Looking for Opportunities for Your Troop?
Looking for something to do? Many community organizations throughout our council’s jurisdiction offer activities and opportunities that may be of interest to our members. We are pleased to be able to share these opportunities for fun activities, community service projects, and special promotions with our adult volunteers and girl members. We will update the list as we receive items to post so please check back often.
If you know of such a community-sponsored event or activity, please submit to mwilson@girlscouts-gsci.org.
community opportunities for troops
Clifford The Big Red Dog - A Big Family Musical - February 19, 2012
He doesn't look it, but Clifford has turned 50! To celebrate his 50th anniversary, our favorite Big Red Dog and his friends from Birdwell Island bring a big family musical to the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts stage. With memorable songs, charming characters and smiles all around, this live adventure captures the magic that has made Clifford a favorite for generations.
Sunday February 19, 2012
3:00 p.m. at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
$11 for youth and $16 for adults
For more information contact BCPA at 309-434-2777 or www.artsblooming.org. Mention code: GSA
BCPA Informational Flyer
Kids in the Kitchen - Junior League of Peoria - February 25, 2012
The Junior League of Peoria presents the 7th Annual Kids in the Kitchen event. This event will provide a host of activities designed to teach participants about healthy lifestyle habits, nutrition, and exercise.
Who: Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts
Date: Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Hult Center for Health Education, Peoria
Fee: no fee
Registration deadline: February 15, 2012
To register your troop contact: Abby Clark at clark.abby.j@gmail.com or call 773-403-0889.
All troop participants will receive one of the following: Highway to Health (JR) or East Right, Stay Healthy (BR).
Pekin Park Disctrict Girl Scout Badge Days
The Pekin Park District has developed a series of badge-earning workshops for Junior Girl Scouts, as well as Try-It workshops for Brownies that we will begin offering in October and running through Spring 2012. Below is the schedule of workshops. All workshops will be held at the Soldwedel Program Center in Pekin. For more information, please contact Julie Lerczak, Arts and Nature Programs Coordinator, at the Pekin Parks and Recreation Office at 309-347-PARK (7275).
Illinois Symphony Orchestra - February 24, 2012
Enjoy an evening with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor Rei Hotoda and guest harpist Bridget Kibbey.
Who: All are invited
Date: February 24, 2012
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Fee: $7 per student ticket, $20 per adult ticket
Location: Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Date: February 25, 2012
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Fee: $7 per student ticket, $20 per adult ticket
Location: Sangamon Auditorium - UIS
Little Red Riding Hood - A Ballet for Children - Febraury 25, 2012
Little Red Riding Hood will be performed by the Springfield Youth Performance Group on February 25, 2012. Performances are at 2:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Hoogland Center for the arts.
Call for tickets at 217-523-5787.
Disney's Choo Choo Soul - April 29, 2012
Get on board with artist Genevieve Goings as she drives her train through fantastical lands while singing soulful, contemporary, kid-friendly, hip-hop songs about ABC's, 1-2-3s, being polite, and more. Winner of the 2007 Parents Choice Award for children's TV, Choo-Choo Soul features Genevieve, the super-hip train conductor, and DC, the beat-boxing, break-dancing engineer, which airs daily on the Disney channel.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
$11 per youth and $16 per adult
Girl Scouts Camp Out Night at the Corn Crib - June 16, 2012
Girl Scouts Camp Out Night at the Corn Crib
Who: all Girl Scouts
Date: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Corn Crib Stadium, Normal, IL
Ongoing Opportunities
Shedd Aquarium Scout Days
Strap a mask and flippers onto your imagination and chart a course to Shedd Aquarium. Have you ever gotten eye-to-eye with a dolphin? Or met a penguin on a stroll to the South Pole? Or immersed yourself in an Amazon flooded forest? At Shedd, it's all possible.
Snooze at the St. Louis Zoo
If you love animals, enjoy spending the night out, and want to complete activities toward your scout badges, than Snooze at the Zoo is an adventure you won't want to miss!
North and South America are rich in biodiversity and animal folklore. We will explore the wildlife of the Americas while we learn about mystery and folklore of some of these amazing animals.
Overnight evening activities will include a live animal encounter, rotations through exciting activities, an evening pizza snack (with a soft drink), and a night hike around Zoo grounds, and a flashlight tour of the Herpetarium. The morning portion of the overnight adventure includes a continental breakfast, a morning stroll around Zoo grounds to see the animals wake-up, a souvenir Zoo patch and glow-in-the-dark overnight cup!
Who: Girl Scout Brownie and Junior troops with adult leaders or parents
Fee: $35 / person
Maximum: 60 or 180 participants depending on the location. Dates marked with * are scheduled in the Living World (maximum of 180 participants). All other programs are held in the Exploration Outpost (maximum of 60 participants).
For more information and registration for Brownies click here.
For more information and registration for Juniors click here.
Lock 16 Center & LaSalle Canal Boat
The LaSalle Canal Boat center would like to help you with Girl Scout programs for your girls. They offer the following activities:
Junior Chef Program
Tea Time
Trek and Trak Program
LaSalle Canal Boat and the Illinois & Michigan Canal
For additional information contact them at 815-223-181.
Friends of the Sangamon Valley
Does your troop love the outdoors? Are you looking for a great community service project idea? The Friends of The Sangamon Valley is looking for girls to help out with various outdoor projects as part of their local ecological restoration efforts. There are opportunities in Springfield and surrounding counties. Check them out online at www.fosv.org. For more information contact George Rose at (217) 787-1940.
McLean County Arts Center
McLean County Arts Center is providing an opportunity to bring your group into our studio classrooms for a two hour lesson that will fulfill a majority of the requirements
towards your art related badge. We have collaborated with the Girl Scouts to ensure an alignment of required tasks. Girls will enjoy the opportunity to learn from local artists within our community and be able to leave with a broadened knowledge of art, original artwork, and fond memories that will last forever.
$10.00 per participant
Call 309-829-0011 or email mcacjoe@gmail.com to schedule your troops artistic experience!
