100th Anniversary

We’re currently looking for any known Girl Scout time capsules.  Many were buried during the 75th anniversary to be opened at the 100th anniversary.  If anyone knows where a time capsule is located please call (606) 878-8535 or email chaggard@gswrc.org.  We’ll pass the information along to the local Girl Scout office or service unit.

This year’s theme, “The Next 100 Years for Girls” will be over soon! Don’t miss this opportunity to have your voice heard about the next 100 years for girls.

Next year’s theme will start January 1st and be about going green. It’s called, “We only have one planet…”

Do your part to make the planet a better place to live by making a PSA that asks others to go “green.” Let people know what changes they can make – big or small – add up to keep us all safe and healthy.

Find out more at GSUSA’s website for  Girls Speak Out.

Check out our Trefoil Challenge for great ideas!

Here’s just a few options for troop activities from the “Silver” Section of our Trefoil Challenge:

Silver Trefoil Challenges - Share your passion and joy of Girl Scouting with troop or group or new friends.  Think about the future of Girl Scouting and plan for the next 100 years of Girl Scouts.

36.  Create a scrapbook of 100 Girl Scout service projects (Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award projects too), and present it to an official or community leader to commemorate Girl Scout week in 2012.

37.  Collect signatures of 100 Girl Scouts who you meet at council events or summer camp.

38.  Sell 100 extra boxes of Girl Scout Cookies for American troops and donate to Operation Cookie Drop.

39.    Hike 100 miles on the Appalachian Trail.

40.    Tell 100 friends how Girl Scouting has impacted your life.

41.    Send 100 “Welcome Future Girl Scout” cards to new moms of baby girls to local hospitals or maternity wards.

42.    Take photos and create a mural or banner of “100 Faces of Girl Scouts” in your area – depicting the diversity of our members.

43.    Meet 100 Girl Scouts from across the country while on a travel pathway or Girl Scout Destination (www.gswpa.orgor www.girlscouts.org/).

44.    Develop your own fitness plan and take the “100 Day Challenge to Good Health.”

45.    Make and distribute 100 friendship bracelets at a Girl Scout event.

46.    Design 100 thank-you notes and distribute to troop committee members, volunteers, Girl Scout staff members, camp counselors, or those who have helped you on your Girl Scout journey.

47.    Recruit a 100 Girl Scouts who will participate in Girl Scout Sunday or Sabbath services in their place of worship during Girl Scout Week March 2012.

48.    Design a “girl growth” plan.  List a characteristic for the letters of Girl Scouts (e.g. G=generosity, good grades / I= interest, inventions,  ingenuity, independence / R=real friendship, resourcefulness / L=loyalty, leadership / S=sincerity, stewardship, strength of convictions / C= courage, confidence, character / OUT=outdoor experiences, outdoor knowledge, outdoor service project)  Ask the girls to choose the characteristic for each letter, decide how to develop the characteristic, how to measure growth, chart progress and celebrate when all the letters are completed.

49.    As a troop, read 100 books.

50.    The Girl Scout Promise directs us to “live by the Girl Scout Law”. Pick one of the laws and make an extra effort to put that law into practice in your daily life.  After one month, share experiences with the troop.

Look for more service and troop fun ideas in our Trefoil Challenge project pack!

With lots of great things to do and see, lots of help is needed at our 100th Celebration! We’re looking for adult volunteers as well as girl participants.

Opportunities include:

• manning a booth for 100th activities
• participating in the flag ceremony
• chorus
• fashion show
• on stage presenters

Download the adult/troop volunteer form and the girl participation form for more information.

Shine up your mixing bowls, calibrate your measuring cups and get ready for a fun and delicious contest!

On May 19th at the Frankfort Convention Center be ready to present your cakes for a Birthday Cake Bake-Off!

Entries will be judged on theme, taste, difficulty, overall appearance, and recipe card. It’s a delightfully sweet way to say “Happy Birthday!” to Girl Scouts. Check out the details below and  register to Bake-Off with Girl Scouts!

(Also, don’t forget your entry form!)

Check in:

• Check in at the event on May 19 starts at 10 am.
• All entries must be set up by 12:30 pm.
• Pre-registration form must have been submitted prior to event. Deadline is April 30^th 2012, by 5pm.

Registration:

• The entry must be the work of only the person listed on the Registration Form.
• Adults can help with putting cake in and out of the oven.
• The Girl Scout will be On Their Honor to complete the entry themselves, carving, icing, decorating, etc.
• All recipes must be on 4 X 6 lined Index cards, front side of card only.
• Do not place any name, address, phone number, or troop number on cake or recipe card.

Cake and Decoration Details

• Must be of the Girl Scout theme.
• All decorations must be completely edible.
• Edible Images are allowed and will be judged in context with the entire entry.
• Cake must be real, no substitution such as cereal bars or Styrofoam dummies allowed.
• Cake must have a full recipe or the name of the cake mix listed on the recipe card with the cake title at the top of the recipe card.
• A 24 X 24 space will be available for each display. To conserve room for all entries, it should not extend beyond the 24 X 24 space allowed.
• Cake can be any size or shape but must not extend beyond the space allowed.
• Entries may use a covering, but it must be able to be easily removed.
• Cake must be set up on a disposable carrier that can be discarded. (Such as a cake board, cardboard with foil etc.)

Rules and Regulation

• Entries will be judged on theme, taste, difficulty, overall appearance, and recipe card.
• Entries will be put in to the Girl Scout age group listed on the entry form.
• One cake per entry form.
• There will be only one troop entry. Only one entry per troop, individual girls of that troop may also submit a cake for their age level.
• Trophies will be awarded for each category.
• The decisions of the judges are FINAL.  Judges may not enter or be related to any entry received.
• All entries will be eaten after being Judged.
• Any cake left after 5 pm becomes the property of GSKWRC and will be disbursed by the committee and or affiliates.