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Hello, Girl Scout!
The Spring/Summer Program Guide is full of opportunities GSOSW has planned for you! Try something new, dive
deeper into that which interests you and have fun! Interested in learning more about space science, hiking, how
to manage money or how to take action in your community? Want to try your hand at gardening, robotics or
camping? You’ll find all of this and more in this season’s guide! All Program Guide activities—just like all activities
in Girl Scouts—help you learn important skills in four key areas: Life Skills, Entrepreneurship, Outdoors and STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Check out the next page to learn more, then head to Page 11 to
discover inspiring Girl Scout alum who have made their mark in each area—and made the world a better place in
the process. Then follow in their footsteps as you explore something new with the Program Guide!
NAVIGATING THIS GUIDE
The Program Guide is organized by date. You can check out our region index, badge and grade level indexes at
the back of the guide to narrow your search and find the perfect activity for you! If you have any questions, don’t
hesitate to reach out to activities@girlscoutsosw.org for help. When you find activities that are just right for you, visit
girlscoutsosw.org/activities to sign up and find more detailed information.
Special icons in this guide indicate where you can spend your Cookie/Nut Credit ( ), work on a badge ( ), get a
fun patch ( ), schedule activities with program partners ( ), or get an exclusive STEM Month patch ( )!
SAMPLE ACTIVITY LISTING
INTRODUCTION
This is where the activity These icons will tell you if you
title and location can be DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO can use Cookie/Nut Credit,
found. Additional location GSOSW Portland Service Center work on a badge or get a fun
details are shared upon Are you interested in film and making patch. In this example, you can
registration or request. movies? Join this exciting intro class use Cookie/Nut Credit, work on
where you can learn the elements that a badge and find this activity on
go into movie making: from storyboards our Ongoing Opportunities list.
Learn about this activity to shot lists and actually creating your
and whether it’s something masterpiece! Earn your Cadette Movie
you would like to do! Details Maker badge (badge not included). The cost of the activity
about food, supplies, ratio, and which grade levels can
adult registration and more participate are located here.
4/18/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
can be found online. Abbreviations are as follows:
$14/girl CAD/SR/AMB D (Daisies), BR (Brownies),
JR (Juniors), CAD (Cadettes),
The date and time of the SR (Seniors) and AMB
activity are listed here. (Ambassadors).
BEYOND THE PROGRAM GUIDE: HOW TO PLAN YOUR OWN ACTIVITIES!
Want to plan your own activities, but don’t know where to start? Check out our newly and greatly expanded Plan
Your Own Activity Map! There are Girl Scout program partners near you with fun opportunities designed just for Girl
Scouts that can be planned for dates and times that fit your schedule. Look for the Plan Your Own Activity icon ( )
in the Program Guide to find program partners that also offer activities you can plan on your own!
Is horseback riding, downhill skiing or ziplining something your troop wants to try this year? Plan your own
adventures with our High-Risk Approved Outfitters List! This list is updated frequently and is full of amazing
opportunities for you and your fellow go-getting risk-takers! Approved outfitters are vendors and facilities that have
met safety requirements and are approved by GSOSW.
Find both the Plan Your Own Activity Map and High-Risk Approved Outfitter List at girlscoutsosw.org/activities.
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STEM Life
STEM stands for Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math. Doctors, engineers, S k i l ls
teachers, astronauts, veterinarians, financial
planners, and inventors all have STEM careers Explore exercising and staying healthy, developing
and they work to make the world a better place. strong relationships with family and peers,
You can, too! Team up to invent the future with advocating on behalf of others, protecting our
your sister Girl Scouts. Investigate, explore and environment, or exploring careers that can truly
get curious about STEM! change the world for the better. You can gain
the skills and inspiration to accept challenges,
overcome obstacles, and take the lead by earning
Life Skills badges with Girl Scouts!
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From the backyard to the backcountry, Girl
Scouts has a long and storied history of getting
every girl outdoors. In fact, many Girl Scouts tell
ship
Girl Scouts run the world’s largest girl-led
us “camping trips” are one of the best things entrepreneurial program- the Girl Scout Cookie
about their Girl Scout experience. It’s true: Program! In the different Product programs, Girl
Connecting with the great outdoors in a girl-led Scouts learn how to set goals, connect with
setting is a big benefit of belonging to customers, make decisions and fund your dreams.
Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts all over the world have used these
skills to become successful business leaders in
their communities, starting companies that reflect
their values and improve life for their neighbors!
Learn more at girlscouts.org/program!
February • March 2020
NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: GARDEN FRIENDS INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTS
THE ROCK EXPERIENCE Mad Science Society of Women Engineers
Beaverton Civic Theatre Portland, OR Beaverton, OR
Beaverton, OR Examine a world within our own! Join Society of Women Engineers
Hear the buzz about the world’s most Columbia River Section as you explore
This rock ‘n roll parable based on the abundant inhabitants. Learn the parts physics and engineering concepts by
hit children’s book by Mo Willems of an insect as well as how they defend building a simple motor-powered robot
has a significant message for today’s themselves. Find out exactly what it in pairs or small groups. Use critical
audiences: Don’t be afraid to be yourself means to be bug-eyed. thinking to make predictions, form
and be comfortable in your own skin - or observations, and record results while
suit! Girl Scouts are invited to attend the you experiment and design!
show, meet the cast, tour backstage and 2/15/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
get a hands-on opportunity to run a light $25/girl Brownie
2/26/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
cue from the stage manager’s booth.
$2.50/girl* Junior
2/19/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
2/8/20 See times online
$25/girl Brownie
$5/girl All Ages
RAMONA QUIMBY
Beaverton Civic Theatre
2/9/20 See times online GIRL SCOUT DAY WITH THE Beaverton, OR
$5/girl All Ages PORTLAND PILOTS
University of Portland Athletics Unpredictable. Exasperating. Boisterous
Portland, OR and independent. That’s Ramona
MARCH
2/15/20 See times online Quimby for you. Girl Scouts are invited to
$5/girl All Ages Join other Girl Scouts at the University of meet the cast, tour backstage and get a
Portland for a Pilots Women’s Basketball hands-on opportunity to run a light cue
game! Participate in a variety of fan from the stage manager’s booth.
experiences, watch the basketball
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS
game and participate in a post-game 2/28/20 - 3/14/20 See times online
Mad Science
basketball skills clinic led by Pilots
Portland, OR $5-15/girl All ages
basketball players and coaches.
Carnivores, herbivores and omnivores,
oh my! Learn to identify sounds of the 2/15/20 2 - 4:30 p.m.
wild and domestic animal world. Explore RAMONA QUIMBY BADGE
$6/girl D/BR/JR/CAD
paws and claws and the animals that WORKSHOP
use them to survive. Learn about animal Beaverton Civic Theatre
adaptations as you explore the animal Beaverton, OR
kingdom. THE JUNGLE BOOK BADGE
WORKSHOP Earn the Junior Playing the Past badge
Northwest Children’s Theater or Brownie Making Friends badge from 3
2/15/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
Portland, OR - 5:30 p.m. then take a dinner break (on
$25/girl Junior your own, no food provided) in Historic
Learn about theater, participate in lively Downtown Beaverton (walking distance
activities, attend a Northwest Children’s from the library) and return to see the
2/18/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Theater (NWCT) performance, and bond 7:30 p.m. performance of Ramona
$25/girl Junior with friends. Taught by NWCT teaching Quimby and meet the cast!
artists, these workshops are designed
to allow Girl Scouts to complete steps
2/29/20 3 - 5:30 p.m.
toward earning the Junior and Cadette
Performance and Creative Play badges. $15/girl Brownie/Junior
2/22/20 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 3/7/20 3 - 5:30 p.m.
$22/girl Junior/Cadette $15/girl Brownie/Junior
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CITIZEN SCIENCE JOURNEY SEEKING OUR SENSES CINEMA SCIENCE
Tualatin Hills Nature Center Mad Science Mad Science
Beaverton, OR Portland, OR
Learn to be a sense-ative Girl Scout!
Grab your popcorn but don’t sit back!
Get started on your Citizen Science Test your vision with our mindboggling
You’re going to learn firsthand how
Journey with a naturalist from the illusions. Navigate your nerves and
advances in science and technology
Nature Center. Sharpen your five give your ears a hand by amplifying
make your favorite special effects and
senses and observation skills, create sounds with your very own Mad Science
amusement attractions possible.
your field journal and get started on Megaphone.
data collection! You will be ready to
enter your findings on a citizen science 3/7/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
3/7/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
website. $25/girl Junior
$25/girl Brownie
3/7/20 10 a.m. - noon 3/12/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
3/11/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
$14-17.50/girl Brownie/Junior
$25/girl Junior
$25/girl Brownie
MERMAID TALES
The Oregon Mermaids
GSOSW Portland Service Center
Join Mermaid Collette and her Oregon
Mermaids for a splashing time. Come
learn about marine debris and ocean
conservation, then make your very own
MARCH
ocean-themed charm bracelet out of
new and upcycled materials. You’ll also
enjoy face painting, singing songs and
storytelling.
3/8/20 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
TWO WAYS TO ATTEND
$18.75/girl D/BR/JR
PLAN YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, Ambassadors and volunteers can 3/8/20 1:30 - 3 p.m.
attend G.I.R.L. 2020 as individuals or as a troop. Experience $18.75/girl D/BR/JR
amazing speakers, participate in interactive sessions crafted
by the G-Team (a group of Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts
convened nationally for the purpose of envisioning, planning and PI(E) DAY CELEBRATION
implementing G.I.R.L. 2020) for G.I.R.L.s just like you, and immerse GSOSW Portland Service Center
yourself in the event’s largest expo hall ever! Learn more and
register today at girlscouts.org/GIRL2020. Bake pies while learning about the
mathematical ratio, pi. You’ll make pi-
themed crafts, play a pi-themed game,
JOIN THE TRAVEL PATROL solve a pi problem and even bake your
Apply for GSOSW’s G.I.R.L. 2020 Travel Patrol and plan the details own mini pie!
and side trips the group will take in Orlando.
3/14/20 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Apply online by March 1, 2020 at $5/girl Brownie/Junior
girlscoutsosw.org/travel.
Once accepted a $100 deposit is required. Email travel@girlscoutsosw.org for more
information.
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March • April 2020
PI(E) DAY CELEBRATION HOME SWEET HABITAT BEGINNING HORSEBACK RIDING
GSOSW Medford Service Center Wildlife Safari AND TRAIL OBSTACLES
Winston, OR Herrold Stables
See Description on Page 4. Hillsboro, OR
Scope out our leaping lemurs, create
your own bird nest and learn about Learn how to walk, trot and turn in
3/14/20 1 - 2:30 p.m.
endangered habitats! Complete some of Western or English horseback. There will
$5/girl Brownie/Junior the requirements of the Junior Animal also be hands-on, horse-related games
Habitat badge. and crafts daily. No previous horse
experience is needed (not an overnight).
A DAY WITH CLAY 3/21/20 1 - 3 p.m.
Chehalem Cultural Center 3/24/20 - 3/26/20 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
$25/girl BR/JR/CAD
Newberg, OR $285/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
This class is an exploration of clay
medium for budding artists. Girls will GIRL SCOUTS MOUNT UP!
discover the endless possibilities of Oregon Horsemanship FIRST AID BADGE WORKSHOP
working with malleable clay to create Wilsonville, OR Vancouver, WA
projects of their own!
Curious about how horses think Learn how to help in an emergency
and react? Come learn all about and treat minor injuries in this First
3/14/20 2 - 4 p.m.
horsemanship! This workshop will teach Aid workshop! Girl Scout Brownies can
MARCH/APRIL
$17.50/girl Daisy/Brownie you the basics of how to properly care complete steps toward their First Aid
for a horse and give you the opportunity badge (badge not included).
to go horseback riding with your friends!
SCIENCE IN ACTION 3/26/20 5 - 6 p.m.
Society of Women Engineers 3/21/20 1:30 - 4 p.m. $7.50/girl Daisies/Brownies
Corvallis, OR $35/girl Daisy/Brownie
Meet young women engineers and
explore the exciting world of science 3/21/20 4:30 - 7 p.m. TEEN EXTRAVAGANZA
and engineering. Investigate outrageous Mountaindale Outdoor Program Center
$35/girl Junior/Cadette
ooze, color a magic butterfly, play with
rotocoptors and more! Hang out with other older girls and
participate in travel workshops or train
GIRL SCOUT DAY AT THE BARN to become a Program Aide. Learn what it
3/14/20 9 - 11 a.m.
Herrold Stables takes to become a leader!
$2.50/girl Brownie/Junior Hillsboro, OR
3/27/20 - 3/29/20 6 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Experience first-hand what it’s like to
care for chickens, ponies and horses! $45/girl CAD/SR/AMB
DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO:
Learn to clean stalls, gather eggs, feed
MOVIE MAKER the animals and more. Then, learn
GSOSW Portland Service Center
horsemanship skills and Western-style FARM TO FORK:
horseback riding. No previous horse
Learn the elements that go in to movie PLANNING THE GARDEN
experience needed!
making‑ from story boards to shot lists GSOSW Medford Service Center
to actually creating your masterpiece.
Earn a Cadette Movie Maker badge! 3/23/20 9 - 11 a.m. Learn about different types of
(Badge not included in registration.) $68/girl All ages
vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers.
Plant seeds for spring starts, spend time
in the kitchen while making your own
3/21/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
pizza!
$14/girl CAD/SR/AMB
Details on next page.
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Continued from previous page. SALESMANSHIP AND PROGRAMMING ROBOTS
PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturday Academy
3/28/20 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Microsoft GSOSW Portland Service Center
$10/girl All ages Portland, OR
Learn to program your robot so it can
Learn how to write for and address a travel to faraway places; add sounds
crowd in public during this fun workshop and lights to make a unique journey.
RADICAL ROBOTS with Microsoft! Conduct an interview, Complete all requirements for the
Mad Science search for a presentation topic and Programming Robots badge (badge not
Portland, OR create a unique PowerPoint presentation included with registration).
as a visual aid. With a Dance Off
Welcome to Robotville! Your mission, Challenge on Xbox for good measure, 4/4/20 1 - 4 p.m.
should you choose to accept it, is you’ll gain confidence speaking in front
to learn about and experiment with FREE Juniors
of a crowd, and you’ll also complete
sophisticated robots and articulated steps toward earning the Cadette Public
automatons. Linus the Line Tracker and Speaker badge (badge not included in
Be-Bot Robots will be your guides! registration)! GO TAKE A HIKE
Wildlife Safari,
3/28/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 4/4/20 1 - 3 p.m. Winston, OR
$45/girl Daisy/Brownie $2.50/girl Cadettes
Do you love the great outdoors? Would
you know how to read a map if you got
lost? Would you have the proper gear
ZOO SNOOZE WOMEN IN FLIGHT to go on a hike? Talk to a hiking expert,
The Oregon Zoo Salem Airport learn to follow trail signs, ask for gear
MARCH/APRIL
Portland, OR tips and go on a scavenger hunt on
Join women pilots at the Salem Airport a fun afternoon in the outdoors. You
Experience the Oregon Zoo in a whole as you learn about navigation, careers might even get to interact with some
new light—moonlight! Get a behind- and the history of aviation (with an outdoorsy animals along the way! Girl
the-scenes tour of the vet hospital Amelia Earhart impersonator)! Through Scout Brownies will complete steps to
and animal kitchen, up-close animal hands-on activities Girl Scout Juniors the Brownie Hiker badge.
presentations, and in the morning watch and Cadettes will learn the science
an animal get an enrichment treat or toy. behind flight and receive a special fun 4/4/20 1 - 3 p.m.
patch for this day of aviation exploration.
$25/girl BR/JR/CAD
4/3/20 - 4/4/20 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 a.m.
4/4/20 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$48/girl BR/JR/CAD/SNR/AMB
$5/girl Juniors/Cadettes
4/17/20 - 4/18/20 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 a.m.
$48/girl BR/JR/CAD/SNR/AMB
ZOO EVENING SAFARI
The Oregon Zoo
Portland, OR
Experience the Oregon Zoo in a whole
new light—moonlight! Get a behind-
the-scenes tour of the vet hospital
and animal kitchen, up-close animal
presentations, and an evening tour with
a night safari guide. You will get dinner
and a snack at the zoo.
4/4/20 5 - 9 p.m.
$38/girl All ages
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April 2020
DIGITAL STORIES MAD SCIENCE INVENTORS SPACE SCIENCE
Saturday Academy GSOSW Portland Service Center Evergreen Aviation and Space
GSOSW Portland Service Center Museum
Did you know that many inventions McMinnville, OR
Create a digital story with characters, happen by accident? Take a hands-on
sound and motion while learning approach to learn that anyone, of any See the cosmos in a new way. Go
computer programming basics. This age, can be an inventor. on a tour to learn more about space
workshop is the pre-requisite for exploration, build your own telescope
the Digital Game Design class. No that you can use, and discover more
4/11/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
programming experience necessary. about our Solar System and beyond!
$25/girl Brownie
4/5/20 1 - 4 p.m. 4/11/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
4/14/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
FREE Juniors $12.50/girl Brownie/Junior
$25/girl Brownie
LEARN TO SKATEBOARD WILDERNESS SURVIVAL:
Bearings Skateboard Academy MAD SCIENCE DETECTIVES 3-SEASON SKILLS
GSOSW Portland Service Center REI
Join your Girl Scout friends and get the St. Paul, OR
fun rolling as you learn to skateboard! Discover how science is used to solve
Professional coaches will help you to real crimes! Watch as a classroom is Join REI for a wilderness survival class
develop and practice skateboarding transformed into a crime lab for this designed for anyone who spends time
skills. Start with learning the basics of exciting exploration of the fundamentals outdoors. You’ll learn practical tips and
foot positioning, posture and control. of forensics.
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strategies that every outdoor adventurer
Then try out your new skills in an indoor should know, including emergency
skatepark! priorities, how to make an emergency
4/11/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
shelter, how to locate and access
$25/girl Junior/Cadette
4/5/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. drinking water, how to build a fire, and
$35/girl All ages how to make your own emergency kit
4/15/20 4:30 - 6 p.m. with all the essentials!
$25/girl Junior/Cadette
4/11/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
FIRST AID BADGE
WORKSHOP $28/girl CAD/SR/AMB
MINECRAFT BUILD
Learn how to help in an emergency CHALLENGE
and treat minor injuries in this First Microsoft OMSI FAMILY SCIENCE
Aid workshop! Girl Scout Brownies can Portland, OR
complete steps toward their First Aid
NIGHT
Oregon Museum of Science and
badge (badge not included). Looking for a fun way to experience
Industry (OMSI)
Minecraft? Join Microsoft for a Minecraft
Portland, OR
Gresham: 4/9/20 5 - 6 p.m.
Build Challenge workshop! Players will
work in teams to create something epic
$7.50/girl Daisies/Brownies Girl Scouts are taking over OMSI and
before the clock runs out. Register today
we’ll have the museum all to ourselves!
and put your skills to the test!
Bring your family and friends to explore
Portland: 4/16/20 5 - 6 p.m. popular exhibit halls, as well as the
$7.50/girl Daisies/Brownies 4/11/20 1 - 2:30 p.m. Physics and Life Science Labs.
$2.50/girl Junior/Cadette
Vancouver:4/30/20 5 - 6 p.m. 4/13/20 6 -8 p.m.
$7.50/girl Daisies/Brownies $5/person All ages
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COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE ROGUE RIVER DISCOVERY DAY DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
Kappa Delta Rogue Jet Boat Adventures Saturday Academy
Eugene, OR Central Point, OR GSOSW Portland Service Center
Join the women of Kappa Delta for a Spend the day on the beautiful and Make a unique computer game using
College Knowledge event to gain insight scenic Rogue River with Rogue Jet Boat Scratch programming. Come as a troop
on college applications, essays, majors/ Adventures. Enjoy a thrilling Discovery or with a friend and test out each other’s
minors and career paths. KDs will give Jet Boat tour of the river and learn about games! Take the opportunity to earn
tips for healthy personal and study the history and wildlife of the area. After your Digital Game Design badge (badge
habits to help prepare girls for success. spend the rest of the day participating not included). Pre-requisite: Juniors
in a service project to help clean up the must have earned the Coding Basics
river bank! badge or completed the Digital Stories
4/18/20 1 - 3 p.m.
class.
FREE SR/AMB
4/18/20 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
$2.50/girl All ages 4/18/20 1 - 4 p.m.
FREE Junior/Senior
ARCHERY BADGE WORKSHOP
KidSpirit GOLD AWARD INFORMATION
Corvallis, OR
WORKSHOP
GSOSW Portland Service Center
Come hit the target with OSU KidSpirit.
Join us at the Annual Meeting on Discover the history of archery and learn
Join other Girl Scouts to learn more
April 4 in Eugene for “Speak Up, the mechanisms, techniques and safety
about the steps for earning your Girl
Stand Up, Rise Up!”, an activity skills that go in to firing the bow.
Scout Gold Award! Learn tips and helpful
celebrating and exploring gender hints from girls who have earned their
APRIL
equality focused around the 2020 4/18/20 1 - 3 p.m. awards and from adult advisers.
Global Action Award! Girls will
engage in activities and dialogue $20/girl CAD/SR/AMB
that evaluate the disparity that 4/18/20 12 - 2 p.m.
exists within women’s civil rights $2.50/girl Senior/Ambassador
in our country today. More PIONEER SCRIBE: EARLY
information to follow.
SETTLERS LETTER WRITING
Singing Creek Educational Center SILVER AWARD INFORMATION
WORKSHOP
Learn about early letter writing in
GSOSW Portland Service Center
Oregon history, and get your very own
handwritten letter from a child on the
Join other Girl Scouts to learn more
Oregon Trail! Write a short adventure
about the steps for earning your Girl
story, dress up in our pioneer costumes
Scout Silver Award! Learn tips and
and give yourself a new pioneer name.
helpful hints from girls who have earned
It’s fun to learn about history while
their awards and from adult advisers.
earning your Scribe badge!
4/18/20 10 - 11:30 a.m.
4/18/20 1 - 3:30 p.m.
$2.50/girl Cadette
$15/girl Junior
Save the Date
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Rose City Bridgin
Bridging to the next level or even to adult Girl
Scouts? Join us in Portland for an all-ages
bridging ceremony on May 31, 2020! See page
17 for details.
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April 2020
CAMP ARROWHEAD SPRING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FINANCE YOUR FUTURE
FAMILY/TROOP WORK PARTY Microsoft Sacred Money Studios
Camp Arrowhead, Stevenson, WA Portland, OR Portland, OR
Visit camp and help with a service Snapping and sharing a photo has never Dream big in this workshop that will
project at the same time! All abilities been easier! Learn about photographic teach you how to plan for your future.
welcome and lunch will be provided. All elements such as lighting, composition, Girl Scouts can complete steps toward
girls working will get a $20 certificate depth, color, and content and how earning the Cadette Financing My
and there will be a drawing for a $100 to take expressive photographs, edit Dreams badge, the Senior Financing My
certificate, as well as one free week, all them, and present them as objects Future badge or the Ambassador On My
to be used for overnight camp 2020! of art using a variety of Microsoft Own badge (badges not included).
Want to try canoeing, have a campfire products and devices. Earn your Digital
and cook some s’mores? Stay for the Photographer badge (badge not included
4/18/20 1 - 3 p.m.
optional overnight at no additional cost. in registration).
$9.50/girl CAD/SR/AMB
4/18/20 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 4/18/20 1 - 2:30 p.m.
FREE All ages $2.50/girl Junior
STEM DAY
Willamette Heritage Center
Salem, OR
DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO: FLOWERING TREE WALK
MOVIE MAKER Portland, OR Celebrate Girl Scout STEM Month at the
GSOSW Portland Service Center Willamette Heritage Center! Experience
Explore Hoyt Arboretum with a Naturalist Science, Technology, Engineering and
Educator! Learn about tree species and Math through hands-on activities and
APRIL
Are you interested in film and making
movies? Join this exciting intro class see the Magnolias in full bloom. Find experiences. Bring the whole family for a
where you can learn the elements out how the flowering trees grow and great day in STEM!
that go into movie making—from story reproduce. This educational guided walk
boards to shot lists to actually creating will be entirely out on soft surface trails
4/19/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
your masterpiece! Earn a Cadette Movie for up to one mile. Girl Scout Juniors
will complete steps towards earning a $5/person All ages
Maker badge! (Badge not included in
registration.) Flowers badge!
4/18/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
4/18/20 10 a.m. - noon PROGRAMMING ROBOTS
$8/girl D/BR/JR
Saturday Academy
$14/girl CAD/SR/AMB GSOSW Portland Service Center
Learn to program your robot so it can
ZOO EVENING SAFARI SAVVY MONEY MANAGEMENT travel to faraway places; add sounds
The Oregon Zoo Sacred Money Studios and lights to make a unique journey.
Portland, OR Portland, OR Complete the Programming Robots
badge (badge not included.)
Experience the Oregon Zoo in a whole How do you decide what to buy and
new light—moonlight! Get a behind- how to save money to buy it? In this 4/19/20 1 - 4 p.m.
the-scenes tour of the vet hospital budgeting class you can figure it all
out! Girl Scout Brownies will complete FREE Juniors
and animal kitchen, up-close animal
presentations, and an evening tour with steps toward earning their Money
a night safari guide. You will get dinner Manager badge and Girl Scout Juniors 5/2/20 1 - 4 p.m.
and a snack at the zoo. The parking lot is will complete steps toward earning
FREE Juniors
pay to park. their Savvy Shopper badge (badges not
included).
5/17/20 1 - 4 p.m.
4/18/20 5 - 9 p.m.
4/18/20 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. FREE Juniors
$38/girl All ages
$9.50/girl Brownie/Junior
9SILVER AND GOLD AWARD FARM TO FORK: CULTIVATING CREATIVE PAINTING
INFORMATION WORKSHOP SOIL AND CHEESE Chehalem Cultural Center
(ONLINE) GSOSW Medford Service Center Newberg, OR
Online via Google Classroom
Before we plant the garden, we need to This class is an exploration of beginning
Join us for an online workshop and learn nurture the beds with lots of nutrients. painting for budding artists. Girls will
about the steps needed to earn your Girl Just like our bodies, the garden needs be encouraged to explore and express
Scout Silver or Gold Award! Learn tips food, too. In this class, we will prepare themselves through the art of painting,
and helpful hints from other girls who our garden beds for planting and learn and learn new skills along the way!
have earned their awards and from adult about compost and worms from Bugs R
advisers. Us! In the kitchen, we will learn to make 4/25/20 2 - 4 p.m.
ricotta cheese and explore the many
$17.50/girl Daisy/Brownie
different cheeses made in Oregon.
4/21/20 5:30 - 7 p.m.
$2.50/girl CAD/SR/AMB
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$10/girl All ages
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10April • May 2020
CREATE A DIFFERENCE IN GIRL SCOUT DAY AT THE INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS
YOUR WORLD OREGON SYMPHONY Society of Women Engineers
Microsoft Portland, OR Nike Campus, Beaverton, OR
Portland, OR
Experience a Sunday classical matinee Explore physics and engineering
Are you ready to make a difference? with the Oregon Symphony! Enjoy an concepts by building a simple motor-
Research and identify a cause and opportunity to try out an instrument powered robot in pairs or small groups.
create action plans to get the ball rolling! after the show, meet the musicians Use critical thinking to make predictions,
Gain new skills with word processing, at an “instrument petting zoo,” earn form observations, and record results
spreadsheets, presentation tools and an Oregon Symphony fun patch, and while you experiment and design!
more in this workshop designed to complete steps toward earning the Girl
prepare you for your Take Action project! Scout Musician badge. 4/29/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
$2.50/girl Junior
4/25/20 1 - 3 p.m. 4/26/20 2 - 4:30 p.m.
$2.50/girl Junior/Cadette $19+/girl BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB
ENGINEER YOUR IMAGINATION
Nike
HABITATS OF HAYSTACK iFLY STEM EXPERIENCE Beaverton, OR
ROCK Tigard, OR
Haystack Rock Awareness Program Did you know the power of your mind
Cannon Beach, OR iFLY makes the dream of flight a reality can change the world? Visit Nike to
with indoor skydiving in a safe and fun discover how your imagination can turn
APRIL/MAY
Come learn about marine invertebrates, environment. The iFLY uses a state-of- a problem into a new invention. Not
marine mammals, sea birds and the-art vertical wind tunnel to inspire only will you learn how to think like an
shore birds during a low tide with through an interactive presentation, inventor, but you’ll earn your Inventor
expert environmental interpreters. demonstrations and exciting activities! badge in the process.
Then, participate in a citizen science
observation project where you will help 4/26/20 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5/1/20 4 - 6 p.m.
collect important data for scientists. $2.50/girl Brownie
$55/girl Juniors
4/26/20 8:45 - 10:45 a.m.
4/27/20 3 - 6 p.m.
$7.50/girl Juniors
$55/girl CAD/SR/AMB
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and Girl Scout patches available!
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11START YOUR OWN BUSINESS FARM TO FORK:
Microsoft SPRING PLANTING PARTY
Portland, OR GSOSW Medford Service Center
In this two-hour workshop, learn Celebrate the garden with a spring
how to turn your passion into a great planting party! Get your hands dirty and
entrepreneurial business idea. Learn fill the Girl Scout Community Garden
what makes a valid product or service with fruits, herbs and vegetables to
idea, complete a simple business plan, grow through the summer. Learn basic
and create a polished pitch ready to cooking skills and kitchen safety while
share with the world! you create a delicious quiche.
5/2/20 1 - 3 p.m.
Pathof the
5/2/20 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
$2.50/girl Senior/Ambassador
$10/girl All ages
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WATERSHED 101
Singing Creek Educational Center
Cottage Grove, OR
Go back in time and live like an Oregon
Tryon Creek Watershed Council
Portland, OR
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Hike through the Tryon Creek State
settler in 1890 at the historic Dr. Snapp Natural Area, where you will learn how
House. Fun activities and authentic you can make a difference in your
“chores” and crafts await you in this watershed! Then, do hands-on work to Join Girl Scouts this May
class where you can complete your to watch ballots being
APRIL/MAY
improve habitat in the park. Hike, learn,
Playing the Past badge in a truly unique give back and work towards your Aquatic processed and get all your
and hands-on way (badge not included Species Champion patch all in one day!
in activity registration). voting questions answered!
Girl Scouts will be back
5/2/20 1 - 3:30 p.m.
5/2/20 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at local elections offices,
$21.25/girl Junior
$2.50/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB learning about Oregon’s
vote-by-mail method and
getting an up-close look at
PLANETS, MOONS & STARS THINK LIKE A PROGRAMMER civic engagement! Check out
Mad Science Engage Thru Tech girlscoutsosw.org/activities
Portland, OR Portland, OR for locations coming soon.
For centuries, astronomers have studied Learn basic coding while making fun
the skies to learn about the stars. Now animated videos or an educational
it’s your turn to find out what scientists video game! Complete your Think Like
are talking about in this fun-filled stellar a Programer Journey and take action
exploration! by sharing your project with family and
friends!
5/2/20 10:30 a.m. - noon
5/2/20 9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
$25/girl D/BR/JR
$88/girl CAD/SR/AMB
5/5/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
5/3/20 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
$25/girl D/BR/JR
$72/girl D/BR/JR
5/6/20 4:30 - 6 p.m.
$25/girl D/BR/JR
12Sally ide
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In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman
to enter into low Earth orbit, and remains the youngest
American to ever enter into space. She spent the bulk of
her life inspiring girls and women to pursue their interests
in math and science.
FOUR FAST FACTS:
1. Sally started a non-profit called “Sally Ride Science” that
encourages STEM literacy for young people.
2. Sally was the first known LGBTQ astronaut.
3. When she was young, Sally wanted to be a professional
tennis player!
4. Her favorite subject in school was math.
“Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all Be like Sally! Earn a Space Science badge or join a
have natural curiosity. Science is a process GSOSW Astronomy Club!
of investigating. It’s posing questions and
coming up with a method. It’s delving in.”
- Sally Ride
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Juliette Gordon Low founded Girl Scouts in 1912. An ardent
believer in the potential of all girls and the importance
of fostering their individual growth, character, and self-
sufficiency, Juliette is credited with establishing and
nurturing a global movement that has changed the world.
FOUR FAST FACTS:
1. Juliette’s childhood nickname was “Daisy.”
2. Juliette loved to do headstands!
3. Whenever there was a question about what to do next
in Girl Scouts, Juliette always said “ask the girls.”
4. Juliette thought it was important for girls to spend
time outdoors, camping, swimming and playing sports.
Be like Juliette! Earn one of the camping badges,
“Truly, ours is a circle of friendships, participate in a GSOSW-led hike or go for a swim!
united by our ideals.”
- Juliette Gordon Lowlores
Do Huerta
Dolores Huerta is the co-founder of the United Farm
Workers, the first successful union of agricultural workers
in the history of the United States. She inspired thousands
of people to work for social justice for workers, women
and immigrants.
FOUR FAST FACTS:
1. Dolores played the violin as a girl and enjoyed dancing.
2. She has 11 children, and 14 grandchildren.
3. The Dolores Huerta Foundation focuses on community
organizing and leadership development in low-income
and under-represented communities.
4. Dolores was the first Latina inducted into the National
Women’s Hall of Fame.
“In Girl Scouts, I learned how to be strong,
Be like Dolores! Check out the G.I.R.L. Agenda, a civic
to believe in myself, and to be open to
engagement toolkit that can help you learn to use
new ideas. I learned how to work with your voice to create change in your community.
others and made friends for life.”
- Dolores Huerta
S ar a h
Kauss
Sarah Kauss is the founder and CEO of S’well, an eco-
friendly water bottle business. Its mission is to rid the
world of plastic water bottles. Sarah was a Girl Scout and
credits that experience with helping her hone her sales
skills, giving her an appreciation for the environment and
inspiring a love of travel.
FOUR FAST FACTS:
1. In 2016, S’well was listed first on the Women President’s
Organization list of the fifty fastest-growing women-
owned businesses.
2. As a Girl Scout, Sarah traveled from Florida to Wyoming
with her troop and met girls from all over the country!
3. Sarah was an intern at a TV station. She thought she
wanted to be a reporter.
4. Sarah thought of the idea for her business while hiking
with her mom in Arizona.
“Your idea doesn’t have to be perfect,
Be like Sarah! Earn a Financial Literacy badge and set
but you have to believe in it.” an ambitious goal during the GS Cookie Program!
- Sarah KaussMay 2020
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF GIRL SCOUTS MOUNT UP! FINANCE YOUR FUTURE
WILDLIFE SAFARI OVERNIGHT Oregon Horsemanship Sacred Money Studios
Wildlife Safari Wilsonville, OR Portland, OR
Winston, OR
Curious about how horses think See description on page 9.
Expand your imagination and engage in and react? Come learn all about
enchanting animal activities and learn all horsemanship! This workshop will teach
5/10/20 1 - 3 p.m.
about magic with your Girl Scout friends. you the basics of how to properly care
A tasty campfire snack and breakfast is for a horse and give you the opportunity $9.50/girl CAD/SR/AMB
included. to go horseback riding with your friends!
5/2/20 - 5/3/20 5:30 p.m. - 9 a.m. 5/9/20 1:30 - 4 p.m. DRAWING WORKSHOP
$35/girl Daisy/Brownie
Chehalem Cultural Center
$65/person BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB
Newberg, OR
5/9/20 4:30 - 7 p.m. Dive into the art of drawing and
DIGITAL STORIES $35/girl Junior/Cadette illustration. Explore and express yourself
Saturday Academy through the art of drawing, and learn
Portland, OR new skills along the way!
See description on page 7. DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO: 5/16/20 2 - 4 p.m.
MOVIE MAKER
$17.50/girl Brownie/Junior
5/3/20 1 - 4 p.m. GSOSW Portland Service Center
FREE Junior Join this exciting intro class where you
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can learn the elements that go in to COMPUTER EXPERT
5/30/20 1 - 4 p.m. movie making! Earn a Cadette Movie Microsoft
Maker badge! (Badge not included in Portland, OR
FREE Junior
registration.)
Discover a computer’s versatility, safe
5/9/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. use and more! Girls will earn their
FIRST AID & CPR CERTIFICATION Computer Expert badge (badge not
GSOSW Portland Service Center $14/girl CAD/SR/AMD included with registration).
Learn to respond to a range of situations 6/6/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5/16/20 1 - 3 p.m.
where people need first aid and how to
$14/girl CAD/SR/AMB $2.50/girl Brownie
assist them. By successfully completing
this course, girls 14 and older will earn
an American Red Cross certification in
Adult and Pediatric First Aid, CPR, and MINECRAFT BUILD CHALLENGE STREAM GIRLS SPRING DAY TRIP
AED, valid for two years. Microsoft Trout Unlimited
Portland, OR Bend, OR
5/3/20 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Looking for a fun way to experience Visit the Deschutes river and observe
$80/girl Girls ages 14+ Minecraft? Join Microsoft for a Minecraft it as a scientist, an angler and an artist.
Build Challenge workshop! Players will Hike along the river with your friends,
5/17/20 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. work in teams to create something epic and study its unique conditions!
before the clock runs out.
$80/girl Girls ages 14+
5/16/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
5/9/20 1 - 2:30 p.m.
6/26/20 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $10/girl Junior/Cadette
$2.50/girl Junior/Cadette
$80/girl Girls ages 14+
15DIGITAL GAME DESIGN GIRL SCOUT DAY AT THE BARN SELF DEFENSE
Saturday Academy Herrold Stables One with Heart
Portland, OR Hillsboro, OR Portland, OR
Make a unique computer game using Are you an animal lover who would Through storytelling and role-play, learn
Scratch programming. Come as a troop like to know more about farm life? to recognize and respond to unwanted
or with a friend and test out each other’s How about learning to ride a horse? behavior from bullies, strangers and
games! Take the opportunity to earn Experience first-hand what it’s like to familiar adults. Practice how to set clear
your Digital Game Design badge (badge care for chickens, ponies and horses! boundaries and learn simple striking
not included). Pre-requisite: Juniors Learn to clean stalls, gather eggs, feed techniques and when it is appropriate to
must have earned the Coding Basics the animals and more. Then, learn use them.
badge or completed the Digital Stories horsemanship skills and Western-style
class. horseback riding. No previous horse
5/17/20 1 - 3 p.m.
experience needed!
$42/girl CAD/SR/AMB
5/16/20 1 - 4 p.m.
5/16/20 1 - 3 p.m.
FREE Junior/Senior
6/7/20 1 - 3 p.m.
$68/girl All ages
$42/girl Brownie/Junior
5/31/20 1 - 4 p.m.
FREE Junior/Senior
WELLNESS IN THE
WILDERNESS WEEKEND SAVVY MONEY MANAGEMENT
Siskiyou Field Institute Sacred Money Studios
WIND MOUNTAIN HIKE Selma, OR Portland, OR
Camp Arrowhead, Stevenson, WA
Bring your favorite female adult and See description on page 9.
Take a 3.5-mile round-trip guided hike spend quality time together while
up Wind Mountain, during which you’ll
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exploring self-care and creative 5/17/20 1 - 2:30 p.m.
learn how to plan and prepare for a day self-expression. Try different stress
hike and practice trail etiquette. Joining $9.50/girl Brownie/Junior
management practices like yoga, art, DIY
this hike will earn you a Wind Mountain spa treatments, nutrition and hiking. The
patch! retreat will culminate in a dance party
and game night under the stars.
5/16/20 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
$8/girl BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB 5/16/20 - 5/17/20 9 - 11 a.m.
$95/person BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB
16May • June 2020
FIRST AID BADGE WORKSHOP GIRL SCOUT DAY AT THE FARM ROSE CITY BRIDGING
Sanctuary One Portland, OR
See description on page 7. Jacksonville, OR
Bridge to the next level at this all-ages
Enjoy a tour of the farm and meet lots of bridging ceremony! Walk across the
Beaverton: 5/21/20 5 - 6 p.m.
rescued animals. Then work together to Hawthorne bridge at this special event
$7.50/girl Daisy/Brownie offer service doing a variety of activities with friends and family! Fun patch
to make the farm a better place. included in registration fee.
Vancouver: 6/4/20 5 - 6 p.m.
$7.50/girl Daisy/Brownie 5/30/20 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 5/31/20 9:30 a.m. - noon
$12.50/girl All ages $5/girl All ages
Gresham: 6/18/20 5 - 6 p.m.
$7.50/girl Daisy/Brownie
TROOP’S FIRST CAMPOUT FOREST BIRD WALK
Camp Cleawox, Florence OR Portland, OR
HARRY POTTER KANO CODING Are you and your troop ready to go Explore common birds of the forest and
Microsoft camping together for the first time? Try learn about their habitats! This program
Portland, OR it out in cabins at Camp Cleawox! will include a short walk on soft surface
trails. Complete steps towards earning
Experience the magic of Harry Potter the Animal Habitats badge!
and learn the foundations of coding! 5/30/20 - 5/31/20 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
MAY/JUNE
$11/girl Brownie/Junior
5/31/20 10 a.m. - noon
5/23/20 1 - 2 p.m.
$8/girl D/BR/JR
$2.50/girl Junior
OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP WEEKEND
Camp Cleawox, Florence, OR
MARY POPPINS: THE CONCERT
ZOO CAMPEROO If your troop is interested in improving Beaverton Civic Theatre
The Oregon Zoo their leadership and camp skills and Beaverton, OR
would like to learn how to teach these
Sleep overnight in a tent at the Oregon skills to younger Girl Scouts, then Everyone’s favorite nanny takes the stage
Zoo, get a behind the scenes tour and this weekend is for you! Choose from in this musical adventure. Girl Scouts are
up-close animal presentations! archery, kayaking or outdoor skills, then invited meet the cast, tour backstage
practice what you learned by teaching and get a chance to run the light booth!
5/29/20 - 5/30/20 6 p.m. - 9:30 a.m. those skills to each other!
$48/girl BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB 6/4/20-6/14/20 See times online
5/30/20 - 5/31/20 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$10/girl All ages
5/30/20 - 5/31/20 6 p.m. - 9:30 a.m. $20/girl CAD/SR/AMB
$48/girl BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB
MAKE YOUR OWN MOVIES
TRAVEL DISCOVERY WORKSHOP WITH 3D AND MIXED REALITY
GSOSW Medford Service Center
ROBOTICS WITH MICROSOFT Microsoft,
Microsoft Portland, OR
Join us and learn how to find places to
Portland, OR
travel, apply for trips, earn the money Come and play with mixed reality by
to get there and be prepared for your taking a picture of a 3D monster and
Learn basic skills in robotics and coding
exciting adventure. Lunch included. adding it to your video. Earn your Movie
and create a robot that moves and talks!
Maker badge (badge not included.)
5/30/20 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
5/30/20 1 - 3 p.m.
$15/girl CAD/SR/AMB Details on next page.
$2.50/girl Daisy/Brownie
17Continued from previous page. CHALLENGE COURSE ADVENTURE GIRL SCOUT NIGHT AT THE
Siskiyou Field Institute ROGUES
6/6/20 1 - 3 p.m. Medford Rogues
Enjoy the beautiful SFI campus and Medford, OR
$2.50/girl Junior/Cadette participate in six different high and
low ropes challenge course elements Bring your friends and family out for Girl
including a Catwalk, Giant Swing, Scout night at the Rogues! Wear your
TROOP’S FIRST CAMPOUT Vertical Spider Web and more! Each uniform and join the team on the field to
Camp Whispering Winds, Philomath, OR element presents new opportunities to sing the National Anthem and meet the
challenge yourself, build teamwork and players after the game.
Are you and your troop ready to go self-confidence.
camping together for the first time? 6/6/20 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Try it out in cabins at Camp Whispering 6/6/20 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Winds! See price online All ages
$32/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
6/6/20 - 6/7/20 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
$11/girl Brownie/Junior
REGISTER FOR GIRL SCOUT OVERNGIHT CAMP!
Visit girlscoutsosw.org/camp to view the 2020 Summer Camp Programs brochure and to register for overnight camp.
MAY/JUNE
FOUR NEW PROGRAMS
AVAILABLE FOR 2020!
Woodland Wizards
at Camp Arrowhead
Night Owl at
Camp Whispering
Winds
Pottery at
Camp Whispering
Winds
TAKE AIM AT
CAMP CLEAWOX
18June • July 2020
GARDEN EXPERTS PORTLAND MYSTERY TOUR INTRO TO OUTDOOR ROCK
Dennis’ 7 Dees Portland, OR CLIMBING
Seaside, OR REI
Discover Portland on this unique and Troutdale, OR
Tour the nursery and learn about exciting mystery trip! Grab your walking
different kinds of plants. Plant some shoes and meet the group at 10:00 a.m. Learn the fundamentals of outdoor rock
seeds and take home a colorful annual! at the Portland Service Center and finish climbing in this hands-on experience.
at 4:00 p.m. at a mystery destination! Build skills like proper belay techniques
6/7/20 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. and necessary knots, and practice basic
6/13/20 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. outdoor climbing techniques, with some
$10.50/girl Junior personalized instruction along the way.
$20/girl CAD/SR/AMB
6/17/20 5 - 8 p.m.
GREAT OUTDOORS WEEKEND 6/20/20 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$52/girl CAD/SR/AMB
Ruth Hyde Outdoor Program Center $20/girl CAD/SR/AMB
Celebrate Great Outdoors Month!
Go camping and eat s’mores by the ECOLOGICAL ADVENTURE
campfire. Staff will lead workshops on GIRL SCOUTS DAY AT THE BARN Gorge Ecology Outdoors
outdoor skills, crafts and more! Do your Herrold Stables Glenwood, WA
own troop activities at the campsite! Hillsboro, OR
Explore ecology through art, science,
See description on page 16. and an easy hike through wetlands at
JUNE/JULY
6/12/20 - 6/14/20 6 p.m. - 10 a.m.
the Conboy Wildlife Refuge! Learn about
$25/girl BR/JR/CAD/SR/AMB 6/13/20 1 - 3 p.m. ecosystem function and endangered
$68/girl All ages species, then spend time improving the
habitat for the future. Keep your eyes
peeled for wildlife!
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 6/22/20 9 - 11 a.m.
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum
$68/girl All ages 6/20/20 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Learn more about the four forces of $15/girl Junior
flight, take off in our flight simulator lab, 7/13/20 9 - 11 a.m.
and then put your knowledge to the test
$68/girl All ages
by building your own glider!
BEGINNING HORSEBACK RIDING
6/13/20 10 a.m. - noon 7/27/20 9 - 11 a.m. AND TRAIL OBSTACLES
$68/girl All ages Herrold Stables
$12.50/girl Brownie Hillsboro, OR
In this camp, you’ll cover all the basics—
BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES POLLINATOR SAFARI grooming, care, showmanship and
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge Portland, OR horsemanship. Learn how to walk,
trot, and turn in Western or English
Help the refuge restore and care for its Search for varieties of pollinators in their horseback. There will also be hands-on,
sensitive butterfly habitat with a service natural habitats at Hoyt Arboretum! Led horse related games and crafts daily. No
project, then explore the refuge with by a Naturalist Educator, girls will hike previous horse experience is needed!
binoculars and see what you can find! on trails and explore meadow areas for (Not an overnight).
pollinators and their habitats.
6/13/20 9 - 11 a.m. 6/23/20 - 6/25/20 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
6/13/20 10 a.m. - noon
FREE BR/JR/CAD $285/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
$8/girl Daisy/Brownie
7/11/20 9 - 11 a.m. 7/14/20 - 7/16/20 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
FREE BR/JR/CAD $285/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
19STREAM GIRLS CADETTE Continued from previous page. LEARN TO PADDLE BOARD
CAMPOUT Hood River SUP and Kayak
Trout Unlimited 6/27/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Bend, OR Girls and adults can try out stand up
$12.50/girl Junior
paddle boarding (SUP) in the Wind River.
Visit a local stream and observe it as a Spend the first hour with a lesson, then
scientist, an angler and an artist. Camp the next hour on a tour.
out and learn about macroinvertebrates MICRO-PLASTIC CITIZEN SCIENCE
then learn to tie a fly and cast your rod! INVESTIGATION 7/11/20 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Haystack Rock Awareness Program $54/girl CAD/SR/AMB
6/26/20 - 6/28/20 5 - 1 p.m. Cannon Beach, OR
$25/girl Cadette
Participate in a marine micro-plastics
citizen science project by investigating DESCHUTES RAFTING
and collecting plastic that has washed River Drifters
FANTASTIC FLYERS ashore. Learn observation skills, Maupin, OR
Mad Science create a field notebook to collect your
observation data and then analyze Actively paddle through rapids on this
Learn to control the air surfaces and the important data that you collect for half-day trip! This scenic stretch of river
build your own loop-flying stunt plane. scientists. contains Class II-III whitewater and is led
Become familiar with the forces of flight by professional guides at River Drifters.
and the elements of plane designs! 6/27/20 9:30 a.m. - noon
7/12/20 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$18.75/girl Brownie/Junior
6/27/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. $58/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
$45/girl Brownie
JUNE/JULY
WILDFLOWER WEEKEND
Mount St. Helens Institute WHITE SALMON RAFTING
JUNIOR GARDENER BADGE Wet Planet Whitewater
WORKSHOP Investigate an active volcano through
GSOSW Medford Service Center science and art! Explore native This scenic stretch of river contains
wildflowers and create art inspired by Class III-IV whitewater and is led by
Make new friends in the Girl Scout Mount St. Helens. Work towards Outdoor professional guides. No paddling
Community Garden! Find out how to Art Explorer and Flowers badges. experience is necessary.
help life grow from a tiny seed. Complete
the steps to earn the JR Gardener badge. 6/27/20 - 6/28/20 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 7/17/20 1 - 5 p.m.
$72.50/girl Junior $62/girl CAD/SR/AMB
Details on next page.
GIRL SCOUT ASTRONOMY CLUBS
Love astronomy? Join a club where you’ll hear from astronauts and
researchers, explore the galaxy through a telescope at a star party, and
even host events to inspire more girls to get involved in space science!
GSOSW ASTRONOMY CLUB – PORTLAND METRO
Open to Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. Member meetings take
place on the second Friday of the month! Contact
gsoswastronomyclub@gmail.com for more information.
GSOSW ASTRONOMY CLUB – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Open to Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. Member
meetings take place on the second Wednesday of the month! Contact
gsoswastronomyclubwv@gmail.com for more information.
20July • August 2020
ROGUE RAFTING WILDERNESS FIRST AID DOG MOUNTAIN HIKE
Noah’s River Adventures CERTIFICATION Cook, WA
Ashland, OR Camp Arrowhead, Stevenson, WA
Hike a beautiful seven miles and learn
This trip is professionally led and Learn to provide first aid care while how to plan and prepare for a day hike.
contains Class I to IV whitewater and outdoors in remote environments. Girls Joining this hike will earn you a Dog
opportunities for swimming. No paddling must hold current certification in basic Mountain patch!
experience is necessary. first aid, CPR and AED by the start of
this course. Earn an American Red Cross 7/31/20 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
7/18/20 1 - 4 p.m. certification in Wilderness and Remote
$8/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
First Aid, valid for two years (Girls must
$75/girl CAD/SR/AMB
attend both days.)
7/25/20 & 7/26/20 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ROBOTICS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum
$125/girl Girls ages 14+
Mad Science
Build and program your own robot! Put
This class uses wooden cars and other your robot to the challenge as you learn
tools to show the whole process of WIZARD TWILIGHT CAMP about the future of robotics. Discover
scientific discovery. Girls will build and GSOSW Medford Service Center more about coding, bio-robotics, and
manipulate their own Mad Science drag artificial intelligence.
racer in this class.
JULY/AUGUST
Join us for the fourth annual Wizard
Twilight Camp at the Medford Service 8/1/20 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
7/18/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Center! This year, spend all week
$18.75/girl Brownie/Junior
exploring the subjects that your favorite
$45/girl Daisy/Brownie
wizards studied including Magical
Creature Care, Potions and Wizard
Botany. Try delicious magical treats and SUP YOGA
SUNSET, SUP, AND S’MORES test your skills at famous wizard games. Hood River SUP and Kayak
Corbett, OR Dinner is included every night. Camp
runs from 5:30 - 8:30p.m., Monday - This is a fun and unique water
Join REI for a sunset tour at a favorite Friday. Friday night is a sleepover for experience! Your teacher will guide you
paddling destination! After some basic Juniors and older (5:30p.m. - 9a.m.). through poses as you balance on your
instruction, you’ll take a paddle tour and board in a beautiful cove.
explore your surroundings as the sun 7/27/20 - 8/1/20 See times online
begins to set. You’ll end with a fireside 8/1/20 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
$30-60/girl All ages
sunset view and gourmet s’mores.
$37.50/girl CAD/SR/AMB
7/24/20 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
$33/girl CAD/SR/AMB
WESTERN EQUITATION AND
BEGINNING GAMING INTRO TO BACKPACKING
Herrold Stables Camp Arrowhead, Stevenson, WA
Hillsboro, OR
MCKENZIE RAFTING Enjoy the sun and the stars this summer
A Helfrich Outfitter This camp is for the experienced rider. on an overnight backpacking trip in the
Springfield, OR You’ll cover grooming, care and riding Columbia River Gorge! Meet at Camp
in Western Equitation. Trail ride, walk, Arrowhead, then as a group head out to
This scenic stretch of river contains trot, canter, and learn beginning gaming the trailhead. This is an excellent first-
up to Class III whitewater and is led obstacles like pole bending and barrels time introduction to backpacking. Past
by professional guides. No paddling (Not an overnight.) camping experience is required.
experience is necessary.
7/28/20 - 7/30/20 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 8/7/20 - 8/8/20 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
7/26/20 1:30 - 6 p.m.
$285/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB $90/girl CAD/SR/AMB
$55/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
21DIGITAL NATURE STORIES:
SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY
REI
Portland, OR
Bring a fully charged smartphone and
learn the functions of the camera, basic
exposure and composition techniques,
and which apps will help push your
pictures to the next level.
8/9/20 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
$18/girl CAD/SR/AMB
GIRL SCOUTS DAY AT THE BARN
See description on page 16.
8/10/20 9 - 11 a.m.
Girl Scout Day at the $68/girl All ages
Oregon Symphony 8/22/20 1 - 3 p.m.
JULY/AUGUST
$68/girl All ages
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020, 2 PM Complete
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ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL the Girl S
rning ENGLISH EQUITATION AND
cout
Musician
Badge
BEGINNING JUMPING
Herrold Stables
Hillsboro, OR
Girl Scouts will enjoy:
• A classical concert full of mystery, This camp is for the experienced rider.
featuring awe-inspiring large-scale You’ll cover all the basics—grooming,
puppetry and design by Portland’s own care, and riding in English Equitation.
award-winning artist Michael Curry Walk, trot, canter, and start jumping!
• An exclusive opportunity to try out an Hands-on, horse related crafts daily.
instrument after the concert and meet
Oregon Symphony musicians at the
8/11/20 - 8/13/20 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
“instrument petting zoo”
$285/girl JR/CAD/SR/AMB
• A commemorative Oregon Symphony
patch
Girl Scouts will also receive a 20%
discount and waived handling fees. ROCKET SCIENCE
Mad Science
Race a balloon rocket and design your
own car engine as you learn about
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thrust, gravity, drag and lift. Take part
503-228-1353
your official source in a safe, NASA-style launching of a
for symphony tickets
model rocket and build your very own
Skyblazer rocket to take home!
Visit www.orsymphony.org/girlscouts
for more information and to reserve your spot today 8/15/20 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
$45/girl D/BR/JR
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