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The Girl Scout Difference
Girl Scouts takes the potential of girls, combines it with robust s
kill-building programming, and adds caring adult mentors and strong female role models. Everything a Girl Scout does centers around STEM, the outdoors, development of life skills, and entrepreneurship,and is designed to meet her where she is now and to grow along with her.
Use the key below to see what category the activity falls under!
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STEM
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LIFE SKILLS
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OUTDOORS
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Civic engagement, healthy living, global citizenship, communication skills. |
Adventure and skill building, including through camping experiences for all age levels, from the backyard to the backcountry. |
The Girl Scout Cookie Program- the largest girl-led business in the world- teaches goal setting, decision making, money management, business ethics and people skills. |
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Out & About with GSKSMO Juniors!
GSKSMO
Juniors are taking leadership opportunities and building friendships!
Junior Troop 1630 from Blue Springs, MO grew their equestrian skills at Butterfly Hills Miniature Horse Farm. The girls had so much fun interacting with the horses, learning to groom them and even helping out with some of the farm chores. Now, that's an AWESOME day outdoors!!
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Outdoor Experiences for your Girl Scout! |
Introducing some great Girl Scout Resident Camp Partnerships! We've been working with some of our nearby sister councils, and there are some fantastic options we just added to our website. You can learn about the programs and begin the registration process when the sessions open (GS of Eastern Missouri just opened today!) And, most options will accept our Cookie Dough. Check it all out at
gsksmo.org/camppartners.
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Special Adventures for
Juniors!
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Events For Juniors
Stay up-to-date on some of the BEST experiences Girl Scouts has to offer!
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Dec. 1
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Dec 7, 8, 10, 13, 14 & 17
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Dec. 23
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Spend a night at the
Cosmosphere Dec. 16 -17! Train on simulators used in Cosmosphere Camps, make liquid oxygen ice cream, construct and fly paper rockets and experience a show in the Justice Planetarium. Registration includes an overnight stay, dinner and breakfast, a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum, a show in the Carey Digital Dome Theater, and more!
With two sessions to choose from, there's no reason to miss
out on the
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art's Girl Scout Day on
Dec. 3! From either 10:00 am - 12:00 pm or 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Girl Scouts of all ages can participate in a portraits-themed art scavenger hunt and activity inspired by the exhibition Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today! Girl Scouts will be encouraged to experiment with different types of art materials and processes while also exploring contemporary portraiture and themes such as identity, family, culture, and community! This is a FREE event, but
registration is required.
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Season of Giving
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Giving Tuesday
Her Vest. Her Story. Giving Tuesday is coming on Nov. 28 and YOU can help her fill her vest. A Girl Scout vest says a lot about a girl and in many ways, it's her very first resume.
- Her badges represent accomplishments.
- Her troop number represents her Girl Scout family.
- Her council patch represents her community.
- Her flag patch represents her nation.
Together, they tell a powerful story of growing into a G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader).
Your Giving Tuesday investment has double the power this, thanks to Sylvia Wagner and E. R. Pullman, who have offered a dollar for dollar match for Giving Tuesday gifts. Will you consider investing in the future? Gifts of any size have double the power for change. Give, share and help her tell her story! www.gsksmo.org/givingtuesday
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Ten Thousand Villages
Shop at Ten Thousand Villages, Overland Park on Dec. 7 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm when they will donate 15% of all proceeds back to our council! Plus 100 Girl Scouts can come and help decorate their tree with special ornaments and get a #LiveLifeFair patch.
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Amazon Smile
Give while shopping - it's FREE FOR YOU! Do your holiday shopping today and give at the same time. All you have to do is use the link here:
https://smile.amazon.com/ch/43-0892926
or go to
smile.amazon.com
and type "Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri" into the Charity search. Once you designate your charity, .5% of all your purchases goes back to Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri. Same Amazon, just giving back! Make sure to use smile.amazon.com whenever you shop to active the giving.
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Boy Scouts of America officially announced its plan to bring girls into its organization beginning in 2018. Girls and boys are not the same. Girls need a place to develop their leadership skills. With 105 years of experience and proven success, Girl Scouts is that place for all girls!
"Girl Scouts works, and we have the research to prove it. The experience produces leaders and even buffers girls in the difficult middle-school years."
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Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Sylvia Acevedo
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