and non formation." says. "I grew up on a reservation my Indian children also attend school there A unique American Indian cultural self, but I left when I was 17 because and participate in troop activities. awareness project earned a presti- there was really nothing to hold my in· The council has a successful pen·
Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 13 When Outreach Is Mutual pal club for Duck Valley Girl Scouts and nator of the cultural education pro She observes, "Some people think we a troop near Boise. On Thinking Day, gram on the Seminole Indian don't have much to do; they still have and as part of the international month reservation in the community of Brigh us sitting in teepees. But we have a lot activities. some troops studied Indian ton, she is very much involved in help going on here. There's the cultural ed· culture and worked on beading and art ing youth and adults develop a deeper ucation program, a clinic, offices, a projects. understanding of their tribal traditions Head Start nursery. You know, it would Pam, a Menominee Indian and and language. be a shock for some of our kids to go former Girl Scout leader, believes that In May 1985, a Girl Scout group west and face some of the prejudices the flexibility of Girl Scout program was formed on the reservation. Today, there, because there is none here." easily lends itself to study of tribal his 25 Girl Scouts of different age levels She believes that Girl Scouting is tory and culture. She says, "It's im meet and work together on badge re a positive force on the reservation, portant to adapt Girl Scout program quirements, cultural activities, and arts "because it teaches girls about things activities to American Indian identity. and crafts. like money management and public Girl Scouting is a good way to help In The Girl Scouts recel\.ed a warm speaking. And they learn discipline. Girl dian girls grow; the values and beliefs welcome from the Seminole commu Scouting is a good influence to en of the Movement-family, religion, and nity. Louise says, "The people were courage them to learn skills that will community service-are the same as pretty happy about it and I think more get them work. And some of our girls Indian values. Anyone who wants to girls will get involved. We are tl) ing to wouldn't have the opportunity to get start a troop on a reservation should find more volunteers; we v.ant to make out and 'see the world' without [the in contact the tribal chairman and work the meeting times more com enient for fluence] of Girl Scouting." with him. Some reservations have tribal parents. The little girls are reall} e.\ Louise hopes to see more Semi historians, who are a good source of cited about iL and they lo\e v.earing nole parents involved in Girl Scouting, cultural information. The Bureau of In their Girl Scout uniforms." and she thinks that energetic recruit dian Affairs in Washington, D.C., also Louise is concerned about the ment is the key. "We just have to go provides materials for study." common stereotypes and misconcep out and talk to the parents," she says. tions surrounding American Indians "The} are out there and they will vol Preparing Girls for Life and believes that the Seminoles of unteer. \Ve just have to approach Louise Gopher is a service unit South Central Florida do not experi them." manager for Palm Glades Girl Scout ence the kind of prejudice that may be -Marianne flaw Council (Lake Worth, Fla.). As coordi- prevalent in other parts of the count!).
Resources dians. Send your request v. ith Erdoes, Richard. The Sun Dance $1.00 for a copy. People: The Plains Indians, Their American Museum of Natural His Past and Present. New York: Alfred tory, Office of Public Affairs, Cen Selected Books by A. Knopf. 1972. and about lndJan Women tral Park West at 79th Street, New Heuman. William. Famous Amer York, N.Y. 10024 Green, Rayna. Natil'e American ican Indians. New York: Dodd Mead Women: A Conte.\tual Bibliog Bureau of Indian Affairs. 18th and & Co., 1972. raphy. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. University Press, 1983. Robinson, Maudie. Children of the 20245 Sun: The Pueblos, Navajos, and Green, Rayna, editor. That's What Cobblestone Publishing, 20 Grove Apaches ofNew Mexico. New York: She Said. Bloomington. Ind.: In Simon and Schuster, 1973. Street. Peterborough, N.H., pub diana University Press, 1984. Con lishes several excellent history/an temporary poetl) and fiction by General Interest thropology magazines for young Native American women. readers. American Indian culture Bierhorst. John. Cry from the has been explored in Faces (No Sanchez, carol Lee. Coyote's Earth: Music of the North Ameri vember 1984, February 1986) and JournaL Berkeley, Calif.: \\ingbow can Indians. New York: Macmillan, Cobblestone (february 1984) Press, 198 1. 1979. magazines. Back issues are avail Sitko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. Lerner Publications. The American able for $2.95 each; quantities of New York: Viking Press, 1977. Indian in America, Vols. I and II. nine or more are $2.00 apiece. Minneapolis, 1973. The Museum of the American In Books for Young Readers Mcfarlan, Allan and Paulette. dian, 155th Street at Broadway, Baylor, Byrd. And It Is Still That Handbook of American Indian New York, N.Y. 10032. offers a Way. New York: Charles Scribner's Games. New York: Dover Publica bibliography of books about In- Sons, 1976. tions, 1985.
14 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 Being physically fit and health con the thighs, ankles, and armpits scious is important to all Girl Scouts. Heart Rates Decide which spot is easiest for Good habits established early in life Your heart rate is the number of you to feel your pulse. often continue into adulthood. and times your heart beats a minute. 2. Place two fingers on a pulse summer is a prime time for girls to This rate fluctuates according to point and use a clock with a sec begin a fitness project. One healthy how active you are You have a ond hand to count the beats you side effect-it's also a good way for resting heart rate when you are still feel in 30 seconds. Double it to Girl Scouts to keep in touch over and reach a maximum heart rate get your resting heart rate for the summer Since the basics of during vigorous activity. Your target one minute. health and fitness are simple. such a heart rate is 60 to 75 percent of 3. To estimate your max1mum project doesn' t need a lot of compli your maximum heart rate and is the heart rate, subtract your age cated planning. You and your girls ideal rate for aerobic activity. from 220. To determine your can easily make the summer of '86 1. Touch the many pulse points on target heart rate, take 60 to 75 your healthiest ever. your body-the wrists. each side percent of your maximum heart Start with the Heart of the neck and the head, inside rate. Your heart is the pump that fuels MaXImum .. your body Exercise-especially ApproXImate Target Hi!an Age I Hean Rati! aerobic exercise-helps the heart to Rart: I- I pump more blood with every beat. 5 215 151 That means more food and oxygen are getting to the muscles. 9 211 148 12 208 146 16 204 143 '--- I 4. To see how heart rates can vary, fective breathing techniques. It is take your pulse in different situa also why polluting the lungs by tions. smoking is bad for you, damaging Situ anon Heart Rate the lungs' ability to take in oxygen. While watching TV Incredible Lung Facts After a brisk walk • The surface area of the lungs is 25 After jogging for 5 minutes times that of the body's skin. After dinner • Lungs are about the size of a pair When you feel excited of footballs. • Lungs are the only body organ 5. Most mammals and birds have light enough to float on water. hearts that beat about 1 billion • They are made of more than 600 times in a lifetime (human hearts beat 21/2 billion times in 70 million tiny air sacs that branch out like a grape vine. years). The rates of some ani mals are shown below. Do some • If you spread all of your lung tis research to find out about sue out, it could cover half a ten others. How do their heart rates nis court. compare with those on the • During one entire day, your lungs chart? move enough air in and out to Resting Heart Rate blow up 1, 000 balloons. Aruma! Per Mmure (approx.) 6. Exhale a nonnal size breath into Canary 600 Measuring Lung Capacity the hose. Measure the amount Equipment· of air that you in the top of Cat 130 fill the bottle. Then take an extra Dog Gallon bottle 95 deep breath and measure il Funnel Human 70 This is your lung capacity. EJephant 40 Rubber hose Sink or large pan of water Masking tape Measuring cup Directions 1. Attach tape to the outside of a bottle. With a measuring cup, pour water into bottle, marking off levels of 1/4 cup to 2 cups of water. starting at the bottom of the bottle. 2. Cut a slit in the bottom of a fun nel for a hose. Aerobic Exercise 3. FiU a tub and the bottle with Aerobic activity improves the Lung Power water. Be sure there is room function of the heart and lungs, and The air you breathe into your enough in your tub (or sink) to many aerobic exercises also reduce lungs contains oxygen. The entire contain the water in the bottle. stress. Aerobic exercise is continu body needs oxygen along with food. 4. Place your thumb over the ous movement that makes you The harder your body works, the opening of the bottle and flip it breathe harder and makes your more oxygen you need. Healthy upside down. Don't remove heart beat faster. Just like any other lungs are important for your breath your thumb until the bottle is muscle, the lungs and heart are \ ing so that you have enough oxy under water so it will stay full. strengthened by exercise. Running, j gen for every activity. One quart of Note: Water level must cover jumping rope, skating, biking, and oxygen is available in your blood; meeting place of bottle and fun swimming are all aerobic activities. however, running a 100-yard dash nel. Jogging requires approximately seven quarts. 5. Connect funnel and bottle open Jogging is a popular aerobic activ That is why good athletes learn ef- ings. ity. It's even more fun when you
16 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 ·. ~ earn up with somebody. Follow can also discuss rules and sports pool. Elevate legs to floating po mese important tips: manship. Girls can schedule the sition. Bring knees to chin and • Warm up with gentle stretches be activities as summer-school elec back again. Repeat. fore you begin. Then start by jog tives or as part of a summer pa 4. Twist: In the same position as ging very slowly. Finish by cooling trol or interest group activity. number 3, bend and twist ex down with a slow jog. Handball, racquetball, skating, tended knees from left to right. • Wear good supporting, well-fitted and swimming are only a few of 5. Climbing: Face side of pool and running shoes. many aerobic sports. hold on. With feet against the Aerobics Double Dutch side of the pool and several Before engaging in a vigorous ex Jumping rope is terrific exercise inches apart. walk up the side of ercise program, especially if you and double dutch doubles the fun. the pool and back again. have a weight problem or any his Start a double dutch project to get 6. Elementary Bobbing: In bob tory of medical problems. it is im everyone together over the summer bing, the head and shoulders are portant to check with your doctor. months. pushed out of the water like a Begin in moderation and build up Water Dynamics cork held under water and re gradually as your body strengthens. Swimming is one of the best leased. This demands effective Always begin a fitness program with physical activities for people of all breathing: quick inhaling and warm-ups such as leg and calf ages and for many people with dis forced exhaling. stretches. This prepares your mus abilities. It enhances flexibility, Standing in shallow water: cles for activity and avoids injury. strength, and blood circulation. The a) Take a deep breath; 1. Set it to Music pressure of water on the body pro b) While in a plie position on tip Select some favorite fast music motes a deeper ventilation of the toes, submerge head; lungs and a vigorous workout for and, working in groups of tw9 to c) Shove up from the bottom to four, create some original fast the muscles. Try these exercises in chest-deep water. regain a standing position moving dances. Exercises may with head above water, exhal be performed to rock, jazz, folk , 1. Toe Bounce: With hands on hips ing; even classical music, but what and feet spread slightly apart, d) Inhale while head is out of you'll end up with are several jump up and down several water. Repeat. different aerobic dances. To get times. the most aerobic benefit, select 2 . Toe Raise: With arms at your Eating Right the routine that makes everyone sides and feet together, rise up breathe the fastest and work the From the foods you eat your on your toes and lower. Repeat body absorbs some 50 known nu hardest. These routines can be and accelerate. taught to others. trients that help replace and repair 3 . Knees Up: Stretch arms shoul cells. Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, 2. Aerobic Day der-length and hold on to side of vitamins, and minerals are the five Organize a day of aerobic activi major nutrients and, along with ties. Since the key to good exer water. are essential for a healthy cise is regular activity, schedule body. an aerobics refresher time for everyone to meet again. Or Nutritious Picnic ganize an aerobics te9...... • eet Find out about how each nutrient helps the body grow strong and ...... cs···:~ ~ ~H~~IIIW...... _ ·.:::· .. ~ ~ ~ •. -:.. -. which foods contain each nutrient. •••."'!!'!! .... _.,.._ Prepare a picnic that will help every one learn about basic nutrition. The menu could include vitamin C punch. carbohydrate and protein sandwiches. mineral snacks, etc. \ and play over the summer Summer Food Fest months. Everyone should agree Plan a summer get-together on the sport and then study and where everyone brings her favorite discuss the rules for the sport by summer food. finding the appropriate library re Make your own nutritious treat as source. A physical education a troop project. Here's one recipe to teacher, school coach, or athlete try:
Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 17 Fruit Leather Calories Galore 1. Purchase overripe or bruised A calorie is the measure of how fruit on sale. Peaches. apricots. much energy in the form of heat is or strawberries are good choices. stored in food. 2. Cut up fruit and put through a Compare the calorie contents of food mill using its largest holes. these different foods. Add your fa 3. Put fruit in a large pot and add vorite snack foods to this list. Find one tablespoon honey per their calorie content in a calorie pound. counter list or book. Make some nu tritious low-calorie summer snacks. 4. Heat mixture. stirring until it boils. Then cook for three min Food Amount utes. Calorie 5. Prepare three paper plates for Celery 1 stalk 5 each pound of fruit in the follow Apple 1 70 Have a Health ing way: Cover plates with plas Baked potato 1 90 and Fitness Wide Game tic wrap stretched around and Potato chips 10 ll5 Decide which health and fitness taped to the back. Plastic should skills will be done at each station. Ice cream I cup 255 be tight and flat. You might even try a progressive 6. Spread a thin layer of fruit on wide game in which one activity is each plate. worked on each week over the 7. Dry in the sun by placing plates Relaxation summer months. Everyone could in a shadow box covered with Relaxation techniques are easy to decide on the stations and work cheesecloth to keep bugs out. learn at any age level. They are independently, if necessary, over the Bring inside at night. Drying will especially beneficial after a vigorous summer months. Results could be take one or more days. depend physical workout or after any period shared when everyone is back to ing on the weather. Do not dry of mental stress. Try the following gether in September. technique in loose, comfortable outdoors if weather is humid, as Build a Health fruit may become moldy. clothes. Tell the girls to lie on their backs on a mat or carpeted floor. and Fitness Trail Whether the trail is permanent or As their leader, read these instruc The Joys of Pasta temporary. it could be just the thing tions while your girls follow them. Pasta, if eaten properly, will not to have everyone follow a path to add pounds to your body but nutri 1. Close your eyes and concentrate better health. Each step along the tion to your diet. Pasta comes in on nothing but your breathing. trail could have a health fact, a nu over 300 different shapes, widths, 2. Now concentrate on your right tritious snack or recipe, and an exer and lengths. It is made with whole foot. Curl the toes. Straighten cise to complete. The trail could be wheat, corn, beans, or rice, flavored them. Point your foot; then relax set up so that everyone from begin with herbs, carrots, spinach. nuts, it. Repeat with your left foot. ners to the advanced could take ad even chocolate. Pasta can be pre 3. Move your concentration up to vantage of its benefits. For example, pared for appetizers, salads, main your right leg. Straighten it. the number of exercises at each dishes, or desserts. So why not hold Then relax. Repeat with your left stop could be increased. or begin a pasta party? Have your girls ex leg. ners could skip every other stop. plore as many pasta recipes as they 4. Concentrate on your thighs. Everyone in the group could plan at can; then select the easiest ones. Stiffen the right thigh; then relax least one fitness stop along the trail. They could collect as many types it. More summertime activity sugges and shapes of pasta as possible and tions can be found in resource Continue reciting similar instructions work in groups on selected recipes. books. Everyone should be involved for the girls to concentrate. tighten, bringing the final product to the in planning the summertime sched then relax muscles in each part of pasta party. Or. they could bring their body, including the facial mus ule of activities. With some ingenuity their uncooked pasta, boil it at the and determination. the summer dol cles. troop meeting, and enjoy the differ drums can give way to fun that will ent varieties. 5. Your entire body should feel re leave everyone healthier and more laxed and light. Breathe in and physically fit. out. Feel your heartbeat. - Toni Eubanks
6. Stretch like a cat. Stand up Toni Eubanks is a program specialist in GSUSA's Design and illustrations by The New Studio slowly. Program Group. ·. 18 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 Careers in Sports
ing equality in education and 10,000 knowledge of sports). to form their More Than Just college scholarships. A number of col present sports marketing company. leges today offer degree programs in "Right now, we're thrilled about land Playing the Game athletic administration, facilities man ing our nrst big account," says Lynn. agement, exercise technology. and "We're creating a marketing plan for biomechanics (analysis and correction the Sports Training Institute, a com the close of a of body movement for athletic equip pany that provides training facilities for At ment manufacturers, research cen corporate executives." telephone interview. ABC-1V's sports ters, and health clubs). commentator Donna de Varona was Training for Sports Medicine asked to switch the call to her secre The Women's Sports Foundation, started by Billy Jean King. Sheila tary to arrange for photographs. She The field of sports medicine, which Young. Suzy Chaffee. and Donna de takes in all the disciplines that help replied, "Would you mind calling her after lunch? She's on her way out right Varona in 1974, publishes the Wom prevent or cure athletic injuries, is one now." en's Sports career Guide with infor of the most rapidly growing sports ca That simple statement implies mation on nve different career areas: reers today, according to the Women's sports communications. education, much more than consideration for Sports Career Guide. Dr. Joan Ullyot. management medicine, and profes others. Beyond showing Donna de Va an exercise physiologist quoted in the rona's attitude towards other women sional athletics. guide, says, "The whole field is open in business, it represents the prevail The Necessary Credentials to women. That is because there are ing attitude of many women sports few specialties; the field is really what Mow should a girl prepare for a ca you want to make of it. And the fact professionals. Women in sports ca reer in sports? Sports professionals reers, perhaps more so than in other remains that many athletes would agree that playing sports is a big ad rather work with a woman doctor." occupations. are now playing by the vantage because it teaches teamwork. rules men have used for years: team Sports doctors require the same how to win and lose, and the \alue of standardized training as any medical work. a healthy competitiveness. and competition. Another plus is diver~ifi networking. Even more important, they doctor-an undergraduate degree. four cation. combining a formal educat1on years of medical school, and a one-to are looking out for one another. As with participation or a knowledge of as Donna says, "I don't want women to five year residency. Young people can many sports as possible. The ability to enter the field by such career paths as fail out there. I want to help them transfer sports experience to another succeed." athletic trainers, sports nutritionists, fleld is also important. or physical therapists. But Dr. Letha Exercise physiologist sports pro "Skills acquired on the playing fleld Munter, an orthopedist at Peachtree motion director athletic trainer. and should be transferred to the business Orthopedic Clinic in Atlanta. Ga., took events manager are only a few of the arena," says Lynn Robbins. a partner an alternative route. "I was never an many options now a"ailable to women in Worldwide Events and Management. athlete, and 1 didn't start out to be since 1972. when Title IX was passed. a sports marketing company in New come a sports doctor. I got involved Al though now eradicated by a Su York City. A former high school and with sports medicine by working with preme Court decision. Title IX changed college coach, Lynn says, "Sports and the women's teams at the University of the sports scene for women by provid- coaching give you managerial skills that Michigan while serving a residency are marketable and valuable. Being an athlete pro\ ides you with aggressive ness and leadership, important quali ties in the business world." As a former coach and physical education mcijor in college, Lynn is a good example of a woman who has parlayed her sports experience into a related netd. "I loved sports and wanted to stay involved. but I knew I had to learn the business and marketing end to be a success, " she says. After a three year stint as head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University, she went to work for Sports, Etc., a sports marketing nrm. As an account executive there, she ran major sports events such as the Virginia Slims Tennis Championships. Lynn left Sports. Etc .• to team up with her old high school friend, Sandy Sportscaster Donna de Varona Franklin (a marketing expert with no Former coach Lynn Robbins
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there. That experience sparked my in ties as you possibly can. Do this again do as a sports commentator is hustle. terest," she says. and again until you learn what is avail You have to pick up the telephone and After spending a year working in able." deal with being rejected; that's busi· the Trauma Hospital, Dr. Hunter joined ness. And you can't ever say 'I'm not a forces with the men's sports physician, Sportscasting-Giamor and Money success because I'm a female.' You Dr. Gerald O'Connor, and opened the have to know that, as a female, you university's first sports medicine clinic. Many people assume that Donna must be better than anyone else." From there, she went to the Sports de Varona breezed her way to the top Medicine Clinic at the University of Se as a sports commentator and assistant Experience Is the Key attle, and is currently working in injury to the president of ABC with the same Young people interested in sports apparent ease as she won two Olympic management at the Peachtree Clinic. communications must have an under gold medals for swimming. Instead, She advises and treats the Georgia graduate degree, but experience is what she applied the discipline of a profes really counts. A portfolio of writing sional athlete-practice, persever clips, photographs, and audiovisual ance, and the ability to face fear and tapes can make the difference, says the failure- to reach the pinnacle of the Women's Sports Foundation. And the glamorous and lucrative career of Women's Sports Career Ouide notes sports communications. that broadcast journalism hopefuls Donna's impressive sports career must be willing to work their way up began at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the media through entry-level jobs in Rome. A former Girl Scout from La such as quasi-secretarial work. proof fayette, Calif., she was at age 1.3 the reading, research, and cub reporting youngest member of the Olympic swim for local publications and stations. team. In 1964, after breaking J 8 world What's a typical sportscaster's day? records, she won gold medals in the "There is no typical day," says Donna. 400 individual medley and the 400 freestyle relay. Her career in broadcast journalism began when she was I 7 and faced with a choice of attending col lege or quitting swimming. career Resources "At the time, there were no college letha Hunter, medical specialist scholarships for women, and I was Women's Sports Foundation-Main broke. I wanted to stay in sports, but Office: 195 Moulton Street San State team athletes as well as recre I knew I'd need an education, so I called Francisco, Calif. 9410L (415) 563- ational athletes such as runners and up Chuck Howard at ABC and asked if 6266. New York Office: 625 Madi tennis players. I could be the athlete expert at a few son Avenue, NewYork. N.Y. 10022, "The advantage of the sports of the swimming meets that ABC cov (212) 872-9426 medicine field is that girls do not have ered. I knew being an announcer two In conjunction with Women's to fully commit themselves to eight or three times a year wasn't going to Sports magazine. the foundation years of education and then five years support me totally, but I knew it would publishes the Women's Sports Ca of a residency. They can enter the field give me exposure and teach me about reer Ouide, which contains five ca as an athletic trainer or physical ther the business." she says. She became reer sections, each with a general apist and then decide if they want to the first woman sportscaster on net introduction and comments by a go the whole medical route. In the work television when she provided successful woman. The main cat meanwhile, they're gaining experience swimming commentary for "ABC's Wide egories are divided into specific and a salary," says Dr. Hunter. World of Sports" at the Men's MU Na career options, their minimum Salary can vary, according to level tional Championships. qualifications, potential earnings of education and region of the coun While majoring in communica (minimum to max.lmum), and job try. "Orthopedic surgeons are the big tions at UCLA Donna financed her ed market outlook. The guide also moneymakers," she adds. " They can ucation by doing talk shows, writing lists professional organizations and bring in anywhere from $150,000 to articles for Sports Illustrated and college programs. $200,000. An athletic trainer or phys Women's Sports, and modeling for ical therapist can earn between $20,000 Speedo swimwear. She also broad Kaplan, Janice. Women & Sports: and $.30, 000, while a university-based ened her experience by taking drama Inspiration and Information for the orthopedic specialist can command a lessons and working as an assistant to New Female Athlete. New York: salary in the $50,000 to $90,000 the producer of the movie, The Can Viking Press, 1979. range." She advises young people to didate. "I did anything to start," she Sabin. Francene. Women Who Win. get involved as early as they can. "Ask says. "I was willing to go into another New York: Random House, 1975. people in the field to tell you about field for a while and then come back. their profession. Visit as many facili- The main thing you.'have to be able to
20 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 The New Handbooks
"If you want to be in this business, you Worlds to Explore: Handbook for have to deal with being terrified and Rich Resources Brownie and Junior Oirl Scouts. the unsure and looking at it as a chal worlds of interest are still very much a lenge." Her work has included an ex for Brownie and part of the new materials. clusive interview from Moscow and a For Brownie Girl Scouts 10-minute network presentation on the Junior Girl Scouts 1980 Olympic boycott. Her assign The new Brownie Oirl Scout Hand ments have taken her to New Zealand book, which includes colorful illustra for the "Survival of the Fittest" series, tions, is user-friendly, including spaces T o remain respon to write in, draw in, and paste souve to China for international gymnastics, sive to today's girls and provide a con and to St. Anton for the Emmy award nirs. It keys every activity to a world of temporary Girl Scout program, GSUSA interest and to a level of difficulty winning coverage of the Arlberg Kan is introducing new handbooks for dahar Downhill and Slalom Ski Race. either "starter" or "advanced." Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts and Chapters focus on the Brownie Girl Currently a board member of Girl flexible new membership standards for Scouts of the U.S.A., Donna has fond Scout's need to learn about herself. her the 1986-1987 membership year. The abilities and talents, her relationship and funny memories of her days as a new membership standards (see box), to others, and her part in an ever-~x Girl Scout. "I like Girl Scouting be which councils nationwide requested cause when I moved to a new neigh panding world. It includes spec1al to accommodate changing school pat chapters on "things to know," such as borhood, it gave me friends." Despite terns make it possible to place girls the fact she was swimrning competi safety, first aid, outdoor skills, ~~d self in age levels appropria~e to their ed reliance, as well as on the trad1hons of tively by age 10, Donna had trouble ucational, social, emot1onal. and de getting her swimmer's badge because velopmental stages. Girl Scouting. (continued) she couldn't float. "It was so funny. I just kept sinking because I had no ~Y Why New Handbooks? Profile of Brownie and ; fat; I was so lean from all the swim The decision to revise the hand ming. I finally did manage to float, but books was based on the findings of Junior Girl Scouts ': two other girls had to help prop me extensive research on today's girls and up," says Donna. surveys of current adult and girl mem Research based on census bers. GSUSA analyzed information projection,s ahd other analys~ of The Role of Competitive Sports about the learning capacity during the girls of 6rownie and Junior Oirl developmental ages of 6 through 12, Sc::out age reveals that: She firmly believes that sports ~re importance of peer groups, develop • the population or girls 5-17 will essential to the development of g1rls ment of self-concepts, identification and women in their personal and lncrease; the next nve years will with organizations such as the Girl $how marked increase in elemen professional lives. "Sport~ was o_ne of Scouts, and the role of the troop leader. tary school enrollmt::nt. the ages the most important expenences m my The new handbooks reflect these life because it taught me how to sur of Btownie and Junior
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3:10 p.m.-Your troop is scheduled to arrive in 20 minutes and you have nothing planned. Your co-leader called earlier to say she won't be able to make the meeting because her youngest child is sick. And you've had a hectic week at work. As you arrange the chairs in the school basement, you notice that your heart is racing, your palms are sweaty, and you feel slightly dizzy and nauseated. Your stress alarm has just gone off. Stress is a part of life that affects everyone regardless of age, sex, or oc cupation. A Girl Scout leader can be subjected to a variety of potentially stressful situations: finding a meeting place, facing a group of girls each week. recruiting a service team, getting along with and working with a co-leader, at tending training sessions, and being Handbook features new recognition Junior Girl &outs are ready to learn in responsible for the safety and well patches for Brownie Girl Scouts terpersonal skills being of the girls in the troop. Because research acknowledged Exciting discoveries await Brownie the importance of recognizing individ and Junior Girl Scouts. The advent of What Is Stress? ual accomplishments, the current sys the 1986- 1987 membership year Stress is the body's physical, men tem of recognitions for Brownie Girl brings new resources that will chal tal, and chemical response to causes, Scouts has been revised. Try-Its, newly lenge girls with creative and flexible events, or things that frighten, excite, designed recognitions with activities activities. confuse, or endanger people. Called that help girls try a variety of new ac stressors, these responses prepare tivities, correspond to each world of people to take action-fighting, fleeing, interest and include such titles as Food Girl Membership or simply making a decision. Stressors Fun, Dancercize, Sports and Games, Scout can be beneficial or harmful; the body and Science Magic. Brownie Girl Scouts Standards reacts to them with a variety of chem may earn 15 new recognition patches ical changes, which in turn produce for Try-Its. Daisy Girl age 5-6 OR grade physical and mental changes. Scouts K-1 Examples of good stressors might For Junior Girt Scouts Brownie age 6-7-8 OR grade be a new spouse, a new job, the arrival The Junior Oirl Scout Handbook 1-2-3 of a baby, a successful troop trip, a presents a variety of activities de Junior age 8-9-10-11 OR deadline, or a vigorous workout. Bad signed to help girls develop self-po grade 3-4-5-6 stressors include the death of a spouse, tential, explore feelings and values, and divorce, retirement, change in finan see themselves as a vital part of a larger Cadette age 1 1-12-13-14 OR cial status, change in living condi world. The format includes full-color grade 6-7-8-9 tions, unruly girls in a troop, a art that appeals to girls of this age and Senior age 14-15-16-17 OR dissatisfying job. chapters with such titles as "Welcome grade 9-10-11-12 The type of stressor or the level of to Junior Girl Scouting," "Who Am I?" Girl Scout Minimum age-18 intensity is not what makes stress "Relationships," and "Hopes and adults years harmful or beneficial, it is the person's Dreams." Nine new badges and a new reaction. A good example, according Sign of the World are available. These In general, the current age to the book Stressmap by C. Michele new recognitions focus on activities standards should be applied Haney, Ph. D. and Edmond W. Boen with others and appeal to the strong whenever possible, with the ex isch, Jr., "M.S., is flying. Some people group identification Junior Girl Scouts tended range used as an option to enjoy flying tremendously and expe experience. Diversified projects in serve a (1articular girl or girls. For rience "eustress"-stress that pro clude group activities that encourage example, first second, and third vides a sense of exhilaration. Others the development of interpersonal skills graders are usually registered as become frightened, even hysterical, as well as independent activitie~par Brownie Girl Scouts. and feel "distress"-harmful stress. ticularly important for children alone Stress can be a friend or foe, de at home after school. pending on the way it is handled. Dealt
22 Girl Scout Leader/Summer J 986 Stress in Your Life
with positively, it becomes an ally that can provide strength for the next en counter. Viewed negatively, stress can be an enemy, causing all kinds of physical and mental malfunctions. When no outlet exists--exercising, having a good cry. talking to a friend the body's immune system begins to break down, paving the way for dis eases as simple as the common cold and as life-threatening as cancer. Stress-induced illnesses can include high blood pressure, heart attacks, ul· cers, headaches, backaches. hives, al· lergies, loss of appetite, overactive thyroid, chronic fatigue. and depres
sion. Caring friends can help relieve the str~es in your life Eileen Mazer, who wrote the arti· cle "10 Sure-Fire Stress Releasers" in Exercise regularly. Even though techniques. No solution for stress ap Prevention Magazine December 19821, exercise is a kind of stress, it is the plies uni\ ersally. Try different tech· maintains that stress cannot be en· positive kind, providing an outlet for niques to discover what works best for tirely removed from your life. The an· the "fight" or "night" stress responses you. swer, she says, is to roll with the that can otherwise cause illness. One method is systematic prob· punches, assuming there will be pe· for ideas, see " Fitness Tips for !em-solving. Define the problem spe riods of heavy-duty stress. She sug Adults" in the summer 1985 issue of cifically, and then divide it into gests taking a walk. talking it over, Girl Scout Leader. Incorporate exer· manageable parts you can deal with getting a massage, or laking a hot bath cise into troop activities, such as hik easily as good stress releasers. Learning to ing. bicycling, and other sports. Another is reconstructing a stress relax. participating in enjoyable activ· ful situation by writing down three ways ilies. and making a conscious effort to Maintaining a Positive Attitude it could have gone better and three slow down are also effective stress ways it could have gone worse. Living management techniques. The key to Getting enough sleep is essential one day at a lime (in the present, not stress is to handle it. not let it control to well-being. Lack of sleep or inter· lhe past or future), being able to laugh, your life. rupted sleep can make you react to and permitting yourself leisure time are stressful situations in a negative, de all stress reducers. structi\ e manner. For optimum bene· A Healthy Lifestyle Compensate for stress through fits, try to get the same amount of sleep self·improvemenL When certain types Poor eating habits as \~ell as in· each night. stay away from caffinated of stress. such as a death or illness, adequate sleep and exercise all con beverages before bedtime, and make make you feel as if you re losing con· tribute to stress. People interested in sure your sleeping arrangements are trol of your life. regain that control by reducing stress must develop a life· as comfortable as possible. mastering a new hobby or sport. It can style that counteracts its ill effects. Quitting smoking also helps re provide the reassurance that you are To avoid stress caused by eating duce stress. Smoking is a stimulant, still in control of certain areas of your habits, reduce consumption of caf· not a relaxant. and can cause arteria· life. feine, fats, sugar, alcohol. and salt. Eat sclerosis, bronchitis, emphysema, 3:25 p.m.-Twenty hungry. ex· more fresh vegetables and grains. Cut heart disease, high blood pressure, and cited, and wonderful Brownie Girl down on red meat; eat more chicken cancer of the lung. larynx, lip, oral cav Scouts will arrive in five minutes. Take and fish. Limit egg consumption to ity, esophagus, bladder, and other uri· a deep breath and relax. View this un keep cholestrollevels low. Bake, broil, nary organs. Contact organizations planned meeting as an opportunity to and boil foods rather than frying. Read such as the American Lung Associa· do something spontaneous with your labels carefully to determine amounts lion, the American Cancer Society, the girls-taking a walk around the neigh· of sugar, salt. fats, and preservatives. American Heart Association, and the borhood to learn about different types Apply this sound advice to snack National Institute of Health for infor· of architecture. Or use the time to plan time at troop meetings. Fresh fruit mation on how to quit. a future trip to the zoo. museum, or juice, trail mix. and all kinds of fruit Above all, try to maintain a posi· aquarium. The possibilities are end· are healthier choices than chips, candy, live attitude towards stress; view it as less if you choose to turn a negative soda, and other junk food. Keep in an opportunity to learn about yourself. situation into a positive one. mind that certain types of foods can Accept and realize that stressful pe Stress-friend or foe? It's up to trigger stress responses-heart palpi· riods will occur in your life, and de you. ta tlons, dizziness, and allergies. velop effective stress management -Deborah Craven ·.. Girl Scout Leader/Swnmer 1986 23 [
Near and far
room and library; and the guest it was a session for young adults Olave House bedrooms, which accommodate 30 interested in working with dis guests, dormitory-style. The lovely abled youth. In 1986, a peace ed World Center in back garden features a pictur ucation project is planned. esque fishpond and forms a per Christmas Week offers partici a Worldly City fect setting for a picnic lunch or pants the chance to see London afternoon tea. bedecked for the season and ex A typical day at Olave .House perience a traditional English hol might begin with the wake-up bell iday celebration. Fees vary for each R r Girl Scouts at 7:30. Breakfast served at 8:00 event but generally include room and Girl Guides who are touring a.m. on weekdays, is a tasty re and board as well as transporta London, Olave .House-named for past of either eggs, bacon and tion and program expenses. Par Olave, Lady Baden-Powell-can be mushrooms, sausage and toma ticipants are responsible for their a home away from home. The 19th toes, or grilled cheese-a real eye own transportation costs to and century building at 43-45 Long opener. Everyone washes her own from Olave .House. ridge Road, is a popular attraction dishes and helps clear the table. Additional information about for visitors from around the world. Visitors must sign up for supper Olave .House and accommodation Girl Scout adults, traveling troops before 10 a.m., which is also forms are available from the Pro and their families, and others may checkout time for departing gram Group, GSUSA. 830 Third make advance arrangements to guests. Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. stay overnight, several days, or a Visitors may spend the morn Troops and patrols applying for few weeks at the historic WAGGGS ing touring the sights, while resi space at Olave .House must in· world center. For those whose dents go to school or work. At elude the accommodation request itinerary does not permit a lengthy 12:15 the staff breaks for lunch, form with proper council authori visit tours of the house are pro and guests and residents are in zation for their application. vided. vited to use the guest kitchen to Although Olave .House is not prepare their midday meal. Or, intended as a permanent resi they may sample local fare at any dence, a few resident spaces are of the cozy neighborhood pubs. Adult Session available for Girl Scouts and Girl The television room is a pop Guides who are staying or working ular spot for pre-supper chats and at Our Cabana in London. The residents assist the discussions of the day's events. At staff in making overnight guests 6:30, the dinner bell rings, and feel welcome at Olave .House. everyone begins by singing grace. The staff consists of guiders The evening meal is more formal, F or the past two and assistants. The latter are vol after which everyone cheerfully years, Our Cabana has held a spe unteers 18-24 years old who ap pitches in to clear the table, wash cial event for adults in late Sep ply one to two years in advance for the dishes, and set up for the tember. called "Recipe for either house or kitchen assistant morning meal. Rejuvenation" it is for anyone who positions, which generally last Some guests choose to ex wants to stay fit and learn to relax. three to nine months. Major staff perience the bustling London By special request, the 1986 ses selections take place each Febru nightlife, while others prefer to re sion will be geared to adults over ary and March for the following 12· lax with their new friends. Guests 45 years of age. It is scheduled for to 18-month period, so all appli at Olave .House may find them September 19 to 29 at Our ca cations should be received at Olave selves sharing some lively dinner bana in Cuernavaca, Mexico. House by January 31 of each year. table conversation. The 10-day event includes day Anyone interested in a volunteer Special program sessions are trips to local places of interest and position should write to the offered at Olave .House each year: sessions on mental and physical Guider-in-Charge; national or London Week, Service Project, and health with a professional advi ganizations are notified of guider Christmas Week. London Week, sory team. The all-inclusive fee is vacancies as they occur. which highlights the history and $500. Facilities at Olave .House in· heritage of that town, takes place For additional information on elude the dining room, where in early July. The Service Project Our cabana and the necessary ac international visitors may enjoy topics vary, and are often con commodation forms, please write communal-style meals; guest nected with the United Nations to: Program Group, Girl Scouts of kitchen; television room; sitting Years; the week is scheduled for the U.S.A., 830 Third Avenue, New room, which doubles as a music late summer or early fall. In 1985, York, N.Y. 10022.
24 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 GSUSA's Annual Report
background, or disability. In 1985, girls tional Center West, located near Ten "The Best Part's with disabilities participated in projects Sleep, Wyo. In this fiscal year, 1.825 in the United Kingdom, Finland, Ger· girls and adults joined in l 9 events at the Fun"-A Year many, Jamaica, Canada, and Japan. the center, with I 06 of the participants GSUSA conducted "Serving Girls with receiving financial assistance. Among of Fun·FDied Disabilities," a training workshop for the new events was "Climbing Through representatives of Girl Scout councils, Time," an opportunity to discover the Challenges in and GSUSA personnel attended two field of geology. important Washington, D.C., meetings A total of 80 U.S.A. Girl Scouts and Girl Scouting dealing with disabilities. 15 adults participated in international GSUSA also gave attention to opportunities abroad during 1985. Campus Girl Scouts, young women at Meanwhile, .39 international guests tending colleges, business schools, or n 1985, GSUSA from 1 7 countries took part in Girl J other institutions of higher learning. worked to create an environment where Scout wider opportunities in the United In 1985, two new publications helped girls can grow into capable adults and States. Through these international Girl Scout councils organize Campus responsible citizens while thoroughly events, girls learn firsthand about other enjoying the fun, adventure. and shar Girl Scout groups-Like Challenge? cultures, people, and countries. Like Fun? and Organizing and Main ing that come with membership in the Many girls and adults learned more taining Campus Girl Scout Groups: largest voluntary organization for girls about Girl Scout heritage by visiting the Council Guide. in the world. This summary of the 1985 Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout Na Changes in family life have tional Center in Savannah, Ga. In 1985, Annual Report describes some of spawned the issue of latchkey chil GSUSA's activities and achie\ ements the birthplace of the founder of Girl dre~hildren under age 12 who over the past year. Scouting in the United States hosted Meeting the Needs of American nearly 50,000 visitors from 50 states and territories and from foreign Girls. On October I. 1984, GSUSA 26 countries. launched its new membership cate gory-Daisy Girl Scouts, for girls who Girl Scout members also had the are five years old or in kindergarten. opportunity to learn about and exer· Workshops for trainers of leaders were else leadership abilities at two suc offered In New York and Texas. Sup cessful leadership conferences funded plemental materials-such as a pub by Avon Products, Inc. At a three-day licity packet and a Daisy Girl Scout conference in Atlanta, girls and recruitment spot for television-helped women-who had been selected for councils to promote and recruit new individual achievement and leadership members. ability-heard about the inner work The response to Daisy Girl Scout ings of government and business, ex ing has been tremendous, and as of changed ideas on careers for women, September .30, 1985, approximately 1985 was the "Year of the Daisy Girl and met women leaders. For the sec 61,000 girls had registered. They rep Scout" ond year, a national leadership con resent close to .3 percent of the total spend the after-school hours alone until ference was held in Washington, D.C., girl membership. a parent or other family member ar at which government and business As GSUSA launched its new mem rives. GSUSA's national Girl Scout after· leaders helped participants to develop bership category, It also looked more school project was announced in July and expand their leadership skills. closely at program for girls in middle 1985; .3.3 councils attended a work· A Commitment to Sharing and childhood. In December 1984, 86 na shop on the project. Simultaneously, Learning. Throughout the year, GSUSA tional staff members met to hear a GSUSA offered Project SAFE T/1'1E, a enabled adults to expand their knowl panel of experts discuss the needs and book designed to help Girl Scout edge of Girl Scout program and to gain interests of children ages 6-1 1. The councils establish after-school projects new skills. discussion that followed, combined for.latchkey girls. Edith Macy Conference Center in with information from an internal study, "Look wider still" is an important Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., is the site of most had an important impact on the de message in Girl Scouting. Girl Scouts of GSUSA's adult training events. In velopment of new program resources can broaden their world view not only 1985, a number of added features for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts. Two through troop/group activities but also created a more comfortable environ entirely new handbooks and leaders' through participation in wider op ment-radios and television sets in guides, along with a council guide, are portunities. In 1985, more than 1, 600 bedrooms and exercise equipment in scheduled for publication in 1986. Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts took part a newly designed fitness center. The Membership in the Girl Scout in these events. center's resources were further en Movement is open to all girls, regard Many GSUSA-sponsored wider op· hanced by the gift of 500 profession less of race, creed, ethnic or religious portunities take place at Girl Scout Na· ally cataloged books donated to the
Girl Scout Leader/S,ummer 1986 25 GSUSA's Annual Report
of The New York Times featured an in terview with the National Executive DI rector. The Associated Press and United Press International carried the Daisy Girl Scout story to millions nationwide. Responsible Leadership, Care· fuJ Stewardship. The duties of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. include develop ing program ideas, representing Girl Scouting nationwide, giving support to Girl Scout councils, and devising strat egies to increase membership. As of September .30, 1985, total Girl Scout membership was 2.801,935, a 2.4 percent decrease from fiscal 1984. Growth in some segments of the membership during fiscal 1985, how· ever, was particularly encouraging. In Girl Scouts of all ages enjo} the camaraderie of troop meetings. special events addition to the 61,000 new Daisy Girl Macy library by alumni and friends. magazine included "Children's Fear of Scouts, Senior Girl Scout membership GSUSA plans to complete the de- Nuclear War," "Families in Crisis," and grew by 2 ..3 percent. Total adult mem· velopment of the center with the nearby "The Power of Peer Pressure." Tune In bership increased 0.9 percent. from Camp of Tomorrow, specializing in to Well-Being, Say No to Drugs, devel- 623, 828 at the end of fiscal 1984 to outdoor. wildlife, and em ironmental oped as a resource booklet on sub- 629,582 on September 30, 1985. Re training. The camp's architectural de· stance abuse, will serve as a prototype ported minority membership, overall, sign was completed during liscal 1985. for a series of program monographs grew to .359.406, or 12.8 percent of In recognition of the important role on other contemporary issues. the total membership; J 4. 2 percent of of the Girl Scout leader. April 1985 was Among the many audiovisual pro- all girls are identified as Black. His designated Leaders "'lonth at the Macy ductions are several award-winners. panic, Asian, Pacific Islander, or Amer· center. The month-long series of events Welcome, Bienuenues, Bienuenidas: ican Indian. attracted near!} 600 leaders, and de- The 25th World Conference, an inspi- An important responsibility of mand was so great that some work- rational report on GSUSA's hosting ef- GSUSA is providing services to the shops were repeated in the summer. forts at the 25th World Conference of .336 Girl Scout councils in the United In alt the center hosted 200 events the World Association of Girl Guides States and to USA Girl Scouts Over during fiscal 1985. Special events in- and Girl Scouts, received an award in seas. In addition to program mate eluded a conference on Volunteers: A the 1985 Cindy competition, spon- rials, adult development opportunities, Celebralion," a five-day seminar deal- sored by the Association of Visual publications, and audiovisuals, GSUSA ing with personnel administration in the Communicators. Another film. Pass- provides councils with an array of cor not-for-profit sector, and two three-day port to Adventure: Tile f'our World porate management tools and consul seminars on planned giving. Centers, which takes viewers to the tations. In fiscal 1985, GSUSA con· Edith Macy Conference Center centers owned and operated by the ducted training related to policy direc Travel Scholarships are available to Girl World Association, also received an tion, safety standards, hays of elimi· Scouts participating in accredited na- award in the Cindy competition. nating institutional racism, strategies tiona! educational opportunities. In Reach for Tomorrow vividly illus- for managing finances, and many other fiscal 1985, 94.3 scholarships were trates many aspects of Girl Scouting- subjects. awarded; minorities received 9. 7 per· the learning and, of course, the fun. In 1985, GSUSA monitored 80 bills cent of the 760 scholarships given to This film has received three presti· introduced in the 99th Congress on 18 persons ~ho indicated racial ethnic gious awards-a Golden Eagle from the issues with potential impact on Girl background. The !'-lacy Scholarship Council on International Nontheatrical Scouting. In addition, it gave technical Challenge Fund, established in 1984 Events, a citation for creative excel- support to .34 state legislative moni· by an anonymous donor, helped GSUSA lence at the U.S. Industrial Film Fest i- loring programs. to raise over $100,000 in new schol- val, and a Bronze Award at the finding New Tomorrows. Girls arship money in fiscal 1985. International Film and TV Festival of today face a complex range of choices The lmage of the Movement. In New York. about the future and must withstand 1985, as in previous years, the general National and local media covered an enormous array of pressures. Girl public learned about Girl Scouts of the the 1984 Girl Scout National Council Scouts of the U. S.A. is prepared to ful· U.S.A. in a variety of ways. and anum· Session/convention and spread the fill its challenging mission of helping ber of sensitive issues were ad- news about Daisy Girl Scouts. An ex- girls grow up to be caring. competent. dressed. Articles in Girl Scout Leader tensive write-up in tne Sunday edition confident women.
26 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 Friends Around the World
rector of Farthest North Girl Scout a fan, carry people and goods even Living on the Icy Council in Fairbanks. When the tem through the downtown streets. perature drops to minus .35°, a survival Alaska's standard of living is con Edge of Survival mentality structures many lives. "You sidered high-in 198.3 an estimated don't do unnecessary things," says annual income of $.38, 200 for a family Maureen. "You take time to warm up of four. But food, housing, and goods W ile cold weath your car and check its equipment. are expensive since everything must be er climes might summon up images Having a flat tire in minus .35° is seri flown, shipped, or trucked from the of a frigid, barren landscape swept by ous." Most vehicles, she adds, have lower 48. Though most foods are an eerie whistling wind, lifestyles of "plug-ins" connected to their batteries available in large supermarkets (freez their inhabitants in many ways shadow to avert the possibility of overnight ers even stock reindeer meat), fresh those in lower latitudes. Big cities such freezing. vegetables, fruits, and dairy products as Anchorage, Alaska, Reykjavik, Ice The farther north one goes in are hard to get. The problem of not land, and Jacobshavn, Greenland, have Alaska, the more dramatic the ele having enough time to cook, however, cable television, videocassette re ments become. The Fairbanks winter has been answered: yes, the fast-food corders, and comfortable condomin sun rises about 11 a.m. and sets about restaurants have arrived. iums. But in spite of high!} de\ eloped 2:.30 p.m. In Barrow, Alaska's north telecommunications that link these re ernmost point with a population of Neighborly Warmth mote regions with the more populated .3,000, the sun shines in the summer Cold weather regions share a temperate zones, climate and geog for 88 days straight, with the opposite strong sense of community, a neigh raphy do affect life and demand adap extreme in winter. Here women can be borly Interdependence, that has grown tations. seen mending fishing nets, while men out of dealing with harsh elements. "It's Residents of Fairbanks, Alaska's set out in walrus-skin boats in sum a kind of ethic to help each other out," second largest city, keep survival gear, mer. These remote northern villages says Maureen. With average winter including a down sleeping bag, in their are linked to other cities by snowmo temperatures in Fairbanks plummet cars. "You don't forget to take your bile, boat, and air. In northern Green ing to minus 11°, residents don't take mittens when you leave the house," land, dogsleds, to which dogs are their neighbors for granted. A recent says Maureen Markham, executive di- hitched separately and spread out like surve}, in fact showed that visitors to Fairbanks ranked hospitality as the number one feature of the city. Customs, traditions, foods, and even a sense of national heritage are all affected by the weather. In Sweden, for example, where the snow may ar rive in the far north as early as August and last until June, the coming of spring is one of the most significant events of the year. National heritage, strong in some cases because cold weather countries experienced isolation for many years, is defined and distinctive. Iceland is a small country that lies just below the Arctic Circle. Icelanders recall with precision the arrival of the first Viking settlers in 874 through sagas (tales about Icelandic and Scandinavian heroes) and eddas (stories about gods and heroes of early Germanic tribes). The Saga manuscripts, an important archival document, reflect the nation's love for literature and interest in the past. Nature's Rewards In the Alaskan panhandle, totem poles and American Indian villages serve as visual and living testaments to a rich heritage that has weathered Ice fishing in Alaska: waiting for the catch of the day centuries. American Indian and Es-
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Re: Friends Around the World Sources
kimo crafts, handiwork. carvings, and of contrasts because large glaciers abut Mter-Scbool Activities weavings are part of Alaska's tradition. hot springs, geysers, and volcanoes, People who live on the edge of offers some of the purest air on earth. The Center for Early Adolescence survival seem to have extraordinary And Alaska, home of magnificent Mount in carrboro, N.C., produces a variety powers of perceptio11 and adjustment. McKinley and an abundance of wild· of resources designed to help families They are adventurous people who have life, presents a natural light show in and communities provide appropriate adapted their lives to seasonal ex winter- the northern lights-some after-school activities for 10- to 15-year tremes. In return, they enjoy some of thing that residents claim is worth all olds. the most beautiful natural surround the hardship. One of its newest resources is a ings on earth. Iceland, called the land -Janet Lombardi filmstrip, Planning Programs for Young Adolescents: What Works, and Why?, that explains the characteristics of ef fective programs, shows several ex amples of popular activities, and offers E.Uoying the Wide Open Spaces a model for successful planning. It can be used by program planners as a staff "Girl Scout troop meetings differently." As a result. troops development aid and as a public in don't take place in igloos," says meet on a less structured basis. formation tool to encourage commu When it comes to activities and Jane Chaput. membership direc nity support for youth programs. tor for Susitna Girl Scout Council projects undertaken by troops in Included in the filmstrip package in Anchorage. " They take place towns along the Arctic Ocean, are a cassette tape with audible and mostly in schools, just like every leaders need to be creative be inaudible film advance tones and a where else. " The cold tempera cause materials can be hard to get leader's guide. The filmstrip sells for tures of Alaska don't dampen or unavailable. Consequently, $45 (rental is $15) plus postage and enthusiasm for Girl Scouting but troops here get more involved in handling ($.3 for orders of $10 or more). community service, cultural study, do affect activities, and the farther Other resources on after-school north one goes the more pro or games. "Activities in the World activities for young teens are available nounced the differences. In An of Well-Being, like nutrition and from the center. For more informa chorage, which Jane describes as child-care projects, are done tion, write to the Center for Early Ado· pretty insulated ("It's very wild often," says Maureen. lescence, University of North carolina Farthest North Girl Scout outside of Anchorage"), Girl Scout at Chapel Hill, Suite 22.3, carr Mill Mall. activities are many and varied, with Council has a workshop on bear carrboro, N.C. 27510. outdoor fun ranking high on the safety and winter survival activl· roster. "The environment lends it ties. In fact, the Council's Own self very well to Girl Scout activi Badge is Arctic Survival. When it ties," says Jane. "The girls enjoy comes to camping. an activity Girl One American's Story cross-country skiing, downhill Scouts in Alaska enjoy all year, Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway skiing, and ice skating." Though participants have learned to ex Narrative is the story of an American indoor activities are often neces pect no campfires in summer since Indian woman who lived from the mid- sary, they don't differ much from it never gets dark. 19th century to the early 19.30s. In the Girl Scout projects elsewhere. "In With such a proximity to na book. author lgnacia Broker-a doors, the girls love to roller skate tive culture, Girl Scouts in Alaska, teacher, writer, and American Indian and work on badge and patch re many of whom are American In· activist-describes how her great-great quirements and crafts." she says. dian and Eskimo, can explore their grandmother coped with discrimina But in Alaska's northernmost heritage and themes of customs tion and the difficulties of adapting to point, Barrow, served by Farthest and traditions. Alaskan natives the White man's lifestyle. North Girl Scout Council in Fair often visit troops to demonstrate The author is a founder of Min· banks, troop meetings are sched basketry, beading, and skin sew neapolis' Upper Midwest American In uled flexibly and activities may ing or to teach songs about the dian Center and has worked extensively have a different emphasis be northern lights. with such organizations as Service to cause homes and meeting places How do girls sell Girl Scout American Indian Resident Students, are so dispersed. " In the bor cookies in such far-flung toea· Indian Upward Bound and Concerned oughs, " says Maureen Markham, lions? According to Maureen, Girl Indian Citizens. Farthest North's executive direc Scouts set up displays in general Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway tor, "a number of people live in stores, post offices, and in the Narrative may be ordered from the cabins without running water and council office. "Often, cookies are Minnesota Historical Society, Order electricity. And when you can't get distributed by air." Department 745, 1500 Mississippi to the villages by roads." she adds, Street St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Paper "meetings are bound to be run -Janet Lombardi back copies are $7.50 each plus $1.50 for postage and handling.
28 Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 Women in History
approved the program for the New York suited in lasting collaborations be Alice Conway Archdiocese that year, he recom tween Girl Scouting and the General mended that Mrs. Nicholas Brady rep Federation of Women's Clubs, the PTA Carney Spreads resent Catholic women on the Girl Scout men's service clubs (Lions, Rotary, and National Board of Directors. Immedi Klwanis), Boy Scouts. Campfire Girls, the Word ately following her appointment, Mrs. the YMCA YWCA, the SaJvatlon Army, Brady studied the program and made and the National Council of Churches. plans to promote Girl Scouting among Catholic girls throughout the country. l:e early days of An Outstanding Role Model In 1920, when Alice Carney was Girl Scouting are filled with anecdotes As an ambassador of Girl Scout hired by GSUSA as an adviser for Cath about the women who pioneered the ing, Alice traveled extensively in the olic relationships, she recognized the Movement. Jane Deeter Rippin, Na Western Hemisphere, speaking before need to make Girl Scouting available tional Executive Director in the 1920s, numerous organizations and repre was recognized for organizational tal senting the Movement at many inter· ents that transformed an informal national social work conferences. In group into a strong national organi recognition of her work with youth, she zation. Constance Rittenhouse, the received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontiflce eighth National Executive Director award from Pope Pius XII in 1947. (19.'35-1950), is remembered for her In her later years at national head administrative strengths and her abil quarters, Alice was a confidante to ity to restructure the organization. Alice younger staff members as well as a re Conway Carney, one of the earliest cruiter of outstanding young women. members of the executive staff, created As long-time associate Helen Brady, a National Community Relations Divi now director of ationaVlntemationaJ sion. Her name is synonymous with the Relations, says: "She was an outstand counciJ guide, Friends Around Town. ing role model for young women; a true that provides guidelines for establish professional. She had a way with peo ing support among community or ple that was truly unique. She cared ganizations and their leaders. about people and, in return, they cared A native of Holyoke, Mass., Alice about and trusted her." joined the national staff in 1920, after Her involvement with Girl Scout teaching home economics at New York ing, however, did not end with the Teachers College for three years. At the workday. A Girl Scout herself for 63 insistence of Dean Russell, then head years, she was a troop leader at the of Teachers College, Alice met with Henry Street Settlement in New York NationaJ Executive Director Jane Dee City (1920-1923) and at the Noroton, ter Rippin, who was recruiting out Connecticut Private School for four standing young women for the Girl years. During her first 10 years in the Scout nationaJ staff. After meeting with to girls of all faiths, as well as to in Movement. she spent every summer as Mrs. Rippin and reading the Promise crease membership among educa a trainer at camps throughout the and Law, Alice decided that Girl Scout tional and civic groups. Alice joined United States. She served as a mem ing was an organization she could work forces with Mrs. Brady and, since the ber of the troop committee in her own for and believe in. That belief and ded concept of community relations was town, and escorted a group of girls to ication lasted 40 years, as she moved new, their work with the Catholic an international encampment in Ire from field adviser (1920-1922) tore Church became the prototype for es land in 19.3.3. gional director-at-large (1922-194.3), tablishing other collaborative relation As the executive staff member who during which time she made a survey ships. Using the trickJe-down theory, not only made friends for Girl Scouting of Girl Scouting in Puerto Rico. In 194.3 the two women initially approached top but who helped make it available to aJI she assumed her most prominent po ranking clergy and organization offi girls, Alice Conway Carney can best be sition, director of community rela cials. Once the endorsement came remembered by her own reasons for tions, a post she held until her from the top, Girl Scouting was soon her commitment: "Girl Scouting gives retirement in 1960. promoted at the community level by young people the opportunity to work the respective institutions. This effort and play together in a constructive Making Friends for Girl Scouting provided the foundation for the de program that helps them recognize Although Girl Scouting was en partment established as the National their duty to God and country as effec dorsed by the Catholic Church in 1912, Community Relations Division in 1947. tive, resourceful young citizens. The Girl Scout program wasn't imple Alice Carney's conviction that Girl Scout Movement is truly a world mented or expanded into the com young people are best served when movement for youth." munity until 1919. After GardinaJ Hayes community groups join together re- -Deborah Craven
Girl Scout Leader/Summer 1986 29 I
Index to 1985 Issues
Behind the Scenes-Careers in the Arts. Sum· Senior Girl Scouts Show High Credentials. Consumer Kids. Fall, p . .32 mer, p. 10 Fall. p. 4 Directory of "Freebies." Summer. p. 25 Bridging the Gap with Care [generation gap). Serving Persons with Disabilities. Spring. A food Guide. Summer, p. 25 fall, p. 20 p.5 For Needlecraft Projects. Summer, p. 25 Bringing Out the Best in You. Spring. p. 19 'The Sporting life (TV series]." Summer, For Safe Eating. Summer. p. 25 p. 6 Indian Crafts Resources. Spring. p . .31 Calling All Leaders! [call for manuscripts]. Teens' Concerns Revealed. Winter. p. 4 learning About Black History. Winter, p. 3 I Spring. p. 14 Today's Fatter Children. Summer. p. 5 Native American Directory. f all p. 32 Camp of Tomorrow. Fall, pp. 6-8; Winter, p. 4 Walking Tall [first woman in space). Spring. New Outdoor Education Resource. Spring. Careers in Communications. Winter. p. 11 p. 5 p . .30 Careers in Entertainment. Fall. p. 28 Island Troops-Fun and Service. Winter, p. I 9 • Rainy Day Games. Summer, p. 25 Communicating Through Body L.anguage. Recipes for Healthy Hearts. Spring. p. 30 Winter. p. 10 The Juliette low World Friendship Fund. Win Safety Pointers for Children. Winter, p . .31 Communication Skills [centerfold). Winter, ter, p. 2.3 Stamp Clubs for Kids. Spring. p. 31 p. 15 Junior Girl Scouts Complete Service Project. Tracing Your Family Tree. Spring. p. 31 Spring. p. l4 Ways to Cut Salt Intake. Spring. p. 31 A Day to Celebrate Peace. Winter, p. 32 Women of Achievement Posters. Summer. Dedication, Democracy-and fun: The 43rd leader's Exchange: p. 25 Girl Scout Convention. Spring. p. 6 Brownies Adopt Grandparents. Spring. p. 28 Your Child's Career Options. Spring. p. 30 Delegate/Visitor Forums-final Report. Sum· !Co-op troop concept]. Fall, p. 19 mer, p. 14 Learning About Computers. Spring. p. 29 Savannah-Special Place for Girl Scouts. [New troop nag). Summer, p. 21 Spring. p. 10 Elections [National Council]. Spring. p. 9 She Loves It ... and I Love It, Too [Daisy The Second Time Around. Summer, p. 24 Girt Scouting]. Winter, p. 7 Sensitive Issues and Youth: leader's Month at &lith Macy Conference Cen· Facts about the American Flag. Spring. p. 2 J Families in Crisis. Spring. p. 12 Facts about the World Association of Girl ter. fall. p. 24 The Power of Peer Pressure. Summer, p. 20 lifestyles of Rural Women. Fall, p. I 0 Guides and Girl Scouts. Winter, p. 22 Some Rules for Small Groups. Fall, p. 14 living Big in Small Towns. Fall, p. 9 Summer Fun [centerfold). Summer. p. 15 The fine Art of Storytelling. Winter. p. 8 looking at L.,eadership. FalL p. l2 Fitness for Adults. Summer, p. 22 flag Etiquette. Spring. p. 21 Tasty Snacks for Girl Scout Gatherings. Win- Making Music in Girl Scouting. Summer. p. 9 ter. p. 21 friends Around the World. Winter, p. 19 Making Their Dreams Come True ["intrapre· The Friendship Room [Edith Macy Conference Thinking Day. Winter, p. 22 Center]. Summer, p. 13 neuring"J. Winter. p . .30 Tomorrow Comes Closer-The Camp of To morrow Is Taking Shape. fall, p. 6 National Council Actions. Spring. p. 9 Twelve Tips for the Daisy Girl Scout [center· Girl Scout Gold Award. Spring. p. 32; Sum Near and Far: fold). Spring. p. 15 mer, p. 24 Drop a Line [pen pals). Spring. p. 24 Girl Scout Resources and Program Links. Win Fostering International Friendship. Spring. Wider Opportunities: llow Adults Help Girls. • ter. p. 32 p. 24 Fall, p. 26 GSUSA's Annual Report: J 984-A Year of It's Fun in Any L.anguage [5th Annual liad· Women in History: Reaching Out at Home and lnternalion· ano City Citizen's Day Celebration). The Eloquent Art of OJeda Schrottky. Winter, ally. Summer. p. 7 Spring. p. 24 p. 14 Good Rules for Good Reasons [protocol for On Top of the World at Our Chalet. Fall. Helen Osborne Storrow. Spring. p. 26 meetings]. fall. p. 14 p. 2.3 . Janet Tobit!. Summer, p. 29 Guess Who's Coming to Lunch! [Baden-Powell Program Sessions at World Centers. Winter, Women, Past and Present-Nairobi Conference visit]. Summer, p. 28 p. 26 Assesses U.N. Decade for Women. Winter, Guidelines for Disability Awareness Projects. Spotlight on WAGGGS. Winter, p. 27 p. 25 fall. p. 31 Visiting Our Chalet. Spring. p. 24 WAGGGS High Achiever. Spring. p. 25 Handling Requests to the White House. WAGGGS 75th Anniversary. Spring. p. 25 Spring. p. 20 1986 Wider Opportunitie~A Preview. Fall History, l~dership. and Nostalgia [Girl Scout p. 27 Photo/Art Credits visits to Washington, D.C. ). Spring. p. 20 One Year L.ater: The Daisy Girl Scout leader. 3 (column 2. top), Karen Prentice; (column Index to 1982 issues. Summer, p. 30 Winter, p. 5 .3. top), The New Studio. 4, 12, 26, GSLJSA. Index to 1983 issues. Summer, p. 31 Our Cabana-Sunshine, flowers, and Service. 6 (column 3), Reading Rainbow. 7, U.S. Navy. Index to 1984 issues. Summer, P· 32 Spring. p. 22 1.3, Palm Glades Girl Scout Council. 15-18. International Thinking Day Acliv1ties. Winter. The New Studio. 19 (left), ABC, Inc. 22 (left), p. 24 Paths to Fulfillment-Women's Changing GSUSA!Joel Gordon; (right). OSUSNAmanda In the News: Roles. Summer, p. 26 J<.regtow. 23, GSUSAIAI Brickman. 25, GSUSA! Award-Winning Glrl Scout fllmstrlp (Daisy Planning Your Next Service Project [center Bonnie McEwan. 27, Farthest North Girl Scout Oirl Scouts: A Year of Discovery). Spring. fold]. Fall, p. 15 Council. 29, GSLJSA Archives. p. 5 President's ~lessage: The Camp of Tomorrow. Winter, p. 4 [Communicating]. Winter, p. 2 Careers In Youth Service. Fall, p. 5 [The Effective leader). Spring. p. 2 Conference on Voluntarism. Spring. p. 4 (leader's Day). Fall. p. 2 Crlspas for Charlty l food service project]. [Questions and Answers). Summer, p. 2 Fall, p. 4 Profiles in Leadership. Winter, p. 28 Never be a fighting Illiteracy. fall, p. 4 Fit for the Future. Summer, p. 5 Reflections on a Worldwide Movement. Winter. Former National President Honored. Spring. p. 22 dirty bird. p. 4 Re: Sources: High tlonors [Frankie Muse Freeman]. Win- Adult Adventure Sessions at Our Cabana. ter, p. 4 Spring. p. 30 Kids vs. Drugs. Spring. p. 4 American Women as Role Models. Winter, NED Honored. Spring. p. 4 p . .31 Keep your NED on Youth Board. Spring. p. 5 Animals Up Close. Fall, p. 32 New Girl Scout Television Spots. Spring. By and For Nature Lovers. Summer. p. 25 • p. 5 Cheer Up the Children (Mail for Tots). campstte Newsmakers [Good Housekeeping section]. Spring. p. 30 Fall, p. 4 Children's Cookbook Available. Spring. Recognizing Girl Scout tlospitality. Spring. p . .31 clean. p. 4 College 1\id. Spring. p . .31 Report on Black America. Fait p. 5 Computer Program Sourcebook. Summer. Savvy Women. Summer. p. 5 p. 25
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