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Want to be a part of the Girl Scout Week Celebration? Back to Start   | Great Ideas

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Here are some great ideas!

• Interested in Girl Scout history?  Visit the Girl Scout Museum in the girlscout.org pages.

• Find  the oldest Girl Scout living in your community.   You might interview her, take her flowers, or invite her to a meeting.

• Have a tree-planting ceremony—Girl Scouts have been doing this for 90 years!

• Practice Random Acts of Kindness.

• Visit the mayor or the town council and talk about what communities can do to support kids.

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Here are some ideas shared by girls and leaders from past years:

For Girl Scout Birthday Week, March 11-17, 2001
Junior Troop 176 of Washington Rock Girl Scout Council in New Jersey put together a display of Girl Scout mementos in the display case of the school where they meet. Included were pictures depicting friendship, camping, Girl Scout events, trips, community service, and arts and crafts that the girls have participated in for the last five years. Pictures of the troop leader as a Cadette and a mom in her Brownie Girl Scout uniform were displayed. One mom brought in an old cookie tin and a calendar from 1968 and the troop leader lent her Cadette handbook from 1964. Brownie sashes , a Daisy Girl Scout tunic, a Brownie banner, and a Girl Scout flag were also proudly displayed.
— Tek L., Leader, Troop 176

Our troop will be filling "birthday party bags" for children at a local food pantry. Each has a cake, frosting, candles, beverage, ice cream coupon, plates, cups, favors, a card, and of course, a gift for the birthday child.
— Jennifer, Cadette Girl Scout, Dousman, Wisconsin

Our service unit is holding a square dance to celebrate Girl Scout Birthday. On Sunday we will be attending services in our town and collecting toiletry items for an organization that provides temporary shelter for women and their families living in dangerous situations.
— BB, Junior

Our troop did a few different things for Girl Scout Week. Since Juliette Gordon Low enjoyed writing and acting out plays, our troop produced two American Girl plays in honor of Girl Scout Week and in earning our GSUSA badge. We invited our families and a new first grade Brownie troop to see our plays. We also used one of our school recesses this week to provide a service of choice to our homeroom teachers. Some of us also participated in our church's Girl Scout Sunday mass. Two of our members participated in Girl Scout Goverment Day in our town.
— Marisa, 4th Grade Junior, Fairfield, CT

Last year we had an old-fashioned birthday party for the whole Service Unit. Each troop contributed a piñata they had made for a contest. The winning troop got a bag of candy as a prize. We decorated birthday cakes, played Girl Scout Jeopardy, had a dress-up the leader relay and other fun things to do!

Since Juliette Low was partially deaf, we had someone come to our Brownie meeting and teach us the Girl Scout Promise in sign language. Then we had cake and played balloon games.

During Girl Scout Week our troop always hosts a birthday party for the Girl Scouts. We invite a group of younger girls and play Girl Scout games and sing Girl Scout songs and top it off with a Girl Scout birthday cake honoring all Girl Scouts.

Troop 436 in Spar and Spindle Girl Scout Council will be having a [cookie] booth sale on Girl Scout Sunday!

We've never done anything before—but this year my whole troop (it covers four high schools) is thinking of wearing our vests to school so we can tell people about the program and show that were proud to be Girl Scouts.

We are holding a lock-in with swimming and games. The girls will arrive after 7 p.m. and leave after 7 a.m. the next morning. This event seems to go over really well for all our troops. Local churches ask the girls to do a candle lighting or a reading, as well as ushering or greeting church members.

This year, we are going to celebrate at church in uniform. We are also going to our council to see them unveil the new quilt that we helped make. Provided the snow has melted by then, we are planning on making displays with chalk on the sidewalks outside our houses .

We are planning on a fun day with a variety of age level activities just for the girls to do with girls from other troops.

We suggest having family activities that involve Girl Scouting.

Our town has Girl Scout Sunday with a variety of activities. Parents watch girls perform songs and skits at a luncheon. We have speakers to encourage family involvement in Girl Scouting.

Our service unit collects infant girl items from each troop and presents them to the first baby girl born on or nearest to the Girl Scout Birthday.  We select either a troop or a few girls to take the items to the hospital. The new parents are thrilled to be presented gifts from strangers for their "future Girl Scout." We also have a lock-in for the girls in our service unit to celebrate Girl Scout Birthday.

We make a list of about 10 activities that girls can do for Girl Scout Birthday week, such as telling three friends about Girl Scouting, getting a girl to join our troop, or wearing uniforms during the week. Girls receive a Girl Scout Birthday patch if they do 6 out of 10 activities.

Our Area 11 is holding a Girl Scout Birthday dance   for all of the Girl Scouts in our area and many of the troops are participating in a Girl Scout Sunday service at a local church.

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