A girl scout leaders guide

This is a really good money making Christmas time activity for your troop.  Our troop did it several years ago to make money to go see Disney on Ice.  We served Pancakes and milk and juice and charged $5.00 per person.   We also charged $3.00 a person for a picture with Santa.  The girls were very excited and it paid for everyones tickets to go to Disney on Ice for which the girls got a fun patch.   We had participated in the yearly nuts and candy sale but as many of you know we just don’t get the money out of that activity.  The Sua at the time signed off on our money making activity though because we had participated and had planned on participating in the Cookie sale.  This is important because that is the only way you can do a fund raising activity. 

So my troop is has started the new girls scout journeys my brownies have started their quest and my juniors are beginning agents of change.   We began the meeting with a hunt for the parts of the girl scout law.  Then the girls took turns putting all the parts together and writing the law on a big poster board.   Then as the girls were have their healthy sack of fruit and veggie and dip I read the first chapter out of the brownie book about the brownie elf.  The girls then spent time making macrame bracelets with the letters e,l, and f on them.  Finally the brownies took home the family star to have their families help them make the star about how their family follow the girl scout law. The juniors took home their power logs.  They are going to share them at the next meeting.  We are also having their Christmas party next week.

I want to spend some time venting because of a news item that was on Good Morning America.  A woman and her husband apparently kidnapped a 17 year old boy.  Now that is awful but instead of describing the woman by what she did or her age they kept refering to her as a girl scout leader.  They did not refer to the husband by what he did they did not refer to anyone’s hobbies or occupation.  Why did they need to keep refering to her as a leader?  It is all about ratings.  The Girls Scout organizations certainly does not need that kind of publicity.  I have a hard enough time recuiting leaders.