GS Ideas with Miss Heather

In this video, Girl Scouts from Troop 5130 provide tips to Brownies on completing their Give Back badge.  This badge is focused on using the cookie sale to help girls to "give back" in their community.  Troop 5130 has used some of their cookie sale proceeds and donated cookies to support their Bronze Award project.  The project, a year-long educational initiative designed to empower other Girl Scouts to support the homeless, featured a lunch-making service activity.  We used some cookie proceeds to buy groceries, paired with donated Girl Scout cookies and other groceries, and made 150 lunches this year.  In this video, Folasade, Missiah, and Brooklyn encourage Brownies to think about supporting the homeless as well.

This year, the Juniors from GS Troop 5130 completed their Bronze Award project: a year-long educational initiative to engage other Girl Scouts in ways to support the homeless.  The girls held two planning retreats and a series of events, both in-person and virtually (due to Covid-19). Project stats:  150 Lunches Made for Connect-by-Night ( link to orgs like CBN ) Multiple cases of GS cookies donated to CBN Approx 50 Toiletry Treat Bags donated to CBN MANY rolls of plarn for Angels in Motion Engagement of the Entire Service Unit  Development of multiple PR devices Education of Younger GS via Virtual Events Troops in Eastern PA might be interested in supporting organizations in this area: Original  brochure  distributed to service unit troop leaders and parents who brought donations for us to use for Connect-By-Night. Additional resources in Delaware County.

During the Covid-19 shelter, we want to make sure that Daisies are still connected to Girl Scouts! In this video, Brooklyn, from Junior Troop 5130 reads the story for Zinni the Zinnia, who is committed to being considerate and caring. Daisies can watch the video and follow the steps that Brooklyn describes to complete the Zinni petal. Brooklyn also provides some of the details from Troop 5130's Bronze Award project, focused on educating Girl Scouts about ways to help the homeless.

This year, Junior Troop 5130 has been completing their Bronze Award project: a year-long educational initiative to teach other Girl Scouts about how to help the homeless.  We've created many resources (which will be shared via this blog and distributed via social media).  Originally, our goal was to host all of our events as in-person events, but with Covid-19 sheltering, we have had to make additional plans for virtual programming.  We will be sharing a couple of badge earning sessions via this blog that integrate discussions of the homeless.  We want to provide parents and leaders with tools that can keep girls engaged in Girl Scouting while also educating them about our topic! One of the Juniors, Chelsea, is a fabulous artist.  She created these coloring sheets to share with Daisies and Brownies.  Enjoy!!  Leave us a comment with your art!  

During the Covid-19 shelter, we want to make sure that Daisies are still connected to Girl Scouts! In this video, Missiah, from Junior Troop 5130 reads the story for Rosie the Rose, who is committed to making the world a better place. Daisies can watch the video and follow the steps that Missiah describes to complete the Rosie petal. Missiah also provides some of the details from Troop 5130's Bronze Award project, focused on educating Girl Scouts about ways to help the homeless. For details about the organization she mentions, Angels in Motion, and their sleeping mat project, visit their site .