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GSEP
Program
Guide
Spring/Summer 2019
a publication of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Program Listings by Grade Level
8 Family Camp 7 Mosey Wood Work Weekend
Daisies/Grades K–1
8 Tough Cookie Adventure Race 7 Wood Haven Work Weekend
5 Celebrate Spring
10 911, What’s Your Emergency? 7 Troop Team Challenge
5 Flower Fun
10 Creature Feature 8 Family Camp
6 Daisy Space Explorer
11 Brownie Engineers: Race Car Challenge 8 Summer Celebration
6 Spring Fling
11 Maple Sugaring 8 Get Outdoors Skills Challenge Day
6 Thin Mint Sprint
11 Prepare to Launch 8 Boots and Saddles
8 Family Camp
11 What’s the Big Idea? 8 Family Camp
8 Get Outdoors Skills Challenge Day
12 Maple Sugaring 8 Tough Cookie Adventure Race
8 Family Camp
12 Fitness Frenzy! 10 Space Investigators Overnight
8 Tough Cookie Adventure Race
13 Super Snacks 10 What’s Your Story?
10 Sketch Bot
13 Let’s Get Playing 10 Water Safety 101
10 Creature Feature
13 Space Science Adventurer 10 Creature Feature
12 Fitness Frenzy!
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14 Brownie Blast-Off 11 What’s the Big Idea?
14 Daisy Blast-Off
14 Talking for Two 12 Maple Sugaring
14 Talking for Two
14 Trekkin’ in Nature 12 Junior International World Centers’ Tour
17 Between Earth and Sky
18 On Your Toes 12 Agents of Change
17 Eco Learner
18 Fit Fun 12 Maple Sugaring
18 Rolling Ramblers
19 Space Science Adventurer 12 Robot Intelligence
18 Space Science Explorer
20 Brownie Eco Friends 13 DIY Scientists
19 Nature is Neat
21 S.P.C.yAy! 14 Shake it Out!
20 Outdoor Art Maker
22 Girl Scout History Comes Alive! 14 Talking for Two
21 Off to the Races
22 Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! 15 Engineering is for Girls-Juniors
21 S.P.C.yAy!
22 My Best Self 15 On Your Own Path
22 Girl Scout History Comes Alive!
25 Pong Under the Sea 17 Junior Business Owner
22 Tula Petal Yoga
25 Think Like an Engineer Journey-Brownies 17 Animal Habitats
23 Art Around the World
25 The Best You Can Be 18 DIY Junior Jewelers
25 Nature Artists
26 Clay Creations 18 Back to the Drawing Board
27 Innovate & Imagine
26 Plant a Yoga Garden! 19 Amazing Animal Habitats
28 Ice Cream Social Overnight
26 Brownie Nature Investigation 19 Vidcode Coders
29 Daisy Mechanical Engineers
27 Terrific Twirlers 19 Choose Your Own Sewing Adventure
29 Native Bees & You!
28 Ice Cream Social Overnight 20 Junior Blast-Off
Brownies/Grades 2–3 28 Sensational Senses 20 History in the Making
29 Bodacious Bugs 20 Outdoor Eco-Girls
5 Nature Friends
29 Real-World Problem Solvers 20 Social Butterfly
5 Celebrate Spring
21 Engineer It!
6 Spring Fling Juniors/Grades 4–5 21 S.P.C.yAy!
6 Thin Mint Sprint
5 GSEP Journey Weekend: Junior 22 Girl Scout History Comes Alive!
6 Bike Philly Sampler Adventure Outdoor Journey and Tubing Trip 22 Climbers Ready
7 GSEP Journey Day: Wonders of Water 5 Girl Scout Strong 22 Colonial Days
8 Camp Sampler 5 Celebrate Spring 22 How Does Your Garden Grow?
8 Family Camp 6 We Put the Art in STEAM! 23 Staying Fit
8 Summer Celebration 6 Let’s Go Camping 23 The Magic Behind the Makeup
8 Get Outdoors Skills Challenge Day 6 Thin Mint Sprint 23 Author Activist - Making a Difference
8 My Little Pony Day 6 Bike Philly Sampler Adventure
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25 Celebrate YOU! 19 Choose Your Own Sewing Adventure 23 Senior First Aiders
26 Think like an Engineer Journey-Juniors 19 Robotics Frenzy Overnight 23 Explore the Magic of Motion
26 Healthy Meals 19 Cadette Engineers 25 Jewelry Making 101
26 Playing the Past: A Poetry of Action 20 Climb On 26 Graffiti Fiber Art
at the Mill at Anselma 22 Girl Scout History Comes Alive! 26 Climb On
27 Junior Engineer Overnight 22 Climbers Ready 27 Spring Into Art
27 Birds of a Feather Hike 23 Science of Happiness 28 AAA Girl Scouts Auto Learn
28 Ice Cream Social Overnight 23 Financing Your Dreams 28 Citizen Science Experts
28 Flowers are Fantastic 23 The Stressed-Less Student 29 Bike and Boat
28 Geocaching 23 Explore the Magic of Motion
29 Perfect Practice Play 23 Eco-Expedition! Ambassadors/Grades 11-12
29 Junior Mechanical Engineers 25 Jewelry Making 101 5 Spring Fling Program Aide
29 DIY Jewelry 25 Celebrate YOU! 6 Thin Mint Sprint
29 Playing the Past Overnight 26 Laugh Out Loud 6 Caving Experience
29 Real-World Problem Solvers 26 Climb On 7 Mosey Wood Work Weekend
29 Bike and Boat 7 Wood Haven Work Weekend
Cadettes/Grades 6–8 7 Real Rocks Rock
29 DIY Jewelry
5 Girl Scout Strong 7 Real Rocks Rock
5 Spring Fling Program Aide Seniors/Grades 9–10 7 Canoeing
5 The Great Archery Adventure 5 Girl Scout Strong 8 Family Camp
6 Thin Mint Sprint 5 Spring Fling Program Aide 8 Summer Celebration
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6 Caving Experience 6 Thin Mint Sprint 8 Get Outdoors Skills Challenge Day
7 Mosey Wood Work Weekend 6 Caving Experience 8 Family Camp
7 Wood Haven Work Weekend 7 Mosey Wood Work Weekend 8 Tough Cookie Adventure Race
7 Real Rocks Rock 7 Wood Haven Work Weekend 10 Mission: Sisterhood
7 Real Rocks Rock 7 Real Rocks Rock 10 Water Safety 101
7 Troop Team Challenge 7 Real Rocks Rock 10 Life of a Mountain Hawk
7 Cadette Corps 7 Canoeing 11 Mastering the Art of Self-Defense
7 Canoeing 8 Family Camp 14 Camp N’ Climb
8 Family Camp 8 Summer Celebration 14 Mind, Body, and Yoga!
8 Summer Celebration 8 Get Outdoors Skills Challenge Day 15 Kick Flip
8 Get Outdoors Skills Challenge Day 8 Family Camp 17 STEM Spotlight Podcast
8 Boots and Saddles 8 Tough Cookie Adventure Race 18 Extreme First Aid
8 Family Camp 10 Mission: Sisterhood 18 Historic Philly Bike Tour
8 Tough Cookie Adventure Race 10 Water Safety 101 19 Girltopia
10 Art Book Adventures 10 Life of a Mountain Hawk 20 Villanova Campus Tour
10 Water Safety 101 11 Mastering the Art of Self-Defense 20 Climb On
12 “Real” MEdia 14 Camp N’ Climb 20 West Chester University Tour
12 STEM G.I.R.L.s 14 Mind, Body, and Yoga! 21 College Tour: Lehigh Valley
12 Comics and Cartooning 15 Kick Flip 21 College Tour: Berks County
12 Maple Sugaring 17 STEM Spotlight Podcast 21 Water Ambassadors
13 Think Like an Engineer 18 Historic Philly Bike Tour 22 College Tour: Philadelphia
Overnight-Cadettes
19 Girltopia 22 Girl Scout History Comes Alive!
14 Shake it Out!
20 Villanova Campus Tour 22 Climbers Ready
14 Camp N’ Climb
20 Climb On 22 College Tour: Main Line
14 Life is aMaze!
20 West Chester University Tour 23 Explore the Magic of Motion
14 Speak Up, Stand Out
21 College Tour: Lehigh Valley 25 Jewelry Making 101
15 Kick Flip
21 College Tour: Berks County 26 Climb On
15 Engineering is for Girls-Cadettes
22 College Tour: Philadelphia 28 AAA Girl Scouts Auto Learn
17 Eco-Trekker
22 Girl Scout History Comes Alive! 28 Citizen Science Experts
18 Tall, Tall Trees
22 Climbers Ready 29 Bike and Boat
18 Historic Philly Bike Tour
22 College Tour: Main Line
19 Vidcode Coders
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see what ’s blooming this spring!
Check out a sample of our brand-new programs where you can complete badge or Journey
steps, then look for the program listing for more details!
Daisy Brownie Fling Flyer Design Eco Trekker badge
Space Science Explorer Eco Friend badge Challenge badge Cadette Corps
SATURDAY, MAY 18
badge Nature Friends
Prepare to Launch
SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Valley Forge National Park
Daisy Space Explorer FRIDAY, MARCH 1‑ Engineering for Kids
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 SUNDAY, MARCH 3 (Murphy Rec Center) Robotics badges
Camp Mountain House Camp Shelly Ridge
Robotics Frenzy Overnight
Space Science Junior FRIDAY, APRIL 12‑
Model Car Design
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
Challenge badge Adventurer badge Outdoor Journey Reading Public Museum
Rolling Ramblers Brownie Blast-Off GSEP Journey Weekend:
SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Think Like an Engineer
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SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Junior Outdoor Journey and
Engineering for Kids Mad Science Tubing Trip Cadette Engineers
(Murphy Rec Center) (Fitzpatrick Rec Center) FRIDAY, MARCH 1‑ SATURDAY, APRIL 13
SUNDAY,MARCH 3 Drexel University
Think Like an Engineer Think Like an Engineer Camp Mosey Wood
Journey award Journey award Senior/Ambassador
Horseback Riding badge
Off to the Races Real-World Problem Solvers
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Boots and Saddles College Knowledge
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
Lehigh University National Museum of FRIDAY, JUNE 14‑ badge
Industrial History SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Life of a Mountain Hawk
Innovate & Imagine Camp Wood Haven SUNDAY, MARCH 3
SATURDAY, MAY 11 Race Car Design Lehigh University
Please Touch Museum
Challenge badge Space Science
Investigator badge Outdoor Art Expert
Brownie Engineers: Race Car
Challenge Space Investigators Overnight Spring Into Art
FRIDAY, MARCH 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 1‑ SATURDAY, MAY 18
Snapology @ Alvernia University SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Art Partners Studio
Reading Public Museum
My Promise, My Faith
Mechanical Engineering award
Junior Engineer Overnight Girl Scout Strong
FRIDAY, MAY 17‑ SUNDAY, MARCH 10
SATURDAY, MAY 18 Camp Valley Forge
Reading Public Museum
Water badge
Eco Camper
Water Ambassadors
Let’s Go Camping THURSDAY, APRIL 25
FRIDAY, APRIL 13‑ Alvernia University
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
Camp Shelly Ridge Collage Artist
Graffiti Fiber Art
Cadette
Register for programs SUNDAY, MAY 5
The Handwork Studio
Archery badge
and you’ll be one step The Great Archery Adventure
closer to filling your FRIDAY, APRIL 5‑SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Camp Mosey Wood
Girl Scout vest!
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the day on Saturday, accommodations and all
Nature Friends
meals served in the Dining Hall (Friday snack-
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 7PM - SUNDAY, MARCH 3, Sunday breakfast).
GSEP Signature Event 11AM
Camp Shelly Ridge, Miquon
Core Camping Grades: 2-3 Flower Fun
Cost: $65/girl SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10AM-12PM
Adventure $45/adult Camp Mountain House, Allentown
Learn to love nature as you take a hike, search Grades: K-1
Arts & Culture for animals and explore animal habitats.
Cost: $11/girl
Discover how to safely build, cook over, and
Environmental put out a fire. Discover ways to protect the Daisies, come to camp and celebrate the
outdoors while enjoying traditional camp beginning of spring! Dig into the life cycle
activities. All troops must meet girl-adult of a plant and dissect a seed to see how
Health & Wellness something so tiny grows into a flower,
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
accompanied by a registered adult. All adults vegetable, or tree. Explore the things that
Leadership must have a satisfactory background check flowers and other plants need to grow
on file to participate in the program. *Includes big and strong! You’ll even plant a flower
STEM accommodations in buildings, all meals, seed in your own decorated pot and take it
snacks, and Eco Friend badge. home to create a window sill garden. *Great
supplemental activity for Welcome to the
Water
Daisy Flower Garden Journey.
Girl Scout Strong
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1-3PM
Spring Fling Program Aide
Camp Valley Forge, Valley Forge
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1-3PM
Grades: 4-10
Camp Laughing Waters, Gilbertsville
Cost: $12/girl
Grades: 6-12
Join your sister Girl Scouts to kick off Girl
Cost: $10/girl
Scout week with a spiritual celebration
GSEP Journey Weekend: Junior showcasing the beliefs that make you unique. Calling all G.I.R.Leaders! Plan and lead an
Outdoor Journey and Tubing Trip Participate in hands-on activities, meet exciting spring adventure for younger Girl
women from different faith communities, and Scouts. Use your creativity and imagination
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 7PM – SUNDAY, MARCH 3,
explore how your own faith and the Girl Scout to lead Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts to
10AM
Law connect. All troops must meet girl-adult earn their Outdoor Art Maker and Outdoor
Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony Art Creator badges. Girls will earn service
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
Grades: 4-5 accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes to Girl Scouting hours, and complete the
Cost: $80/girl the My Promise, My Faith award. GSEP Program Aide training course. Must be
available to lead on April 7th, from 12-4:30pm.
$60/adult
All adults will be assigned a specific task
Come to camp and deepen your outdoor during the program. All troops must meet girl-
skills as you explore the world around you Celebrate Spring
adult ratios for their group. Individual girls are
and earn all three of your Outdoor Journey FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 7PM - SUNDAY, MARCH 17, welcome.
badges! Take a hike to learn about wildlife, 10AM
make a snack by the campfire, build an Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony
animal house, and have fun with Leave No
Trace principles. Plan a Take Action project
Grades: K-5 The Great Archery Adventure
to complete once you return home and then Cost: $60/girl FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 7PM - SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 10AM
escape to Big Boulder for three hours of $40/adult Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony
tubing in the evening. All troops must meet Celebrate spring as you set off on a camping Grades: 6-8
girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual adventure at Camp Mosey Wood! Take to Cost: $80/girl
girls must be accompanied by a registered the trails for some hiking, have fun with
adult. All adults must have a satisfactory $40/adult
games, and get creative as you make works
background check on file to participate of art inspired by nature. And don’t forget to It is all about archery this weekend! Learn
in the program. *Includes Friday snack, all spend time with your new cabin mates! All about the parts of the bow and arrow, safety
meals Saturday, Sunday breakfast, housing troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their equipment, warm-up techniques, and how
in heated cabins, Animal Habitats, Camper group. Individual girls must be accompanied to shoot both a recurve and compound bow.
and Eco Camper badges, and three-hour by a registered adult. All adults must have You will even be able to come up with your
tubing pass at Big Boulder. a satisfactory background check on file to own archery challenge! Then tackle the tower
participate in the program. *Includes Buddy and zoom across the lake on the dueling
Camper badge for Daisies, Cabin Camper zip lines. *Includes Archery badge, activities
badge for Brownies, and Camper badge for during the day on Saturday, accommodations
Juniors. Great supplemental weekend for and all meals served in the Dining Hall (Friday
Outdoor Art badges. Includes activities during snack-Sunday breakfast).
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Explore ways to protect the environment
while enjoying other camp activities. All
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
group. Individual girls must be accompanied
by a registered adult. All adults must have
a satisfactory background check on file
Look out for GSEP’s to participate in the program. *Includes
Signature Events, accommodations in buildings, all meals,
snacks and Eco Camper badge.
which appear with
this icon. You won’t want
Thin Mint Sprint
to miss out on these! SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 9AM
Forbidden Drive
200 W. Northwest Avenue, Philadelphia
Grades: All Ages
Cost: $30/person
Set your sights on the finish line in the third
and final race of the Trefoil Fitness Challenge.
The Thin Mint Sprint will take place along
Forbidden Drive in Fairmount Park. Get ready
for this course, which is ideal for running, by
gathering your sister Girl Scouts and running
enthusiasts to show the community your inner
G.I.R.L. (go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader).
*Includes T-shirt and event patch. Register at
gsepthinmintsprint2019.eventbrite.com.
Daisy Space Explorer Spring Fling
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 10AM-12PM SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1-4PM
Camp Mountain House, Allentown Camp Laughing Waters, Gilbertsville Caving Experience
Grades: K-1 Grades: K-3 SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 11AM-5:30PM
Cost: $14/girl Cost: $15/girl Sheetz
8000 Olde Scotland Road, Shippensburg
Blast off to Camp Mountain House and $5/adult
learn all about the sun, moon, and the stars! Grades: 6-12
Leap into spring with energy! With older Girl
Play games, make crafts, and leave camp Scouts as your guides, create beautiful art in Cost: $35/girl
with lots of facts about the solar system, nature traveling around camp to five different $30/adult
constellations, and the galaxy. All troops stations of fun! Take a nature sensory hike, Come explore a natural cave! Learn how
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. create music with nature, and even make to safely move through a cave as you
Individual girls must be accompanied by a some art you can take home with you. All explore the depths of one of nature’s finest
registered adult. *Includes Space Science activities will be planned and led by other wonders alongside a speleological expert. All
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Explorer badge. Girl Scouts. All troops must meet girl-adult participants should be within the allowable
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be height-weight ratio. Check the Program/Event
accompanied by a registered adult. Are you Registration for the chart. Please bring a
We Put the Art in STEAM! an older girl interested in helping plan and bagged lunch and water. The group will travel
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1-4PM lead Spring Fling? Attend Spring Fling Program to a pizza shop for dinner after the program.
Aide on March 24 to take a leadership role All troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
Camp Mountain House, Allentown
at Spring Fling. *Includes snack, Outdoor Art group. Individual girls must be accompanied
Grades: 4-5 Maker badge for Daisies, and Outdoor Art by a registered adult.
Cost: $12/girl Creator badge for Brownies.
The worlds of art and STEM collide at camp!
Let your curiosity and creativity run wild as Bike Philly Sampler Adventure
you learn the basic principles of science, Let’s Go Camping SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 27, MAY 4 AND 11,
technology, engineering, and math all FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 7PM - SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 10AM–12PM
through fun, hands-on art projects. All troops 11AM
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. Wissahickon Park, Manayunk Tow Path,
Camp Shelly Ridge, Miquon Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia
Individual girls must be accompanied by a
registered adult. Grades: 4-5 Grades: 2-5
Cost: $65/girl Cost: $100/girl
$45/adult
Bike Philly Sampler invites girls to explore the
Put on your hiking boots and hit the trail. best of Philly’s bike paths on two wheels. For
Observe the nature around you. Discover four weeks in April and May, meet up with
how to safely make a fire and cook outdoors. like-wheeled Girl Scouts for two hours of
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adventure. Each Saturday, you’ll start off with background check on file to participate in risk-taker as you climb and rappel with your
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some team-building plus basic bike safety & the program. *Includes accommodations in sister Girl Scouts cheering you on. Please
maintenance skills, before heading off on a platform tents and all food (Friday evening bring water and a snack. All troops must meet
ride. Each week will feature a new trail! If you’re snack through Sunday breakfast). girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
confident on two wheels and ready for some must be accompanied by a registered adult.
cool flat trails, these rides will be perfect for
you! Bonus: each location offers opportunities Wood Haven Work Weekend
for extra challenges as girls demonstrate
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 7PM - SUNDAY, APRIL 28, Troop Team Challenge
readiness for more risk-taking. Girls must
11AM SATURDAY, MAY 11, 9AM-12PM
attend ALL sessions and bring their own bike
and helmet to ride, as well as a water bottle. Camp Wood Haven, Pine Grove Camp Valley Forge, Valley Forge
This is a girl-only program. *Includes Bike Philly Grades: 4-12 Grades: 4-8
patch and t-shirt. Non-members can register Cost: $10/person Cost: $12/girl
online at gsepbikephillysampler2019.eventbrite.
Winter is over, and Camp Wood Haven is School is almost over, and summer is on its
com for an additional $30, which includes
gearing up to look great for the camp season! way! Your troop has spent the year doing
annual GS membership.
If the weather is nice, you can be among the amazing things, and now it’s time for an epic
If you are an adult interested in serving first tent campers of 2019. Set up, clean, and troop challenge. Team up with your sister Girl
as a program volunteer, please email stay in the platform tents, Conestoga wagons, Scouts to tackle team-building activities and
Memberservices@gsep.org with the subject Adirondack shelters, or tree houses (lottery the low-ropes challenge course, complete
line: Bike Philly Volunteer. for accommodations). Help beautify camp archery tests and create a troop mural to
by painting and helping with trail clearing. capture the experience. This is a troop only
Bring a pair of work gloves and help make program. All troops must meet girl-adult ratio
GSEP Journey Day: camp shine. At the end of a hard day’s work, for their group. *Includes Archery badge for
celebrate with an all-camp party in the Cadettes.
Wonders of Water
pavilion Saturday night. You’ll have time to
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1-4PM explore camp too, by hiking, playing Gaga, and
Camp Valley Forge, Valley Forge enjoying the natural beauty of Wood Haven. Cadette Corps
Grades: 2-3 All troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 9AM-12PM
group. Individual girls in grades 4-5 must be
Cost: $10/girl Valley Forge National Park
accompanied by a registered adult. All adults
April showers bring...water-loving Brownies! must have a satisfactory background check 1400 North Outer Line Drive, King of
Spend time at camp learning all about the on file to participate in the program. *Includes Prussia
wonders of water. Share your love of water accommodations and all food. Grades: 6-8
while exploring ways to conserve this important
resource. Flow through the water cycle, play Cost: $5/person
with raindrops, and make a water conservation Calling all Cadettes! It’s time to discover nature
promise. All troops must meet girl-adult
Real Rocks Rock as we team up with the Valley Forge National
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be SUNDAY, MAY 5, 9AM-12PM Park Crayfish Corps. Spend the morning
accompanied by a registered adult.*Completes Ralph Stover State Park splashing around Valley Creek while learning
the LOVE Water and SAVE Water Awards from 150 Tory Road, Pipersville about native and invasive species right here
the Wonders of Water Journey. Grades: 6-12 in our backyard. Meet park rangers and
learn how humans impact the environment
Cost: $20/girl
and ways we can protect nature for future
Time to take on the real rocks! Join GSEP
Mosey Wood Work Weekend generations. After the program, feel free to
belayers and improve your climbing skills and enjoy the rest of the day exploring Valley Forge
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 5PM - SUNDAY, APRIL 28, confidence as you scale the high rocks area National Park. Please wear closed-toe shoes
10AM at Ralph Stover State Park. Let out your inner and clothes you won’t mind getting wet. All
Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony risk-taker as you climb and rappel with your troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
Grades: 4-12 sister Girl Scouts cheering you on. Please group. Individual girls must be accompanied
bring water and a snack. All troops must meet by a registered adult. *Complete steps 2 & 4
Cost: $10/person
girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls of the Eco Trekker badge and earn 3 hours
Winter is over, and Camp Mosey Wood needs must be accompanied by a registered adult. toward your Girl Scout Ranger certificate.
some help to prepare for camping season!
If the weather is nice, you can be among the
first tent campers of 2019. Set up, clean and
stay in platform tent units. Help beautify
Real Rocks Rock Canoeing
camp by painting and helping with trail SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1-4PM SUNDAY, MAY 19, 10AM-4PM
cleaning. Bring along a pair of work gloves Ralph Stover State Park Northbrook Canoe Company
and help make camp shine. At the end of a 150 Tory Road, Pipersville 1810 Beagle Road, West Chester
hard day’s work, celebrate with a campfire on Grades: 6-12 Grades: 6-12
Saturday night. You’ll also have time to hike,
Cost: $20/girl Cost: $50/girl
play, and enjoy the natural beauty of Camp
Mosey Wood. All troops must meet girl-adult Time to take on the real rocks! Join GSEP $40/girl
ratios for their group. Individual girls in grades belayers and improve your climbing skills and Spend your day canoeing down the scenic
4-5 must be accompanied by a registered confidence as you scale the high rocks area Brandywine River. You’ll paddle on a four-hour
adult. All adults must have a satisfactory at Ralph Stover State Park. Let out your inner adventure down river allowing extra time to
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relax, eat a picnic lunch on the river, and spend nice! Brownies and Juniors can take aim Individual girls (6th grade and above) may
quality time with your sister Girl Scouts. Please with archery, while Cadettes, Seniors, and attend without an adult. All adults must
bring your own bagged lunch and water. All Ambassadors can reach for footholds on the have a satisfactory background check on
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their climbing wall. On Saturday night, celebrate file to participate in the program. *Includes
group. Individual girls must be accompanied by summer with a party in the pavilion. Sleep accommodations in platform tents, all
a registered adult. Lifeguards will be provided. in platform tents, Conestoga wagons, meals and snacks served in the dining hall
Adirondack shelters, or tree houses (lottery and Horseback Riding badge for Juniors.
for sleeping arrangements) after a full
Camp Sampler day of fun. All troops must meet girl-adult
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 9AM-12PM
ratios for their group. Individual girls must My Little Pony Day
be accompanied by a registered adult. All
Camp Mountain House, Allentown SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1-4PM
adults must have a satisfactory background
Grades: 2-3 check on file to participate in the program. Camp Wood Haven, Pine Grove
Cost: $13/girl *Includes all activities, accommodations, Grades: 2-3
meals and event patch. Cost: $30/girl
A morning filled with camp fun awaits you at
Mountain House! Meet new friends as you Come to camp for an afternoon of fun with
practice your aim during soft archery, get the horses! Play pony games, create a pony art
colorful with tie-dye, learn new camp songs, Get Outdoors Skills project, and go for a ride. This is an introduction
and get into an intense game of Gaga. It’s Challenge Day to horses; no previous riding experience is
the perfect sample of summer! All troops SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 10AM-4PM necessary. All troops must meet girl-adult
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony
Individual girls must be accompanied by accompanied by a registered adult. All riding
a registered adult. *Completes steps 1-3 of Grades: K-12 activities will take place weather permitting.
Making Friends badge. Cost: $25/girl *Includes snack and Horse Fun patch.
$5/adult
Get ready for the ultimate outdoor
Family Camp challenge! It’s time to showcase the Family Camp
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 5PM - MONDAY, MAY 27, outdoor skills you learned through the 2nd FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 5PM - MONDAY,
10AM annual Get Outdoors monthly challenges. SEPTEMBER 2, 10AM
Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony Join girls from across the council as you Camp Mosey Wood, Lake Harmony
compete in eight outdoor challenges to
Grades: All Ages Grades: All Ages
test your skills. At the end of the day, cheer
Cost: $95/person on your new friends as the top competitors Cost: $95/person
(Children under 2 free) in each age level are recognized with (Children Under 2 free)
Enjoy a weekend of fun and relaxation for awards. All troops must meet girl-adult Enjoy a weekend of fun and relaxation for
you and your entire family, while celebrating ratios for their group. Individual girls must you and your entire family! Parents, sisters,
Mosey Wood’s 80th anniversary!! Parents, be accompanied by a registered adult. brothers, grandparents, and other relatives
sisters, brothers, grandparents, and other *Includes lunch and event patch. are all invited to Camp Mosey Wood to
relatives are all invited to Camp Mosey Looking for the full camp experience? Stay participate in organized activities, such
Wood to participate in organized activities, at camp the night before! Space is limited, as swimming, boating, hiking, games, and
such as swimming, boating, hiking, games, so register early for the Get Outdoors Skills crafts. Attendees can also enjoy other
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and crafts. Attendees can also enjoy other Challenge Day Overnight. *Breakfast included. activities independently. Activity specialists
activities independently. Activity specialists will be on hand to guide you through archery
will be on hand to guide you through archery (2nd grade and above) and the high-ropes
(2nd grade and above) and the high-ropes challenge course (6th grade and above), with
Boots and Saddles
challenge course (6th grade and above), with lifeguards overseeing swimming and boating.
lifeguards overseeing swimming and boating. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 7PM - SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 11AM Adults must supervise children during the
Adults must supervise children during the Camp Wood Haven, Pine Grove event; one adult must register for every three
event; one adult must register for every three Grades: 4-8 children. *lncludes accommodations and all
children. *lncludes accommodations and all Cost: $80/girl meals served in the Dining Hall. Register at
meals served in the Dining Hall. Register at $40/adult gsepfamilycamp2019.eventbrite.com
gsepfamilycamp2019.eventbrite.com
Start out your summer getting up close
with some of our four-legged friends. Spend
time at the barn and learn about caring
Tough Cookie Adventure Race
Summer Celebration for horses. Play horse games and take a SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 7PM - SUNDAY, MAY 26, 11AM ride. When you aren’t hanging out with the 10AM RACE START
Camp Wood Haven, Pine Grove horses, learn all about our alpacas. You’ll Camp Laughing Waters, Gilbertsville
Grades: 2-12 even enjoy some splashing and laughter in Grade: All Ages
the pool before making s’mores and singing
Cost: $70/girl Cost: $30/person through August 2
around an evening campfire. No prior riding
$50/adult experience necessary; just a desire to have $40/person through August 31
Kick off a great summer at our summer fun. Riding and swimming activities will Come to the 3rd annual Tough Cookie
celebration! Enjoy hiking, crafts, sports, take place weather permitting. All troops Adventure Race! Grab your parents and
sing-a-longs, and swimming if the weather’s must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. siblings, too! With your team of two to four
8 gsep.org • spring/summer 2019people, run, bike, and use a map to navigate your way from point to point during this two- hour orienteering race. While traveling point to point, seek out adventure challenges to gain more points. You may get wet or muddy, but you’re guaranteed to have fun. Afterward, Enjoy a picnic lunch (self-provided). Spend the day at camp from 1- 4p.m. for a Camp Fun Day! Try your hand at archery (2nd grade and up), disc golf, gaga, and volleyball, or rock climbing (4th grade and up). Note: An adult must be registered and participate with the team when the team members are 12 and under. Register at gseptoughcookieadventurerace2019. eventbrite.com. Looking for the full camp experience? Stay at camp the night before! Space is limited so register early. Family Tents*: $40/ tent for 4 people Troop Tents*: $80/ 2 tents 4 girls and 4 adults Cabin*: $100/ cabin for 1 family or troop unit up to ten people *Adult must be present for overnight camping.
Partner-Led Programs
Space Investigators Overnight Sketch Bot Water Safety 101
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 6PM – SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 10AM-12PM SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 9-11AM
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 8AM Kalahari Water Resorts & Conventions
Engineering for Kids @
Reading Public Museum Camp Shelly Ridge, Miquon 250 Kalahari Boulevard, Pocono Manor
500 Museum Road, Reading Grades: 4-12
Grades: K-1
Grades: 4-5 Cost: $42/girl
Cost: $34/girl
Cost: $41/girl $40/adult
What’s inside a robot? How do they work?
$15/adult Team up with the staff at Kalahari Water
Get the opportunity to develop a simple
Spend a night out of this world as you learn circuit to power your own invention and Resort and dive into water safety! You’ll
all about the solar system during a visit create a drawing robot! Explore how to direct learn the basics of lifeguarding and how
to the Neag Planetarium. Create your own your robot and understand the importance to identify distressed swimmers and
space rover and light up constellations. of switches in electrical designs. All troops medical emergencies. Practice basic rescue
Plus, get exclusive after-hours access to the must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. techniques and learn how to recognize
blockbuster exhibit, Astronaut.. All troops Individual girls must be accompanied by a drowning victims. You’ll then take a tour
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. registered adult. *Includes What Robots Do behind the slides followed by fun at the
Individual girls must be accompanied by badge. waterpark! All troops must meet girl-adult
a registered adult. All adults must have ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
a satisfactory background check on file accompanied by a registered adult. A waiver
to participate in the program. One adult must be signed before arrival. *Includes a
Mission: Sisterhood
per group must have Indoor Overnight Kalahari patch and all-day admission to the
Skills training. *Includes Space Science SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 10:30AM-4:30PM waterpark.
Investigator badge. Exeter Community Library
4565 Prestwick Drive, Reading
Grades: 9-12 Life of a Mountain Hawk
Art Book Adventures Cost: $37/girl SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1-4PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 9AM-12PM Why do empowered women empower Lehigh University
Art Partners Studio women? Why does it feel so good to band 27 Memorial Drive, Bethlehem
545 E. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville together and stand up for each other? Grades: 9-12
Grades: 6-8 Sisterhood means different things to
Cost: $8/girl
different people. Together with Kind Living
Cost: $25/girl Join the sisters of Kappa Delta at Lehigh
Designs, explore how important being a
There’s always a discovery in store when you part of a sisterhood is to your self-worth. University to get a taste of college life!
pick up a book. How about when you create Build up your self-esteem through individual Start the day off by hearing from a panel of
one? Learn about bookbinding, experiment and group activities. All troops must meet sisters as they talk about their involvement
with different art media, and share your girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual on campus and their majors. Listen as they
stories and ideas. You will even leave girls must be accompanied by a registered share various opportunities Kappa Delta
with your own unique art book! All troops offers, such as scholarships and internships.
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adult. *Includes Mission: Sisterhood! Journey
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. award set. Finally, finish the day with a tour of Lehigh’s
Individual girls must be accompanied by a campus. All troops must meet girl-adult
registered adult. *Includes Book Artist badge. ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes
What’s Your Story?
College Knowledge badge.
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1-4PM
911, What’s Your Emergency?
Art Partners Studio
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 9:15AM-12:15PM
545 E. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville Creature Feature
Paoli Hospital
Grades: 4-5 SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 3-5:30PM
255 W. Lancaster Avenue, Paoli
Cost: $25/girl The Handwork Studio
Grades: 2-3
Do you like to tell stories? Explore storytelling 35 N. Narberth Avenue, Narberth
Cost: $11/girl
around the world and learn what makes a Grades: K-5
Do you know what to do in the event of a good story. Then, write something of your
medical emergency? Do you want to learn Cost: $16/girl
own using a variety of writing forms, such
how to take care of the common types of as poetry and short stories. All troops Design and create your own little creature
injuries? Join us as we explore first aid and must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. and bring it to life. Start with a basic template
how to administer it. Create your own first aid Individual girls must be accompanied by a and then let your creative juices flow by
kit, talk to members of the hospital medical registered adult. *Includes Scribe badge. hand-stitching and embellishing to make your
team, meet Emergency Medical Service First own one-of-a-kind stuffed creature. All troops
Responders, and practice your new skills. All must meet girl-adult ratios for their group.
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their Individual girls must be accompanied by
group. Individual girls must be accompanied a registered adult.
by a registered adult. *Includes Brownie First
Aid badge.
10 gsep.org • spring/summer 2019tree Identification photosynthesis, weather Grades: 2-5
Brownie Engineers:
and history. At the end of the day, receive a Cost: $20/girl
Race Car Challenge maple treat! All troops must meet girl-adult
FRIDAY, MARCH 8 6:30-8PM If you have BIG ideas, put on your inventor
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
hat and join us at the National Museum of
Snapology @ Alvernia University accompanied by a registered adult.
Industrial History! Discover what happens
400 St. Bernardine Street, Reading when we look at real-world problems,
Grades: 2-3 experiment with solutions, and get creative
Cost: $18/girl
Prepare to Launch designing and building improvements to
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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 10AM-12:30PM everyday life. All troops must meet girl-adult
Get ready, get set, go! Learn how to build a
Lego brick car, and get ready to race! Explore Engineering for Kids @ Murphy Rec Center ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
and experiment with the physics of motion, 300 Shunk Street, Philadelphia accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes
momentum, friction and more as you work in admission to the museum and Inventor
Grades: 2-3
teams to design and test your race cars. All badge for Brownies.
Cost: $39/girl
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
Get a firsthand look at the basic mechanics
group. Individual girls must be accompanied
by a registered adult. *Includes Race Car
of flight by constructing paper airplanes and Mastering the Art of
testing the different components that allow
Design badge.
them to remain airborne. Learn vocabulary
Self-Defense
early in the lesson that will play an important SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1-3PM
role throughout the day. By the end of the Master Taekwondo
Maple Sugaring program, you will design your own air-driven 4110 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 10AM-12PM rocket, along with the fins that stabilize the Grades: 9-12
Wissahickon Environmental Center flight. All troops must meet girl-adult ratios
Cost: $30/girl
300 W. Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia for their group. Individual girls must be
accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes Hyah! Join Master Taekwondo and get
Grades: 2-3 equipped with the knowledge and techniques
Fling Flyer Design Challenge badge.
Cost: $8/girl to protect yourself using the tools you already
Discover how and why trees produce sap. have! Learn how to punch, kick, and properly
Then learn about the steps involved in hold should a situation arise. End with a Q&A
What’s the Big Idea? session with the instructor to learn even more
harvesting it to make syrup and sugar.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 11AM-1PM about self-defense. All troops must meet
Learn how to tap a tree and
boil sap until it develops National Museum of Industrial History girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
into syrup. Explore 602 East 2nd Street, Bethlehem must be accompanied by a registered adult.
gsep.org • spring/summer 2019 11Maple Sugaring Junior International Maple
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1-3PM World Centers’ Tour Sugaring
Wissahickon Environmental Center SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1-3PM SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10-11:30AM
300 W. Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia Valley Forge Service Center Tyler Arboretum
Grades: 4-5 Grades: 4-5 515 Painter Road, Media
Cost: $8/girl Cost: $10/girl Grades: 2-8
Discover how trees produce sap, then learn $2/adult Cost: $14/girl
the steps involved in harvesting sap to make Are you ready for an international adventure? From tree to table, find out how maple
syrup and sugar. Learn how to tap a tree and Learn about the World Centers through sap becomes maple syrup. Learn how to
boil sap into syrup. You’ll also explore tree displays, songs, games, and more. Enjoy identify a sugar maple, practice tapping a
Identification, photosynthesis, weather, and hands-on activities such as making your own tree, explore the evaporation process, and
history. At the end of the program, receive a SWAP and decorate your very own passport! taste the difference between freshly tapped
maple treat! All troops must meet girl-adult You’ll even participate in a World Pinning sap and real maple syrup! Sturdy shoes are
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be Ceremony and learn all about why Girl Scouts required. Feel free to stay after the program
accompanied by a registered adult. and Girl Guides around the world wear this pin. and explore the arboretum! All troops
Leaders, please bring World Association pins must meet girl-adult ratios for their group.
for the girls in your troop. Girls should wear Individual girls must be accompanied by a
“Real” MEdia their vest/sash and bring non-perishable foods registered adult.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1-4PM AND SUNDAY, for a local food cupboard. All troops must
MARCH 17, 1-4 PM meet girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual
Delaware Valley University
girls must be accompanied by a registered Robot Intelligence
adult. *Includes snack and event patch.
700 E. Butler Ave., Doylestown SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10AM-12:30PM
Grades: 6-8 Engineering for Kids @
Camp Shelly Ridge, Miquon
Cost: $32/girl Agents of Change
Join the staff of Girls Empowered as well as Grades: 4-5
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10:30AM-4:30PM
your sister Girl Scouts to take a closer look Cost: $39/girl
Boyertown Library
at how media portrays women. Explore the Are robots really taking over the world? Join
24 N. Reading Avenue, Boyertown
negative stereotypes about women in TV/ Engineering for Kids as you build your own
movies, music, and magazines. Participate in Grades: 4-5
robot and discover what it takes to transform
an interactive discussion to talk about how Cost: $38/girl a bunch of individual pieces into a fully
these stereotypes affect girls’ self-identity, Discover your individual skills and talents, functioning robot. Learn about programming
self-esteem, and body image. On day two, unleash the passions you have to create and why it is so important to the entire
create your own TV shows, music, and change, and get ready to be a leader. Together robotics process. All troops must meet girl-
magazines that combat negative stereotypes with Kind Living Designs, you will create your adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
of women by portraying “real” girls in a own leadership mission statement, learn how must be accompanied by a registered adult.
positive light. All troops must meet girl-adult you can make a difference as a team as well *Includes Programming Robots badge.
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be as the amazing power YOU have to advocate
accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes for change in your community. All troops
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snack and MEdia Journey Award. must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. Fitness Frenzy!
Individual girls must be accompanied by a
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10-11AM
registered adult. *Includes Agent of Change
STEM G.I.R.L.s Journey award set. One Fit Body
Leverington Church 6301 Ridge Avenue,
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1-3PM
Philadelphia
West Chester University
110 W. Rosedale Avenue, West Chester Comics and Cartooning Grades: K-3
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 9AM-12PM Cost: $12/girl
Grades: 6-8
Art Partners Studio Exercise is great for your mind and body, but
Cost: $5/girl
545 E. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville it can also be fun! Join One Fit Body and learn
Do you love science, experimenting, and the basic techniques of yoga and Zumba.
technology? Join Kappa Delta in a day Grades: 6-8
Work side-by-side with the instructor to
dedicated to exploring science! Engage in Cost: $25/girl practice your new skills and learn how yoga
science experiments like ice cream making Explore a variety of comic styles, from and Zumba are used to keep stress levels
and coffee filter chromatology. Kappa Delta newspaper funnies to graphic novels, as you down and heart rates up! You’ll leave feeling
can’t wait to explore science with you! All learn how professional cartoonists storyboard energized, with new dance moves to show
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their their ideas and then bring them to life. Invent your friends and family! All troops must meet
group. Individuals must be accompanied by a your own comic character and leave with girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
registered adult. *Completes Step 3 of Special an original cartoon. All troops must meet must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Agent badge. girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls *Completes steps 1 and 2 of Dancer badge for
must be accompanied by a registered adult. Brownies.
*Includes Comic Book Artist badge.
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Think Like an Engineer DIY Scientists
Overnight-Cadettes SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1-4 PM
Super Snacks FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 6PM-SATURDAY, MARCH Johnson and Johnson Consumer
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10:30AM-12PM 23, 8AM 7050 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington
Capital Blue Store, Reading Public Museum Grades: 4-5
2845 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley 500 Museum Road, Reading Cost: $6/girl
Grades: 2-3 Grades: 6-8 Are you ready to bring out your inner DIY
Cost: $8/girl Cost: $45/girl skills? Spend a day as a scientist at Johnson
Want to be a superhero? Your snacks can be $15/adult and Johnson. Become a formulator and make
your secret weapon! Learn what snacks are Spend a night at the museum learning all your own lotion, bath bomb, and ice cream.
good for you and create a treat to enjoy any about engineering! Learn what an engineer is Of course, you get to eat the ice cream and
time of the day for a quick burst of energy. and how they use their unique skills to make take home the products you made! Then,
Finally, using your favorite fruits and veggies, the world a better place. Learn all about the become an engineer by collaborating with
learn how to make a delicious smoothie. All design process as you make a life vest for your sister Girl Scouts to construct a roller-
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their a dog, a prosthetic leg for an elephant, and coaster using every day materials. Show off
group. Individual girls must be accompanied much more! All troops must meet girl-adult your math skills by estimating the number of
by a registered adult. *Includes snacks and ratios for their group. Individual girls must songs needed to fill a one-hour play list! All
Snacks badge. be accompanied by a registered adult. All troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
adults must have a satisfactory background group. Individual girls must be accompanied
check on file to participate in the program. by a registered adult. *Includes event patch
Let’s Get Playing One adult per group must have Indoor and snack.
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1-4PM Overnight Skills. *Includes evening snack, light
breakfast, and Cadette Think Like an Engineer
Art Partners Studio
Journey Award.
545 E. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $25/girl
From scavenger hunts to solving mysteries,
learn what makes a good game and have
fun playing some favorites. Let’s get creative:
What happens when you make up your own
rules to create a new game from an old one?
All troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
group. Individual girls must be accompanied
by a registered adult. *Includes Making
Games badge.
Space Science Adventurer
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 5:30-8PM
Alvernia University O’Pake Science Center
400 St. Bernardine Street, Reading
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $8/girl
It’s time to explore our night sky! Learn about
the planets of our solar system, the phases
of the moon, and star constellations through See p. 30 for more details.
fun, hands-on activities! You’ll even leave with
a how-to guide and materials to continue
You can attend
your space exploration at home! All troops most events without
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group.
Individual girls must be accompanied by a your troop!
registered adult. *Includes Space Science
Adventurer badge.
gsep.org • spring/summer 2019 13unique puppets.
Shake it Out! Camp N’ Climb
You’ll learn the basics
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 10-11AM SATURDAY, MARCH 23 8PM- of puppetry and leave
One Fit Body SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 10AM with your very own puppet
Leverington Church Doylestown Rock Gym creation! All troops must meet girl-
6301 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia 3853 Old Easton Rd. Doylestown adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
Grades: 4-8 Grades: 6-12 must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Cost: $12/girl Cost: $35/girl
Exercise is great for your mind and body, but Feed your hunger for adventure as you strap
it can also be fun! Join One Fit Body and learn on your harness and climb! Learn how to tie
Speak Up, Stand Out
the basic techniques of yoga and Zumba. Work safety knots and put on a harness alongside SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1-3PM
side by side with the instructor to practice Doylestown Rock Gym staff. Then, put your Vanguard at Camp Valley Forge,
your new skills and learn how yoga and Zumba skills to the test as you scale the gym walls! Valley Forge
are used to keep stress levels down and heart End the night by camping inside of the gym! Grades: 6-8
rates up! You’ll leave feeling energized and with Helmets and harnesses will be provided for
Cost: $5/girl
new poses that you can practice at home. All all girls and must be worn while climbing.
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their Girl/Troops are responsible for all food and Join the professionals of Vanguard and
group. Individual girls must be accompanied sleeping supplies. All troops must meet learn important tips to overcome fears of
by a registered adult. *Completes step 1 of the girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual public speaking and how to put your best
Staying Fit badge for Juniors. girls must be accompanied by a registered foot forward. You’ll learn nerve calming
adult. All adults must have a satisfactory techniques and important skills related to
background check to participate in the volume, speed, and tone. End the session
by practicing your new skills! All troops
Daisy Blast-Off program. At least one adult per group must
have completed Indoor Overnight Skills. must meet girl-adult ratios for their group.
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 10AM-12PM Individuals girls must be accompanied by a
*Includes Doylestown Rock Gym Patch.
Mad Science of Philadelphia @ registered adult. *Includes the Public Speaker
Fitzpatrick Rec Center badge and event patch..
12501 Torrey Road, Philadelphia
Life is aMaze!
Grades: K-1
SATURDAY, MARCH 23 &
Cost: $17/girl SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1-4PM
Trekkin’ in Nature
Reach beyond the sky and shoot for the stars, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 10AM-12PM
Exeter Community Library
moon, and sun! Blast off with Mad Science as 4565 Prestwick Drive, Reading Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve
you discover why sunrises and sunsets are 1635 River Road, New Hope
Grades: 6-8
so important, why the moon can sometimes Grades: 2-3
be seen during the day, and how to see the Cost: $37/girl
Cost: $14/girl
stars up close using a telescope. All troops You’ll be amazed at what you can do! Through
$5/adult
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. games and activities, explore how to have
Individual girls must be accompanied by a open and honest friendships and steer clear Hike through the beautiful Bowman’s Hill
registered adult. *Includes the Space Science of peer pressure. Learn how to handle your Wildflower Preserve and discover unique rock
Explorer badge. emotions, manage conflicts, and bring inner formations and trees that were alive over
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peace to yourself and your relationships. All 200 years ago! Learn how to read a trail map
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their and trail signs as you complete a one-of-a-
kind Girl Scout scavenger hunt. All troops
Brownie Blast-Off group. Individual girls must be accompanied
by a registered adult. *Includes aMAZE must meet girl-adult ratios for their group.
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1-3PM Individual girls must be accompanied by a
Journey award set.
Mad Science of Philadelphia @ registered adult. *Includes Hiker badge.
Fitzpatrick Rec Center
12501 Torrey Road, Philadelphia
Talking for Two
Grades: 2-3
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1-3:30PM
Mind, Body, and Yoga!
Cost: $17/girl FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 6-7PM
St. John’s Lutheran Church
So much more is out there beyond planet 201 East Main Street, Kutztown One Fit Body
Earth! Blast off with Mad Science as you Leverington Church
Grades: K-5
explore other planets, investigate the moon, 6301 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia
and become a stargazer. Leave with space Cost: $7/girl
Grades: 9-12
science knowledge to share with family Come out and laugh along with Marian and
Cost: $12/girl
and friends. All troops must meet girl-adult her cast of zany puppet characters. You’ll
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be love her mischievous tropical bird, Dudley, Exercise is great for your mind and body, but
accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes and you’ll be amazed when a drawing comes it can also be fun! Join One Fit Body and learn
the Space Science Adventurer badge. to life! Someone will even become a human the basic techniques of yoga and Zumba.
puppet! After the show, you’ll enjoy a “behind You’ll work side by side with the instructor
the scenes” look at her puppets - everything to practice your new skills and learn how
from a life-sized ostrich to her glow-in-the- yoga and Zumba are used to keep
dark characters. Learn how to become a stress levels down and heart
ventriloquist and take a peek at some very rates up! Leave feeling
14 gsep.org • spring/summer 2019energized with new poses that you can practice mechanical engineering faculty and students
Engineering is for Girls-Juniors
at home! All troops must meet girl-adult at Villanova University. Circulate through three
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 8AM-12PM hands-on activities: building solar racecars,
accompanied by a registered adult. *Completes Villanova University designing artificial legs, and looking at
step 2 of Cross-Training badge for Seniors. 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova nanoscale phenomena. All troops must meet
Grades: 4-5 girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Cost: $13/girl
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Kick Flip Become an engineer for the day! Learn
*Includes event patch.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2-4PM how engineers make the world a better
The Skateboard Academy of Philadelphia place in this hands-on workshop led by the
3245 Amber Street 4th Floor, Philadelphia mechanical engineering faculty and students
On Your Own Path
at Villanova University. Circulate through three SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 12- 2PM
Grade: 6-12
hands-on activities: building solar racecars, Villanova University
Cost: $22/girl
designing artificial legs, and looking at 800 E Lancaster Avenue, Villanova
You’ll flip over this program! Learn the basics nanoscale phenomena. All troops must meet Grades: 4-5
of how to ride and stay safe on a skateboard girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
alongside instructors at The Skateboard Cost: $8/girl
must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Academy of Philadelphia. Identify the parts *Includes event patch. Join Villanova’s Kappa Deltas as you explore
of a skateboard, get tips on pushing, turning, what it means to be independent. Check out
stopping, and practice some basic tricks. some video clip examples with your favorite
Helmets and skateboards are available Disney characters, chat with your sister Girl
Engineering is for Girls-Cadettes
to use but you may bring your own. Flat Scouts about what confidence looks like,
Bottom Sneakers recommended. All troops SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 8AM-12PM have fun acting out skits and get creative as
must meet girl-adult ratios for their group. Villanova University you draw what you believe independence
Individual girls must be accompanied by a 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova looks like. Leave with the skills to start
registered adult. Grades: 6-8 paving your own path to change the world!
All troops must meet girl-adult ratios
Cost: $13/girl
for their group. Individual girls must be
Become an engineer for the day! Learn accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes
how engineers make the world a better Independence badge.
place in this hands-on workshop led by the
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Junior Business Owner Eco-Trekker
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 12-3PM FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 6-7:30PM
Asian Bank The Nature Place
6509 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia 575 St. Bernardine Street, Reading
Grades: 4-5 Grades: 6-8
Cost: $10/girl Cost: $20/girl
Join the staff at Asian Bank to find out how $4/adult
to turn something you love into a successful Let’s go for a hike! While on the trails, learn
business. Explore what makes a great customer about leaving no trace and other ways that you
service experience, understand the banking can keep nature safe. Then, discuss how you
business, and ask questions of industry can protect nature now and for years to come.
professionals. You’ll also get to explore the All troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
ins and outs of the bank with a behind-the- group. Individual girls must be accompanied by
scenes tour! All troops must meet girl-adult a registered adult. *Includes Eco-Trekker badge.
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be
accompanied by a registered adult. *Includes
Business Owner badge. Animal Habitats
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 6-8PM
Alvernia University EcoHouse
Between Earth and Sky 712 High Boulevard, Reading
SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1-4PM
Grades: 4-5
Lehigh University
Cost: $8/girl
27 Memorial Drive, Bethlehem
Join us for an adventure at Alvernia University
Grades: K-1
and Angelica Creek Park as you learn about
Cost: $5/girl animal habitats. Get up close and personal with
Join the sisters of Kappa Delta at Lehigh the native wildlife, search for animal habitats
University for some Earth and sky-themed fun! and animal evidence, and design your own
Start the day off making paper butterflies and animal home. Explore how and why animal
playing lily pad musical chairs! Participate in homes become endangered and learn the
discussions about your feelings and happiness. importance of protecting animal habitats. All
Finally, learn why it is important to take care of troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their
the environment. All troops must meet girl-adult group. Individual girls must be accompanied
ratios for their group. Individual girls must be by a registered adult. *Includes Animal Habitats
accompanied by a registered adult. *Completes badge.
the Blue Bucket Award and Firefly Award from
Between Earth and Sky Journey.
STEM Spotlight Podcast
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 8:30AM-3:30PM
Eco Learner Lehigh University
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 6-7:30PM 27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem
Alvernia University O’Pake Science Center Grades: 10-12
400 St. Bernardine Street, Reading
Cost: $13/girl
Grades: K-1 $10/adult
Cost $8/girl Girl Scouts unite with Lehigh University for a
Nature gives us so many gifts! Join the students day of STEM (science, technology, engineering,
of Alvernia University to learn some ways we mathematics) investigation and storytelling.
can give back by protecting Mother Nature. Learn firsthand about research that scientists,
Learn about the wildlife you can find in your mathematicians, and engineers are carrying
own backyard and explore how you can keep out at Lehigh University. Interview a Lehigh
living things safe while you are walking in faculty member and create your own podcast
nature. Have fun playing games as you learn to highlight your passion. All troops must meet
about protecting the outdoors from trash! All girl-adult ratios for their group. Individual girls
troops must meet girl-adult ratios for their must be accompanied by a registered adult.
group. Individual girls must be accompanied by *Includes lunch and event patch.
a registered adult. *Includes Eco Learner badge.
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