Troop #130 Builds & Repairs Firepits and Makes Awareness Posters

During their annual camp out at Camp ChanYaTa, Troop #130 worked on Outdoor Journeys - including building a fire pit at the Bunkhouse and re-rocking the firepit and adding a grate for easy cooking.  Girls also made awareness posters highlighting important outdoor principals lkike Leave No Trace, animal track identification and even pee charts to promote hydration.

Help Your Community Spring Clean & Earn a Special Patch

Spring Clean Up 

March 1 – April 30, 2017 

GSSI Girl Scouts are invited to help their communities spring clean. Girls may complete a minimum of 5 hours cleaning up their community (trash pick-up, planting flowers/trees, beautifying public spaces in the community, etc.). This community service project runs March 1 – April 30, 2017. 

Program Department 

Council ‘Take Action’ Projects 

#4 Ginger Creek Parkway 

Glen Carbon, IL 62034 

patchprogram@gsofsi.org

A special patch will also be available. To order the patch, fill out the patch information on the participation form and mail it with a check for $2 per patch. All patches will be given out at upcoming Service Unit Meetings and will go to the troop leaders. Please also forward any photos of your troop participating for our council website. Please put your troop number on the back of the photo or e-mail to patchprogram@gsofsi.org. All participating troops will be acknowledged on our GSSI Blog.

Please note:  This information is also available on our website. 

Summer of Service TAKE ACTION Community Service Project

Summer “Take Action” Community Service Project 

June 1 - July 30, 2014 

Service is a key component to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and summer is the perfect time to lend a hand.  Unlike “Take Action” projects that are built on sustainability, these service opportunities can be one-time projects that happen at your local nursing home, school yard, community garden, library reading program, vacation bible school and at Girl Scout camp!  Service work can be as varied as a one-time cleanup of a camp path or walkway or by volunteering with the Humane Society on a regular basis for two months.

The impact on our camps and communities is so amazing each year through “Summer of Service” - we can’t wait to hear the stories from this summer!

Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors who complete 20 hours or more of service will be eligible for either the Community Service Bar or Service to Girl Scouting Bar, depending on what type of service they did.  To order the Service Bar, fill out the participation form (located at www.gsofsi.org).  Indicate the girls would like to receive the Service Bar, and mail it with a check for $2 per bar.