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Every Vote Counts Try-It

GIRL SCOUTS – NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES
P.O. Box 91649, Raleigh, NC 27675
919-782-3021 or 1-800-284-4475

Our Own Council’s Try-It

Every Vote Counts

Voting is an important part of our democratic system of government. By working towards this Girl Scout
Brownie Try-It, you will have a better understanding of how voting works and learn more about the voting
requirements and legislative bodies in the state of North Carolina.
Girl Scout Brownies should complete at least six of the requirements to earn this Try-It.

1. On a map of North Carolina, locate your county and where you live within that county. Use that
information to find your NC State House voting district and NC State Senate voting district. Using the
Internet, county maps, or other means, locate the polling location for your house.

2. What are the requirements to register to vote in North Carolina? Where can someone go to register?
Figure out the date when you will be old enough to vote.

3. Women have not always been able to vote. Which Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right
to vote? In what year? Did Juliette Gordon Low (October 31, 1860 - January 27, 1927) get to vote?

4. Read a book (see the list below or ask an adult to help you find a different one) about women and voting.
Share what you’ve learned with your troop.

5. Ask your mom, grandmother, aunt, or other female friend about the first time they voted. How did they
feel? Were they nervous? Show that you are proud of them by drawing a picture of them voting and
give it to them.

6. Has North Carolina ever had a female Governor? Lieutenant Governor? What would you accomplish
first if you were elected Governor of North Carolina?

7. Find out when the next election is in your area. This information should be available from your county’s
Board of Elections. Make a poster reminding people to vote on that day.

8. Read a local newspaper with an adult. Which issues concern voters in the state of North Carolina?

9. Hold an election. This can be a fun way to select your favorite Girl Scout cookie, choose your next Try-
It, or select your next field trip. Create a ballot and make enough copies for each girl to vote. Set up
voting booths to allow for secret voting. Place all votes in a ballot box and keep them secret until all
votes have been cast. Tally the votes to finalize your election.

10. Visit the Democracy Project Web site (http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/index.html)
and click on “Cast Your Vote!” Participate in the ballot process and print out your future voter card!
Don’t forget to sign it to make it “official!”

http://www.nccoastalpines.org/BPWC/Documents/PG525J%20Every%20Vote%20Counts%20Try-it%20Booklet.pdf
Journey: Think Like an Engineer (Junior)

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how engineers use design thinking to solve problems
2. Do 3 design thinking activities: design and build a paper structure that can support the weight of heavy books, an emergency shelter, and a prototype of a structure that can withstand an earthquake’s shaking.
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.

Learn more about how to earn your Take Action Award — and help your community — with the Girl Scout Take Action Guide. Then use your leadership skills to earn your Bronze Award, the highest award for Girl Scout Juniors!
Celebrate Alaska Patch

**Celebrate Alaska** is a Brownie and Junior Patch from the Girl Scouts of Alask Council.

Complete all of the following activities

## Activities

1. Complete the Alaska Native Heritage patch.
2. Find out how and when Alaska became a state. Do an activity to mark the 50th anniversary of statehood or attend a statehood celebration event.
3. Display the Alaska flag at a troop meeting and be able to tell about the state flag, flower and bird. Learn the “Alaska Flag Song”. and Name the current Governor, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representative. Name the mayor or tribal council leader of your community.
4. Make a map showing at least 4 of these interesting facts about Alaska:
	* miles of coastline
	* location of the Arctic Circle
	* important mountain ranges and glaciers/ice fields
	* major rivers
	* major mineral deposits
	* important cities
	* National Forests, National Parks, and Wildlife Refuges
	* location of Alaska Native cultural groups
	* ANCSA corporation boundaries
	* Display your map where others can benefit from your research; present an Alaskan program for your parents or to another troop.
	* Do an activity from one of the following try-its: All in the Family, Listening to the Past or badges: Across Generations, Celebrating People, Local Lore, My Community, My Heritage to learn more about people in your community and in Alaska.

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Alaska Member Resources
Council Patch Booklet
Baldwin County

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Baldwin County is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama Council.

Objective: By learning about Baldwin County, girls will feel connected to their community and understand the value of contributing their time and effort to the community now and in the future.

Guidelines:
Brownies need to complete two requirements.
Juniors need to complete four requirements.
Girls ages 11-14 need to complete five requirements.
Girls ages 14-17 need to complete six requirements.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. Name six communities/towns in Central Baldwin County.

2. Name ten communities/towns in South Baldwin County.
3. When is hurricane season on the Gulf Coast?
4. What church in Baldwin County was known for many years as “God’s Lighthouse”? Where is it located?
5. Name five communities/towns on the Eastern Shore.
6. What does “Ecor Rouge” mean? What language does that come from?
7. What hotel is known as the “Queen of Southern Resorts”? What did it serve as during World War II?
8. Name ten of the communities/towns in North Baldwin County.
9. Who is Baldwin County named after? What college did he help found and serve as its first President?
10. Bay Minette is home to the largest employer in Baldwin County. Name that business.

# External Links

Forms and Resources for Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama
Patch Book
Pachuca de Sugar

**Pachuca de Sugar** is the 228th episode in *Cookie Jam*.

## Levels

This episode will contain levels 4476-4495.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* This island is based on the Mexican city Pachuca de Soto.
Athabascan Culture Try-It

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Athabascan Culture is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Alaska Council.

# Activities

1. 1. **Map it!** Find the Athabascan region on a map of Alaska, and identify the major rivers in the area. How is the climate in this area different from other parts of Alaska? Choose a village in this region that you are not already familiar with, and find out four facts about it. Or, sketch the eleven Athabascan language areas on your map.

2. **Native Legends / Story Time!** Ask an elder or a tradition bearer to tell you an Athabascan legend (or listen to an Athabascan legend from Athabascan Stories by Alice Brean or In the Shadows of Mountains by John E. Smelcer). Or, listen to an Athabascan story (some examples are The Girl Who Swam with the Fish retold by Michelle Renner; Anna’s Athabascan Summer by Arnold Griese; or Walk About: Life in an Ahtna Athabascan Village by John Smelcer and Tricia Wilson).
3. **Who’s Who?** Georgianna Lincoln was born in Fairbanks in 1943. Use the Internet or the library to discover how she has been a leader in the Native community. What was she the first Alaska Native woman in the state to do?
4. **Handiwork** Women from some Athabascan communities make baskets from birch bark and necklaces using prized dentalium shells. Make your own basket or beaded necklace (Hands on Alaska: Art Activities for all Ages, pg. 65-69 ). Base your necklace pattern on images and designs of actual Athabascan jewelry.
5. **Making Connections** Invite an Athabascan elder to visit your troop or group, and ask her/him to share stories of what life was like when she/he was young. Learn a few new phrases in her/his language.
6. **Animal Habitats** Subsistence hunting and fishing remain a central part of Athabascan culture. What kinds of animals are an important source of food for the people? Draw a sketch of one of those animals in its natural habitat.
7.**Yum!** Athabascans rely heavily on moose as a staple in their diet. Try moose stew or roast (or another Athabascan dish). What ingredients were used?
“Chin’anguninyu” (Thank you, that you came here) – Dena’ina

# See also

List of Council's Own Brownie Try-Its
*Alaskan Athabascans* by Patricia Partnow
Athabascan Values poster (printed by the Alaska Native Knowledge Network)
*Cheda* (Athabascan Indian for grandma) by A.E. Stephan
Ella B. Vernetti School home page in the Athabascan village of Koyukuk, Alaska
*The First Athabascans of Alaska: Strawberries* by A.E. Stephan
*Gwitch’in Native Elders: Not Just Knowledge, But a Way of Looking at the World* by Shawn Wilson
*Koyukon Riddles* adapted by Richard Dauenhauer
*Tetlin as I Knew it* by Shirley David Jimerson
*Tetlin Resource Booklet* by Patricia Partnow
*Traditional Athabascan Fish Recipes* by A.E. Stephan
*When People Meet Animals* by Patricia Partnow

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Alaska Member Resources
Council Patch Booklet
Dinner Party Badge

**The Dinner Party badge** is part of the “legacy" badge set introduced in 2011 from the Girl Scouts of San Diego.

## Activities:

Try on the role of chef as you throw a great dinner party.

1. Create your menu
2. Make a budget and shopping list
3. Practice timing your courses
4. Explore imaginative ways to present food
5. Host your party

When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to make and serve a fabulous three-course meal.
F.A.C.T. (First Aid for Children Today)

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F.A.C.T. (First Aid for Children Today) is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scout Council of the Catawba Valley Area.

# Who can earn this patch?

All Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts can receive this patch for completing the F.A.C.T. program.

# What is the purpose of this patch?

* + - * + - Teach children how to become aware of behaviors that can lead to injuries or illness.
					- Teach them some ways to prevent injuries.
					- Teach them how to respond to injuries.
					- Encourage them to make choices that will positively influence their health and that of the environment.

# What does this patch kit contain?

The kit contains six lessons on first aid, healthy living habits, personal safety, injury prevention, road safety, and environmental health.

Each lesson covers health and safety issues, focusing on awareness, prevention and response. The program is geared at the second grade level but can easily be adapted to children ranging in age 5 to 8. A leader may wish to cover only some topics or parts of topics depending on the level of the children and the time available.

A list of supplies that the leader needs for each lesson is listed. Parent letters are included so parents can reinforce the learning at home. Depending upon how much is discussed on each lesson the course could last 10-12 hours.

# Who can teach this program?

Cadette and Senior F.A.C.T. Program Aides or any adult may teach this program.

# How can I get this kit?

Check out a F.A.C.T. teaching kit (Leader's Guide and posters) from the council library. Order 1 participant's activity book (Cost - $1.50) per girl from the Council Store. A certificate is included in the book.

# Who keeps records of how many girls take this course?

We have entered into an agreement with all the Red Cross Chapters in our council area to conduct this course. An attendance form (on patch order form) must be filled out upon completion of the course, whether you order the patch or not, and turned in to the Vice President of Program Services and Property at the Girl Scout Council. These numbers will be compiled and turned in to your local Red Cross for their records.

# What do girls receive for their participation?

A participation patch is available from the Council Store for $1.50 per patch.

A F.A.C.T. Report Form is available to send to the council after your troop completes the patch program.

# External Links

GSCCVA Patch Projects
F.A.C.T. (First Aid for Children Today) Patch
List of Council's Own Legacy Badges

A cornerstone of Girl Scouting, the seven legacy badges build on over 100 years of Girl Scout history. Each of these badges (Artist, Athlete, Citizen, Cook, **First Aid**, Girl Scout Way, and Naturalist) is available at five levels of Girl Scouting, from **Brownie** to Ambassador.

### Brownie

* Painting
* Fair Play
* Celebrating Community
* Snacks
* Brownie First Aid
* Brownie Girl Scout Way
* Bugs

### Junior

* Drawing
* Practice with Purpose
* Inside Government
* Simple Meals
* Junior First Aid
* Junior Girl Scout Way
* Flowers

### Cadette

* Comic Artist
* Good Sportsmanship
* Finding Common Ground
* New Cuisines
* Cadette First Aid
* Cadette Girl Scout Way
* Trees

### Senior

* Collage
* Cross-Training
* Behind the Ballot
* Locavore
* Senior First Aid
* Senior Girl Scout Way
* Sky

### Ambassador

* Photographer
* Coaching
* Public Policy
* Dinner Party
* Ambassador First Aid
* Ambassador Girl Scout Way
* Water
Advocating for Veterans (Gold Award Take Action Project)

**Advocating for Veterans**was a Gold Award Project done by Girl Scout Melissa McHenry and earned in 2015.

Knowing that a fire had destroyed much of the interior of a local VFW Post, Melissa wanted to fill the walls with artwork full of American pride. She spent time interviewing and working with veterans to learn about the different branches of the armed forces and the service some of the veterans provided for the nation. She also developed an educational component to her art project to help inform others about her project and the veterans’ contribution.

Melissa chose the VFW and all the Veterans to help achieve her Gold Award in the Girl Scouts by combining her love of art and her desire to give back to veterans. She made a presentation to the Veterans of Lynbrook and painted this beautiful painting that now hangs proudly in the Lynbrook VFW post.

On May 9, 2016, Melissa died suddenly of heart failure at her home in Lynbrook, New York, just after she finished her first year of college at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts at the age of 18.

On January 3, 2018, the Girl Scouts of Nassau County paid a tribute to Melissa at the Friendship Tree Ceremony - Melissa McHenry.

### External links

http://scoutshonor.wikia.com/wiki/Advocating\_for\_Veterans
Journey: GIRLtopia

**GIRLtopia**is part of the "It's Your World-Change It" Journey from the Girl Scouts of Nassau County.

## In this Journey, you will:

1. Develop your vision for an ideal world and acquire the skills to make it a reality—paint a mural, write a poem or story, film a video, or perform a show about ways society can improve.
2. Plan a Take Action project that addresses an issue in your community.
3. Earn the Senior Visionary Award. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.

Learn more about how to earn your Take Action Award — and help your community — with the Girl Scout Take Action Guide. Then use your leadership skills to earn your Gold Award, the highest award for Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors!
Archaeology Try-It

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Archaeology is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Council.

Ever wonder what Archaeology is all about and what archaeologists do? To earn the Archaeology Try-It, complete four of the six following activities.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. Discuss what Archaeology is. It is the study of past human cultures through the artifacts they have left behind. Also discuss some of the common myths and misconceptions of Archaeology. For example, Archaeologists DO NOT dig up dinosaur bones (those are Paleontologists) and they are not treasure hunters like Indiana Jones and Lara Croft.

2. Complete the Archaeology Word Search and learn the meanings and definitions of the terms. For example, what is an excavation, a unit, a trowel?
3. Visit an archaeological dig site (called an excavation) or a park with an Archaeology theme. Lean why the site is important or significant to the Archaeology of the area. Many states have an Archaeology month or week in which the public can participate in activities. For example, Indiana celebrates Archaeology Month every September and has two State Parks (Angel Mounds in Evansville and Mounds State Park in Anderson) that are archaeologically related. Hamilton County in Indiana has two parks related to Archaeology: River Road Park and the Strawtown “Koteewi” Park, which has an archaeological interpretive center. Or, visit your State Museum and study the archaeology exhibits on display.
4. Make a craft with an Archaeology theme. For example, many craft stores have plastic “arrowheads” that you can make a necklace with. Or, you can make a miniature screen to sift dirt with out of Popsicle sticks and window screen and make a miniature excavation site (you can make a bucket for dirt from a plastic film canister with a pipe cleaner for a handle.) Or, make an Egyptian sarcophagus out of a shoebox and wrap a yarn doll in First Aid gauze for your mummy. Use your imagination!
5. Pretend that it is 5,000 years in the future and archaeologists are digging up what we left behind. Discuss what kinds of things that they might find – and what they won’t find – buried in the soil. For example, do you think your favorite stuffed animal will still be around or will it have disintegrated? What about your favorite book? Your favorite necklace? Your plastic Barbie doll?
6. Learn about the different prehistoric time periods for your area, for example, Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian, and how do they differ from modern Indian tribes, for example, Miami, Delaware, etc. The Indiana State Archaeologist’s office has a coloring book available that provides this information, and it’s fun to color too! You may contact the Indiana State Archaeologist’s office at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology at (317) 232-1646 and ask about their Archaeology Month handouts for kids, available free of charge!

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Try-It
Archaeology Try-It
Appalachian Singers

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Appalachian Singers is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council.

Girl Scouts love to sing! The Appalachian Singers Book and its accompanying cassette tape are available at the Council Service Center. Earning the patch requires that the participant learn and enjoy a specified number of songs from this collection of tried and true favorites.

BROWNIES must know and be able to sing at least 12 songs from A.S.P. booklet including the ones with an asterisk (\*).
JUNIORS must know and be able to sing 16 songs including the ones with an asterisk (\*).
CADETTES and SENIORS
must know and be able to sing 20 songs including ones with an asterisk (\*).

# External Links

Council Patch Program - Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Inc.
Patch Requirements
Agent of Change (Junior Journey)

**The Agent of Change Journey** is part of the "It's Your World—Change It!" series from the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson.

### **In this Journey, you will:**

1. Explore how powerful individual women have been throughout history, how your own individual powers can be linked together to create a powerful team, and how your team power can become community power.
2. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.
3. Earn 3 leadership awards: Power of One, Power of Team, and Power of Community. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.

Learn more about how to earn your Take Action Award — and help your community — with the Girl Scout Take Action Guide. Then use your leadership skills to earn your Bronze Award, the highest award for Girl Scout Juniors!
Girl Scout S'mores (cookie)

**Girl Scout S'mores** are Girl Scout Cookies that were introduced in 2016 from the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County. They are graham sandwich cookies with creamy chocolate and marshmallowy filling are one more delicious way to support her next adventure!

## Ingredients

Graham flour, sugar, palm oil, wheat flour, cane sugar, cocoa, contains 2% or less of invert cane syrup, organic cornstarch, chocolate, molasses, salt, baking soda, organic vanilla extract, cocoa processed with alkali, soy lecithin, natural flavors, organic nonfat milk.

## Cookie Box

The Girl Scout S'mores cookie box is brown and has an image of Girl Scouts roasting marshmallows.

## Badges on cookies

   On the back of the cookie box, the Girl Scout S'mores features three awards on the sash;

 Outdoor Adventurer  | Brownie

### **Outdoor Adventurer**

Girl Scout Brownies go on amazing adventures and learn new things to do outdoors.

1. Play outdoors in a new way
2. Explore nature
3. Buddy up and play outdoor games
4. Learn a camp skill
5. Care for the outdoors

When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have tried a lot of new things outdoors and learned which activities you want to do again.

### **Horseback Riding**

Girl Scout Juniors find out about horse behavior and riding basics.

1. Know the basics of horseback riding
2. Take care of a horse and learn about safety
3. Prepare for your ride
4. Practice your ride
5. Go for a ride

When you've earned this badge, you’ll know what it takes to be a good rider—from understanding horse body language to controlling the horse’s speed while you're riding.

### **Archery Badge**

Girl Scout Cadettes find out about archery, an exciting sport that takes strength, focus, good form, and practice.

1. Get to know archery equipment
2. Learn about archery safety
3. Practice archery before you  go on a range
4. Shoot on an archery range
5. Create an archery challenge

When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to take aim outdoors with your archery skills.

### **Paddling Badge**

Girl Scout Seniors choose one of three paddling activities—canoeing, kayaking, or standup paddleboarding (SUP)—and learn the knowledge and skills you need to have an unforgettable experience.

1. Explore the three paddling sports
2. Learn paddling safety
3. Practice paddling techniques
4. Go on a short paddling adventure
5. Take your paddling skills to the next level

When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have paddling skills and know how to be safe—and have fun—on the water.

### **Survival Camper Badge**

Girl Scout Ambassadors test your skills with limited supplies and have an unforgettable experience with your camping crew.

1. Plan a survival camping trip
2. Gather your gear
3. Plan and prepare your trip meals
4. Learn a survival camp skill
5. Go camping

When you’ve earned this badge, you'll have planned and gone on a survival camping trip with a group of Girl Scouts or family members.
Fashion Try-It

**Fashion** is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey Council.

Fashion is what it is all about!

Complete at least 4 of the following activities.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. Take a paper doll and design/draw clothes for the doll. Some places to print your doll.

* + - * + - http://scrapbooking.about.com/od/paperdolls/
					- http://makingfriends.com/
					- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?Scope=TC&Query=dolls

2. Look up the history of headbands in the library or ask your mom to help you look on line or look up the history of another fashion item.
* + - * + - http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip6404.htm

3. Interview your parents or other family friends about what they wore when they were in Elementary school. Ask if they still have any clothes and have a fashion show with them. Or Have a fashion show with your troop. Pick a topic like nightwear, dresses or beachwear. Don't forget the music!
4. Design your own Doll or create some clothes using a napkin or paper towels or some scraps of material.
5. Go thru the Sunday adds or clothes magazine that come in the mail. Look at all the different kinds of clothes on sale. Compare some prices. Make a scrapbook of all the clothes you like.
6. Take an old shirt and redesign it by: adding beads, tie dying, add fringe, and /or cut wholes in it. Just plain re-decorate it.
7. Make hair jewelry: You can decorate some chopsticks for your hair, or make hair combs and barrettes. Or Learn how to do hair wraps.
8. Play a fashion game: Play a game of Fashion Bingo or play clothes store. There's lot of way to incorporate fashion it to a game. Have fun with it.
* + - * + - http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp

# External Links

Earned Awards: Council's Own Earned Awards - Juliette's Closet, Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey
Fashion Try-It
Home Scientist

**The Home Scientist Try-it** is part of the “It's Your World - Change It!” badge set introduced in 2011 earned to Girl Scout Brownies in the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County.

## Activities:

Find out where science has been hiding in your home.

1. Be a kitchen chemist
2. Create static electricity
3. Dive into density
4. Make something bubble up
5. Play with science
List of Council's Own Senior Badges

**Girl Scout Seniors** earn rectangular badges, typically edged in yellow.

### Legacy Badges

* Collage
* Cross-Training
* Behind the Ballot
* Locavore
* Senior First Aid
* Senior Girl Scout Way
* Sky

### Financial Literacy Badges

* Financing My Future
* Buying Power

### Cookie Business Badges

* My Portfolio
* Customer Loyalty

### Skill Building Badges

##### It's Your World-Change It!

* Website Designer
* Women's Health
* Troupe Performer
* Science of Style
* Novelist

##### It's Your Planet-Love It!

* Textile Artist
* Room Makeover
* Truth Seeker
* Adventurer
* Car Care

##### It's Your Story-Tell It!

* Traveler
* Voice for Animals
* Game Visionary
* Social Innovator
* Business Etiquette

### Journeys

* GIRLtopia
* Mission Sisterhood
* Sow What?

### Other Awards

* Gold Award
* Safety Award (Senior)
* Thinking Day
Air Force Pride Badge

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Air Force Pride is a Junior Badge from the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast.

**GUIDELINES**: Complete the required activity below, one from each Leadership Key (Discover, Connect, Take Action), and at least three other activities listed under any Key.

**Required Activity**: Invite a member of the United States Air Force to visit your troop and interview him/her about their role in the Air Force. Ask him/her to bring a globe or a map and show you where he/she has traveled. Ask him/her what it is like to live on an Air Force Base and how is it different from civilian life.

# Discover

1) Find the U.S. Air Force base located closest to your hometown. Name and describe the mission of this base. Who is the Commander of this base? Describe the Wing, Groups and/or squadrons located there.
2) Listen to and learn the Air Force song. Try searching online or at the library.
3) Identify and describe or draw the following aircrafts: Fighter, Bomber, Transport, Tanker, and Surveillance.
# Connect

1) Invite the spouse or a child of an Air Force member to visit your troop meeting and/or interview them. What is it like to have a family member in the Air Force? Where have they lived? How does their life compare to yours?
2) Visit an Air and Space or Flight or Aircraft museum. Take the tour and try different activities. List and discuss, with your troop, contributions the U.S. Air Force has made to our society.
# Take Action

1) Attend an Air Force air show. Document with photos or describe to your troop or another Girl Scout what you heard, saw, and learned at the show.
2) Write a letter or draw a card of support to an Air Force member.
3) Create a 5-minute skit teaching others about the Air Force and perform it for family, friends, or another Girl Scout troop.
4) Tour an Air Force museum, monument, memorial, or cemetery. Find out what volunteer opportunities are available for you. Could your troop do a flag ceremony on location?
# See also

Coast Guard Pride Badge
Navy Pride Badge
List of Council's Own Junior Badges

# External Links

Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast Patch Programs
Air Force Pride Badge
Book Club

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Book Club is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.

The GSCNC Book Club Patch Program encourages girls to read and share their opinions with others. When you participate in the Book Club you put a Bookshelf patch on your sash. For each book read and discussed, a Book patch is then placed above the Bookshelf patch. Girls can discuss the book with anyone- their troop, friends, family members, etc.

# Meeting Guides

Meeting Guides provide an outline for troop leaders to host three or four 60-minute troop meetings. You are welcome to incorporate as much or as little of the Meeting Guide into your meetings. These guides can also be used as the basis for sampler troops.

GSCNC Book Club Event Guide: Setting Up Your Book Club!
This event guide can be used for any Program Level and provides a basic outline for hosting four 60-minute Book Club meetings.

Details for discussion questions and activities can be found in the Book Guides (below). Troops do not need to follow the GSCNC Book Guides, however. They are welcome to choose their own book.

# Books

### For Brownies

*Through Grandpa's Eyes*
by Patricia MacLachlan

*Pippi Longstocking*
by Astrid Lindgren

### For Juniors

*Nim's Island*
by Wendy Orr

### For Cadettes

*The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963*
by Christopher Paul Curtis

### For Seniors and Ambassadors

*Life of Pi*
by Yann Martel

*The Alchemist*
by Paulo Coelho

# See also

List of Council's Own All Ages Awards
For the Love of Books Try-It

# External Links

GSCNC Patches and Council's Owns
Book Club webpage
North Carolina Girl Scout Tennis

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North Carolina Girl Scout Tennis is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scout Council of the Catawba Valley Area.

# Tennis is the Sport of a Lifetime!

North Carolina Girl Scout Tennis PatchComplete six of the following activities, including the two marked with an asterisk(\*).

1. 1. 1. \*Learn the five basic strokes of tennis in the USA Tennis 1-2-3 class or similar series of beginner tennis lessons. The five basic strokes are:

* + - * + - Forehand Ground Stroke
					- Forehand Volley
					- Backhand Ground Stroke
					- Backhand Volley
					- Serve

2. \* Learn how to keep score, the basic rules and court etiquette.
3. Explore the history of tennis and write a one-two page paper.
* + - * + - Which countries is it popular?
					- What are the Grand Slam events?
					- What are the different types of tennis court surfaces?
					- Who are some past or present tennis stars?

4. Learn how to select, use, and care for your tennis equipment and clothing.
* + - * + - Visit a sports store or use a sports catalog to learn more.
					- Check out tennis.

5. Learn about a touring player or tennis star.
* + - * + - How did they get started in tennis?
					- What is their world ranking?
					- What other interest do they have?
					- What makes them great?
					- Watch them play a match in person or on television

6. Interview a tennis teaching professional or someone who works in tennis.
* + - * + - How did they get into business?
					- What are their job responsibilities?
					- What do they like most about their job?
					- Try to spend part of day observing what they do.

7. Interview High School or College tennis players.
* + - * + - When did they start playing?
					- How much did they practice?
					- What they expect to gain from tennis?

8. Learn what injuries may occur in this sport.
* + - * + - Learn and demonstrate First Aid for at lease two of these injuries.
					- List or discuss safety tips or steps to prevent these injuries.
					- Consider the weather conditions.

9. Attend or volunteer in the running of a tennis tournament.
* + - * + - What is done to organize this event?
					- How are the players organized to play and what is the format?
					- How are matches scheduled?
					- What prizes are awarded to the players?

10. Play in a USA Team Tennis or Rallyball League in your community.
11. Volunteer at a local tennis program or event.
* + - * + - Ask your Community Tennis Association how you can give back to your community through tennis.
					- Assist at the registration desk to check-in players or post match scores.
					- Collect racquets to be donated.
					- Teach younger children basic tennis skills

For additional information visit the North Carolina Tennis Web site.

# External Links

GSCCVA Patch Projects
GSCCVA North Carolina Girl Scout Tennis Patch
Journey: Breathe

**Breathe**is part of "It's Your Planet-Love It!" journey for Girl Scout Cadettes from the Girl Scouts of Nassau County.

### **In this Journey, you will:**

1. Find out about the air we breathe by visiting a wind farm, talking to an an environmental scientist, or doing experiments using wind.
2. Plan a Take Action project to fix an air problem in your community. You could plant an indoor garden, campaign against smoking, or push for clean-air initiatives in your community.
3. Earn 3 leadership awards: Aware, Alert, and Affirm. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.

Learn more about how to earn your Take Action Award — and help your community — with the Girl Scout Take Action Guide. Then use your leadership skills to earn your Silver Award, the highest award for Girl Scout Cadettes!
List of Council's Own Patch Programs

# A

* Adopt a Grandparent
* Advocate for Health
* Africatown/Origins USA
* A Journey Thru Her World Disabilities Awareness Patch
* America's Junior Miss: Be Your Best Self
* Alaska Heritage Patch
* Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges Patch
* Alaska Native Heritage Patch
* Allied Health
* Appalachian Heritage
* Appalachian Singers
* Archives

# B

* Baldwin County
* Bats
* Birds
* Be a PAL
* Be Prepared: Emergency Preparedness
* Black History
* Book Club
* Brady's Badge Patch
* Brownie Friendmaker

# C

* Camp Sky-Ma-Wo
* Cardiac Care Healthy Heart Hero
* CHICAS: Discovering Hispanic Heritage
* Coastal Georgia
* Common Threads
* Conservation Fun!
* CPS Energy and the Environmental Awareness Initiative

# D

* Dahlonega & Lumpkin County History
* Daisy's Neighborhood
* Dinosaur
* Disability Awareness
* Discover Galveston Island
* Discover North-Central Alabama
* Discover Savannah
* Discovering Flight
* Diversity Pin
* Do-Dad - Farthest North Council
* Do Dads are Grrr-eat! - Appalachian Council
* Doll Collecting
* Duck Patch
* Dynamic Duo

# F

* F.A.C.T. (First Aid for Children Today)
* Founding Women in Girl Scouting
* Florida Manatee

# G

* Geocaching
* Girl Scouts Love America
* Girl Scouts Love DC
* Girl Scouts Love NY
* Girl Scouts Love PA
* Girl Scout S'mores (cookie)
* Global Citizen

# H

* A Heart for the Homeless
* H-E-B Focus on Healthy Living Initiative Patch Program
* Heritage Hunt
* Hispanic Heritage

# I

* I Am America Patch
* I Have a Dream Patch
* Insect Aware
* It's a Family Thing

# J

* Juliette Low
* Juliette Low World Friendship Fund
* Juliette Low World Friendship Patch
* Junior Park Ranger

# L

* Ladybug Patch Program (Girl Scouts of Frontier Council)

# M

* Miles Hiked (MiCasa SU GSCCC)
* Mobile Mardi Gras
* My Family Loves Girl Scouting
* My Family Loves Girl Scouting (GSCCVA)
* My Story is a Texas Story

# N

* No Bullies
* North Carolina Girl Scout Nursing Exploration
* North Carolina Girl Scout Tennis

# P

* Peace Patch
* Penguin Patch
* Pink Princesses
* Preserving Tampa's Past

# R

* Race to Space
* Recycler
* Religions Around The World
* Religious Diversity
* Ronald McDonald House

# S

* Sand in My Shoes
* San Antonio Missions Tour
* Savannah Safari
* Savannah Sings
* Scouting Around Corpus Christi
* Scouting Around Harlingen
* Scouting Around Laredo
* Scouting Around McAllen
* Scouting Around Victoria
* Scrapbook Divas
* The Service Center
* Sizzler Patch
* Southwestern Virginia Museum
* Star Family
* Summer Scoops
* Super Troop - Appalachian Council
* Sustainability

# T

* Thinking Day - Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama
* Tipton Haynes Historical Farm
* Trefoils (cookie)
* Together We Prepare
* Troop Camping Patch

# U

* United States Census 2010 It’s in Our Hands
* United Way Awareness
* Urban Forestry Patch
* Utah State Fair

# V

* Valero and the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Initiative

# W

* Walking Tour Of San Antonio Patch
* Waring Wanderer
Illinois Interest IP

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The Illinois IP is an interest project from the Girl Scouts of Fox Valley Council.

# Activities

*Girls are to complete 6 activities, including the two starred activities.*

1. 1. 1. Locate on a map of Illinois three old state capitals and tell what part they had in Illinois's history.

2. Choose one and find out who was its first governor. When each capital was built? What were some of the special events in history? What caused it to move and when? Using the answers, make a time chart or display to illustrate the state lifeline
3. Learn the names of five people who played a part in Illinois's history during the1800's. What did they do? How many of these five are women? Write a brief biographical sketch of one of these people.
4. Native Americans have played a major part in Illinois's history. Visit a Native American museum and find out how their culture has had to yield to modern culture. Make a list of at least six changes they have made and why. Have these changes been positive or negative? Why?
5. Coal plays an important part in Illinois's economics. Know two mines by name and their locations. Be able to show where they are on an Illinois map. Visit a local coal mine in your area if possible.
6. \*Learn a little about Illinois wildlife. Be able to identify three trees, three shrubs, three cacti, six wildflowers or five animals and five birds that grow or live in Illinois.Find out if any are on the endangered list. Share the information you have learned. Take a hike when you identify the wildlife you might spend at least one night camping trip at a State Park, County, or Park.
7. \*Find out about a woman who has played or is playing a role in Illinois. Find out about her community, life, family and friends. She can by anyone you admire, dislike or find interesting. Make a report that would be representative of her life.
8. Illinois has played an important part in the formation of the United States. Know when and how Illinois became a state, what are its rank, its official nickname, its highest point and its lowest point.
9. Learn about Illinois cooking. Collect five local recipes. Prepare three of them to share.
10. Research two of the following crafts: quilting, candle making, knitting, weaving and carving. Locate someone skilled in one of the crafts and ask them to share their skill with the troop.
11. Learn about all the State Symbols: State Song, State Bird, State Flower, State Tree, State Animal, State Insect, State Fossil, State Mineral, State Prairie Grass, State Fish, State Dance, State Slogan, State Flag. Find out when the state symbol was adopted, and what the symbol is.

# External Links

Girl Scouts-Fox Valley Council
Illinois Interest
Navy Pride Brownie Try-It

Navy Pride is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast.

GUIDELINES: Complete the starred (\*) activity plus three others that are listed.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. \* Invite a member of the United States Navy to visit your troop and explain what her/his role in the Navy is. Ask her/him to bring a globe or a map and show you where he/she has traveled. Ask her/him what life is like living on a ship. Is this something you would like to do? Find out what other branch of service the members of the navy work with.

2. Be able to identify 3 different Navy ships – ie aircraft carrier, submarine, battleship, destroyer, supply ship, etc. Draw a picture of your favorite one.
 OR
 Be able to identify 3 different Navy planes or helicopters – ie F14, F18, A6, E2, HC 53, etc. Draw a picture of your favorite one.

3. Visit the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, VA the USS Wisconsin at Waterside in Norfolk, VA or the Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth, VA. If you live out of the area, you can visit the last one on line at [1] or a local navy ship or naval museum.
4. Take a tour of a US Navy ship. Make sure you see where the crew sleeps, eats, showers and works. How is this different than where you live? How is this different than where your parent works?
5. Go to an air show. Make sure you take a camera and have your picture taken next to some of the aircraft. Report back to your troop what you saw and what you learned at the air show.
6. Attend a homecoming of a Navy ship. How many people where there?
 OR
 Volunteer to help at a homecoming or at the USO office at the airport or other places around the community.

# See also

Air Force Pride Try-It
Coast Guard Pride Try-It
List of Council's Own Brownie Try-Its

# External Links

Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast Patch Programs
Navy Pride Try-It
Aleut/Alutiiq Culture Try-It

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Aleut/Alutiiq Culture is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Alaska Council.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. **Map it!** Find the Aleut and Alutiiq region on a map of Alaska. How is the climate different from other parts of Alaska? Choose a village in this region that you are not already familiar with, and find out four facts about it.

2. **Making Connections** Invite an Aleut or Alutiiq elder to visit your troop or group. Find out what life was like when she/he was young. How has today’s lifestyle changed from traditional times? Learn a few new phrases in her/his language.
3. **Hunting Visor** Examine the designs of various Aleut or Alutiiq hunting hats (using museums or the Internet). Using similar designs, make your own hunting visor out of poster board (Hands On Alaska: Art Activities for all Ages, pg. 30-32), or use manila file folders – legal size for Alutiiq hunting visor, regular size for Aleut hunting visor.
4. **Marine Mammals** Communities in this part of Alaska are dependent on the sea for survival. What animals are important to the people in this area? With your troop, play charades to act out important marine mammals and fish.
5. **Flag Design** Benny Benson of Alutiiq descent, designed the Alaska State Flag when he was 13 years old and lived in Chignik. Have someone read you Benny’s Flag by Phyllis Krasilovsky, to learn about his story. Then think of your own idea for a flag, which represents Aleut or Alutiiq life. Use found objects (grasses, reed, buttons, beads, etc…), along with paint or markers to create your design.
6. **Russian Influence** Learn about and name two ways in which Russians have influenced the Aleut and Alutiiq cultures.
7. **Harriet’s Story** Aleuts were removed from their homes in the summer of 1942 (during World War II) and sent to Southeast Alaska until 1945. Visit the new Aleutian World War II National Historic Area Visitor Center near the airport in Dutch Harbor, or have someone read you “Harriet’s Story” on their website at www.nps.gov/aleu/ (click on “For Kids”) “Aang” (Greetings) – Aleut “Camai” (Welcome) – Alutiiq

# See also

List of Council's Own Brownie Try-Its
*Alutiiq Activity Book: puzzles, games, and coloring activities for children of all ages* (produced by Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository in Kodiak)
*Alutiiq Word of the Week: Lessons in Alutiiq Language and Culture* (published by the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak)
Article: “Identity Search,” by Tom Kizzia, from the Anchorage Daily News 7/22/02 (about Alaska’s Alutiiq Culture)
Video of the exhibition *Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People* (produced by the Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, in cooperation with the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, Alaska).

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Alaska Member Resources
Council Patch Booklet
Nursing Try-It

**Nursing** is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Council.

With help from Michigan Nurses Association website, http://www.minurses.org, and Nurse Leader magazine. Four activities are required to earn this Try-It.

# Activities

1. Learn about the founder of nursing. Florence Nightingale.
2. Find out what nurses do and why they like what they do.
3. Nurses specialize in caring for people. Demonstrate a caring behavior at home or school for a week. Report what you did to your troop.
4. Use some of the equipment that nurses use, such as a stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, thermometer or an ace bandage.
5. Make a list of the places where nurses can work
6. Visit a place where nurses work, such as a hospital, clinic or surgery center to learn what a nurse does for his/her patients.

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Brownie Try-Its
Nursing Try-It
A Heart for the Homeless

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A Heart For The Homeless is an All Ages Award from Bridge Communities.

# Activities

**Requirements to Earn 'A Heart for the Homeless' Scout Patch**

Many of the activities required to earn the Patch are in the "What's It Like to Be Homeless?" curriculum which you can download free of charge.

A sampling of activities your Scout group can do to earn the Patch:

1st - 3rd Grades

1. 1. 1. Purchase or borrow from the library either of the books: "Cooper's Tale" or "Fly Away Home", and use the discussion questions to explore why and how families become homeless.

2. Complete the activity "My House".
3. Complete the activity "What Would You Take?"
4. Play the "Musical Chairs" game.
5. Identify an organization in your local area that serves the homeless. Choose and complete a service project that helps their clients.
4th - 12th Grades

1. 1. 1. Play the "Musical Chairs" game.

2. Using the questions, explore together as a group the reasons why families become homeless and why homelessness is harmful to children.
3. Complete the activity: "Where to you Live?"
4. Complete the activity "Calculate It!".
5. Divide into groups 4 and have each group develop a skit around one of the scenarios in the Musical Chairs game.
6. Identify an organization in your local area that serves the homeless. Choose and complete a service project that helps their clients.
For middle and high school students, #6 can be expanded to visit a homeless shelter or the offices of an agency that serves to homeless to learn more about this issue in your local community. Students can research and develop their own project that serves the homeless.

After completion of the required activities (outlined in the "What's It Like to Be Homeless" curriculum) you can order needed amount of 'A Heart for the Homeless' Scout Patch. The cost is $2 per patch. There is no shipping charge.

Read testimonials from Scout leaders that have used the ‘A Heart for the Homeless' Patch program at the linked site.

# External Links

http://www.bridgecommunities.org/How-you-can-help/Earn-a-Scout-Patch.html