Ideas / Activities / Service

This is a great place for you to start planning your 100th Anniversary events! Youll see a large list of possibilities. Even if you dont nd one you like, hopefully the list will trigger some ideas that work with your area.

Activity Ideas: 100 Series

These activities are based on having 100 of something. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Girl Scout Pride: Create a display at your school, library, etc. with 100 pieces you nd Sell 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies and / or 100 items in the fall product sale Spend 100 hours as you would have in 1912 (no cell phone, automobile, etc.) Make yourself healthier by achieving 100 hours of physical activity Do 100 good deeds as an individual / troop Get 100 Girl Scouts together for a picnic, sing-a-long, etc. (rst 100 get a prize, something free) Tie 100 green ribbons to trees in your community Create a list of 100 famous Girl Scouts and share with your troop / group Write a story about where you think Girl Scouting will be in 100 years 100 ways to use a bandana Count down 100 days until March 12, 2012 100 luminaries in a ceremony Using 100 photos, create 100 Faces of Girl Scouts showing girls in our area Make / distribute 100 friendship bracelets Make / distribute 100 SWAPs Create 100 Trefoil Markers with opportunities for Girl Scouts, wear or display Honor 100 alumnae who have made a difference Ask girls to provide photos for a special our year wall and select 100 to place there

Activities: General
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Create a historical reenactment of the world in 1912 for others to enjoy Create a series of events to do each month to celebrate our 100 years all year long Songs by Candlelight girls can make candle holders and sing traditional songs Walk and sing, place on ground (luminaries), candle boats, etc. Celebrate your way: write and perform a song, create a unique piece of art, etc. that you can share with others. Share your celebration with non-Girl Scout girls (bring a friend) 1000 paper cranes for a wish for another great 100 years Brainstorm and share your ideas for your own centennial activities Learn a new skill / craft / hobby and share it with others Participate in a local parade and show your centennial pride Do a photowalk at a centennial event and document it online for others Learn the proper ag ceremony / etiquette and make your own ag

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Time capsule Scrapbooking event Camp crafts make dunk bags, sit-upons, etc. Create a blog for the community to follow activities for the 2012 year Year in Pictures: Create an online photo archive of activities and girls around your council celebrating the centennial Girl and mom / grandma / aunt game night (Bunco, Bingo, etc.) Skit / nose bag skit night Shadow activity night SWAPS learn and exchange Carnival-like party, part of the money made to Juliette Low World Friendship Fund or other Girl Scout entity Pajama party / lock-in Create a centennial cookbook / camp recipes / craft recipes / dessert recipes / etc. Sports day with races, swimming, etc. Celebrate our community (SU area): share what makes it great, activities girls can do, etc. Create / share 100 games / songs / skits / etc. in an ebook Keep media informed of 100th anniversary activities / Press release for March 12, 2012 activities, etc. Participate in a historical reenactment locally to get an idea of how things were when Girl Scouts started Pinewood derby / powder puff derby / cardboard boat race / etc. build and race event Create a collection of 100 items to share with your troop / group / etc.

Activity Ideas: Girl Scout Specic

1. Create an event that Girl Scouts outside your troop / group can attend with various Girl Scout activities 2. Work with another troop / group / council to create a centennial event that the public can participate in 3. Attend a council / service unit centennial event; provide transportation to / from event 4. Create a patch for your council based on something you believe in 5. Create your own materials to share the story of Juliette Low 6. Girl Scout Pride: Create a display at your school, library, etc. to show your pride 7. Find our history: collect Girl Scout materials from your community 8. Sponsor a younger troop and create a small centennial celebration for them 9. Create postcards from vintage Girl Scout images 10. Create trading cards from vintage Girl Scout images to exchange with your friends, online and off 11. Create a Girl Scout memory quilt to display and save for the next 100 years 12. Make a ag or pennant for your troop (provide designs from old catalogs) 13. Brownie emblems (1928 catalog) 14. Create a nature identication manual in honor of the creation of Girl Scouts 15. Create color sheets of badges, uniforms, recreation of postcards, etc. to share with younger scouts 16. Movable paper doll to make Brownie emblems 17. Girl Scout 100th Anniversary Charms (bottlecaps) 18. Create signs, pennants, etc. to put on your lawn, car, etc. during Girl Scout Week 2012 19. Reections: Create a booklet / eBook with quotes, songs, memories of your council, service unit or even individual members 20. Create a camp info / autograph book for your council (one to cover all camps) 21. Ideal Girl Scout: Using any art / craft / recycled materials / etc. make your ideal Girl Scout girl, adult, female leader, etc. 22. Learn about your future in GS 23. Do an activity / play a game / complete a badge from an outdated Girl Scout handbook 24. Explore local resources and nd pictures of Girl Scouts in action in your area 25. Create a Girl Scout piata to break at an event

26. Design your own centennial t-shirt 27. Make your own Girl Scout cookies to share 28. Wear your Girl Scout uniform / pins on March 12th; share pictures on Facebook or another site 29. Leave a story at StoryCorps (storycorps.org) for future Girl Scouts 30. Participate in Girl Scout Sunday / week 31. Learn / practice / share Girl Scout skills: archery, compass skills, signal, semaphore, knots, morse code, map reading, outdoor cooking, craft making, singing, campres, SWAPs, nature studies, smores, games, etc. (Wide Event?) 32. How many words can you create from Juliette Gordon Low or Girl Scouts of the United States of America? 33. Create an event with activities from Juliette Lows life 34. Learn about WAGGGS and do an activity or patch program from them 35. Learn about a WAGGGS country and do a patch program from / about them 36. Create a timeline of your own life. Where will you be in ten years? How can Girl Scouts help you achieve it? 37. Find someone to become Juliette for an event, telling stories of her life, sharing little bits of wisdom, etc. 38. Create Christmas ornaments as past Girl Scouts might have done and decorate a tree in a public area 39. Service Unit Court of Awards 40. SU bridging ceremony for all levels in May / June 2012 41. SU investiture / rededication ceremony for all levels in August 2012 42. Fly Girl Scout / WAGGGS ags in public locations 43. Why I Love Being a Girl Scout Contest video of a performance, song, cheer, poem, essay, photo or original piece of artwork. Patch / certicate per participant. Other gifts for top vote getters. 44. Girl Scout Reunion, invite alumnae in SU area 45. Create a Girl Scout library for your service unit to be a resource for everyone in your area (traveling history box) 46. Create virtual badges for girls to collect online 47. Attend ea markets, yard sales, etc. to nd Girl Scout Memorabilia to share 48. Search your own home for Girl Scout Memorabilia you kept, share why you kept it 49. Attend an official Girl Scout Day at a sports event in uniform 50. On Veterans Day, participate in a service project honoring the military, remembrance of 9/11, etc. 51. Include Girl Scout Alumnae at a meeting, event or rededication ceremony and afford them special honors 52. SU rededication ceremony on March 12, 2012 53. Relive the Memories: Invite former Girl Scouts to join current ones in viewing The Golden Eaglet and then sharing their stories 54. Send a letter to newspaper requesting all Girl Scout Alumnae contact the SU: Ask for photos, stories and more to share via print or other media or to invite to activities during the centennial 55. Honor Leaders Day in ways that attracts greater visibility 56. Create your own history with a troop activity scrapbook for 2012 57. Create a SU scrapbook with a page from each troop doing Girl Scout Week 2012 activities 58. Girl Scout Olympics with games of the past 59. Girl Scout historical talent show 60. Girl Scout historical fashion show 61. Make a troop ag and collect / make ribbons for each event your troop attends to put on your pole 62. Girl Scout timeline create a timeline of Girl Scout history on a long, continuous sheet or one sheet / year placed in a long roll 63. Scrapbook: A-Z of Girl Scouting (create idea lists) 64. Create a passport to track all the events / locations you go that celebrates Girl Scouting in 2012 65. Create special 100th Anniversary membership cards for all registered girls / adults

Activity Ideas: Service

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 100# of food per troop collected and donated 100# of supplies for homeless shelter / soup kitchen / food pantry / etc. Tree planting, ower planning Composting Start / support recycling campaign at your school / work / organization Green a space Collect 100 bags of trash from sidewalks, school yards, trails, etc. Create 100 bookmarks to distribute at your local library Create 100 blankets / hats / etc. for your favorite charity Create a 100 acts of kindness list for you / your girls to complete with a prize for those who succeed As a troop, donate 100 books / teddies / etc. to your favorite local charity Create a rain garden or animal habitat Plant 100 trees and / or owers Create a birthday box for a local food pantry Make 100 treats for a special day for a senior center / nursing home / soup kitchen / etc. Help animals at a shelter by making blankets, treats, etc. Share Girl Scout cookies with classrooms, nursing homes, etc. 100 ways to save energy and share with others Collect 100 soda can tabs for local Ronald McDonald House Volunteer 100 hours Create 100 cards for the military, nursing homes, etc. Visit a local nursing home and give daisies to all women there Earth Day 2012 for Forever Green Make paper in shape of trefoil and include daisy seeds for your recipient to plant