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Understanding take action activity, what is a take action activity, community service projects are different., activity details.
Time needed: 30 minutes
Materials needed: no materials required.
Setup: Review the information below, then practice with the community service and take action project scenarios. Take Action and community service projects are different, but both are essential to Girl Scouting.
Community service projects are acts of kindness and important ways to help something or someone right now. They are commonly short-term projects that almost always multiply efforts that are already in place. Examples include collecting food for an existing food pantry, providing clothing or toiletries to people who have suffered during a disaster, cleaning up a rundown playground, or picking up trash at a park, forest, or beach.
Girl Scout Take Action projects address an issue by tackling the factors that cause or contribute to it. As you may expect, these projects have a far-reaching influence. They’re designed to change something for the better—forever. Projects associated with Journeys and the highest awards (the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award) are Take Action projects.
When you take action, you work as a team to:
- Identify a problem
- Research the root cause of the problem
- Come up with a sustainable solution
- Develop a team plan
- Put the plan into action
- Reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and what you’ve learned
Here are three ways to create sustainable change:
- Make your solution permanent
- Educate and inspire others to be part of the change
- Change a rule, regulation, or law
See whether an idea is a community service or Take Action project.
Break into small groups and provide each group with a different scenario listed in table below—or as a full group, review one scenario at a time and work together to determine if it is a community service or Take Action project.
- If it’s a community service project, brainstorm how you might make it a Take Action project.
- If it’s a Take Action project, brainstorm how it might meet the following requirements: 1) it identifies the root cause of a community issue, 2) it works WITH the community, and 3) it has long-term benefits for the community. Bonus: Can you imagine a goal you might set and how you might lead a team?
Community Service and Take Action Project Scenarios:
Now that you know the difference, you’re ready to go!
Prepare to take action by completing a Journey or, if you’ve already done one and you’re a Girl Scout Junior, Cadette, Senior, or Ambassador, get started on your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award, respectively.
Troop Leaders: The instructions for all badge steps are available free of charge in the Girl Scout Volunteer Toolkit .
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Junior Outdoor Journey
Juniors earn their Outdoor Journey by completing their three outdoor badges and then doing a “Take Action Project”.
To complete this journey, Juniors should:
- Earn Animal Habitats badge
- Earn Camper badge
- Earn Eco Camper badge.
- Complete a Take Action Project
The capstone “Take Action Project” should focus on making the outdoor world a better place.
Part of the Journeys , Outdoor Journey sequence. Earned by Junior Scouts.
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to the Outdoor Journey for Cadettes! This document is a step-by-step guide for completing the Cadette Outdoor Journey—it includes detailed meeting outlines and all related resources. The Cadette Outdoor Journey consists of three badges: Night Owl, Trailblazing, and Primitive Camper. It also includes a Take Action project and award.
Girls must complete a Take Action project at the end of the Junior Outdoor Journey. Get Help for Take Action There are three Take Action meetings--one for planning, one for creating and carrying out a project, and one for awards and celebration. Look for this helpful Take Action Guide in the Meeting Aids resources section:
Take Action and community service projects are different, but both are essential to Girl Scouting. Now you can focus on making the world a better place through your Take Action project, Bronze Award, Silver Award, or Gold Award. Review the Girl Scout Take Action Guide for the Think Like a Programmer Journey.
Girls must complete a Take Action project at the end of the Junior Outdoor Journey. Get Help for Take Action There are three Take Action meetings--one for planning, one for creating and carrying out a project, and one for awards and celebration. Look for this helpful Take Action Guide in the Meeting Aids resources section:
Camper—and three Take Action meetings. To complete the Journey, have girls complete the meetings in the following order: • Outdoor Art Maker badge (2 meetings) • Buddy Camper badge (2 meetings) • Take Action (3 meetings) Girls must complete a Take Action project at the end of the Daisy Outdoor Journey. Get Help for Take Action
PowerPoint Presentation. The Outdoor Journey for Daisy Girl Scouts. Step One: Daisy Girl Scouts earn the Outdoor Art Maker badge. Step Three: When the two badges are complete, girls use what they learned to plan and carry out a Take Action project and earn their Take Action Award which shows they earned their Outdoor Journey! Step Two: Daisy ...
This page is a clearinghouse for Girl Scout Take Action groups. Be a Girl Scout Sister. Go to their sites and give them support! YOU can help save Girl Scout camps and also help get the word out about Girl Scouting, the Outdoors, and our great Girl Scout traditions. Be sure to read the hard-hitting ARTICLES on the Article Page too.
Outdoor Journey Take Action (sample agenda) Virtual Meeting Adaptation: Troop leaders have shared that the most successful virtual meetings allow plenty of time for games and socialization. Consider adapting the Meeting Plans in the Volunteer Toolkit in this way: Title: MeetingAgendas_P3_0011921_Junior.xlsx
In this Journey, you will: Deepen your outdoor skills when you earn your Night Owl, Trailblazing, and Primitive Camper badges. Plan a Take Action project that helps make your favorite park, beach, or forest a better place for everyone. Earn a Take Action Award. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions. Learn more about how ...
Outdoor Journey Anchored by the Troop Camping badge, this new Journey will deepen girls' outdoor skills through badges that lead to a Take Action project and inspire girls to take an interest in environmental stewardship. Camper badge (badge currently available, prior to new content rollout) Animal Habitats badge (badge currently available,
Junior Outdoor Journey. Juniors earn their Outdoor Journey by completing their three outdoor badges and then doing a "Take Action Project". To complete this journey, Juniors should: Earn Eco Camper badge. The capstone "Take Action Project" should focus on making the outdoor world a better place. Part of the Journeys, Outdoor Journey ...
Outdoor Journey Anchored by the Troop Camping badge, this new Journey will deepen girls' outdoor skills through badges that lead to a Take Action project and inspire girls to take an interest in environmental stewardship. Leader in Action (LiA) Award The LiA Award will be available in 2018. The requirements will mimic current LiA awards, so ...
So you decided to do a Journey and the final component is the Take Action Project. The girls have to find a community need and create a way to solve the need on a consistent basis. For example, a food drive is great, but it is a one time thing…unless the girls find a way to make some part of it sustainable. It needs to have a long lasting impact.
Girls must complete a Take Action project at the end of the Brownie Outdoor Journey. Get Help for Take Action There are three Take Action meetings—one for planning, one for creating and carrying out a project, and one for awards and celebration. Look for this helpful Take Action Guide in the Meeting Aids resources section:
The Outdoor Journey for each Girl Scout Level. . Step One: Daisy Girl Scouts earn the Outdoor Art Maker badge. Step Three: When the two badges are complete, girls use what they learned to plan and carry out a Take Action project and earn their Take Action Award which shows they earned their Outdoor Journey! Step Two:
In Girl Scouts, when we encourage girls to Take Action, we're talking about Service Learning. Some people think of it this way: Community Service — helping others — comes from our hearts. Service Learning — understanding and addressing the roots of a problem — comes from our hearts and our heads.
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We are very pleased to announce that GSUSA has made a NEW Journey for Girls - the Outdoor Journey, which WILL count towards our Highest Awards of Bronze, Silver, and Gold, along with other Journey and Badge choices for girls. Now it's time to Take Action on some other important things through these NEW Girl Scout Sisterhood Initiatives and more.
Earning the Outdoor JOURNEY*. Your girls are ready to get outside and earn the outdoor awards. To complete this JOURNEY*, the girls will need to complete the Buddy Camper and Outdoor Art Maker badges as well as a Take Action project. MakingFriends®.com has many ideas to make getting outdoors fun for them and easy for you!
Take Action project. Developed in partnership with SciStarter. Outdoor Journey Anchored by the Troop Camping badge, this new Journey will deepen girls' outdoor skills through badges that lead to a Take Action project and inspire girls to take an interest in environmental stewardship. Think Like an Engineer Award Take Action Award Think Like a
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Camper—and three Take Action meetings. To complete the Journey, have girls complete the meetings in the following order: • Outdoor Art Maker badge (2 meetings) • Buddy Camper badge (2 meetings) • Take Action (3 meetings) Girls must complete a Take Action project at the end of the Daisy Outdoor Journey. Get Help for Take Action
Camper—and three Take Action meetings. To complete the Journey, have girls complete the meetings in the following order: • Outdoor Art Maker badge (2 meetings) • Buddy Camper badge (2 meetings) • Take Action (3 meetings) Girls must complete a Take Action project at the end of the Daisy Outdoor Journey. Get Help for Take Action