AMBASSADOR Year Plan
1
Future and Fun
SEPTEMBER
⚬ Girl-led planning, family
kickoff, and Guide to Travel
Your Awesome Year as a Girl Scout Volunteer 11th grade Ambassadors are flexing their independence and taking the world by storm. Whether they’re budgeting for a troop trip or planning their first dinner party, they are making big things happen for themselves. This guide will help you as your Girl Scouts explore activities focused on discovery, confidence, and practical skills that will help them be their best selves. When you use this plan to map out your 90-minute meetings and activities, you’ll see just how simple it can be to make a huge difference in your Girl Scouts’ lives. Get ready for a year of adventure and excitement as you help them grow.
OCTOBER
Two meetings: ⚬ Coding Basics (part one) ⚬ My Financial Independence
NOVEMBER
Two meetings: ⚬ College Knowledge (part one) ⚬ Coding Basics (part two)
DECEMBER
⚬ Dinner Party (part one)
(part one)
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
Resilient.
Two meetings:
Two meetings:
⚬ Dinner Party (part two) ⚬ Family Cookie Pin
⚬ Photographer (part one) ⚬ My Financial Independence
(part two)
COOKIE TIME
Resilient.
Ready.
Ready.
Strong.
Strong.
Two meetings: ⚬ College Knowledge (part two) ⚬ Resilient. Ready. Strong. (part one)
Two meetings: ⚬ Outdoor Art Master
(part one) ⚬ Resilient. Ready. Strong.
(part two)
My council cookie sale dates:
The cookie program helps troops pay for things like field trips, badges, supplies, and celebrations. Cookie sales can even help fund destinations and travel. Reach out to your council to learn more about how to participate and when your local cookie season starts. You may need to adjust the recommended order of earning the cookie badges in your year plan.
MAY
SUMMER
Choose a way to get started… ⚬ Option 1: Access online instructions to plan your
One meeting plus celebration:
Final travel planning:
⚬ Outdoor Art Master
⚬ Photographer (part two) ⚬ Big trip
(part two) ⚬ Family travel update and
celebration
activities through the free Volunteer Toolkit (myGS. girlscouts.org). Simply log in, choose “Explore,” then “Pre-Selected Tracks.” Once you’re there, you’ll find “FUTURE AND FUN”. Select that and you’re set! ⚬ Option 2: Shop our printed activities at
girlscoutshop.com/troop-year-plans.
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Tips and Resources ⚬ When you have the
⚬ Stay up to date with the
opportunity to get outside, go on a small trip, or simply meet in a new space, do it! Shaking things up once in a while keeps things exciting.
latest in Girl Scout activities (girlscouts.org/newactivities).
resources at girlscoutshop. com/troop-year-plans.
⚬ Find fun videos, how-to’s,
and more at Girl Scout Activity Zone (girlscouts.org/ activityzone).
⚬ Check with your council to see
if they’re offering events or activities that your troop could attend. Those events make your life easier and allow your troop to connect with other Girl Scouts from their area.
⚬ Shop year plan printed
⚬ Help your Girl Scouts explore
the world around them! Troops can use cookie funds to plan trips—from overnight adventures to international travel. Individual Girl Scouts can apply for Girl Scout Destinations™, and travel the world with new Girl Scout friends! Trips, Travel, and Destinations
⚬ Discover more possibilities for
your troop at Girl Scout Badge Explorer (girlscouts.org/ badgeexplorer).
Girl Scouts Choose If one of the recommended badges is not the right fit, or if you want to give your Girl Scouts the chance to shape their own experience, have them vote to choose a different badge within the same focus area. Check out our Award and Badge Explorer for other badge favorites, our latest release of new programs, or visit the Girl Scout Activity Zone.
STEM
Outdoors
Life Skills
Entrepreneurship
Resilient. Ready. Strong.
or
or
or
or
⚬ Cybersecurity
⚬ Eco Advocate
⚬ Public Policy
⚬ Coding For Good
⚬ Water
⚬ First Aid
⚬ Digital Leadership
⚬ Ambassador Trail
⚬ Coaching
⚬ Cookie Influencer
⚬ Democracy for
⚬ My Cookie Business
⚬ STEM Career
Exploration
Adventure ⚬ Ultimate Recreation
Challenge
Ambassador Year Plan One: Future and Fun
Ambassadors
⚬ Entrepreneur
Accelerator
Resume ⚬ My Financial Planner