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Money Earning Project Ideasfor Junior, Cadette and Senior Troops |
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Fall Activities If you want to hold a themed event focusing on Halloween, or if your troop wants to provide younger girl programming at your SU’s Fall Camporee; spring is the time to start. Once September has arrived time moves quickly; school starts up, cookie sales begin and before you know it the troop is in high gear and you can’t get your flyers out with enough lead-time. Laying some groundwork before the close of the current scouting year will really pay off later and it will give your troop something to look forward to for next year. Car Wash Spring and fall are excellent times for a car wash. Explore school, church, VFW or department store parking lots as possible sites. Garage Sales: The most successful sales have been held during well-established town-wide garage sales. Droves of people are in town looking to buy and your troop can reap the benefit of free advertising. Girls should collect from multiple families to have a large and diverse quantity of goods for sale. Encourage the girls to "price-to-sell." Have a plan in place for the left-over merchandise, Good Will or a church bazaar. Holiday Theme Events: Themed events like "Breakfast with Santa" or the Easter Bunny have a great track record. They can be offered to your own Service Unit or opened to the public. Remember you will need to purchase additional insurance from Council, (at a nominal price) if there will be unregistered (non-Girl Scouts) people at your event. Breakfast can consist of baked goods, juice, milk, coco, coffee; it need not be a hot meal. You can advertise "photo opportunity, bring a camera" and save yourselves the expense of film. And it doesn’t have to be a breakfast. Holiday dances with Dad, "Mom and Me Tea," or pumpkin carving/painting have worked just as well. Let the girls brainstorm. Try-It or Badge Programs: Offering program to Daisy, Brownie and Junior girls has a high success rate. You can hold an event for your own Service Unit or present it to the entire Council. To run a program for Council, contact the Program Department. Remember that Daisies can earn a Brownie Try-It and third year Brownies can earn a Junior Badge as part of their bridging activities. This can increase the number of your available girls. If you want to include these girls in your program, it is best to schedule for the end of the year when they will be preparing for bridging. It is important to participants that they are able to complete the Try-It or Badge at the event. Troops who offer high quality programs can enjoy repeat business from year to year. See Organizing a Try-it or Badge Workshop for helpful hints. Overnights: Overnight events hold a special appeal to girls. Pick a facility large enough to accommodate the number of people you expect, like a church center or school. The "up all night" activities can vary from earning a Try-It, Badge or Patch to a night of makeovers and movies to participating in a service project. Let the girls brainstorm. They know what other girls will enjoy doing. An event of this type requires certain insurance documents as well as girl/adult ratios and emergency contacts to be in place. Contact Pam at Council if you are considering this type of event and she can assist you. Remember to participate in both product sales (Cookies and Nuts), as well as Family Support so you are eligible to hold a Money Earner. For Money Earners that occur early in the year, we look to the previous year’s record for eligibility. If you have any questions about any money-earning activity or procedure, feel free to contact Deirdre Miller at 908-725-1226 x 119 or by . You can find information on Money Earners in Safety-Wise on page 29, and also Standard 29 on pages 74-75. |
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