Resource Kits for Troops
The GSSJC
Program Department’s volunteers and staff have developed
resource kits for troop program enhancement. Check out any
of the following resource kits to aid your girls in earning
GSUSA
or GSSJC
awards, learn about Girl Scouting and/or learn more about
themselves and the world. Resource kits are available from
the Girl Scout Center, 3110 Southwest Freeway in Houston unless
otherwise noted. |
For information about each of these kits, see
information in issues of The Golden Link, in the
Leader Resource section or on the Council Information Network
(CIN) on the council Web site at www.gssjc.org.
How to register for use of these kits:
- Complete the Program
Registration Form.
- Check ‘Other’, write in the event code and
complete each line.
- The event date is the date you would like to pick up
the kit.
If you have questions, contact the GSSJC
Program Department at 713-292-0281.
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In The Pink Council’s Own Interest Project Award
Resource Kit
GSSJC’s
Council’s Own “In the Pink, Breast Cancer Awareness”
Interest Project: In August 1998, Senior Girl Scout
Aruna Chandrasekhar earned her GSUSA
Senior Girl Scout Gold Award by developing the idea for
In the Pink, Breast Cancer Awareness Interest Project
for Girls 11-17, the first of its kind in the US. Other
councils request information on this very special interest
project! The requirements for the In the Pink interest
project are available in the forms file at the Girl Scout
office, GSSJC
Form F-152 and on our Web
site.
Interest Project Kits: Kits of educational
materials to aid troops in earning In the Pink have
been updated and are available for check out from the area
Girl Scout service centers for a refundable deposit. These
easy-to-use kits are full of wonderful information organized
by interest project requirements. See above for instructions
on how to order.
Don’t forget – October is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month! |
Junior Badge in a Box
The Program Department is now offering resource boxes to
girls/troops wanting to complete certain badges. The following
GSUSA
Badge in a Boxes are available:
-
 Architecture
- Girl Scouting in the USA
- Theater
- Jeweler
- Science Sleuth
- Drawing and Painting
- Girl Scouting Around the World
- Visual Arts
Each box lists complete directions for fulfilling each requirement
as stated in the Junior Girl Scout Handbook. They contain
books, charts, examples, and lesson plans to help your girls
successfully earn the badge.
See above for instructions on how to order. You may keep
them for up to four weeks. Please remember that other girls
may be waiting for the box. Your $25 deposit will be fully
refunded upon complete return of the box.
If you have further questions, contact Sarah Boyd at 713-292-0269
or sboyd@sjgs.org.
New Badge Boxes coming soon! See future issues of
The Golden Link for more information! |