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Bronze Award Spotlight Community Wellness
Olivia C., Julia J., Catherine M., Lucy M., and Ashley W., Troop 407 Troop 407 wanted to focus on wellness for our Girl Scout Bronze Award Project. After brainstorming, we had many ideas but wanted to focus our project on something that would make a lasting impact in our community. We had just finished our Photography badge and thought we would put our new skills into action – we just had to figure out a way to combine our new photography skills with our love for wellness! As a troop, we decided to create a book that focused on yoga and healthy living. First, we picked out a yoga pose for each letter of the alphabet and photographed each other in those poses. Next, we found recipes, health advice, and exercise tips that started with each letter. Then, we put all the items together, from A to Z, into a booklet. Each page featured one letter and contained the corresponding yoga pose and other healthy living tips relating to that letter.
We even made a poster illustrating how many Girl Scout Cookies participants could eat after they burned off the calories from the routine! All the participants had fun and particularly enjoyed our cookie poster. We learned a lot during our project. We not only learned more about photography and how to make a book, but we also learned a ton of fun health facts. We got to introduce others to Girl Scouts and show them how fun it can be to be a Girl Scout! We grew closer as a troop as we worked together, too. But, we won’t stop there, we are excited to continue with this project and have another opportunity to present our yoga and book at a local Wellness Fair!
Our bigger hope for the book was to share what we learned with others at a community wellness fair. To prepare for the fair, we planned a simple yoga routine that we could lead others in completing with us. We also did extra research to learn how many calories participants would burn from the 30-minute routine.
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