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Signature Projects
G.I.F.T. - Growth, Independence, Friendship, & Trust
The Girl Scout G.I.F.T. program guides girls in weekly meetings throughout the school year based on the traditional themes and activities of Girl Scouting so that the girls will earn approximately 4 badges or patches per year.
-Every Girl, Every Where
Write On
Write On is a program specifically intended to enhance writing abilities, creativity, and resourcefulness. By use of Girl Scout program materials, current event activities, field trips to explore careers in writing, and writing/speaking workshops, girls learn how to write and speak clearly in various styles, express themselves uniquely on paper and in presentations, and develop the confidence to explore and discuss themselves and our society.
-Every Girl, Every Where; Healthy Girls, Healthy Lives
Girls On The Run/Five A Day
Girl Scouting is providing a means for girls to participate in sports and fitness activities. Girls On the Run and Girl Scouts are collaborating to provide a twelve week “running” program that emphasizes physical training and health education for girls in 3-8th grades. Go Girl Go focuses on self esteem, keeping fit, keeping stress free, and the effects of substance abuse on the body. The Five A Day project trained and provided curriculum for our Outreach Leaders to teach girls about nutrition and healthy eating.
-Healthy Girls, Healthy Lives
Girl Scouts Save the Bay
Click here to visit to the Girl Scouts Save the Bay section!
-Leadership, Education, and Development
LEAD
Lead serves middle school aged girls in their after school settings. The program is designed to enhance each girl’s leadership skills and abilities in weekly meetings so that she will be confident and comfortable making her own decisions and thinking independently from her peers. Some example themes that are focused on are: personal safety; leadership, event planning, community service, goal setting, self-esteem, and decision making."
-Studio 2B
Science is Super
The Science is Super (S.I.S) program enables girls to view science in a realistic, applicable, and manageable manner so that they become encouraged to study, appreciate, and feel confident with the subject. The Science is Super program encompasses all types of science (technical, physical and life). Girls participate in experiments, activities, field trips, and in-troop speakers that will foster a better sense and understanding of the various aspects of science.
Through Girl Scout programs and community collaborations girls can girls work on computers, canoe through the sloughs of the bay, participate in fun science experiments, or work in a garden.
-Girls Go Tech; Healthy Girls, Healthy Lives
Teen Power
Teen Power serves teenage mothers and pregnant teens in specialized school settings, after school programs, or group home environments. The program guides these teens in bi-monthly meetings based on the issues of goal setting, healthy decision making, positive relationships, career exploration, further education, steps to independence, and general self esteem in order to provide a safe and happy home for themselves and their child.
-Every Girl, Every Where
Blossoms and Daisies: Literacy Program
It’s never too early to emphasize the importance of reading and writing. Most children 4-5 years old are excited about learning to read. The Girl Scouts want to make the most of this enthusiasm by providing Girl Scout programs: Blossoms and Daisies; Read to Lead; and Follow the Reader. These programs reinforce literacy skills through fun, creative, and interactive sessions for pre-K and Kindergarten girls.
-Every Girl, Every Where
Soy Latina
Soy Latina is a program that uses cultural factors to enhance a Latina girl’s self esteem. Bilingual guides are available as resources, “Who Am I/Quien Soy Yo?”; “The Girl That I Am/La Niña Que Soy”; “Uniquely Me/Nadie Como Yo”. A third resource, “Grandma’s Wisdom/Los Consejos de la Abuelita” is available for parents to help them talk to their daughters about issues such as self-esteem, guilt, anger, stress, depression, and sexuality.
-Every Girl, Every Where
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