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Who can attend: Registered Girl Scouts 11-14
(Must be in sixth grade to ninth grade)
and their troop/group advisor/leader.)
Maximum two adults per troop/group.
Absolutely no tagalongs can be accommodated.
NOTE: This orientation will be beneficial to girls who may
already have started working on components of the Silver Award
under pre-summer 2004 guidelines but who have not reached
the Project step. These girls have two to three years to complete
requirements under the previous guidelines, but must follow
the new guidelines for the final project.
Bring: All girls attending must bring a completed Permission
Form (F-204); Medical History Form (F-185).
Adult advisors should bring a completed Adult Emergency Form
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Silver Award Orientation
for Girl Scouts 11-14
Attend a two-hour Girl Scout Silver Award Orientation and
Question & Answer session designed just for girls. Girls
will learn about the new guidelines for the Girl Scout Silver
Award.
Participants will receive information on:
t how to select interest projects,
t identifying leadership opportunities,
t finding resources for career exploration, and
t working toward an appropriate Silver Award Project.
Written materials will include additional required GSSJC paperwork
as well as a new event planning guide for girls wishing to
hold a community event as their final project.
What to do before orientation:
Girls/advisors are encouraged to read the “Go For It”
Silver Award STUDIO 2B insert. Copies of the booklet will
be available soon in any Girl Scout Shop.
Register: Use the Program Registration Form available in
The Golden Link or on-line at www.gssjc.org/Forms/Program.
Girls’ names MUST be provided on registration.
Cost: $5 per participant (girl or adult)
Dates, times, and locations: (Select ONE of the following)
September 25 or November 6
10 a.m. – noon
Girl Scout Center, 3110 Southwest Freeway, Houston
Event Code: 10-63-06-6243
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The Silver Award is one of many cornerstones in a Girl
Scout’s career. It is a way to better the community
and let all our skills we’ve learned through Girl Scouting
shine.
Troop #8138 wanted to work together on its Silver Awards.
We chose to build a bridge at Camp Misty Meadows for our fellow
Girl Scouts to bridge on. We split the project into five jobs,
each of us having a job to fulfill. The jobs were construction
supervising, materials, certification, design, and media.
Construction supervisor made sure all supplies were ready
and put together correctly. Materials and supplies were gathered
up the wood, posts, and shovels, and other tools we needed
for building. Our certification person went into action first,
she got us permission to build our bridge at Misty Meadows
and kept in contact with the rangers. Our designer took all
our ideas and picture choices and designed an amazing blueprint
for us to build. The media person followed everyone taking
pictures.
On our first trip to Camp Misty Meadows we chose a specific
spot for the bridge by an amphitheater and the barn. The next
trip consisted of digging post holes, everyone’s favorite
part! We spent over three hours digging 10 post holes that
were 1 1/2 feet deep. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but
it was. Then came the easy part, |
shoveling in the quick setting concrete. After this we
were done for this trip and had to wait a couple of days for
the concrete to set in with the posts. One the third trip
we made the frame of the bridge and laid the base, and the
fourth trip was when everything was nailed and stitched together.
The fifth trip and final trip involved coating our wood with
environment-safe sealer.
The next weekend we bridged over our bridge becoming Senior
Girl Scouts. We all acquired many skills and overcame many
challenges through our project. We also had help from a friend
who was a deck builder. He showed us how to dig post holes,
loaned tools to us, and supervised us for safety.
If your troop wants to bridge on the bridge we built, apply
for a camp use day at Camp Misty Meadows.
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