Finalized Theme by Brittany

So we finally decided what we are going to do for the “Theme” of the trip. We decided that the theme is pretty much going to be the Girl Scout mission: leading with Courage, Confidence, and Character to help make the world a better place. There will be two parts to this project: gathering thoughts on courage, confidence, and character; then connecting those thoughts to making the world a better place. This will then be turned into a video presentation that will show the information we gathered.

How will this happen? Well, that’s simple. While we are overseas (or even in the airport if we want) our girls will go up to people and do a mini interview. Each girl will have a couple of questions dealing with courage, confidence, and/or character that they can ask people. Then we will ask them how one of these characteristics relates to making the world a better place, all the while recording their responses. This will then become a video presentation.

But here is a better question: why are we doing this? That’s a simple to answer too. We want to know other people’s opinions on topics that are a central theme to Girl Scouts. With this, we can make people think about how these aspects make the world a better place, and we can maybe even inspire others to try and change the world for the better.

Brittany

Two English Sister Troops by Emma

York Sister Troop is coming
to Atlanta August 2014!

Hello everyone!

As from now, we have 2 sister troops in England! The troop from York is our age and is also coming to Atlanta next fall.  Our other sister troop is age 10 to 13 and are Girl Guides from Swanley, Kent. When we meet the older girls this summer, we will be touring around London with them. We will also be going to Buckingham Palace together!

Lullingstone Castle

When we meet the younger girl guides, we will be visiting the Charles Darwin House, Lullingstone Castle, and going to a park to have a picnic. I’m very excited for these trips!

In the fall, when the older Girl Guides come to Atlanta, we will be having a small Scouts Own Ceremony where we can talk about our time in England with them and have some sister time!

Emma

York Sister Troop

Swanley Sister Troop



Pollen Keeps Falling on My Car... By Rosie

Hey! Rosie here!
Spring's here and its time to dust off some pollen grains!

We are having a car wash at the Rivermist Clubhouse soon! It is on April 26 from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and will fund our activities during our Iceland and England trip this summer.   We leave on June 7th!!!

Please stop by to help support us! See you then! :D
Rosie

Scout Hut by Selina

Hello again everyone!

This is a room in the Scout Hut

This is Selina here and its time for an update! So the past few weeks has been very crazy with  school and other such stuff, but SPRING BREAK is officially here!!! We are all so excited!

Another exciting news is that we have received information that the Scout Hut in Iceland is available for us! Yay! The place looks very neat, roomy, and just plain awesome! We can't wait to go!

Selina

Time for a Team Update! by Brittany

Iceland Team

 

England Team

Hey everybody! Brittany here! Just want to give an update on how our England and Iceland groups are doing.  Well, we are getting really close to June, and we're picking up the pace on planning. The England and Iceland teams are starting to do a lot more work! We're looking into hotels, fun things to do, places we can eat, etc.  The England team is a little father along than the Iceland team. So far they've already looked into a lot of hostels and found some good transportation for us. They are also communicating with our sister troop to see when we can get together and what we would do. Iceland team has an idea of some things we want to do, but we are still working out where we are going to stay and the exact activities that we are going to do. We are emailing back and forth with the leader of our sister troop to get a lot of help. He might have a scout house that we can stay in, and he has been giving us a lot of offers on activities that he can help us get into. I guess we'll have to wait and see what he says in his next email. Regardless of how we are doing, though, the captains of the teams are really starting to take charge and keep us moving forward.  Keep it up team captains!!

Takk Fyrir Sara! by Katie

At our most recent meeting, we had a guest visit and speak to us about Iceland. Her name was Sara Sigurdardottir and she came from a group of Icelanders based in Atlanta. She told us about her life, growing up in Iceland (and everywhere else she lived as well), and a lot about Icelandic culture! One thing I found really interesting is that in Iceland, parents have to choose from an approved list of baby names for their children, because not all names fit in with Icelandic grammar. She also talked a lot about swimming in Iceland, which is a big thing even in the cold weather! Apparently the pools are steaming hot and many people end up going out for ice cream after a swim in the below freezing weather! We all really enjoyed having her there, and we hope that she also enjoyed attending the meeting. She's definitely an important contact now, and she said she would continue to help anywhere we need it! Thanks Sara!

Theming Time! by Rosie

Hey guys! It’s Rosie writing! In the past few meetings we’ve been trying to come up with a theme for our trip. We were thinking about doing something along the lines of asking people from the different countries we will visit, questions revolving around “Courage, Confidence, and Character”, the three very important traits that Girl Scouts strive to help young woman develop. We would then upload the video to YouTube or another social site. We are still working on the details, but I think we’re coming close!
Rosie