Date: February 28, 2015 (deadline 2/14) Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Cost: $5/girl Place: SIU Museum, Carbondale, IL
Girls will earn the Collage Badge! Snip, clip and glue! Girls will have the opportunity to earn their Collage Artist Badge (included in fee) while learning how to take everyday objects and turn them into art.
Date: February 28, 2015 (deadline extended to 2/11) Time: 1-2:30 p.m.
Cost: $6/girl Place: Longshore’s Tae Kwon Do & Martial Arts Academy, DuQuoin, IL
Learn self-defense moves and Tae Kwon Do at this hands-on session. Instructors will also talk to girls about how to keep safe in many situations.
When I Grow Up… (Daisies-Brownies)
Date: February 28, 2015 (deadline 2/12) Time: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. or 1-4 p.m.
Cost: $8/girl; $2/adult Place: Goshen School, Edwardsville, IL
Do you know what you want to be when you grow up? Come and explore careers through fun hands-on activities on the Honeybee Trail. Decorate a cookie with a baker, play bee games with the beekeeper, and much more!
Juniors in the Kitchen (Juniors)
Date: March 1, 2015 (deadline 2/11) Time: 1-2:30 p.m. or 3-4:30 p.m.
Cost: $10/girl (including badge); $3/adult
Place: St. John’s United Methodist Church, Edwardsville, IL
Learn kitchen safety and try out some of our favorite recipes. Class meets the requirements for the Simple Meals Badge.
The Land of Milk and Cheese (Daisies)
Cost: $4/girl/adult
Place: Marcoot Jersey Creamy, Greenville, IL
Daisies, it’s time for a road trip to the Land of Milk and Cheese. Hands on activities make this a perfect place for session seven of the Between Earth and Sky Journey. Your visit will have you petting a calf, touring a creamery and visiting a milking parlor. See how cheese is made from milk and snack on a cheese curd and ice cream.
Bridges Badge (Brownies-Juniors)
Date: March 7, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 9-11 a.m. (Brownies) or 1-2 p.m. (Juniors)
Cost: $5/girl (including badge)Place: National Great Rivers Museum, Alton, IL
You’ve crossed them, maybe even watched one be built, but what do you really know about engineering a bridge? Join the Army Corps of Engineers as they show you bridge load, design and other hands on activities that will earn your Council’s Own Bridges Badge.
Fabric Paint Bag (Daisies-Brownies)
Date: March 7, 2015 (deadline 2/18) Time: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. or 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Cost: $7/girl Place: Three Sisters Crafts, O’Fallon, IL
Do you like color? Then this session is for you as we decorate a non-woven sports or messenger bag for school or Girl Scout meetings with fabric paint.
Date: March 7, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Cost: $5/girl (including badge) Place: SIU Museum, Carbondale, IL
You will be part of solving riddles, playing a scavenger hunt game in the museum and creating a mystery game of your own. Girls will earn their Making Games Badge!
Date: March 7, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $7/girl (including badge); $1/adultPlace: National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
Explore women in the field of textile arts and create a found object quilt block with hand & machine stitching. Girls are encouraged to bring small found objects (shoelaces, old keys, unmatched earrings, beads, etc.). Materials, snack, Textile Artist Badge, and tour included.
Date: March 8, 2015 (deadline 2/23) Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $12/girl; $5/adult Place: Williamson County Pavilion, Marion, IL
How tough are you? Could you be a roller girl? Try it out at this annual event hosted by the Southern Illinois Roller Girls! Enjoy a pizza lunch and snacks as you learn the sport of Roller Derby! Create your own Derby Persona complete with fake tattoos and crazy hair. Learn about good sportswomanship and how to stay healthy and safe in this wild sport! Include skate size with registration.
Date: March 12, 2015 (deadline 2/26) Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
Cost: $ 20/girl Place: Dierberg’s Grocery, Edwardsville, IL
Brownies can cook! Join us in creating a full Italian dinner at Dierberg’s School of Cooking in Edwardsville. Learn basic cooking skills while you create a meal of Italian salad, meatball sandwiches, caramel corn, banana muffins, and frosty fruit punch. You will earn and receive your Brownie Snacks Legacy Badge and a patch.
Date: March 13-14, 2015 (deadline 2/19) Time: Friday at 6 p.m. to Saturday at 3 p.m.
Cost: $ 20/girl; $5/adult Place: Camp Cedar Point, Makanda, IL
Are you interested in working with younger girls in a day camp setting? Have you always wanted to be a camp counselor? If so, and you will be entering the 9th grade or above in the fall of 2015, now is your chance! In order to attend a GSSI day camp as a CIT, girls will need to attend a weekend training prior to the start of camp. During the training you will learn outdoor skills such a fire building, knot tying, outdoor cooking and so much more!
Bridges Badge (Brownies-Juniors)
Date: March 14, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 9-11 a.m. (Brownies) or 1-3 p.m. (Juniors)
Cost: $5/girl (including badge)Place: National Great Rivers Museum, Alton, IL
You’ve crossed them, maybe even watched one be built, but what do you really know about engineering a bridge? Join the Army Corps of Engineers as they show you bridge load, design and other hands on activities that will earn your Council’s Own Bridges Badge.
Brownie Pow Wow (Brownies)
Date: March 14, 2015 (deadline 2/18) Time: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. or 1-4 p.m. (Juniors)
Cost: $10/girl;$2/adultPlace: Cahokia Mounds Museum, Cahokia, IL
Cahokia Mounds is home to the largest prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico. Earn the new Council’s Own Archeology in Southern Illinois Badge at this event. Girls will explore the museum and have special sessions geared to the life and culture of the Cahokians. Girls will learn about archaeology, native games and arts, and storytelling on their path to earning this Badge. Troops are invited to walk to the top of Monk’s Mound, the largest prehistoric earthen mound in the new world, at the end of their session.
Date: March 14, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Cost: $ 9/girl (including badge); $1/adultPlace: Better Than Ever, Paducah, KY
Girl Scouts should be treated like queens! We will learn how to draw a portrait of a queen, use watercolor paint techniques with salt and rubbing alcohol, and collaborate to make a castle mural for our royal subjects to reside in as we earn the Painter Badge! We will draw the outline for the mural during the workshop. It may need to be painted or colored on your own time.
Date: March 14-15, 2015 OR March 21-22, 2015 (deadline 3/5)
Time: Saturday at 6 p.m. to Sunday at 3 p.m.
Cost: $ 20/girl; $5/adultTime: Saturday at 6 p.m. to Sunday at 3 p.m.
Place: Camp Cedar Point, Makanda, IL (3/14-3/15) OR Camp Torqua, Edwardsville, IL (3/21-3/22)
Do you enjoy working with younger girls in a camp setting? If you are going into the 7th grade or above, have completed your Leadership in Action (LiA) and want to be a PA at day camp then this training is for you. Girls will participate in leadership and outdoor training. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Girls completing this training will not need to take any additional training at day camp and can begin work on their 20 hours immediately. Once all steps are completed and the necessary paperwork is submitted girls will receive their PA pin.
Date: March 14, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cost: $ 6/girl; $1/adultPlace: National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
Create a sock puppet animal and explore how animals are represented on quilts. Materials, short tour & snack included.
Place: Camp Chan Ya Ta, Worden, IL
Date: March 14-15, 2015 (deadline 3/5) Time: Saturday at 2 p.m. to Sunday at 11 a.m.
Cost: $ 20/girl; $5/adultPlace: Camp Chan Ya Ta, Worden, IL
Are you interested in working with younger girls in a day camp setting? Have you always wanted to be a camp counselor? If so, and you will be entering the 9th grade or above in the fall of 2015, now is your chance! In order to attend a GSSI day camp as a CIT, girls will need to attend a weekend training prior to the start of camp. During the training you will learn outdoor skills such a fire building, knot tying, outdoor cooking and so much more!
Daisies Ladybug Life (Daisies)
Date: March 15, 2015 (deadline 2/25) Time: 1-2:30 p.m. or 3-4:30 p.m.
Cost: $ 9/girl; $3/adultPlace: The Children’s Museum, Edwardsville, IL
Create a sock puppet animal and explore how animals are represented on quilts. Materials, short tour & snack included.
Date: March 20, 2015 (deadline 2/24) 6-8 p.m.
Cost: $ 26/girlPlace: YMCA Esic Center, Edwardsville, IL
Try your hand at SCUBA diving! This event is held at the YMCA Esic Center. Girls must be 12 years or older. Upon registration, you will be sent a SCUBA information packet which must be returned two weeks before the event date.
Date: March 21, 2015 (deadline 2/25) Time: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Cost: $16/girlPlace: 1820 Col. Benjamin Stephenson House, Edwardsville, IL
Come earn the Playing the Past Badge as you experience life in the 1820s. You will tour the historic 1820 Colonial house and experience life for a girl in the 1820s. This program is a hands-on experience with activities and demonstrations that would have been a part of a girl’s life in the 1820s. A girl’s registration fee includes Playing the Past Badge, tour of the house, making an old-fashioned journal, and all activities associated with the Badge. Participants are welcome to bring a sack lunch to eat on the property after the program.
Bridges Badge (Brownies-Juniors)
Date: March 21, 2015 (deadline 2/16) Time: 9-11 a.m. (Brownies) or 1-2 p.m. (Juniors)
Cost: $5/girl (including badge)Place: National Great Rivers Museum, Alton, IL
You’ve crossed them, maybe even watched one be built, but what do you really know about engineering a bridge? Join the Army Corps of Engineers as they show you bridge load, design and other hands on activities that will earn your Council’s Own Bridges Badge.
Date: March 21, 2015 (deadline 2/23) Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Cost: $9/girl (including badge); $1/adultPlace: Better Than Ever, Paducah, KY
Girls will learn to develop their own comic book characters, then develop and create a scene utilizing their character(s) on professional comic book drawing paper. They will also learn tips of the trade along the way from a published cartoonist, not to mention earn their Comic Artist Badge.
Date: March 27, 2015 (deadline 2/24) Time: 6-8 p.m.
Cost: $ 26/girlPlace: YMCA Esic Center, Edwardsville, IL
Try your hand at SCUBA diving! This event is held at the YMCA Esic Center. Girls must be 12 years or older. Upon registration, you will be sent a SCUBA information packet which must be returned two weeks before the event date.
