For example, the girls organizing the book or clothing drive could make their project a take action project by holding the drive annually and getting a sponsor to advertise and organize it every year. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards are all take action projects. The following cadettes are working on the breathe journey take action project. Troop 52784 had a fun idea for the take action project with their breathe journey. Use your relationship savvy to improve your world create and carry out a take action project aimed at building more positive and peaceful relationships in the world around you tools and tips on pages 115 of the girl book peacemaker award. Girls stay up and spend time exploring the various media with which they.
Jan 25, 2019 helpful ideas for working on the breathe journey see more ideas about girl scout activities, girl scouts and girl scout badges. In the girls breathe book, you will find overview of the journey take action project p ages 102107. Welcome to the daisy flower garden girl scout tool box. To develop a take action project, girl scouts identify an issue in their community, and then solve the issue by examining the root cause, forming a team, connecting with and engaging community members, educating, advocating, strategic planning and problem solving. Apr 03, 2012 100th anniversary achievement action adult recognition lunch adult role advice advisors amaze journey amy larson ann anns niece anne rizzacasa answers arizona art project from trash audubon center august kickoff awards awareness barb christensen best you can be bff be a friend first brain breathe breathe journey bridging bullying cadette. Find out about the air we breathe by visiting a wind farm, talking to an environmental scientist, or doing experiments using wind. We empower concerned individuals to take action on their own and spread the word to friends and neighbors. The easy instructions will allow them to complete all the steps, and guide them through the planning of a take action project. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new ones. We brought 4 troops together to form our cadette troop. Below are some suggestions for your take action project, which the girls must complete in order to finish their journey. Ideas for the senior girltopia journey scout leader 411 blog. You could plant an indoor garden, campaign against smoking, or push for cleanair initiatives in your community. The arbor day foundations tree line usa program recognizes best practices in public and private utility arboriculture, demonstrating how trees and utilities can coexist for the benefit of communities and citizens.
Mention that the ake action project can be a team effort in which girls will. Here is a list of resources for them and for you, their leader, to use. Breathe project supports and promotes the work of breathe collaborative members. Decide the most important, personal reason you care about earths air. As we have a mix of multiple schools, home school students, etc. We read the sound of silence section of our journey book and did the activity. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, check out these ideas,and develop your own plan of action for your troop to take so they can complete this journey and be one step closer to earning their silver award.
The seventh meeting will take place after the girls have completed their take action project. They keep the other two ideas on the backup list in case their first idea doesnt work out. Breathe cadettes rhode island girl scout troop 561. 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. Find out about the air we breathe by visiting a wind farm, talking to an an environmental scientist, or doing experiments using wind. I feel like the journey guides start out great and then they lose steam.
To earn, complete two activity plans and one take action project. Decide whom you would like to educate andor inspire and get to work spreading your message, and getting others to act. Our girl scout cadette troop completed the breathe journey where we learned about things we do to harm our environment and things we can do to help save it. Nothing is more important in improving our air than the voice of our citizens. Cadette awards breathe journey lia summit pin cadettes alexandra, aliesha, alyvia, amber, corina, kaitlyn, londyn and melody received our breathe journey badges for completing all of the activities required to earn the journey and our its your planet love it leader in action badge for taking leadership roles while working with younger girl. Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing poweruse experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community. Cadettes engage all five senses as they clear the airtheir own and earths. Leaders, there are many online resources that are right at your fingertips. Gsusa, in partnership with the world association of. Journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way. When i was growing up, there were public service announcements from woodsy owl that told us to give a hoot, dont pollute. Increase your awareness about the issues that impact earths air.
Stay tuned for information on our silver award project. Girls have taken to the internet to share with their sister scouts what they have done to take action for the breathe journey. For their agent of change take action project troop 4762 worked with nih childrens inn. Take action project we also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. Jan 07, 2014 our girl scout cadette troop completed the breathe journey where we learned about things we do to harm our environment and things we can do to help save it. 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.
Plan a take action project to fix an air problem in your community. A take action guide for volunteers girl scouts of the usa. Breathe journey take action project info and follow up. Cadette breathe journey troop 1445 overnight 3 awards with the outcomeslessons to be learned aware keep an air log. Release the compostworms at a local nature reserve. The requirements for each award can be found on pp. 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. Girls explore ways to improve the worlds air quality while supporting and nourishing their own abilities as leaders who are aware, alert, and able. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660. Take something you learned about healthy relationships from steps and pass it on to others. Consider using the ideas below to make your groups. They hope that teachers will add more plants to create a better learning atmosphere.
Plan a take action project to fix an energy problem in your community. Get moving junior journey scouts honor wiki fandom. Identify experts who can guide you to greater air awareness. Dirty air can cause coughing, wheezing and chest pain.
Breathe activity plan 3 take action project or create your own. This is a simplified one page format that you can download and type into or print. Then have the girls work in pairs or small groups to complete defy the pressure on pages 4445 and share their answers if time allows. By exploring how air quality effects all of our senses your girls will be guided into planning a. Gsusa, in partnership with the world association of girl guide and girl scouts wagggs and dove, has.
Take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service projects from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change happen. There are girls who want to finish this journey, so we are going to throw around ideas, keep it simple, but make it sustainable. Here is a sampling of what some cadette troops have done. We were drawn to the journey because of the following. Youtube is a great tool for girls to complete their media taptake action project. Sometimes, creating a highimpact day or weekend in which to complete a journey the best way to help them build towards the silver award. Cadette planning guide girl scouts river valleys volunteers.
This video was made by julia, gracie, sally, and katy. Girls who went to the breathe journey weekend last year will work on completing the take action project. You can follow pages 1140 in the girls book as a guide, or to get some ideas. My girls love learning new things and then they get so bogged down with the take action project part of the journeys.
Food and shelter project 1 shelter aidprovide assistance to a local shelter or dropin center project 2 food bank aidprovide assistance to a local food resource group resources united way northeast florida. Breathe take action project planning sheet workshops4girls. See more ideas about girl scouts, service projects and daisy scouts. During the scouting year of 201220, we took part in the breathe journey. It also covers media manners which refers to when you pay more attention to your electronic devices than the people you are actually with. To complete the breathe journey, girls must earn three awards. Create a window box full of flowers to be hung somewhere at school. This curriculum is designed to help you complete the media journey in an upallnight setting. It can trigger asthma attacks and even heart attacks and strokes in some people. Cadette breathe journey troop 1445 overnight 3 awards with the outcomeslessons to be learned aware. Girls can record their progress using the award tracker found on pp.
We have 7 girls down from 8 and they are all at different levels of maturity. Girls should play an active part in determining the what, where, when, how and why of their project. Cadette breathe take action project sample sessions. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm project leaves off. We also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. Review steps to awards as given on page 9 of girls book. Girls will complete the media journey and earn the three awards at the completion of the series. The girl scout cadette breathe journey is one that the girls can learn a lot from. This series is for cadette girl scouts and is suitable for inschool and after school troops. We have 5th grade juniors and we do one journey every year so this is our 6th journey.
Dirty air can also damage the lungs and keep them from working as well as they should. Have the girls take turns reading pages 4043 in the girl journey book out loud to the group. For their breathe take action project troop 4300 worked to clean up the air in their schools classrooms by providing a teacher with an indoor plant along with a poster or note to teach them about the cleaning power of plants. Journey take action projects poolesville area girl scouts. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660 san.
See more ideas about planet love, girl scout badges and girl scouts. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new. During the process, here are some things to think about. Why choose this journey our fresh air adventure badge in a bag is the perfect choice for troops who are working on their cadette breathe journey. Each journey is packed with current environmental information and offers ways to improve life for everyone on the planet through a take action project. Select one of the air issues you learned about in step 3 and learn as much as you can about it. Girls learn more about the issue, then work together to come up with a plan.
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