Girl Scout Silver Award Pizza Party
Are girls in
your troop or group working toward the Girl Scout Silver Award?
Looking for tips and resources to help them earn the components?
Want access to the required resources in a cost effective way?
The GSSJC Program Department’s
troop “Girl Scout Silver Award Pizza Party” resource
kit is filled with the following materials:
* Two Focus Books (required resources for
part of the Silver Leadership Award and Silver 4B’s Challenge)
and Advisor Tips for helping your girls get the most out of
the activities
* Goal setting activity to give the girls the tools they’ll
need for this important piece of the entire Silver Award AND
tips for helping an individual girl pick a Girl Scout Silver
Award Project that is both appropriate and uniquely “hers”
*Reproducible Interest Projects (IPs) from councils around the
country, with instructions on ordering the respective badges
(IPAs) from sister councils (not GSSJC).
*“Career Scavenger Hunt” and businesswomen profiles
(for part of the Silver Career Award)
l An interactive game for girls to play and learn the difference
between leadership and service hours
*“Pizza Entrepreneur” game (to fulfill “Your
Own Business” Interest Project portion of the Silver Career
Award)
* Reproducible master copy of the forms associated with the
Girl Scout Silver Award These
materials will be in an easy-to-carry-and-store pizza box
(what else?) and will provide hours of fun and learning for
your girls! Kits will be available for rental, up to 45 days.
See order form for details. Service units: Think about purchasing
one for checkout within your service unit, or use the kit
to hold a special “Silver Award Lock-in” for Girl
Scouts.
Please contact Melinda Gaskill,
713-292-0232, or mgaskill@sjgs.org
for more information or if you have any questions. Let the
party begin! |
Tour Minute Maid Park
Minute Maid Park has been home to the Houston
Astros since the stadium’s completion in 2000. Located
in downtown Houston at Union Station, Minute Maid Park has
received many local, state and national awards for its design
and engineering. Built to reflect Houston’s historical
relationship with the railroads, it features a vintage, full
size locomotive that runs along 800 feet of track on the left
field wall.
Educational tours can include:
* Time in the Learning Center playing interactive games and
researching the history of Major League Baseball in the United
States.
* Tour the historic Union Station, broadcasting booths, press
boxes or luxury suites.
*On field tour and visit the Astros or visitors dugout box.
* Research the history and try on team uniforms and playing
equipment.
* View how professionals manufacture balls and bats.
All tours listed are private to Girl Scout troops and their
families. There must be at least one adult for every 10 girls.
The tour will involve walking a distance of one mile and may
include stairs and ramps. Tours are wheelchair and stroller
accessible. Girl Scouts must bring permission slip and medical
form.
| Who: |
All levels and their families, all participants must
register |
| Where: |
Union Station, 501 Crawford |
| When: |
May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17,
October 15, November 19, and December 17
11 a.m., arrive by 10:40 a.m. |
| Min./Max.: |
25/100 |
| Cost: |
$3 per child, $7 per adult, $4 per seniors (65+) |
| Register: |
Program Registration Form |
| Event Code: |
10-56-08-6245 |
| Deadline: |
Two weeks prior to tour date. |
| Contact: |
Nicole McInnes, 713-292- 0353 or nmcinnes@sjgs.org |
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