Let’s Get Ready for Summer!

It’s a great time to have fun with your Girl Scout friends. Don’t take a summer break from school, homework AND Girl Scouts. Make this the best summer for your troop.

Staying active over the summer

Meet with your troop and determine if you want to meet once or a couple times over the Summer. Meeting with your troop in June, July or August has a couple advantages. Your troop can earn a badge or the community service bar pin. The troop can meet and determine which badges and Journeys they want to earn during 2018-2019. The girls can create a troop calendar to include service projects, badges, service community annual events, holiday activities and Citrus Council programs.

If your troop decides to meet, schedule a couple troop activities. Here are some suggestions:

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  Regal Summer Movie $1 Express

• Go to play or musical
• Take a morning day or evening hike
• Visit splash playgrounds
• Cook a new recipe and provide to your local fire station
• Participate in a 4th of July parade
• Visit a farmer’s market
• Try a new yogurt or ice cream shop
• Collect & donate school supplies

Stay Productive

Ask Juniors/Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassador Girl Scouts to consider a bronze, silver or gold award project.

Be sure to check the Citrus Council calendar for upcoming Silver or Gold training before starting any higher award project.

Over the Summer girls will read novels, picture books and chapter books.

Earn the GSC Summer Reading Patch! Girl Scouts complete book logs to receive the fun patch. The fun patch can be purchased at the GSC Council Shop.

If your troop doesn’t meet over the summer, ask your girls to write post cards when they travel or maintain a summer journal to include their local adventures. Be sure to plan a fun back to school activity to reconnect the girls before the school year begins.

Girl Scouts from Seminole County

Visit a Seminole County Public Library, sign up for the Summer Reading Program, complete the book log and receive a free book at www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/seminole-county-library/kids-page/

Read 10 books or 300 pages, complete the online Z Kids Summer Book Club form at http://zradio.org/completed-z-kids-summer-book-club-form/

The bookmobile schedule can be found at www.scps.k12.fl.us/district/departments/lets-read-seminole/bookmobile.stml

Girl Scouts from Orange, Brevard, Volusia, Lake & Osceola

Complete a book log from the Summer Reading library program and receive a book.

Read 10 books or 300 pages, complete the online Z Kids Summer Book Club form at http://zradio.org/completed-z-kids-summer-book-club-form/.

Participate in the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program (first-sixth grade) complete the reading journal and receive a free book.

• Orange Library: http://kids.ocls.info/programs/upcoming.asp
• Brevard Library: www.brevardfl.gov/PublicLibraries/ChildrensSummerProgramming/
• Volusia Library: http://volusialibrary.org/kids/
• Lake Library: www.mylakelibrary.org/youth/default.aspx
• Osceola Library: www.myosceolalibrary.org/kids/

Earn a religious emblem over the summer

Girl Scouting promotes and encourages girls to participate in faith-based programs. It has been part of the Girl Scout tradition since its inception in 1912. Girl Scouts recognizes the religious diversity that exists within our communities. There are various religious recognitions offered by different faith communities at www.praypub.org/gsusa

The National Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts serves Catholic youth and adults through quality faith based programs at www.nccs-bsa.org/index.php/religious-activities

Our Catholic Faith Patches: Women in Scripture & Models of Faith patch series guidebooks available at www.catholicscoutingstl.org/awards/catholic-identity-patch-program

Plan for the Fall

Ask the adult volunteers and troop parents to meet during the Summer.

Recruit adults to support the Co-Leaders during back to school recruitment, fall product, cookie season and during troop meetings. Update your MYGS profile to include the adult volunteer role(s).