Each journey is packed with current environmental information and offers ways to improve life for everyone on the planet through a take action project. Amuse take action ideas amuse journey, girl scout juniors. Take the take action quiz to find out how much you really know about take action projects, and start thinking of ways you can make the world a better place. She helps girls create gold standard take action project at all levels. In the journey planner that i was using, most of the activities were only supposed to take 15 minutes.
Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing poweruse experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community. There are many ways to complete this award, including. Think like an engineer journey take action guide whats the difference between a community service project and a take action project. Learn birdbath award daisies learn to care for animals and for themselves. Before the girls leave, ask them to bring in a small container to decorate. Every girl scout grade level has different journeys to choose from that include a sustainable take action project and all the exploration, discovery, and adventure to power a lifetime of leadership and success. Come learn the difference between community service and take action projects.
These pick up where shortterm projects leave off and are longterm solutions. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm project leaves off. Plan a take action project, such as putting on a performance that creatively. Adult journey guides agent of change, get moving, and amuse girl journey books agent of change, get moving, and amuse girls guide to girl scouting for juniors gsusa website. Then use your leadership skills to earn your bronze award, the highest award for girl scout juniors. Step 2 what are ways people are working on energy issues. My girls are stuck, and giving them examples from other troops may help them. When girls pursue take action projects, they take time to identify and understand the. We started the meeting off reading chapter 5 from our garden journey books. Explore the pages under take action projects for a chart comparing journey take action projects to the higher award take action projects, info on the take action project process. Gently used childrens books are needed for this project and three collection boxes are located in poolesville at the cvs until oct. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards are all take action projects. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660. To complete the amuse journey, girls must earn three awards.
Girls will create and carry out a take action project with every journey they complete. Girls can record their progress using the award tracker found on pp. I found an amazing source online that had a rundown of how to do the amuse journey in a day long workshop. She can learn science, technology, engineering, and math stem, outdoors and life skills, and entrepreneurship. Recognizing that there is a lot of wait time and sitting around time while waiting for appointments or recovering from procedures, the girls came up with the idea to create activity books for patients and sibling family members at the nih childrens inn. Then have the girls share their top two choices and compile a list of them on the. Everything you need is there in the journey in a bag for you and usually all you ever need is your book.
Get moving journey, litter spider we didnt have all the girls buy the book, instead we purchased. Learn more about how to earn your take action award and help your community with the girl scout take action guide. The final step is to do something for or with animals in your area. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards all require take action projects. An overview to the girl scout bronze award steps 1 build your girl scout junior team.
Take action for the bronze award trainings for leaders and adults bronze is girl led, but leader guided. Whats the difference between a community service project and a. All sessions included need to be completed in order for the girls to earn the awards, but. Tagged agent of change power of community, agent of change take action project, girl scout junior journey, girl scout take action project, junior agent of change journey. Writers lukasz gottwald, max martin, cirkut, bonnie mckee, katy perry. The get moving journey is part of the its your planetlove it. Many of the journeys require action projects that take more time and. For their agent of change take action project troop 4762 worked with nih childrens inn. Several people are intimidated by this, but really you shouldnt be. Girls can publicize and get people in the community to come out and support their projects.
How can i help girls organize a take action project. Aug 24, 2012 junior amuse journey take action project. Oct 28, 2016 posted in girl scouts, journeys, juniors, service projects. It teaches the girls the girl scout law by means of talking flowers, each of which represents a line of the law and one of the daisy petals. I am empowerment mirrors for the girl scouts junior amuse journey and wagggs free being me program as part of their amuse journey and world association of girl guides and girl scouts free being me project, paris girl scout junior troop 35 created i.
Gsusa, in partnership with the world association of. Movies can be a fun family night and still be working towards your journey awards. Take action project for the amuse journey since we only have 2 girls in our troop myself, my husband, my oldest daughter and her friend also participated in the skit on bullying that the girls performed for their tap. Girls must complete the take action project on their own. The only thing they dont do for you is the take action project. Journeys are prerequisites for girl scout silver or girl scout gold take action projects because completing a journey. Girl guide and girl scouts wagggs and dove, has launched. Junior amuse journey take action project girl scout. The requirements for each award can be found on pp. Complete one junior journey including take action project. Outdoor journey earn the new outdoor journey for daisies, brownies, juniors, cadette, seniors and ambassadors by implementing these outdoor badges in order with the final step being a take action project. If girls are not interested in the diplomat ward, which involves doing a ake action project, what would they like to do instead. Amuse book and award patch not included in fee but are available to order at registration. A world of girls brownie journey award set girl scout shop.
Mention that the ake action project can be a team effort in which girls will. The outcomes of take action projects get girls motivated and excited about making an impact in their community that can be felt in the long term. Junior journey snapshots girl scouts of the green and white. Whats the difference between a community service project. Submitted by kai dubose my name is kai dubose and i lead a multilevel troop of daisies through cadette girl scouts. You arrange for them to meet a pantry volunteer who will tell them about how many people in the area go hungry and what kinds of food are needed. Basic steps of event planning for take action project what do they earn and how do they earn them. Workshops4girls has been offering journey workshops since 2010. Whats the difference between community service and take action. Review steps to awards as given on page 9 of girls book.
As you probably already know, you are to do a service project or take action project aka tap with each journey. Event program list view amuse journey amuse journey. To complete the amuse journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way. Community service makes the world better by addressing a problem right now. After the project, girls will reflect on what they have accomplished and celebrate it the journey book is divided into three sections that follow the awards. Te possible fun activities that are built into this. Get moving junior journey scouts honor wiki fandom.
A take action guide for volunteers this guide includes answers to the following faqs. It will assist you in ensuring that the girls are engaging in a highquality action. After completing the agent of change journey book, hutchinson girl scout junior troop 304 decided to sew bags for. Girls learn about environmental topics, such as clean water and air, noise pollution, global warming, soil contamination, and agriculture. Have the girls open their journey books to pages 72 and 73. We do service projects all the time with our girls and just dont think about it. Womenwise, wacky and wonderful girl scouts need positive female role models from all walks of life. Make some notes, if its useful, for how you went about accomplishing these important steps. To date, we have run nearly 90 journeys for s of scouts. Recently my junior group completed their first journey, get moving. Take something you learned about healthy relationships from steps and pass it on to others. Session 5 is all about the take action project the girls completed as part of the journey. Complete junior journey complete journey take action project project. They get friends, family, clubs, organizations and community leaders involved.
When girls have earned this award, theyll understand the many roles women and girls play in the world around them and the leadership skills they use. Theyve decided to do a take action project with a food pantry. Jun 03, 2009 a journey is supposed to take 6 to 8 weeks to complete. Remember that the adult book, how to guide girl scout juniors. Plan a take action project, such as putting on a performance that creatively urges an end to stereotyping, drawing a graphic novel to share with younger girls. May 07, 2014 as you probably already know, you are to do a service project or take action project aka tap with each journey. Junior family and friends checklist take action project checklist. Plan a take action project, such as sewing a quilt, painting a mural, writing a play, or creating your own ad. A journey is supposed to take 6 to 8 weeks to complete. Journey take action projects poolesville area girl scouts.
We also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. Welcome to the daisy flower garden girl scout tool box. By attending this session of their journey they will earn their reach out award. See more ideas about girl scouts, service projects and daisy scouts.
Has anyone done a take action project for this journey. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm service project leaves off. Mar 11, 20 the road to the bronze includes completing a journey book. This workbook includes a lot of information, including information on different types of energy, a quiz for auditing your home, an energy journal, and suggestions for family hog buster energy pledges. Junior amuse journey activity plan 2 lesson plan length. Build team, including community partners to work with define issue for take action project to address meet criteria for take action projects i.
Journey books for the girl scouts who ordered theirs during registration. Welcome to the daisy flower garden a crash course this journey is also the daisy leadership journey. It is recommended that each girl have her own copy of the journey book and girl guide. For example, the girls organizing the book or clothing drive could make their project a take action project by holding the drive annually and getting a sponsor to advertise and organize it every year.
As we have a mix of multiple schools, home school students, etc. There are women with different backgrounds, different careers, different lifechoices, different hobbies and different successes in every community. If your group wants to expand work on this award or simply try different activities, go for it. The amuse journey is part of the its your storytell it. What girl scout juniors can earn during this journey please. Learn about the outdoors and explore all the wonders nature has to offer. Get moving journey lets recycle scout leader 411 blog. Zovargo is a gssd awardwinning community partner that brings a variety of unique animals mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects to every badge or journey workshop we provide. The journey book is divided into three sections that follow the awards. Planning the take action project todays journey meeting was our eighth. Have the girls turn to page 63 in the girl journey book and take turns reading the bubbles out loud to the group. Girl scouts need positive female role models from all walks of life. We read pages 120129 in the girl book and brainstormed ideas for the take action project. It is also a great way for you and your troop to get a feel for the theme of a journey.
After doing some research about how what you eat affects your bodys ability to. In the years since the journey books were written, a lot has changed. Plan a take action project to fix an energy problem in your community. Power of community award girls will take action on their plan, reach out, and inspire others to get involved. It is designed to assist your efforts to complete this journey in a day, weekend or sleepover. Agent of change is a journey about taking action to make the world a better place, a fine.
During the process, here are some things to think about. Overview of take action take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service projects from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change. Last fall i bought one copy each of the girls book and leaders book. Our troop did the worm composting bin for their project but there are endless ideas that you can consider.
Junior amuse journey take action project with images girl. Take action encourages girls to think bigger and to address problems in such a way that those problems do not reoccur. Girls can continue their amuse journey by earning the remaining awardspeak out. Many of the journeys require action projects that take more time and planning than the how to tell your story component of amuse. Expert guidance katie caseyanderson, the owner of workshops4girls, is a gold award interviewer for girl scouts of orange county, ca. Explore roles you play in your life and try on new onesplay a roleplaying game, invite actors to talk about the characters theyve played, or learn to spot stereotypes on tv, in movies, or in ads.
Encourage the girls to write things they would enjoy doingand that often is the first few things that come to mind. Heres a site with good ideas about how to reuse newspapers. Troop leaders share the take action project their girl scouts completed to complete the cadette amaze journey. It would be helpful for the facilitator to read the amuse journey and each sessions activities in advance to understand the big picture of what will be covered. Whether its planting a garden, painting a mural, or launching a letterwriting campaign, girl scouts of all ages experience unique advocacy challenges, complete take action projects, and discover what it means to be a leader who makes a difference in the world. Find out about girls around the world and how stories can give you ideas for helping othersplay a game from another culture, invite storytellers to talk about what they do, or draw a selfportrait that shows whats unique about you. In this booklet you will find the requirements for each award on the following pages. Girl scout junior amuse journey take action project youtube. You will want to personalize it based on what products and resources you have on hand or that you can. To earn this badge, complete the requirements in junior amuse journey book. Oct 27, 2012 the second step is to see what is going on with animals in your local area. Leader shares the take action projects her junior girl scouts completed in preparation for the bronze award. Take action projects are found within the journey books and these projects will prepare girls. Take action projects are found within the journey books and these projects will prepare girls to complete the bronze, silver and gold awards, respectively.
Along the way we added extra crafts and activities to teach the girls more about energy and recycling. We earning the amuse journey with just two girls using the action. Give the girls about 10 minutes to fill in the boxes with ideas for take action projects. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660 san. Read about take action projects in the girl book pages. We earning the amuse journey with just two girls using the action badge in a bag kit from makingfriends. Must attend all sessions to complete the journey and earn the awards including the take action project. Bronze award take action project checklist for completion and. Remember that the adult book, how to guide girl scout juniors through amuse, its your storytell it. After completing the agent of change journey book, hutchinson girl scout junior troop 304. Take action projects are different from community service projects. Girls will create and carrying out a take action project with every journey that they complete. Juniors doing the agent of change program may want to do a take action project focused on encouraging people to recycle. Even though the girls wont complete a take action project as part of this series.
Given all of the challenges associated with navigating relationships in middle school, it was no surprise that our troop chose to take the its. Girls are responsible for the completion of a take action project to earn their journey. The journey materials are the core of the girl scout program you will need one of the journey sets to complete this home study. A take action guide for volunteers girl scouts of the usa. For example, collecting cans of food for a food pantry feeds people right now.
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