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Meeting Planning

Planning A Productive Girl Scout Year
Eryn Jackson

​Have your girls vote​
  • Provide the girls with pictures (for Daisies and Brownie) or pictures with descriptions of badges available – If this is a new level for your troop, you could provide them with half of the badges available for that level and then present them with the rest the second year.
  • I have my girls rank their top 5 choices – this ends up filling most of the meetings (we meet every other week)
  • I take their votes and start our year with the badge with the highest votes.  I then work through the year with the second, third, etc.
  • There are activities we do that they do not vote on – I think they are important skills/activities
    • Examples – I am planning on having a “Pink Party” for girls and moms with a healthcare professional
    • Service activities – we always have made centerpieces for the holiday dinner at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church’s food pantry.
    • They don’t always pick a cookie badge to work on, but we do one – learning how to talk with adults and count money are important!
  • Create a troop calendar
    • I have a troop calendar for the entire year
    • I like to provide parents with calendar – 3 months at a time.
    • *I always leave the last 2 meetings unplanned – that way we can move things if we have snow days.  If we don’t need them as make-ups, we work with the girls to plan activities – one year they just wanted time to play on the playground with each other.
  • If you have any questions or need help planning your year, feel free to email me or call me with your questions.
  • Calendar sample, Junior and Brownie sample for badge voting below.
Eryn Jackson
484-681-5054
river10s@yahoo.com
erynsamplebadges_to_do_next_year.pdf
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erynsamplecalendar_2019-2020.pdf
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erynsamplejunior_badges_for_voting.pdf
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guide_to_having_a_pink_party.docx
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sensitive_issues_consent_form.pdf
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