Category: Daisies

After her last petal, Juliette wanted to keep working on earning badges, but we had already signed her up for a program put on by Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 11302 in California to raise money for travel. She attended their virtual Global Action Award program. Global Action Award Although this program was open to Girl…

Since returning from our vacation, Juliette has been eager to continue working on her Girl Scout badges. She also wants to work on fun patches so I had to explain the difference between the two. Once she realized that the fun patches were for the back of her smock, she decided that she wanted to…

For the past few weeks, our family has been happily enjoying a trip of a lifetime including cross-country train rides to and from a cruise to Hawaii and Mexico. Over that time, Juliette was able to work on a variety of fun patches and several Daisy badges. Queen Liliʻuokalani and Other Hawaii Council Patches Before…

A few days ago, Juliette asked to earn her next badge, so we continued through the Girl Scout Law to start the next petal, Friendly and Helpful. When I looked at the requirements and the plan in the volunteer toolkit, they looked more appropriate for a troop than for an individually registered member, so I…

Juliette decided that she wanted to earn the light blue petal next, Honest and Fair. This badge made me realize just how much each of the action plans are geared to troops and that I should really ask my parents how they led our troops in the late 80s and early 90s before the internet.…

Anytime I hear the phrase “Make the World a Better Place,” I immediately think of the song “Smile” by Vitamin C. I mean, I was in high school when the song came out and we listened to another one of her songs, “Graduation (Friends Forever),” during our graduation ceremony. Although neither is completely relevant to…

Have you ever just known that something would happen? That it was meant to be and it would eventually come to be? Well that’s how I feel about my daughter starting Girl Scouts and my being her leader. Although, for all intents and purposes, she’s not in a troop, so I think they call me…