Journeys For All Girls


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The Newest Journeys Are Here!

	Click here for a Powerpoint presentation on Volunteer Experiences	Journey books and guides are available in the Girl Scout Shop

This year, the Girl Scouts of the USA is encouraging girls to be at the forefront of ecological stewardship by releasing a new set of leadership development books in the "Journeys" series. This year's series, titled "It's Your Planet - Love It," focuses on the environment. The books were written for Girl Scouts and non-Girl Scouts alike

The collection of six publications or "Journeys" have been developed for girls grades K-12. These books, which encourage girls to play an active part in planning and decision-making, center on a different theme each year.

This year's collection tackles issues like preserving the world's water supply, creating innovations in energy usage, how our food network and food choices impact the environment and even forming an equation for what it will take to bring about environmental justice in our world. In every journey girls accept a challenge to take the lead in protecting the planet.

It's Your Planet-Love It! promotes healthy living, collaborative learning and an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers. The books' activities include outdoor adventures, hands-on science investigations and opportunities to "meet" prominent women and girls who are at work around the world on behalf of the environment. As girls journey through the challenges in the books, they earn Girl Scouting's prestigious new leadership pins and badges.

"It's Your Planet - Love It!" is the second leadership Journey series for the Girl Scouts. Last year's series, "It's Your World - Change It!" helped girls understand what it means to be a leader who makes a difference in the world.

What's a Journey?
The Journeys are part of the new Girl Scout Leadership Experience, a model that engages girls in discovering themselves, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place. Journeys unfold through a sequence of activities and discussions that add up to one giant adventure. No matter how much time girls spend on a journey, the whole is always greater than any single part. When a Girl Scout journey comes to a close, girls and their adult guides truly feel a sense of accomplishment—and come to cherish the awards they've earned along the way.

Journeys invite girls to:
• explore leadership the Girl Scout way (Discover + Connect + Take Action)
• develop leadership skills they can use immediately and all their lives
• reflect on their adventures and apply them to daily life

Each Girl Scout grade level has the opportunity to enjoy its own unique journey. In each journey, fun and challenging experiences mingle in that special way that makes Girl Scouting unique from school and other extracurricular activities. Journeys reach to the core of Girl Scouting and its mission of girl leadership. They dip back into beloved Girl Scout traditions—and take time to create new ones. Journeys also reach forward, with cutting-edge information and design.

What's in the girls' books?

The girls' books are a unique journey companion that is rich in Girl Scout history, traditions, and values. It offers opportunities to imagine and create through:
• Stories, quizzes, games, and amazing facts and discoveries
• Open spaces to collect ideas, memories and mementos
• Reflections and questions that get girls thinking about their own lives and the world around them
• Team-building experiences that foster that special sense of belonging so integral to Girl Scouts

These books can be enjoyed by girls and their friends and family.

What's in the adult books?

The companion "how-to" guide for adult volunteers offers key information about the journey, its awards, and its leadership benefits, and step-by-step sample plans for how journey sessions can unfold as girls meet. Adults in partnership with girls can expand or condense these plans as they like because there's plenty more to do and it's all built right into the journey books.

The adult guides also feature sections on Girl Scout history and traditions, as well as tips on safety and understanding girls at each particular grade level. And they contain information on what to do if a girl misses a session or an award step. They also offer inspirational quotes and ways for volunteers to consider their own thoughts on leadership.


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