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The Six Girls You’ll Meet In Every Troop!

This Thanksgiving we’re thankful for girls!

Be they confident or shy, contrary or cooperative, your girls are all wonderful and unique. They each bring something special to your troop and, most days, you wouldn’t trade them for another girl in the whole world.

With all of their differences, girls share some common roles in our troops that don’t make it onto the kaper chart but do add to the amazing crazy quilt of personalities that is a Girl Scout troop.

In celebration of that, here are the six girls you’ll meet in every Girl Scout troop. Any sound familiar?

The Contrarian

This girl will always zig when the others zag. She loves advocating for the opposing view point during any troop ...
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Girl Scout Traditions: Highest Awards

Gold. Silver. Bronze. No, it’s not an Olympic event, it’s the Girl Scouts’ Highest Awards! These awards represent the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn for her age level and are enjoying their centennial in 2016. That’s 100 years of amazing girls, ambitious projects, and communities impacted. All three ...
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Stanford University, Girl Scouts, and GLEE!

What do Girl Scouts, Stanford University, the environment, and energy reduction have in common? Why GLEE of course! What is GLEE? It stands for Girls Learning Environment and Energy and is a free online course for Junior Girl Scout Troop leaders and parent volunteers developed at Stanford University in collaboration with Girl Scouts of Northern ...
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Girl Scout Traditions: What’s Your Troop Crest?

A herd of unicorns, a group of bees, and a couple of lightning bolts set off on a hike together…no, it’s not the beginning of a bad joke. It’s just another day at Girl Scout camp. What are we talking about? Why troop crests, of course! What are troop crests? These are a Girl Scout tradition, passed down from when Girl Scouts was new and leaders ...
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Five Reasons to Go Beyond the Troop!

Discover a world of Girl Scouts beyond your troop by connecting with girls and adults outside of your regular troop activities.

How do you go beyond? Attend a large event, either through a council-operated event or a Service Unit event. These fun activities are a great way to keep girls and adults connected to Girl Scouting and broaden their network.

Events can help girls and adults connect with families, engage the community, gain new skills and build ...
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Six Tips for Finding Community Partners

We’ve all been there. There’s a badge or an activity that the girls are super excited to try and we know that the skills required for that badge are so outside of our comfort zone that just thinking about it makes us anxious.

Maybe your Cadettes want to earn the Digital Movie Maker badge and you’ve yet to master programming your DVR. Or your Juniors are ready to test out their Continue Reading

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6 Amazing Overnight Experiences!

Sleeping bags and giggling girls…there’s just something special about a troop overnight that you can’t get anywhere else. Maybe it’s bonding as you sneak by the adult during a 2 am snack run or the silly stories whispered among friends but whatever it is, it’s essential to Girl Scouts! And we’ve got some great suggestions to take your troop overnight to the next level.

  1. Sleep With the Fishes: Or as ...
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8 Favorite Campfire Recipes from Campers Who Know!

It’s almost fall-time to stop and smell the campfire! Summer’s heat and humidity will soon give way to cooler temperatures and autumn’s colors. This is the perfect time of year to introduce girls to another Girl Scout tradition: cooking outdoors. So grab (or borrow) a dutch oven, some roasting forks, and test out a few of our tried and true campfire delights on your next outdoor cooking adventure! Here are a few of our favorite ...
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