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If you are interested in earning the Junior Aide Award by helping our troop, you can get the requirements by:
printing this webpage (highlight the sections you want and then print the "selection". If you print the whole
thing it won't print correctly.)
or
buying a Junior Girl Scout Handbook
or
| The Junior Aide Award |
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| Would you like to learn more
about being a leader? Do you enjoy sharing what you know with younger girls? Would you like to test your skills? While
earning the Junior Aide award, you will help Daisy, Brownie, or bridging Brownie Girl Scouts.
You will also learn more about the things you like to do, grow in leadership skills, and be a role model to younger
Girl Scouts. Here are the requirements: |
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| Get Ready: Talk with your Girl Scout leader or the person who is helping you in Girl Scouting about becoming
a Junior Aide. With her help or the help of your Girl Scout council, find a troop
or group of younger Girl Scouts you can work with. |
Signature: |
| What I did: |
| What I learned: |
Additional requirement:
What are the pros and cons of helping Brownie troop #277?
How will you keep track of what you have missed?
Will
you make up the work? How? |
Contact Info for the troop I'm helping:
Troop #:
Age Level:
Leaders name:
Leaders phone number: |
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| Get Set: Talk to the leader of the troop or group of younger Girl Scouts.
Find out what you can do to help out. Arrange with the Daisy Girl Scout
or Brownie Girl Scout leader the times, dates, and places that you will get together with the younger girls. Discuss with her the activities you would like to lead for at least three meetings. You can use the Action Plan in the "Adventures in Girl Scouting" chapter for help in planning. |
Signature: |
| What I did: |
| What I learned: |
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Go! Meet with the younger girls.
Partner with an adult leader
to guide the activities you chose. Use the activity ideas below to help you plan: |
*Teach the girls a Girl Scout game or song.
*Lead an activity for Daisy Girl Scouts to
earn a petal or for Brownie Girl Scouts to earn a Brownie Girl Scout Try-It.
*Help Brownie Girl Scouts complete their
bridging activities.
*Help younger girls complete a service project.
*Plan a meeting in which you introduce
outdoor activities to guide girls as they explore their environment.
*Introduce girls to activities from Girl
Scouts Against Smoking, an Issues for Girl Scouts book, or GirlSports Basics.
*Invite younger girls to participate in a Junior Girl Scout activitiy - at a troop meeting or on a trip.
*Work
with younger girls at a council-sponsored event.
*Help girls plan a Thinking Day or other ceremony. |
Work with your adult partner to decide when you are finished and if you are ready for the Junior Aide Award. The leader of the younger girls and your Girl Scout leader will sign below:
Leader
from troop I worked with:
My Girl Scout leader:
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