| Objective: Girls learn as a troop
about their bodies and discuss organ donation with members of
their family. Girls may earn this patch throughout their Girl
Scout career.
Requirements:
- Brownies complete requirements #1 - 5 to earn the patch
and heart.
§ Juniors complete #1 - 5 and two additional requirements
to earn the eyes.
- Cadettes/Seniors complete #1- 5 and three additional requirements
to earn a green pin.
1. Identify at least five organs and/or tissues of the body.
Explain each organ’s function and location. Can these
be used in a transplant?
2. Complete at least two activities from Talk About It
OR the GSSJC Gift of Life resource kit. (see resource
list)
3. Read a book about organ donation and answer some general
questions:
What was special about the book you read? Describe an organ
donor.
Share your thoughts with others about what you learned about
organ donation from this book. Ideas: a poster for your
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school or local library, short skit for parents,
poem/story/song for troop.
4. What does your troop and/or family know about organ donation?
As a troop or family, take the Transplant I.Q. Quiz. How much
did you know? What was the most important new fact you learned?
What topic would you like to learn more about? Make a copy
of the quiz to share with your friends.
5. What can YOU, members of your troop and/or your family
do to become potential organ donors?
6. People have always been interested in replacing parts
of the human body. Early reports of human transplants date
from the third century in China through the 19th century reports
of skin grafts and blood transfusions. (see Talk About
It, page 6) When and where was the first organ transplant
performed? Find out the history of this procedure. How have
women been involved?
7. LifeGift is GSSJC’s organ and tissue donation organization.
Look them up on the Internet or contact them to learn more
about what they do. (see resources) |
Find out if you can attend a volunteer meeting
OR event OR arrange for a member of the organization’s
speaker’s bureau to attend a Girl Scout function. Invite
your family, troop, school class, or other group to the meeting
or share what you learned with them.
8. Learn the steps for an organ transplant. List the steps and
share them with your family, troop, school class, or other group.
(See the processes described in Talk About It, pp.
8-9.)
9. Discover how a doctor or other medical staff helps a patient
become a donor candidate. Invite a guest speaker to your meeting
or make an appointment to visit a hospital intensive care
unit or emergency room. Where is organ transplant surgery
done in your area?
10. Develop a resource list of agencies that use the organ
and tissue donations. List the organ and tissue used by each
agency. Share your list with family, friends, and the community.
11. Locate in your local paper, magazines, or on the Internet
two true-life stories about lives being saved by transplants.
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Find out what your blood type is. Learn what blood types are
the most common and which ones are in the most demand for transfusions.
13. From what you’ve learned by completing this patch,
write a short speech, or design a poster or commercial explaining
to your friends and family who can be an organ donor and why
they should consider it OR
organize a donor awareness program. Present it at a local
Girl Scout, community, school, or faith community event, OR
pursue your own idea on this subject.
14. From what you’ve learned, complete a service project
following the guidelines in Safety-Wise. Ideas: used glasses
for Lion’s Eye Bank, distribute LifeGift Organ Donation
Center donation cards at local events.
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