CADETTE Year Plan
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Go. See. Do.
SEPTEMBER
Two meetings plus event: ⚬ Girl-led planning ⚬ Family kickoff ⚬ Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend
Your Awesome Year as a Girl Scout Volunteer Sixth-grade Cadettes can’t wait to get out in the world and take action! Whether they’re taking off on the first field trip they’ve truly planned for themselves or discovering new ways they can help others, they’re showing up and creating the world they want to see. 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
One meeting plus field trip: ⚬ Eco Trekker ⚬ Field trip
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
Two meetings: ⚬ Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin ⚬ Digital Leadership (part one)
⚬ Cookie Innovator (part two) ⚬ World Thinking Day event
Two meetings:
COOKIE TIME
NOVEMBER
Two meetings: ⚬ Animal Helpers (part one and part two) ⚬ National service project
DECEMBER
Two meetings: ⚬ Animal Helpers field trip ⚬ Cookie Innovator (part one)
MARCH
Two meetings: ⚬ World Thinking Day ⚬ Digital Leadership (part two)
APRIL
Two meetings: ⚬ New Cuisines (part one) ⚬ First Aid (part one)
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
Two meetings plus celebration:
Two activities:
⚬ New Cuisines (part two) ⚬ First Aid (part two) ⚬ End-of-year celebration
⚬ Three-night travel ⚬ Girl Scouts Love the
Outdoors Challenge
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 “GO. SEE. DO.”. 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 then
opportunity to get outside, go or 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. These 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
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⚬ Night Owl
⚬ Resilient. Ready.
⚬ Business Creator
⚬ Programming Robots
⚬ Outdoor Art
Strong (patch)
⚬ Cookie Market
⚬ Animal Helpers
⚬ Archery
⚬ Woodworker
⚬ STEM Career
⚬ Snow or Climbing
⚬ Democracy
⚬ My Cookie Venture
⚬ Public Speaker
⚬ My Dream Budget
⚬ Cybersecurity Basics
Exploration
Cadette Year Plan One: Go. See. Do
Adventure
Researcher