Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council

Purpose:

To understand how Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding promotes International Friendship.

1.	Juliette Low was the founder of Girl Scouts in the USA. Find out more about her life, her nickname and the importance of October 31st. Plan a special celebration for Founders Day with your troop or another troop.
	Daisies: find out why you are called "Daisies".
2.	As member of GSUSA, we are also members of an international organization known as WAGGGS. Find out what WAGGGS stands for and the purpose of the organization. What does the World Association pin symbolize? There is a World Association Pin Ceremony that can be used to explain the pin. To view an interactive explanation of the pin's symbolism, visit the What's in a WAGGGS Symbol page on the Girl Scout Central site.
3.	The Friendship Circle stands for an unbroken chain of friendship with Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all around the world. Discuss in your troop what friendship means to each girl. Have a friendship circle in one of your meetings and discuss its meaning.

	Daisies		In your Daisy Circle, talk about the meaning of making friends and being a friend to others.
	Brownies		Read the Friends Section, pages 83-87 in your handbook and do one activity.
	Juniors		Read the Friends Section, pages 66-72 in your handbook and do one activity.
	Cadettes		Read the Friends Section, pages 77-79 in your handbook and do the activity.
	Seniors		Discuss levels of friendship, i.e. casual, acquaintances, close friends and best friends.

4.	Pick several countries and learn what scouts are called in those countries. Read and compare their promise and laws. View photos of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from around the world on the WAGGGS web site.
5.	View the WAGGGS map . A total of 144 countries have become members. Look through Trefoil Round the World and find some of the new members. Also use the map to have girls show where their ancestors were born. Have girls talk about ways their families celebrate holidays or other special family days.
6.	Find out about Thinking Day and why it is important. What does the Thinking Day symbol mean? Plan a special event or ceremony to recognize this day.
7.	Find out about the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. Decide with your troop how much to contribute to the Fund.
8.	There are many songs about Friendship. One favorite in Girl Scouting is "Make New Friends." Learn this song if you don't know it or teach it to others. Learn at least 3 other songs from 3 different countries.
9.	Learn and play at least 4 games from other countries and teach them to a younger troop.
10.	Have an International Tasting Party using foods from different countries.
11.	Learn at least 10 words of a new language or learn to say hello and friend in several languages.
12.	Learn enough sign language to teach someone else how to say hello and friend.
13.	Choose a Global Issue such as World Hunger, Illiteracy or Child Health and find out what organizations, locally and internationally, are doing to combat the problem. Discuss ways your troop could help and, if possible, carry out a project to show your concern.
14.	Attend an ethnic festival or international fair.
15.	As a troop service project, fill Friendship Boxes for the American Red Cross. These boxes will be sent to children in both this country and abroad where they are needed.
16.	Learn how to make friendship pins and friendship bracelets.
17.	Have a Friendship party with your "sister" troop. Exchange friendship pins or bracelets. Sing friendship songs.
18.	Write for a penpal in WAGGGS.
19.	Learn what a "SWAP" is and what it is used for. What is a "Wider Op"? Where were the Wider Ops for this year?
20.	Learn how to tie a Friendship knot. What does it represent and where do we use them.
21.	Explore the internet for sites and "chat" with a WAGGGS member of Girl Scouts. For Girl Scout Council sites - http://www.girlscouts.org/councilfinder/ For WAGGGS - http://www.wagggsworld.org
22.	Create a skit about friendship. Perform the skit for a younger troop.
23.	Do a Friendship Scavenger Hunt.
24.	Share what your troop has learned about World Friendship with another troop.

Find out about Thinking Day online:
	www.girlscouts-rh.org/thinkday.htm

Take a Thinking Day tour:
	www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/world_thinking_day/tour/

Friendship Boxes:
	American Red Cross Hunterdon Chapter 52 East Main Street Flemington, NJ 08822 (908)782-4121

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