With the flurry of a new “school year” beginning soon, after-school activities begin anew. Local girls entering grades Kindergarten through 12 are invited to experience Girl Scouting. Sign up on Monday, September 14, 2015, between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL You will find Girl Scout friends in the City of Morrison Community Room.
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois (GSNI) is invites girls to join the fun and register for countless opportunities for making friends, trying new things, and exercising leadership skills, through activities like building robots, Girl Scout Cookie Program, playing sports, and more. Girl Scouts is an exciting way to engage girls all year round.
GSNI launches the debut of its first-ever Big Book. This unique publication helps parents and girls plan out an entire year of Girl Scout activities. The 68-page book features a variety of local Girl Scout programs that offer archery, first-aid, Minecraft Mondays, comic artistry, and Camp CEO–just to name a few.
In addition, the book includes Badge of the Month Club, Girl Scout Events To-Go, and the U.S. Girl Scout Pen Pal Network.
Each registered Girl Scout receives a Big Book. It will also be available online beginning in September.
“When girls lead, the world succeeds. Girl Scouts is the largest organization in the world where girls call the shots and take charge of their own future,” said Anna Maria Chávez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. “A troop who loves roller coasters might invite an engineer to join them at their local amusement park, to learn about what makes their stomach drop in real time. Another troop might be interested in what happens when you recycle a bottle, and plan a visit to their town’s recycling plant. By doing what they’re interested in and deciding how to learn more, they are developing leadership skills that aren’t offered by any other extracurricular activity.”
Research shows hands-on opportunities like these positively impact all aspects of girls’ lives. National studies from the Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) show it’s not just what girls do, but how they do it that makes Girl Scouts so beneficial. Girl Scouts is unique, because girls get to learn by doing, and they do so in a girl-led environment. This means that they are encouraged to choose their activities, decide which topics they want to explore, and determine how they want to go about exploring them. Girl Scouts is a significant contributor to its members’ success in–and enjoyment of–life.
GSRI reports that at least 75 percent of girls who experience the fun of “learning by doing” and who are part of a girl-led program become better at conflict resolution, problem solving, team building and cooperation, and developing self-confidence.
In addition, nearly three in four girls who experience learning by doing and who are part of a girl-led program say that, because of Girl Scouts, they have become a leader in more activities with their friends and classmates, as well as in their community.