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The Girl Scout Appendix A PART OF THE GLOBAL TRAVEL TOOL KIT Table of Contents Online Resources .................................................................... 03 World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts......................... 05 Safety-Wise Checklist for Travel Readiness .............................. 07 Safety Tips for Girls Traveling Alone ......................................... 09 Travel Procedure for Visiting the Juliette Gordon Low ............... 10 Girl Scout National Center Hostelling International ............................................................. 11 Handouts for Girls ................................................................. 12 Money Makes You Go Round the World .................................. 13 Individual Worksheet ................................................................ 14 Crunch the Numbers Chart ...................................................... 15 Daily Travel Itinerary ................................................................. 16 Forms ..................................................................................... 17 Adult Health Examination Record ............................................ 18 Authorization for Medical Treatment for Minors ........................ 20 Girl Health Examination Record ............................................... 21 Girls Outcome Evaluation Form for Girl Scout Travel ................ 23 Intent to Travel ......................................................................... 26 Permission to Travel Form for Minors ....................................... 27 Photo Media Release for Minors .............................................. 28 Photo Media Release for Adults ............................................... 29 Standards of Personal Conduct and Community Behaviors ..... 30 Trip Approval Form .................................................................. 31 Trip Plan .................................................................................. 32 Page 2. The Girl Scout Travel Log The Girl Scout Travel Online Resources Air Travel • What’s Up With Culture prepares students for • Major international airlines: cultural immersion: www.pacific.edu/sis/culture/ www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/airlines.htm • World Citizens Guide covers everything from money • U.S. Customs information: matters to meeting people: www.worldcitizensguide. www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/travel/ org/ • Safety tips for air travelers, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration: www.faa.gov/safety/programs_initia- tives/health/passengers Health • Travelers’ health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx Communication • The Travel Clinic offers information on travel-related • Country and city dialing codes: health matters: www.drwisetravel.com/index.html www.business.att.com/bt/dial_guide.jsp • IAMAT’s advice on health risks, required immuniza- • Phone card tips: www.goabroad.ekit.com tions, and medical care abroad: www.iamat.org Consulates and Embassies Insurance • Embassies and consulates worldwide: • Mutual of Omaha’s Girl Scout insurance: www.usembassy.gov/ www.mutualofomaha.com/girl_scouts_of_the_usa • U.S. State Department: www.state.gov/ Money Culture • Mastercard ATMs overseas: • “Aspects of Nonverbal Communication”: www.mastercard.com/cardholderservices/atm/ iteslj.org/Articles/Darn-Nonverbal/ • Visa ATMs abroad: • Country-specific sites, Center for Global Education: visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global/jsp/SearchPage. www.studentsabroad.com/ jsp • The CIA’s World Factbook, with detailed information • Universal currency converter: www.xe.com/ucc/ on every country: https://www.cia.gov/library/publi- • University of the Pacific’s Cross-Cultural Training/ cations/the-world-factbook/index.html Student Guide offers advice on budgeting, currency • Culture Grams—concise, up-to-date reports on exchange, credit cards, and transferring money: more than 200 countries: www.culturegrams.com/ www.globaled.us/safeti/151studentguide.html • Culture Matters, developed by the Peace Corps, helps visitors interact respectfully in other cultures: www.peacecorp.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/ Passport/Visas culturematters/index.html • Passport-issuing offices: • “Culture Shock”—tips for easing cultural adjustment: www.travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html http://www.cie.uci.edu/prepare/shock.shtml • “Where to Write for Vital Records” tackles birth cer- • Glimpse magazine offers stories of culture shock tificate application: www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/ experiences written by students: w2welcom.htm Page 3. www.glimpseabroad.org/abroad_1_Culture%20 • Country-specific entry regulations: Shock.html http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1765. Log The Girl Scout Travel • Tales from a Small Planet shares experiences of living html abroad through literature, humor, and the arts: www.talesmag.com/ Continued... Online Resources (cont’d) Planning • Rough Guides is another publisher of guidebooks • Abroad View’s travel basics: for budget travelers: www.roughguides.com/ www.abroadview.org/going/travel/index.htm • Moon handbooks provide in-depth cultural and • University of Michigan’s travel abroad resource: practical information: www.moon.com/ www.internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/travel/ • Footprint offers comprehensive travel guides: www.footprintbooks.com/ People with Disabilities • “Disability travel and recreation resources”: Travel Providers www.makoa.org/travel.htm • STA Travel is a student travel agency offering dis- • Mobility International USA offers opportunities for counted air and rail fares, as well as the International international exchange and useful travel information: Student Identity Card (ISIC): www.statravel.com/ www.miusa.org • Hostelling International offers customized Girl Scout adventures and global education programs: www.hiusa.org/programs/girls-scouts.shtml Safety and Emergency Preparedness • EF Tours offers Girl Scout troops and groups cus- • Safety Abroad First’s “Top Ten Ways to Not tomized educational tours to the WAGGGS world Become a Victim of Crime Around the World”: centers and more than 50 countries around the www.globaled.us/safeti/toptennotvic.html world: www.eftours.com • U.S. State Department’s emergency assistance: • Global Explorer’s trips focus on science, culture, http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/emergencies/emer- leadership, and service to help girls understand that gencies_1212.html they are part of a much larger, interconnected world, • Sara’s Wish Foundation provides helpful safety tips and that their actions have an impact on that world: for traveling abroad: www.saraswish.org/travel_safe- www.globalexplorers.org ty_guidelines.htm Your Next Adventure Abroad Travel Guides and Resources • Rotary International provides scholarships abroad: • U.S. Department of State offers information on www.rotary.org/programs/index.html traveling abroad: http://travel.state.gov/ • Council for International Education Exchange offers • Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory: study and work abroad programs: www.ciee.org/ www.towd.com/ • AFS-USA summer and year-long exchange opportu- • Subway Navigator helps you plan public transporta- nities: www.usa.afs.org/usa_en/home tion routes for major cities: www.subwaynavigator. • Youth for Understanding summer, semester, and com/subway_site/eng/accueil/fset_subway.htm year-long exchange opportunities: www.yfu.org/ • Let’s Go offers popular student guidebooks: • Study abroad programs: www.studyabroad.com/ www.letsgo.com/ • Opportunities for volunteering abroad: www.volun- • Lonely Planet’s guidebooks for budget travelers: teerabroad.com/ www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/ Page 4. The Girl Scout Travel Log The Girl Scout Travel World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) Worldwide Movement The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS—www.wagggsworld.org/en/home) is comprised of 145 member organizations, including Girl Scouts of the USA. WAGGGS not only unites all of its member or- ganizations, but promotes and establishes Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting organizations around the world. The goal of WAGGGS is to enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world. Headquartered at the World Bureau in London, WAGGGS also owns and operates four world centers. Girl Scouts of the USA supports international friendships through contributions to WAGGGS, including a donation every year from its Juliette Low World Friendship Fund: www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/juliette_low_fund.asp. World Thinking Day Fund: www.worldthinkingday.org/en/home World Centers The four world centers, Our Cabaña in Cuernavaca, Mexico; Our Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland; Pax Lodge in London, England; and Sangam in Pune, India, are owned and operated by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Staffed by volunteers and paid international staff, the centers offer Girl Guides and Girl Scouts a comfortable, inexpensive, and safe place for short stays or long-term accommodations, seminars, trainings, and international events. Members of Girls Scouts of the USA and their families are encouraged to visit the centers, meet girls from other countries, and build lasting friendships. Our Cabaña (www.ourcabana.org/), located 47 miles from Mexico City, is a beautiful retreat located in historic Cuernavaca. Our Cabaña is the largest of the four world centers, can accommodate up to 90 guests, and offers five-, eight-, and nine-night sessions throughout the year to girl and adult members