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2018-2019
Program Events
& Activities Guide
www.comgirlscouts.org
gshelper@comgirlscouts.org
Hello Girl Scouts of the
Commonwealth of Virginia!
Thank you for taking an interest in the future As you look through the pages of this
of girls! The 2018-2019 Program Events and year’s guide, you will discover inspirational
Activities Guide is your guide to Girl Scout and educational adventures available to
events and opportunities designed to create girls and learning opportunities for adults.
girls of courage, confidence, and character, Then, visit comgirlscouts.org and log
who make the world a better place. onto COMAR to sign up! If you have any
questions, we’re here to help. Contact us at
We encourage you to sign girls up for as many gshelper@comgirlscouts.org.
experiences as they are interested in. The
more new things girls try, the more likely they Together we unleash the power of G.I.R.L.
are to discover what they’re really good at and (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™!
use it to help others.
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What’s Inside
Tips and FAQs................................................................................... 4-5
How to Register................................................................................... 6
Volunteer Toolkit.................................................................................7
2018 Fall Product Program............................................................. 8
2019 Cookie Program........................................................................ 9
Quick Look at the Program Year........................................... 10-11
Girl Scout Troop & Family Events..........................................12-15
Events for Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors.......................16-25
CSA Corner..........................................................................................26
Events for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors..........27-35
Outdoor Training Extravaganza..................................................36
Adult and Volunteer Training.................................................37-38
GSCV Camp Properties..................................................................39
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Tips and FAQs
What do we need to know about What are the best events
Girl Scout events? to attend?
Girl Scout events are designed to help girls at all It all starts with the girl. Make sure to include girls
levels discover new things, connect with other in the process. Discuss their personal tastes and
girls, and take action in their communities. The preferences, check schedules, and review costs…
final result…girls gain leadership skills without even and then let the girls choose. This is the girl-led
knowing it. process in action.
About our events:
• All Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia When does registration open?
(GSCV) sponsored events are fun, interactive,
held to the highest standards, and developed to Saturday, August 11 at 11:59pm
meet the needs of all girls.
• Events are facilitated by staff, volunteers, When does registration close?
community partners, and/or girls. If space is still available, and unless noted
• Girl Scout troops have the opportunity to otherwise, registration will close one week
participate in a variety of fun, engaging, and prior to the start date of an event.
educational events together.
• Girls can also choose to make new friends by
attending individually with an adult chaperone.
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Will I receive a confirmation? What is expected of troop leaders
Registration confirmations are emailed automatically and adults who attend?
after event purchases, and reminder emails are Troop leaders are responsible for obtaining
sent approximately five days prior to events. The permission slips and for meeting Safety Activity
adult who registered for the event will receive the Checkpoints adult-to-girl ratios for the event.
confirmation. In the case of troop registrations, the Attending adults are expected to assist the event
adult who registered the girl(s) is responsible for staff and girls as needed and to ensure appropriate
sharing the confirmation with all registrants along girl behavior.
with any additional information specific to the
troop’s coordination of attending the event.
How many adults can we bring to
overnight events?
Do Girl Scout volunteers need to
Bed space is limited. Troops should only register the
be registered members? required number of adults to meet Safety Activity
Adults volunteering at Girl Scout events are required Checkpoints. Any additional adults wishing to
to be registered with Girl Scouts of the USA as an attend should contact gshelper@comgirlscouts.org
adult member. Safety is our number one priority. a minimum of two weeks prior to the event to check
We can ensure the safety of all Girl Scouts and availability.
Girl Scout volunteers only when adults become
registered members and complete the required
background check.
What is the cancellation policy?
Up to 4 weeks Cancellations can be transferred
prior to the to a future event at the time of
event cancellation. As space permits.
2-4 weeks prior Cancellations can be transferred
to event to a future event at the time of
cancellation. A $5 processing
fee will be incurred for each
registrant.
Less than 2 Transfers and refunds are not
weeks prior to available.
day events
Less than 2 Transfers and refunds are not
weeks prior to available
overnight events
Event is Full refunds will be issued.
cancelled Refunds should be received
by the council within 2 weeks. All refunds will be
issued through the same financial
process used to purchase.
No refund will be issued when:
• A girl or troop is a no-show.
• A girl leaves an event early.
• It is raining but not inclement weather.
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HOW TO REGISTER ON
How to Register
COMAR
STEP 1: SIGN IN
To view events and activities, visit
www.comgirlscouts.org/COMAR and SIGN IN.
You can also click on the COMAR link on the upper right of the
GSCV home page. Need a log in? No problem! Contact the
GSCV Help
helpdesk Desk at gshelper@comgirlscouts.org.
at GShelper@comgirlscouts.org.
STEP 2: SHOP!
Log into COMAR and click on the “Activities”
tab to view program events.
Use the menu on the left to search by grade, date, activity topic,
and more!
STEP 3: PURCHASE
Make the purchase to secure your spot – and
keep an eye on the girl/adult ratios!
Most purchases require participants to be currently registered
GS or
members. Log in to MY GS, or contact
contact the
the GSCV Help
helpdesk to Desk
renewtoyour
renew your membership.
membership.
Questions? Contact GShelper@comgirlscouts.org or 804.746.0590 x 316. 5
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Fall Product Program
Participation in the Fall Product Program provides opportunities for Girl Scouts at all
levels to set and achieve goals while earning money for troop activities and other
meaningful Girl Scout experiences. Our theme this year is Speak Up / Lead the Way
and the mascots are service dogs. We encourage you to discuss with your girls the
invaluable role service dogs play in people’s lives.
Don’t miss out: take a look at just a few of the rewards girls can earn and the
important dates below. Then start planning for the best Fall Product Program yet!
A few
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Aug 4
Oct 9
Order Taking begins in person and online!
All orders due in UNIFY
rewards
Oct 25 Drive-Thrus and Deliveries Begin
Oct 26 Fredericksburg Nuts and Chocolate Drive-Thru
Oct 27 Dunmar Nuts and Chocolate Drive-Thru
Oct 27 Diamond Nuts and Chocolate Drive-Thru
Nov 5 All hard copy magazine orders due
Nov 14 ACH Sweep
Nov 27 Online Sale ends
Nov 29 Second chance payment ACH sweep
Nov 29 Troop Reward order due in UNIFY
Dec 15 Rewards arrive to Service Units
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T he G i r l S c o u t
Cook i e P r o g r a m
As Troop Leaders, you know the
Girl Scout Cookie Program is the Jan 2 Order taking begins
most popular activity, and for
good reason. When a Girl Scout Jan 28 Troop orders due in
participates in the Girl Scout ABCSmartcookies.com
Cookie Program, she’s doing
more than handing customers Feb 11, Traditional and rural deliveries
a package of cookies. She’s 12 & 13
creating a plan, interacting with
clients, and working as part of a
Feb 14 Fredericksburg Drive-Thru
team. She’s building a lifetime of
skills and confidence.
Feb 15 Richmond Drive-Thru
GSUSA research shows
successful troops have a Troop Feb 16 Chesterfield Drive-Thru
Cookie Manager to support the
Troop Leader during the cookie Mar 27 Troop Recognition orders due in
program. Bring your Troop ABCSmartcookies.com
Cookie Manager to training in
December to ensure your girls April 26 Beginning of recognition
are prepared to set and achieve deliveries
their goals.
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A Quick Look at the 2018-2019 Girl Scout Year
September November
8 Level 1 Archery Training 3 Juliette Low Birthday Campfire
18 Brownie Pets Badge 3 Outdoor Explorers Badge Day
23 Cadette Archery Day 3 Family Archery Day
23 Junior Archery Day 3 Animal Habitats Badge Day
22 Healthy Relationships: 101 5 Car Care Clinic (Fredericksburg)
24 Women’s Self Defense 8 Car Care Clinic (Richmond)
27 Highest Awards Workshop 10 Brownies Making Games (Fredericksburg)
10 Manners that Shine
29 Early Bird Fly-In
10 Maggie Walker’s Jr. Rangers
29-30 Early Bird Flight Night
10 Healthy Relationships 201: Upstanding Friend
11 My Family Story
October 12
17
Women’s Self Defense
Archery Repair and Maintenance
6 Bugs Badge Day 17 Think Like a Programmer
6 Get to Know Nuclear 17 Brownie Pets Badge
7 Junior Archery Day 29 Highest Awards Workshop
7 Brownie Archery Day
8 Think Like an Engineer
Journey Day December
8 Self Defense for Daisies 1 Think Like a Programmer (Fredericksburg)
12-14 Eco Adventure Weekend 1 Bugs Badge Day
13 Daisies Care About 1, 2, 4, Cookie Training
Animals 6, 10, 11 Cookie Training
15 Self Defense for Brownies 3 Self Defense for Brownies and Juniors
and Juniors 6 Daisies Care About Animals
19-20 Night Owl Camp Out 12 Maggie Walker’s Jr. Rangers
20 Level 1 Archery Training 13 Brownie Pets Badge
20 Daisies Board Game 15 Brownies Making Games
Design Challenge 16 Girl Scout Night at the Nutcracker
20 Brownie Pets Badge
20-21 Outdoor Training
Extravaganza!
January
20-21 Camp Out at Maymont 2 Cookie Program Begins
21 Program Aide Training 7 Women’s Self Defense
21 Book Artist 12 Program Aide Training
25 Highest Awards Workshop 13 Playing in the Past
26-28 Alum Weekend 13 Healthy Relationships 101
26-27 Brownie Badge Lock-In 15 Brownie Pets Badge
Sleepover 16 Daisy Financial Literacy Badge Day
29 Women’s Self Defense 19 Financial Literacy Badge Day (Fredericksburg)
19-20 Winter Survivor Adventure Weekend
23 Brownie Financial Literacy Badge Day
28 Self Defense for Brownies and Juniors
30 Junior & Cadette Financial Literacy Badge Day
31 Highest Awards Workshop
10February April
6 Brownie Pets Badge 6-7 Level 1 and Level 2
9 Healthy Relationships 201: Archery Training
Don’t Assume 8 Women’s Self Defense
10 Ladylike 12-14 Troop Camping Essentials
11 Women’s Self Defense 13 Junior Archery Day
13 Daisies Care About Animals 13 Brownie Archery Day
16 Girl Scout Night at the Ballet - 13 Daisies Care About Animals
Cinderella 13 Brownie Pets Badge
23 Level 1 Archery Training 14 A Sister to Every Girl Scout
25 Self Defense for Brownies 14 Healthy Relationships 201: Teens Talk Tech
and Juniors 25 Highest Awards Workshop
28 Highest Awards Workshop 27 Brownies Making Games
27 Maggie Walker’s Jr. Rangers
28 Gold and Silver Award Recognition
March Ceremony
29 Self Defense for Brownies and Juniors
2 Animal Habitats Badge Day
9 Zoologist
9 Animal Habitats Badge Day May
9 Daisy Board Game Design
Challenge (Fredericksburg) 4-5 Think Like an Engineer Adventure Weekend
9 Maggie Walker’s Jr. Rangers 4 Daisy Board Game Design Challenge
11 Self Defense for Brownies 5 2019 Pamunkey Ridge Camp Open House
and Juniors 5 Opening Campfire
15-17 Art in the Outdoors Adventure 6 Women’s Self Defense
Weekend 11 Cadette Archery Day
16 Level 1 Archery Training 11 Junior Archery Day
17 Book Artist 11 Water Drop at Maymont
18 Self Defense for Daisies 11 Bugs Badge Day
19 Brownie Pets Badge 14 Daisies Care About Animals
22-23 Service Day Troop and Family 16 Brownie Pets Badge
Camp Out at Pamunkey 16 Girl Scout Legislative Day
23 Service Day at Pamunkey 16 Junior Girl Scout Legislative Day
Ridge 18-19 Brownie Badge Lock-In Sleepover
23 Medical Sciences Career Day 19 Textile Artist
23 Girl Scout Day at the Virginia 20 Self Defense for Brownies and Juniors
War Memorial 30 Highest Awards Workshop
23 Think Like a Programmer
(Fredericksburg)
25 Women’s Self Defense June
28 Highest Awards Workshop
29-30 Service Day Family Camp Out TBD Girl Scout Night at the Diamond
at Camp Kittamaqund 2 Mother-Daughter Victorian Tea
30 Service Day at Camp 3 Self Defense for Daisies
Kittamaqund 8 Girl Scout Day at King’s Dominion
30 Think Like a Programmer 9 Stellar Seller
27 Highest Awards Workshop
11Girl Scout Troop and Family Events
Juliette Low Birthday Campfire
Archery Repair and
D B J C S A Equipment Maintenance
November 3, 2018
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
S A C S A
New
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Plus Adults !
Cost: FREE (Maximum: 2000) November 17, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low started the Girl Scout
Movement for all girls to serve the community, learn
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
new skills, and have fun in the Outdoors. Join us as we
Participant Cost: $5 (Maximum: 24)
celebrate our founder and live out her Girl Scouting
dream at Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp! All girls, Learn all about archery equipment and
troops, families, and friends are invited to spend the maintenance and give back by helping keep GSCV’s
evening ‘round the campfire roasting marshmallows, archery equipment pristine. Participants in this
singing Girl Scout songs, making SWAPS, and sharing event will learn to re-string bows, repair broken
sisterhood. arrows, and learn from the best about what it takes
to run a Girl Scout archery program. This event
is open to Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts,
Troop Leaders, Volunteers, Alumni, and adult family
members - all are invited to come out.
Girl Scout Family Archery Day
B J C S A
Plus Adults, Parents, Siblings grade 2 or older
Girl Scout Night at the Nutcracker
November 3, 2018
D B J C S A
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
New
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
! December 16, 2018
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp Dominion Arts Center – The Carpenter Theatre
Participant Cost: $10 (Maximum: 24) Cost: Reduced-rate Ticket Prices depend on seat
location and date of purchase.
Girl Scouts in grades 2-12 and their families are
invited to practice archery at Pamunkey Ridge! Enjoy a day with your Girl Scout family, friends, and
This event is open to all Girl Scouts and Girl favorite Sugar Plum Fairies at the Richmond Ballet’s
Scout siblings in second grade or older. Girls and rendition of the Nutcracker. Girl Scouts are invited to
family members will learn the basics of archery enjoy the show and participate in a special meet & greet
and practice with some of the cast and characters of The Nutcracker
shooting on the immediately following the performance. Girl Scouts
range. Archery and their families will have access to discounted tickets
patches will be for this timeless family classic. Tickets are on sale now
provided to girl and can be purchased through the Richmond Ballet Box
participants. Office or online using the provided private link. Updates
will be posted in Friday News!
12Girl Scout Night at the Ballet – Service Day at Pamunkey Ridge
Cinderella
D B J C S A
D B J C S A
March 23, 2019
February 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Dominion Arts Center – The Carpenter Theatre Cost: FREE (Maximum:400)
Cost: Reduced-rate Ticket Prices depend on seat
Spend the day at Camp Pamunkey Ridge working to make
location and date of purchase.
camp as beautiful as it can be! Troops, family, and friends
Enjoy a day with your Girl Scout family, friends, and favorite are invited to come to camp and help us clean up after a
Fairy Godmother at the Richmond Ballet’s rendition of long winter season. There are lots of projects for us to do,
Cinderella. Girl Scouts are invited to enjoy the show and so come prepared to work. All equipment will be provided,
participate in a special meet & greet with some of the cast as well as breakfast and lunch. Girl Scouts will receive a
and characters of Cinderella immediately following the Camp Pamunkey Ridge Service Day 2019 Patch.
performance. Girl Scouts and their families will have access
to discounted tickets for this classic. Tickets are on sale
now and can be purchased through the Richmond Ballet
Box Office or online using the provided private link. Updates Service Day Girl Scout Troop
will be posted in Friday News!
and Family Camp Out
D B J C S A
New
Service Day Girl Scout Troop March 29-30, 2019 !
and Family Camp Out 6:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Camp Kittamaqund
D B J C S A New Cost: $5 per person (Maximum: 100)
March 22-23, 2019
!
Before we spend the day working to make camp
6:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. as beautiful as it can be, spend the night singing,
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp playing, and making memories with your family! Girl
Cost: $5 per person (Maximum: 200) Scout troops, families, and siblings ages 6 and older
are invited to spend the night at Camp Kitty before
Before we spend the day working to make camp as Service Day! That night, we’ll learn new nature games,
beautiful as it can be, spend the night singing, playing, sing songs, tell stories ‘round the campfire, and roast
and making memories with your Girl Scout Troop, marshmallows. On Saturday morning, families will
family and friends! Girl Scout troops, families, and help us make needed improvements around camp.
siblings ages 6 and older are invited to spend the night There are lots of projects for us to do, so come
at Camp Pamunkey Ridge before Service Day! Friday prepared to work. All equipment will be provided, as
night, we’ll learn new nature games, sing songs, tell well as breakfast and lunch. Girl Scouts will receive a
stories ‘round the campfire, and roast marshmallows. Camp Kittamaqund Service Day Patch. Platform tents
On Saturday morning, troops and families will help will be first come, first serve. Families are encouraged
us make needed improvements around camp. There to bring their own tents.
are lots of projects for us to do, so come prepared
to work. All equipment will be provided, as well as
breakfast and lunch. Girl Scouts will receive a Camp
Pamunkey Ridge Service Day Patch. Families are
encouraged to bring their own tents.
13Girl Scout Troop and Family Events
Camp Kittamaqund Service Day 2019 Pamunkey Ridge Camp
Open House
D B J C S A
D B J C S A
March 30, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. May 5, 2019
Camp Kittamaqund 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE (Maximum: 200) Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Spend the day at Camp Kitty working to make camp as Cost: FREE (Maximum: 500)
beautiful as ever! Troops, families, and friends are invited Summer is right around the corner, and Pamunkey Ridge
to come to camp and help us clean up after a long winter Girl Scout Camp is ready for you! Visit Pamunkey Ridge
season. There are lots of projects for us to do, so come with your family to see what Girl Scout Camp is all about!
prepared to work. All equipment will be provided, as See where you’ll be sleeping, eating meals, and making
well lunch. Girl Scouts will receive a Camp Kittamaqund memories with new friends. Walk around camp to check
Service Day 2019 Patch. out the archery range, waterfront, arts and crafts, and
especially the campfire. Ask your questions and learn
what Girl Scout camp is all about. We’ll introduce you to
our summer camp staff and give you a lay of the land
Gold and Silver Award so you’ll know everything you need to have a blast this
summer!
Recognition Ceremony
Gold and Silver Award Girl Scouts
and their families
April 28, 2019 Opening Campfire
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
D B J C S A
Acca Shrine Center, Inspired
Richmond, VA
Cost: FREE Girl
by a May 5, 2019
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(Maximum: 575)
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Calling all Gold and Cost: FREE (Maximum: 2000)
Silver Award Girl Scouts!
It’s time to kick off summer and celebrate the beginning
If you earned your Gold or
of summer camp! All girls, troops, families, and friends
Silver Award between April 2018 and March 1, 2019,
are invited to spend the afternoon ‘round the campfire
it is time to celebrate you! Join us at the Acca
roasting marshmallows, singing Girl Scout songs, making
Shrine Center to recognize the achievements and
SWAPS, and sharing sisterhood. Together, we’ll wake
impact Girl Scouts in the Commonwealth made
up the forest and get her ready for another amazing
in their communities this year and inspire us to
continue to Take Action. Girls who attend will be summer of camp memories.
recognized on stage by our CEO and Board Chair
with a reception to follow. Congratulations!
14Mother-Daughter Victorian Tea Girl Scout Day at King’s Dominion
D B J C S A D B J C S A
June 2, 2019 June 8, 2019
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. King’s Dominion
Maymont Mansion King’s Dominion is excited to host girls, families, and
Girl Cost: $25 (Girl Maximum: 25) friends at this special discounted day just for Girl
Adult Cost: $25 (Adult Maximum: 25) Scouts! Using our special Girl Scout promo code, Girl
Scout troops and families can enjoy a day at the park to
Dress up and celebrate the end of a great Girl Scouting celebrate all of your achievements and the end of the Girl
year as elegant Victorian ladies welcome girls and their Scout year. Closer to the event, discounted tickets and
mothers to a party full of fun and fashion. Discover King’s Dominion Fun Patches can be purchased on the
traditions and clothing from the past as you explore the King’s Dominion website.
Dooleys’ 1893 home, take a horse-drawn carriage ride
and enjoy an old-fashioned tea party. Girls will receive the
Maymont Patch.
Stellar Seller
D B J C S A
Girl Scout Night at the Diamond
June 9, 2019
D B J C S A Time TBD
Date, Time, and Cost TBD Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Girl Cost: FREE
It’s the BEST night in Minor League Baseball! Girl Adult Cost: FREE
Scouts, friends, and families are invited to cheer on
the Richmond Flying Squirrels at this signature event. Calling all 2019 Stellar Sellers! We can’t wait to celebrate
Girl Scouts are invited to participate in the pre-game your AMAZING accomplishment of selling 750+ packages
Girl Scout Parade around the field, troops and families of Girl Scout Cookies this season! This event is all about
are invited to camp out on the field after the game, you and your families. First, we’ll recognize you in a
and Cookie Bosses who sell 500+ packages of cookies special ceremony, where you will receive all your 750+
will receive two tickets for free! Stay tuned for more recognitions and 1000+ sellers will lay their personalized
information as we get closer to this event. bricks on the path at Cookie Lane. We’ll spend the rest
of the day with fun outdoor adventure activities, sweet
treats, and an exclusive sneak peek at the 2020 theme
and incentives.
15Events for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts
New
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Brownie Pets Badge Early Bird Fly-In for
Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors
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September 18, 2018
December 13, 2019 September 29, 2018
January 15, 2019 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
February 6, 2019 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
March 19, 2019
May 16, 2019 Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Girl Cost: $5 (Girl Maximum: 300)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 100)
October 20, 2018
2:00 p.m.– 4:30 p.m. Fly into another FANTASTIC year of Girl Scouting with
your Troop at Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp! Be
November 17, 2018 the FIRST to try out activities from the brand-new
April 13, 2019 STEM badges, score points for your team during the
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. camp-wide field games and invent a new type of
S’More ‘round the campfire. You’ll have so much fun,
Richmond SPCA you’ll want to “tweet” about it later! This troop event is
Weekend Events: Girl Cost $12, Adult Cost: $0 open to all Daisy, Brownie, and Junior troops who had
Weeknight Events: Girl Cost $14, Adult Cost: $2 at least five girls and two adults “Early Bird” between
(Girl Maximum: 20) (Adult Maximum: 15) May 1, 2018 and June 15, 2018.
Come visit the Richmond SPCA to learn everything you
need to know about pet care. At this event, you’ll learn
how to keep a pet comfy, practice different grooming Early Bird Flight Night for
techniques, and make toys to make the pets feel loved. Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and
Brownies will leave ready to care for pets big and small!
Girls will earn and receive the Pets Badge. Weeknight
Ambassadors
event fees include pizza dinner and drinks.
J C S A
September 29-30, 2018
6:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Junior Archery Day Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 120)
J Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 60)
September 23, 2018 This Girl Scout year flew by! Celebrate signing up
October 7, 2018 for your next year of adventures with your troop at
April 13, 2019 an older girls-only overnight at Pamunkey Ridge Girl
May 11, 2019 Scout Camp! Learn from female experts in flight about
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. what it takes to break glass ceilings, play games and
make SWAPS literally under the stars, and use your
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp experience to design a never-before-seen S’More
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 24) recipe. In the morning, we’ll ring in the new Girl Scout
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 24) Year before you Take Off! This troop event is open to
all Junior, Cadette, Senior, and
Girl Scout Juniors will practice archery on this special Ambassador troops who
archery day just for them. Girls will learn the basics of had at least five girls and
archery and practice shooting on the range. Archery two adults “Early Bird”
patches will be provided. between May 1, 2018 and
June 15, 2018.
16Bugs Badge Day Brownie Archery Day
B B
October 6, 2018 October 7, 2018
December 1, 2018 April 13, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Twin Hickory Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Recreation Center Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 24)
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 25) Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 24)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 5)
Girl Scout Brownies will learn new archery skills on this
Girl Scout Brownies will spend the day with educators special day just for them. Girls will learn the basics of
at the Henricopolis Soil & Water Conservation District archery and practice shooting on the range. Archery
learning about conservation and completing the patches will be provided.
activities to earn the Bugs Badge. Girls will be indoors
and outdoors to get a true perspective of a bug, create
bug-inspired art, and learn what it’s like to be one of the
littlest creatures around.
Self Defense for Daisies
New
D !
Get to Know Nuclear Engineering October 8, 2018
March 18, 2019
with Dominion Energy June 3, 2019
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
J C S A
Tactical Martial Arts
October 6, 2018 Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 25)
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25)
Dominion Innsbrook Facility A Girl Scout will always do what’s right, which can
Girl Cost: $7 sometimes mean standing up for herself or others.
(Girl Maximum: 100) Daisies will learn from an 8th degree, Hall of Fame,
Adult Cost: FREE Black Belt instructor about what bullying behavior
(Adult Maximum: 50) looks like, what to do when someone is being
bullied, and will practice fun self-defense moves to
Earn the official American Nuclear Society Girl Scout
boost confidence.
patch with Dominion Energy and VCU School of
Engineering! This fantastic STEM program includes
hands-on activities and discussions with industry leaders
and VCU students. Topics for the day include the atom,
radiation, nuclear energy, constructing a cloud chamber,
and much more!
17Events for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts
Eco Adventure Weekend Self Defense for Brownies
New and Juniors New
D B J C ! !
B J
October 12-13, 2018
6:00 p.m. Friday to 12:00 p.m. Saturday October 15, 2018
Daisy Day: October 13, 2018 December 3, 2018
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. January 28, 2019
February 25, 2019
October 13, 2018 – October 14, 2018 March 11, 2019
6:00 p.m. Saturday to 12:00 p.m. Sunday April 29, 2019
May 20, 2019
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Girl Cost: $35 (Girl Maximum: 120)
Adult Cost: $15 (Adult Maximum: 60) Tactical Martial Arts
Daisy Day Cost: $10 Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 25)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25)
Do you love the outdoors? Join us at Pamunkey Ridge
Girl Scout Camp to earn the NEW Eco badge for your Girl Scouts know that sometimes they have to be
level at our Eco Adventure Weekend! courageous and strong when their peers are in
Connect with the earth as you learn trouble. At this event, Brownies and Juniors will
about environmental stewardship, learn from an 8th degree, Hall of Fame, Black Belt
leave no trace, and how to make a instructor about what bullying behavior looks like,
difference in nature. Badges will be what to do when someone is being bullied, and the
provided at the event. best ways to defend themselves against physical
bullying behavior. Girls will practice fun self-defense
moves that will increase confidence and get them
moving.
Daisies Care About Animals
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October 13, 2018
Daisy Board Game New
April 13, 2019 Design Challenge !
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
D
December 6, 2018
February 13, 2019 Fall: October 20, 2018
May 14, 2019 Spring: May 4, 2019
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Richmond SPCA
Weekend Events: Girl Cost $7, Adult Cost: FREE Children’s Museum of Richmond
Weeknight Events: Girl Cost $9, Adult Cost: $2 Girl Cost: $15 (Girl Maximum: 25)
(Girl Maximum: 30) (Adult Maximum: 20) Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 25)
Whether your troop wants to jump-start the 3 Cheers for Daisies will become engineers as they use their
Animals Journey, or you just want to visit a wagging tail, imaginations to solve problems and create new
come visit the Richmond SPCA to learn all about animal products. Girls will design, build, and test a spinning
care! Daisies will discover what animals need to stay piece for their own board game and invent the rules,
healthy and do their part to keep them happy. Weeknight prizes, and strategies to go along with it. Daisies will
event fees include pizza dinner and drinks. earn their Board Game Design Challenge Badge, play
their board games with their Girl Scout sisters, and
have the opportunity to explore the museum.
18Camp Out at Maymont
Outdoor Explorers
B J C S A
Badge Day New
October 20-21, 2018 !
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 a.m. D B J C S A
Maymont Grounds November 3, 2018
Girl Cost: $40 (Girl Maximum: 100) 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Adult Cost: $20 (Adult Maximum: 20)
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
There’s no need to be afraid of the dark! Maymont’s Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 100)
beautiful grounds come alive at night with nocturnal Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 50)
noises and starry skies. Tune in your senses and practice
being a night-time prowler. Participants can expect to go Explore Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp and
on a night hike, meet animals, and learn Leave No Trace uncover her secrets! Before we settle down for
camping practices. Juliette Low Birthday Campfire, we’ll spend the day
searching for treasure, learning clues from nature,
and going on the best adventures yet! Daisies will
earn a scavenger hunt fun patch, Brownies will earn
Brownie Badge Lock In Letterboxer, Juniors will earn Geocacher, Cadettes
will earn Trailblazing, Seniors will earn Paddling, and
B Ambassadors will earn Ultimate Outdoor Recreation
Challenge.
Fall: October 26-27, 2018
Spring: May 18-19, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Children’s Museum of Richmond
Girl Cost: $50 (Girl Maximum: 50)
Adult Cost: $20 (Adult Maximum: 40)
Brownies will spend the night with their friends at the
coolest sleepover ever! Girls and their adults will get
exclusive nighttime access to the Children’s Museum of
Richmond, where they’ll earn the Home Scientist and
Potter Badges on one night, explore the museum, and
enjoy a snack before bed.
Animal Habitats Badge Day
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November 3, 2018
March 2, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Twin Hickory Recreation Center
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 25)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 5)
Junior Girl Scouts will spend the day with professionals
at Henricopolis Soil & Water Conservation District earning
the Animal Habitats Badge. Girls will explore local and
endangered habitats, learn about conservation, and
discover new ways they can help. Juniors will come as
animal lovers and leave as animal advocates!
19Events for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts
New
Brownie Making Games ! Maggie Walker’s Jr. Rangers
B D B J C S A
November 10, 2018 November 10, 2018
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. December 12, 2018
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. March 9, 2019
April 27, 2019
Children’s Museum 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
of Fredericksburg 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Girl Cost: $15
(Girl Maximum: 50) Maggie Walker National Historical Site
Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 40) Girl Cost: $3 (Girl Maximum: 20)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 20)
When you’re a Brownie, you see games everywhere!
Girls will use their imaginations to invent new Maggie L. Walker devoted her life to civil rights
games they can play with friends or change the advancement, economic empowerment, and educational
games they love to add new challenges. They will go opportunities for African Americans and women.
on a scavenger hunt, create new sports, and best Ms. Walker was also instrumental in helping create the
of all, share the fun with their Girl Scout sisters. first African American Girl Scout Troop in the South, right
Brownies will earn their Making Games Badge and here in our council! Girl Scouts will explore the story of
have the opportunity to explore the museum. Maggie Walker and learn more about her life and local
Girl Scout history. Girls will take action on a series of
hands-on activities and take home the Maggie Walker Jr.
Ranger Patch.
Manners That Shine
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November 10, 2018
My Family Story
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. B
Maymont Garden Hall
November 11, 2018
Girl Cost: $20 (Girl Maximum: 42)
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Adult Cost: $3 (Adult Maximum: 10)
The Valentine
Using nice manners is one of the best ways to show
Girl Cost: $12 Girl Maximum: 50
respect for others and build confidence to handle life’s
Adult Cost: $2 Adult Maximum: 20
challenging situations. Brownies and Juniors will practice
introducing themselves, writing thank you notes, using Discover Richmond traditions and heirlooms while
good telephone manners, and being a great guest and exploring your own family story. Visit the galleries and
host. Girls will put all their new skills into action at a learn about the women and girls who called Richmond
fun tea party at the end! Brownies will earn the Making home, play games from the past and create your own
Friends badge and Juniors will earn the Social Butterfly family tree. Brownies will earn the My Family Story Badge.
badge.
20New New
Think Like a Programmer ! Brownie Making Games !
D B B
Fall: November 17, 2018 December 15, 2018
Spring: March 30, 2019 April 27, 2019
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Children’s Museum of Richmond Children’s Museum
Girl Cost: $15 (Girl Maximum: 25) of Richmond
Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 25) Girl Cost: $15 (Girl Maximum: 50)
Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 40)
Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies will learn to think
like computer programmers and practice solving When you’re a Brownie, you see games everywhere!
problems by breaking them down into smaller Girls will use their imaginations to invent new
pieces. Using art and movement, girls will explore games they can play with friends or change the
binary code and the important roles coding plays in games they love to add new challenges. They will go
our life. Participants will earn and receive the first on a scavenger hunt, create new sports, and best
award in the Think Like a Programmer Journey, and of all, share the fun with their Girl Scout sisters.
can design and implement a Take Action Project Brownies will earn their Making Games Badge and
with their troop to complete the Journey entirely. have the opportunity to explore the museum.
Playing in the Past
J
January 13, 2019
Think Like a Programmer 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
D B The Valentine
Girl Cost: $12 (Girl Maximum: 50)
December 1, 2018 Adult Cost: $2 (Adult Maximum: 20)
March 23, 2019
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Experience what life was like for women and girls in
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. the 1800’s! Explore the Valentine’s 1812 Wickham House
to learn about the daily lives of the girls who called
Children’s Museum of Fredericksburg Richmond home and practice some of the activities they
Girl Cost: $15 (Girl Maximum: 50) did. Juniors will earn the Playing the Past Badge.
Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 50)
Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies will learn to think
like computer programmers and practice solving
problems by breaking them down into smaller
pieces. Using art and movement, girls will explore
binary code and the important roles coding plays in
our life. Participants will earn and receive the first
award in the Think Like a Programmer Journey, and
can design and implement a Take Action Project
with their troop to complete the Journey entirely.
21Events for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts
Daisy Financial Winter Survivor Adventure
Literacy Badge Day Weekend
D J C S A
January 16, 2019 January 19-20, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Virginia Credit Union Boulder Office
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
January 19, 2019 Girl Cost: $25 Girl Maximum: 80
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Adult Cost: $10 Adult Maximum: 30
Fredericksburg
This weekend is for the Girl Scout who wants to face
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 55) challenges, seek higher adventures, and take her survival
Adult Cost: FREE into her own hands at Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp.
Camping in the summertime is a breeze, but camping
Daisies will become Money Managers with the in the winter presents new experiences and requires
professionals at Virginia Credit Union. Girls will learn different skillsets. During this one winter night, girls will
hands-on about the value of coins, explore their needs cook their own dinners over the campfire, learn winter
versus their wants, and will learn how much it costs to survival techniques in the forest, and come together as a
have a day of fun. Daisies will earn their Money Counts team through challenges, games, and hands-on activities.
and Making Choices Leaves at this event. A winter camping fun patch will be included at this event.
Brownie Financial Junior & Cadette Financial
Literacy Badge Day Literacy Badge Day
B J C
January 23, 2019 January 30, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Virginia Credit Union Virginia Credit Union Boulder Office
Boulder Office
January 19, 2019
January 19, 2019 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 50)
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 65) Adult Cost: FREE
Adult Cost: FREE
Juniors and Cadettes will become master decision
Brownies will master their Money Management Skills makers with the professionals at Virginia Credit Union.
and learn all about the customer experience with the Girls will discover their values, needs and wants, learn
professionals at Virginia Credit Union. Girls will practice what it takes to run a business while exploring their
handling money and working with customers hands-on future goals, and create a budget
while they “shop” for the things they need and want, to make it all possible. Juniors
learn to accept cash and make change, and role play will earn the Business Owner
the best customer interactions – just in time for Cookie and Savvy Shopper badges.
Season! Brownies will earn the Meet My Customers and
Money Manager badges.
22Ladylike New
Daisy Board Game !
J C Design Challenge
February 10, 2019
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
D
The Valentine March 9, 2019
Girl Cost: $15 (Girl Maximum: 50) 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Adult Cost: $2 (Adult Maximum: 20) 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Explore the lives of Richmond’s historic women and Children’s Museum of
learn how the etiquette, attributes and causes of women Fredericksburg
evolved from 1820-present. Richmonders Elizabeth Van Girl Cost: $15 (Girl Maximum: 25)
Lew, Maggie Walker, Lila Meade Valentine and others will Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 20)
be discussed. All girls will receive a Valentine Museum Daisies will become engineers as they use their
patch. imaginations to solve problems and create new
products. Girls will design, build, and test a spinning
piece for their own board game and invent the
rules, prizes, and strategies to go along with it.
Animal Habitats Badge Day Daisies will earn their Board Game Design Challenge
Badge, play their board games with their Girl Scout
J sisters, and have the opportunity to explore the
museum.
March 9, 2019
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Maymont Grounds, Farm
Girl Cost: $20 (Girl Maximum: 100) Zoologist
Adult Cost: $3 (Adult Maximum: 20)
D B J C S A
Why do we study habitats? Because they are part of an
animal’s survival! Explore Maymont’s grounds and Virginia March 9, 2019
habitats where many species of wildlife call home. 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Participants can expect to investigate wild animals, their
habitats, and learn how to protect these special places. Maymont Nature Center, Grounds, Farm
They will even create their own Girl Cost: $20 (Girl Maximum: 100)
animal house! Juniors attending Adult Cost: $3 (Adult Maximum: 20)
this event will earn and receive Everyone loves animals, but they require a lot of care!
the Animal Habitats Badge. Become an animal keeper and practice some of
their skills to provide TLC for Maymont’s inhabitants.
Participants can expect to watch an animal feeding,
create a craft, and interact with animals.
23Events for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts
New
Art in the Outdoors ! A Sister to Every Girl Scout
Adventure Weekend D
D B J C S A April 14, 2019
1:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.
March 15-16, 2019
6:00 p.m. Friday – 12:00 p.m. Saturday
The Valentine
Girl Cost: $12
Daisy Day: March 16, 2019
(Girl Maximum: 50)
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Adult Cost: $5
(Adult Maximum: 20)
March 16-17, 2019
6:00 p.m. Saturday – 12:00 p.m. Sunday
Embrace the similarities and differences between girls
by learning about girls of varying backgrounds and
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp experiences from history and today. Learn what it means
Girl Cost: $35 (Girl Maximum: 120) to be a “sister” to the girls that you know, and share
Adult Cost: $15 (Adult Maximum: 60) sisterhood with other Girl Scouts. This event will fulfill
Daisy Cost: $10 all the requirements of the Daisy Vi Petal – Be a Sister to
Every Girl Scout.
Combine your love of nature with
your love of the arts! Join us at
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
to earn the Outdoor Artist badge
for your level at our Outdoor Think Like an Engineer
Artist Adventure Weekend! Make Adventure Weekend
beautiful art creations at this
hands-on weekend as you try new art mediums B J C S A
and become inspired by the beauty of nature.
New
Badges will be provided at the event. May 4-5, 2019
4:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.
!
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp
Girl Scout Day at the Virginia Girl Cost: $35 (Girl Maximum: 120)
War Memorial Adult Cost: $15 (Adult Maximum: 60)
B J C S A Earn the Think Like an Engineer Journey with your
Girl Scout sisters! Join us at Pamunkey Ridge Girl
March 23, 2019
Scout Camp to earn both awards of the Think
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Like an Engineer Journey by creating models and
prototypes of machines designed to solve world
The Virginia War Memorial problems, working as a team to identify solutions,
Girl Cost: $5 Girl Maximum: 60 and taking action to spread awareness about
Adult Cost: $2 Adult Maximum: 35 women in the engineering world. This overnight
event is for Girl Scout Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes,
The Virginia War Memorial honors all Virginia veterans, Seniors, and Ambassadors. Journey Awards will be
but those who were killed in action during World War II, provided at the event.
Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War are particularly
honored in the Memorial’s Shrine of Memory. Spend the
morning at the memorial participating in a scavenger
hunt, joining in a World War II decoding activity, learning
about the STEM principles used in war by making slime,
and learn about women’s roles in the military. Each girl
will leave with a Virginia War Memorial patch.
24Water Drop Girl Scout Legislative Day
for Juniors
D B J C S A
J
May 11, 2019
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. May 16, 2019
Time TBD
Maymont Nature Center, Grounds
Girl Cost: $20 (Girl Maximum: 100) The Virginia Capitol
Adult Cost: $3 (Adult Maximum: 20) Girl Cost: $5 (Girl Maximum: 50)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25)
Water is so important to our way of life. At this event,
girls will investigate a freshwater creek and learn the Spend the day at the Virginia State Capitol to get an
importance of watery habitats, pollution, and how we inside look at the rich history of our state and how the
depend on water bodies! Participants can expect to Virginia Legislature functions today. This important
conduct water quality testing, dip-netting, and interacting program includes a tour of the Capitol building and halls
with creek critters. designed by Thomas Jefferson, a mock vote in the real
House Chambers, and NEW this year! Join the Center
for Public Policy at VCU’s Wilder School for hands-on
practice in creating a bill. Learn how to create change
Bugs Badge Day in your community by identifying a problem, drafting a
bill, determining how to gain support and funding, and
B coming to an agreement. You’ll learn how important it
is to be civically engaged and might find out that Public
May 11, 2019 Service is for you! Girls will go home with a Legislative
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Day 2019 Patch.
Maymont Nature Center, Grounds
Girl Cost: $20 (Girl Maximum: 100)
Adult Cost: $3 (Adult Maximum: 20)
What’s all the buzz about bugs? Bugs help us in lots of
cool ways because they do so much! We will learn about
the different characteristics of insects, their habits, and
their influence on our ecosystem. Participants can expect
to explore bug homes, identify bug species on Maymont’s
grounds, and create beautiful bug crafts. Brownies
attending this event will meet all the requirements of the
Bugs Badge.
25The C, S, A Corner
Leadership Opportunities and Experiences
Just for Girl Scout Teens!
The GAB Program – Green Aide Brigade
For girls who have completed their PA, CIT, LIT, or VIT:
Join an elite team of teen Girl Scouts who are trained and trusted to facilitate activities at Girl
Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia program events. Through the GAB Program, teens
will learn vital life skills such as decision making and flexibility while being mentored by peers
and GSCV program staff. When girls join the GAB ranks, they will outline their leadership
goals for the year and work one-on-one with mentors to achieve them. GABs will also make
unforgettable memories as they bond with girls their age across the Commonwealth. Active
GABs will easily earn their Service to Girl Scouting Bar and hours of community service for
school or extracurricular awards.
Girls interested in becoming a GAB should email gshelper@comgirlscouts.org with the
subject line “GAB Application.” The email should include the girl’s name, grade, primary email
contact, a list of three personal or professional goals they are working toward, and a paragraph
on why they want to be a GAB. Girls are invited to apply any time throughout the year.
GABs will be invited to spend the night at camp during overnight program weekends to help set
up activities and meals. We can’t wait to grow with you!
Don’t Miss 2019 Going for Gold?
Destinations! Determined to achieve Silver?
Did you know that you The Girl Scout Gold Award and Silver Award
can travel all over the are the highest Awards in Girl Scouting and
country AND the world are unlike any experience you’ve had so far!
on exclusive trips just Learn everything you need to know about
for Girl Scouts? Girl the Gold and Silver Awards at a Highest
Scout Destinations is the Award Workshop, held the last Thursday of
best kept secret in the each month from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. In this
movement! Check out interactive workshop, girls learn the project
www.girlscouts.org/ process, expectations, and take part in
destinations to see which hands-on exercises to get inspired and take
trips are in the works. First the next steps. Gold Award Girls can start
round applications are brainstorming now by creating an account at
due to council November www.girlscouts.org/gogoldonline.
15, 2018. Partial Financial
Assistance is available.
26Events for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Level 1 Archery Training Cadette Archery Day
A C
Plus Adults September 23, 2018
May 11, 2019
September 8, 2018 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
October 20, 2018
February 23, 2019 Pamunkey Ridge
March 16, 2019 Girl Scout Camp
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Girl Cost: $15
(Girl Maximum: 24)
Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp Adult Cost: FREE
Cost: $40 (Maximum: 14)
Girl Scout Cadettes will earn the
Archery is a Girl Scout pastime and a confidence archery badge on this special archery
boosting experience for girls. By taking the Level 1 day just for them. Girls will discover more
Archery training, you are becoming a certified archery about the equipment used in archery, practice
instructor and are able to bring this experience to girls shooting on and off the range, and create
in your troop, service unit, or for special events! This a solo or group archery challenge to master. Archery
training is open to adults and Girl Scout Ambassadors Badges will be provided at this event.
ages 15 and older. Girls under 18 years of age who
become certified will be able to lead archery instruction
with girls and will need to have a certified adult on site
with them. The program fee for this event includes
the official USA Archery training manual, course, and
supplies.
27Events for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
New
Women’s Self Defense ! Early Bird Flight Night for
Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and
C S A Ambassadors
September 24, 2018
October 29, 2018
J C S A
November 12, 2018 September 29-30, 2018
January 7, 2019 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.
February 11, 2019
March 25, 2019 Pamunkey Ridge
New
April 8, 2019
May 6, 2019
Girl Scout Camp
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 120) !
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Adult Cost: $5 (Adult Maximum: 60)
Tactical Martial Arts This Girl Scout year flew by! Celebrate signing up
Girl Cost: $10 (Girl Maximum: 25) for your next year of adventures with your troop at
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25) an older girls-only overnight at Pamunkey Ridge Girl
Scout Camp! Learn from female experts in flight about
Come and learn fun and exciting self-defense what it takes to break glass ceilings, play games and
training with an 8th degree, Hall of Fame, Black Belt make SWAPS literally under the stars, and use your
instructor. Requested by the GSCV Teen Advisory experience to design a never-before-seen S’More
Board, girls will practice defending themselves recipe. In the morning, we’ll ring in the new Girl Scout
against the five most common ways women are Year before you Take Off! This troop event is open to
approached by aggressors. Girls will learn how to all Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador troops
take their safety into their own hands and leave who had at least five girls and two adults “Early Bird”
with the confidence knowing they have the skills to between May 1, 2018 and June 15, 2018.
defend themselves.
Highest Awards Workshops
C S A
The Last Thursday of each month
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Locations Vary
Cost: FREE
Maximum: 35
Girls interested in earning the Girl Scout Silver Award
or Girl Scout Gold Award can attend this interactive
workshop to learn everything they need to know about
the process, award requirements, and how to get started
on the highest awards in Girl Scouting. Workshops will
often take place at the GSCV Office in Richmond, but
locations do vary, so please check COMAR.
28New
Healthy Relationships Patch Program !
Inspired by the GSCV Teen Advisory Board, this four-part series led by local professionals will support teen girls as
they navigate new social situations, peer pressures, and discover their values. Girls can attend each session for the full
experience or just sessions that pique their interests. Girls will receive the primary Healthy Relationships Series patch in the
introductory session and can add individual session patches to the primary patch as they attend more sessions. Workshops
will cover general themes, but girls will guide discussions and brainstorm solutions with peers and peer instructors.
Healthy Relationships Patch Program: Healthy Relationships Patch Program:
Relationships 101 Relationships 201:
Don’t Assume
C S A
C S A
September 22, 2018
10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. February 9, 2019
Redeemer Lutheran Church 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
January 13, 2019 Church of the Redeemer, Mechanicsville
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Girl Cost: $5 (Girl Maximum: 25)
Henrico Location TBD Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25)
Girl Cost: $5 (Girl Maximum: 25) In this session, girls will take part in hands-on activities
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25) to discover how communication affects relationships
In an interactive environment, girls will explore their and how lack of communication makes them feel.
relationships with others and discover tools to practice Girls will explore the concepts of assumption, consent,
healthy relationships of all kinds. Learn how to spot red and verbal versus nonverbal communication to learn
flags in an unhealthy relationship and advocate for yourself to communicate more effectively. Girls will receive
and your friends. In this session, girls will receive the the Don’t Assume Heart patch to add to their primary
primary Healthy Relationships Series patch, and later add Healthy Relationships patch.
subsequent series patches by attending the 201 sessions.
Healthy Relationships Patch Program: Healthy Relationships Patch Program:
Relationships 201: Relationships 201:
Being an Upstanding Friend Teen Talk Tech
C S A C S A
November 10, 2018 April 14, 2019
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Henrico Location TBD YWCA Richmond
Girl Cost: $5 (Girl Maximum: 25) Girl Cost: $5 (Girl Maximum: 25)
Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25) Adult Cost: FREE (Adult Maximum: 25)
In this interactive session, girls will take a closer look Through interactive activities, girls will gain a
into navigating unhealthy relationships. Teens will learn personalized understanding about how they use
to recognize healthy versus unhealthy versus potentially technology in their relationships. In this session,
dangerous relationships in their friends and develop plans girls will develop an individual plan about how to
to intervene in positive, safe ways. Girls will receive the incorporate safety into their technology use and how
Upstanding Friend Heart patch to add to their primary to talk to their parents and caregivers about their
Healthy Relationships patch. plans. Girls will receive the Teens Talk Tech Heart patch
to add to their primary Healthy Relationships patch.
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