Expert guidance katie caseyanderson, the owner of workshops4girls, is a gold award interviewer for girl scouts of orange county, ca. Girls can record their progress using the award tracker found on pp. Additional materials for each session are listed just below the session title and it would be helpful to prepare these materials well in advance of facilitating that session. Girls can continue their amuse journey by earning the remaining awardspeak out. Even though the girls wont complete a take action project as part of this series, girls are still encourage to continue on beyond this series to do their take action. Each journey is packed with current environmental information and offers ways to improve life for everyone on the planet through a take action project. Overview of take action take action projects are different from community service projects. In amuse, juniors gain an understanding of just how limitless their potential can be as they combine storytelling with the many rolesreal and creativethat the world has to offer. Public jr journeys girl scout troop 44 madisonville.
Recognizing that there is a lot of wait time and sitting around time while waiting for appointments or recovering from procedures, the girls came up with the idea to create activity books for patients and sibling family members at the nih childrens inn. Journey take action projects poolesville area girl scouts. Journey books for the girl scouts who ordered theirs during registration. I found an amazing source online that had a rundown of how to do the amuse journey in a day long workshop. As you probably already know, you are to do a service project or take action project aka tap with each journey. Girls are responsible for the completion of a take action project to earn their journey. She helps girls create gold standard take action project at all levels. To date, we have run nearly 90 journeys for s of scouts. Agent of change is a journey about taking action to make the world a better place, a fine. Must attend all sessions to complete the journey and earn the awards including the take action project. This project was done for a girl scout take action project. During the process, here are some things to think about. The requirements for each award can be found on pp.
Girls will have fun trying on roles and learning about people and the power of reallife action and leadership. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards all require take action projects. Womenwise, wacky and wonderful girl scouts need positive female role models from all walks of life. Overview of take action take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service projects from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change happen. Remember that the adult book, how to guide girl scout juniors through amuse, its your storytell it. In the journey planner that i was using, most of the activities were only supposed to take 15 minutes. Junior amuse journey activity plan 2 lesson plan length. Last fall i bought one copy each of the girls book and leaders book. For their agent of change take action project troop 4762 worked with nih childrens inn.
The purpose of the journeys is to help our girls learn to connect with their local community and take action to improve it. Plan a take action project, such as putting on a performance that creatively urges an end to stereotyping, drawing a graphic novel to share with younger girls, or starting a mix it up day in the school cafeteria and having girls sit with new people. You can follow pages 1140 in the girls book as a guide, or to get some ideas. Pre and post work is required to complete the journey awards. Amuse book and award patch not included in fee but are available to order at registration. We also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. We read pages 120129 in the girl book and brainstormed ideas for the take action project. Worksheets are available for agent of change and amuse. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660. Junior amuse journey leaders book girl scout journey books, junior 3 valerie takahama on. Girls will create and carry out a take action project with every journey they complete. Stories say so much about ustheyre a way to express our interests, hopes, and dreams. By attending this session of their journey they will earn their reach out award. I am empowerment mirrors for the girl scouts junior amuse journey and wagggs free being me program as part of their amuse journey and world association of girl guides and girl scouts free being me project, paris girl scout junior troop 35 created i.
If girls are not interested in the diplomat ward, which involves doing a ake action project, what would they like to do instead. Power of community award girls will take action on their plan, reach out, and inspire others to get involved. Whats the difference between community service and take action. Girls will leave the weekend having completed most of the journey activities and ready to do their take action project. Several people are intimidated by this, but really you shouldnt be. Womens rightsequality thank you for watching our video about a better world for women. They planned, rehearsed and put on a skit about bullying in front of friends and family members. Workshops4girls has been offering journey workshops since 2010. Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards are all take action projects. My juniors just completed the amuse journey last week. Each girl picked a grade level on which to focus and. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm service project leaves off.
Plan a take action project to fix an energy problem in your community. The guests represented different experts in the fields of bullying, cyberbullying and body image. Planning the take action project todays journey meeting was our eighth. Girls learn about environmental topics, such as clean water and air, noise pollution, global warming, soil contamination, and agriculture. For their take action project, our girls decided to create a talk show called gs life. The only thing they dont do for you is the take action project. Girls will create and carrying out a take action project with every journey that they complete. A journey is supposed to take 6 to 8 weeks to complete. A take action guide for volunteers girl scouts of the usa. After the project, girls will reflect on what they have accomplished and celebrate it the journey book is divided into three sections that follow the awards. Junior amuse journey leaders book girl scout journey. Virtual amuse journey series for juniors 3 part series. Take something you learned about healthy relationships from steps and pass it on to others. Junior amuse journey leaders book girl scout journey books, junior 3.
How can i help girls organize a take action project. Additional materials for each session are listed just below the session. To complete the amuse journey, girls complete a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way. There are women with different backgrounds, different careers, different lifechoices, different hobbies and different successes in every community. In this booklet you will find the requirements for each. Take action projects are found within the journey books and these projects.
Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing poweruse experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community. Girls must complete the take action project on their own. As we have a mix of multiple schools, home school students, etc. Many of the journeys require action projects that take more time and planning than the how to tell your story component of amuse.
A take action guide for volunteers this guide includes answers to the following faqs. These pick up where shortterm projects leave off and. Has anyone done a take action project for this journey. Get moving junior journey scouts honor wiki fandom. Through a variety of activities, well explore stereotypes and media, and how those factors impact our lives. Leadership journey, made possible by a grant from the dove selfesteem fund. To complete the amuse journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way.