Overview of take action take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service projects from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change. Explore media and find out how to reshape negative media messages into more positive onesinvite a tv show producer to talk about what influences her work, organize a movie night and discuss the films messages, or write a rap song or tv script. Need to complete the take action project 2 fun crafts that girls can do to create a type of media flip book p. Moreover, if you have a story that may help others stand up against abuse, neglect, and injustice then you may consider sharing it on their platform. Oct 28, 2016 the power of community took up a good chunk of the rest of our gs year. The crafts are totally appropriate for high school kids. Take action guide whats the difference between a community service project and a take action project. Take action project idea cadette media journey girl scout leader. Fist to five was incredibly helpful in figuring out what to do for our take action project tap. We had divided out all the parts and materials at a planning meeting and each girl or team was totally responsible to planning, making lesson plans and bringing whatever shethey needed to get their section completed. A take action project the final step in all girls scout journeys is the sustainable project that a girl or group of girls can do that deals with the subject matter of the journey. To complete the welcome to the daisy flower garden journey, girls must earn three awards. My girls love learning new things and then they get so bogged down with the take action project part of the journeys. Below are some suggestions for your take action project, which the.
For their agent of change take action project troop 4762 worked with nih childrens inn. Cadette media journey take action project girl scouts cadettes. The final steps of the award s are earned by completing a take action project that will be completed after the workshop series. To complete the amuse journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way. Let the girls have some fun and take the how much is too much. In addition to the actual journey program, we had a photographer scout to document it, a videographer scout to show. This award is earned when girls complete a girltopia art project and share it, guide other through a girltopia topic, and complete the 12 stages of the take action process. An essential component of a take action project is that the girls take it out to the community.
There are more ideas in the girls book pages 116117 pass it on. You will want to personalize it based on what products and resources you have on hand or that you can. Community service makes the world better by addressing a problem right now. Fountain valley, take action, domestic violence, girl scouts, troops, journey, student, education, gold. A troop of cadettes doing the media program use their take action to project to try and help their devastated north carolina community recover from a tornado. Using the media journey, together with the free being. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm service project leaves off. Troop 52784 had a fun idea for the take action project with their breathe journey. Girls can record their progress using the award tracker found on pp. Make a simple bird feeder there are simple 1 time use ones and refillable ones and find an adult.
Cleaning up the muck project 1 ecoactionassist a local environmental organization project 2 community gardeningassist or start a community project 1. Have the girls complete the quiz on pages 2629 of the girl journey books and complete what. Troop leaders share the take action project their girl scouts completed to complete the cadette amaze journey. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660. But have they ever thought about whether what they see and hear all around them every day reflects their reality. In media, creativity counts but thats not all that counts. The amaze journey teaches girls about relationships and how to navigate them. As you continue with the journey by guiding them through the completion of their take action project please use the r esources for take action follow up on the workshops4 girls website. Here is a list of resources for them and for you, their leader, to use.
Girl guide and girl scouts wagggs and dove, has launched. Cadettes look for the me in media and learn how they can shape media for themselves, their community and the world. To complete the media journey, girls must earn three awards. I typically try to encourage them to keep perspective and not lasso the moon for a take action on a journey.
Plan a take action project that encourages positive messages in. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards are all take action projects. I am so glad to have come across your get moving as an overnighter. The girls will discuss what to do and a plan will need to made to make that happen. Cadette journey snapshots girl scouts of greater new york. I would have loved to do it in a sleepover but was limited by the time of year and my girls busy schedules. For example, collecting cans of food for a food pantry feeds people right now.
Twitter was the side project of some guys working on a podcasting company. Girls will create and carrying out a take action project with every journey that they complete. This will earn them the monitor award, and prepare them to choose a project for. Completing a cadette journey is a prerequisite for the silver award. To complete the world of girls journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a. Get moving junior journey scouts honor wiki fandom.
Each journey is packed with current environmental information and offers ways to improve life for everyone on the planet through a take action project. See more ideas about girl scouts, girl scout troop and cadette badges. I feel like the journey guides start out great and then they lose steam. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. Like all girl scout journeys, the second part of each think like a journey has the girls plan and implement a take action project. See more ideas about cadette badges, girl scouts and girl scout patches.
Below you will find three sample sessions for this journey. In order to complete this journey, you will need to follow through on a take action project on your own or with your troop. Invite the girls to make name tags if they dont all know each other. Girls will complete the media journey and earn the three awards at the completion of the series. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660 san. Keep in mind that girls scout leadership journeys are prerequisites for girl scoutings highest awards. The girl scout cadette breathe journey is one that the girls can learn a lot from. It teaches the girls the girl scout law by means of talking flowers, each of which represents a line of the law and one of the daisy petals. Recognizing that there is a lot of wait time and sitting around time while waiting for appointments or recovering from procedures, the girls came up with the idea to create activity books for patients and sibling family members at the nih childrens inn.
Follow the activity on page 5253 of the amaze journey adult guide for approximately 15 minutes. Girl scout crafts girl scouts giraffe awards scouting green lime journey social media. When i was growing up, there were public service announcements from woodsy owl that told us to give a hoot, dont pollute. The take action project is not completed with this journey in a day program. They can identify gender stereotypes in the media andor their own lives. Whats the difference between community service and take action. If you read anything on startupbros you will go away having the capability to do something that you werent able to before. The girls media book has helpful tips for guiding the girls projects. The girls came up with several areas to focus their efforts in. We thank you so much for your journeys in a box ideas, materials and instructions. Faqs frequently asked questions about earning the girl.
Plan a take action project to fix an energy problem in your community. To earn this patch set, complete the requirements in cadette media journey book. How can i help girls organize a take action project. Take action projects are found within the journey books and these projects will prepare girls to complete the bronze, silver and gold awards, respectively. Wardcadettes a troop of cadettes on the media journey use their take action to project to try. A troop of cadettes on the media journey use their take action to project to try and help their devastated north carolina community recover from a tornado. May 20, 2014 we were so pleased with this journey in a box that we have already purchased our next one action and will take one whole saturday and part of a sunday to complete it. She can learn science, technology, engineering, and math stem, outdoors and life skills, and entrepreneurship. This is a great way to get a feel for the journeys. Plan a take action project that encourages positive messages in mediarewrite a song that has hurtful lyrics. Cadettes put the me in media as this journey encourages them to explore the great big multi media world around them and then remake media to better match the reality they know. Girl scout cadette media journey project be you video girl scout cadette media journey project be you. We are very pleased to announce that gsusa has made a new journey for girls the outdoor journey, which will count towards our highest awards of bronze, silver, and gold, along with other journey and badge choices for girls. Junior amuse journey activity plan 2 lesson plan length.
Welcome to the daisy flower garden girl scout tool box. Feb 22, 2015 cadette media journey take action project. Think like an engineer journey take action guide whats the difference between a community service project and a take action project. Media leadership journey connections girl scouts of central. Girls can continue their a world of girls journey by earning the tell a story award and better world for girls. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. As their take action project for this journey, troop 4300 saw a lack of activities for senior citizens in their community. Sending an email saying your troop is interested is not considered a reservation.
This means that the most important part is how the girls achieve their not, not just that they achieve it. Take action projects and the girl scout leadership experience take action projects are process oriented instead of results oriented. Take action projects are found within the journey books and these projects will prepare girls. This special portal features a curated a list of projects that are best suited for a girl scout journey and allows your girls to contribute data as a troop. Juliette low used media the film to get the word out and promote girl scouting i think this movie is available on you tube or it is sold at the birthplace in savannah. Journey take action projects poolesville area girl scouts. Making braided chew ropes for dogs bake and donate dog biscuits collect for the pencil project collect for message of hope foundation planning a project edit resources edit. Gsusa, in partnership with the world association of. We have 5th grade juniors and we do one journey every year so this is our 6th journey. Its one of those painfully simple ideas that cant be repeated enough.
Girls select their own theme, design, and execute their awards take action project. A take action guide for volunteers this guide includes answers to the following faqs. For their media take action project troop 4300 made a youtube video that they shared with all the members of the service unit. What are the suggested hours for earning each of the awards. Outdoor journey the outdoor girl scout project site. Group take action project focuses on something the girls care about that they would. Theyre invited to create their vision as an art projectin any medium they choose. Their take action project is making two dreamers dreams come true in an event they are putting together and hosting. This post is different, its a complete guide to becoming a man or woman of action. May 21, 2019 this special portal features a curated a list of projects that are best suited for a girl scout journey and allows your girls to contribute data as a troop. It took me 4 days several hours per day of intensive planning and about 5 hours of research to put together the. Apr 08, 2015 the girls didnt have to look much further than their immediate family to see how many dreams get sidelined by the realities of life and family. The cadette outdoor journey consists of three badges.
Daisy journey activities for current journeys author. Collecting gently used items from your home clothes, toys, books and donating to support a local cause. Options can be found on pages 11, 19, 27, 29, 34, 35, 46, and 60 step 3. Remind girls that peer pressure is a form of bullying and relational aggression.
As we have a mix of multiple schools, home school students, etc. We will then purchase our last journey in a box to complete all three journeys. Whats the difference between a community service project. At the end, use the wall to help plan the group take action project. Action projects are found within the journey books and these projects will prepare girls. This series focuses on the influence of media in the girls everyday lives, and would work well with a group of girls interested in popular culture, marketingor advertising. We also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. There are a number of resources on the web for doing a journey in a day, journey in a sleepover, or a journey in a weekend. This activity gives girls a chance to take a stance on peer pressure, clarifying their own values in the process. This journey is their chance to imagine a perfect worldfor girls. Brownie quest brownie journey scouts honor wiki fandom. They worked to clean up the air in their schools classrooms by providing each teacher with an indoor plant, and they hope that teachers will add more to keep the air clean and create a better learning atmosphere. Along the way, cadettes become aware of the value of media, its limitations and effect and the power they have to lead and inspire others. Take action project idea cadette media journey girl.
The watering can award prepares girls for their take action project, which leads to the golden honey bee award. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Now its time to take action on some other important things through these new girl scout sisterhood initiatives and more. A take action guide for volunteers girl scouts of the usa. Mar 25, 2014 we have 5th grade juniors and we do one journey every year so this is our 6th journey. Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing poweruse experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community. All the tools used to communicate with many people at once books, magazines, newspapers, tv, radio, movies, blogs, etc. Girl scout cadette troop 116 media take action project. Then theyll take action to make their vision a reality.
Go to page 7475 for media remake ideas and suggestions, or come up with your own. Thanks for sending your daughter or troop to workshops4girls for their media journey. Were finding that schedules are tighter, and it can be more difficult to get them together consistently for a project start to finish. Earn your cadette journey while camping completing a journey with cadettes can be a challenge. Mar 27, 2015 take action project idea cadette media journey girl scout leader. This document is a stepbystep guide for completing the cadette outdoor journeyit includes detailed meeting outlines and all related resources. I would love it if you did the cadettes breathe journey as an overnight or in a day. When i was growing up, there were public service announcements from woodsy owl that told us to give a. Additional materials for each session are listed just below the session title and it would be helpful to prepare these materials well in advance of facilitating that session.
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