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Junior Activities
(2008-2009)
5-7 Aug--Space Camp
1 Nov--Archery
22 Nov--Holiday Event
22 Feb--Thinking Day
2-3 May--Camporee
Meetings
FAQs
for New Leaders
Here is what a Junior leadership team
should have:
- Junior Handbook
- Junior Badge Book
- Junior Leader Guide
- Safety-Wise book
- New Leader Orientation Guide
- First Aid kit
Who pays for what?
Troop activities are supported wholly by the troop treasury, which
comes from weekly dues and earnings from the number of QSP booklets
turned in, the Girl Scout Calendar Sale, and the Girl Scout Cookie
Sale. Volunteers don't foot the bill.
Family adults pay for:
- Troop dues
- Vest
- Uniform tab for pins
- American flag patch
- Junior Handbook and
Junior Badge Book
The troop treasury pays for:
- Girl Scout pin
- World Trefoil pin
- Rededication patch
- Sign patches
- Junior Aide Award
- Junior Leadership Pin
- Badges
- Any participation patches
- Supplies and materials
The OCMT will reimburse the troop for:
- Bronze Award Pin & Certificate
Where can I find Bronze Award info?
In the Girl Scout Handbook and in the Leader's Guide.
Can a troop earn the Bronze Award as
a group?
Yes, as long as each girl has a part in completing the project.
How long does it take to complete the
Bronze award?
Generally 3 months to a year.
How do we connect with younger troops
work work on the Junior Aide and Junior Leadership pins?
Email your Age-Level Consultant and or talk to a Brownie or
Daisy Troop Leader at the next Troop Leader Meeting |
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The correct placement of
insignia, pins, and badges is shown above.
Other official and fun
patches go on the back.
Girl Scout Pins
When girls join as Juniors they receive a Girl Scout pin and a World Trefoil pin. If they have
already been Daisies or Brownies, they will be awarded the Girl Scout pin
only and will move the World Trefoil to the new Junior tab.
More on Uniforms and Pins
The rededication
patch goes on the back of the vest or sash.
The membership
star, with yellow disc back, goes on the front of the vest, just
below the troop number. Membership stars can be
presented any time. They are eligible for it soon as they
join. Junior vests and sashes can be purchased from the Girl Scout Store. Unlike
Junior awards and
Badges, which can be purchased by leaders only, uniforms
may be purchased by family adults.
Junior Girl
Scouts will wear solid white shirts and khaki pants or skirts with
their vest or sash when participating in ceremonies or when
officially representing the Girl Scout Movement.
Go to
Age-Level Forms
Whose award is it?
Our volunteers are very
enthusiastic about the awards and patches the girls earn, because
they guide them through the process. Along the way, they do so much
of the program, and become so intimately involved with it, that they
sometimes want to get a patch for themselves. However, in Girl
Scouts there’s a distinction between awards and patches the girls
earn and fun patches for adults. Please leave the girl awards for
the girls, and take pride in wearing the insignia of
adult Girl Scouts. It's important that a person wear only
awards that she has earned, and adults don't earn girl awards.
If you would like to come up with
your own idea, please follow these Girl Scouts of the USA
guidelines: Only official
GSUSA insignia, patches and badges may appear on vest front, and
they may not appear on the back.
The Girl Scout program is more about the values and qualities
expressed in the Girl Scout Law than about the petal patches.
Focus on the content, rather than the reward.
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Junior
Troop Trips
Traveling Troops?
The girl-to-adult ratio required by
GSUSA is different during trips away from your meeting place.
Junior troop meetings require 2 adults:25 girls, for example, but a
traveling Junior troop ratio is 2:16. Check Standard 13 in
Safety-Wise.
Who does a troop contact when
planning a trip or meeting somewhere other than their regular
meeting place?
Email the OCC with the date, time, location and number of girls
and adults participating.
Before You Go
Leaders and girls should talk about what to expect and
how they should behave on a trip at the meeting before
they actually go. The girls could make something to
bring to their host.
1 Read Safety-Wise about trips
2 Confirm plans with the host
3 Notify parents well in advance
4 Get enough adult supervision
5 Arrange snacks, if needed
6 Assemble a First Aid kit
Troop First Aid Kit
Have one with you on all trips and at
meetings. (Both PHV Huts and the MTV Hut have First Aid Kits
installed.)
Include:
First Aid book
Cell phone
GS activity insurance forms
Parent consent forms and health histories
Adhesive tape and Band-Aids
Alcohol wipes
Distilled water to clean wounds
Flashlight
Instant chemical icepack
Non-latex gloves
Emergency phone numbers
Paper drinking cups
Plastic bags
Safety pins
Scissors
Soap
Splints
Triangular bandages
Tweezers
Heidelberg OCMT Help
You can borrow handbooks and other books
from the OCMT Library and craft supplies from the three cabinets in
the PHV Scout Hut, two-story, upstairs. VCRs, DVDs, and televisions
are located in every Hut and you are welcome to use them.
(Please check whether or not a transformer is required.)
Camping supplies are available for
checkout...so before you spend any troop money, check with the Hut
Manager or the POC for this year's Camporee. We have tents and
foot lockers with a propane stove and cooking utensils. About
the only things you will need are: propane, sleeping bags,
food, and at least one adult who has completed Girl Scout Outdoor
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