Embedded Video - Mean Teens Steal Girl Scout’s Cookie Money

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I wish I knew how to insert the soundtrack to Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. That’s a techie job for another day.

Anyway, that song was going through my head as I watched this video from Empowered For Life.

This “shocking” video covers an interview of two Teen Girls who snatched a 9-year-old Girl Scout’s cookie money.  On camera, these attractive young women explain their crime by saying that “money is money … it was $150 in that envelope and I wanted it.” So, their excuse is that they wanted it and it was easy money.

What?!

All righty, then. I guess that explains it. Yeah.

Once again, mean girls (or boys) demonstrate appalling behavior due to a sense of entitlement.

Contrast this to the selfless giving demonstrated by the girls in the Girl Scouts Rock! video.

Now, I’m not going to tell you that encouraging girls to stay in Girl Scouts as they go through those difficult middle school years is the only way to discourage a self-centered attitude. It’s not.

Lots of girls find their own moral compass, and a road that leads to positive change, without Girl Scouts.

I’m just saying I’d rather parent the child that is selling Girl Scout cookies, than the one stealing the cookie money.

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Today’s Friday Find will take you offline and into the kitchen with Kids Cooking Activities. 

I’m not much of a cook, but this web site is an incredible resource for any cooking project - from cooking with your kids at home to exploring international cuisine with youth groups.

You can find cooking lessons sorted by age group, from toddlers in the kitchen to the 16-18 year old Senior Chefs.  Yeah, even I can handle learning how to cook this way, especially with the photo and video illustrations.

And, I know my Girl Scout troop will enjoy the Junior Chef (12-15) Cookie Baking Lesson that includes a video demonstrating how to bake Oatmeal Cookies and a recipe for Snickerdoodles.

Just the cooking lessons alone make the Kids Cooking Activities site a worthwhile resource; however, there is so much more.  From Theme Dinner, Kids Cooking Party, and Kids Crafts ideas to an incredible array of recipes, this is one website that I’ve bookmarked for frequent use.

I love the wide variety of recipe ideas.  Kids Cooking Activities includes:  Easy Kids Meal (suggestions with 6 or less ingredients that are tied into the age-leveled Cooking Lessons); World Studies (international recipes with country background information); and Seasonal Cooking suggestions.

However, my absolute favorite part of this website, and the section that I want to point out to anyone who loves children’s books is the Cooks with Books section.  You’ll find recipes tied to popular illustrated books such as Blueberries For Sal or The Carrot Seed.  Be sure to check out the Mice Cookies recipe that goes with If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.  They’re adorable!

Do you have a favorite children’s book cooking suggestion?  Post a comment - I’d love to hear about it!  Perhaps we could turn it into an Instructable (see below.)

For more wired world ideas that you can share with your family, be sure to visit previous Friday Finds:

Wordle - Turn your words into a work of art

Animoto - Create a music video with your photos.

Instructables - Discover instructions for all kinds of projects - from recipes to robots - or post your own.

Mr. Picassohead - Unleash your inner abstract artist.

Hulu - Watch a movie or catch up on your favorite TV shows on your computer.

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Have you read The Salamander Room? 

One of my son’s favorite books, this is a beautifully illustrated, imaginative story about a boy who wishes to turn his bedroom into a forest habitat so that he can bring home a salamander.

On a recent hike in the Clarksville Cave Preserve, we imagined that we were in this salamander room.

Arriving at the preserve after a torrential downpour, we were just in time to be greeted by dozens of Red-Spotted Newts, a type of salamander that we also find on the muddy trails of Grafton Park.

There were so many of these amphibians that Alex worried that we would step on them.  Not a chance.  It’s hard to miss these bright orange-red creatures.  The newts’ greater danger is that they could be loved into extinction.

This is Amphibian Ally Brigid Smith’s concern.  Noticing the decreased population of the Red-Spotted Newts at Camp Kresge, this young woman launched an outreach campaign to raise awareness about the proper handling of newts.  Brigid Smith’s fun and rewarding project has earned her the highest achievement in Girl Scouts, the Gold Award.

As a fellow amphibian ally, Alex knew that, no matter how adorable, the newts had to stay in their forest home. 

While Alex worried that we might step on newts, I was more concerned that we might land in a hidden cave.

Hiking these trails really means that you traverse “karst terrain (a bedrock surface that is highly dissolved and cracked) above Clarksville Cave.” (Dunn & Delaney)

Now, I’m not saying that there is any risk of falling into hidden caves, but that didn’t prevent us from imagining the possibility.

Then, again, when you explore the world with an imaginative crowd, you are likely to wonder about all kinds of things.  Like, why is it that in these beautiful, natural settings in New York’s Capital Region, it is not unusual to discover abandoned vehicles?  How did they get there, among all the trees?  Were they dropped from planes?

Beware falling cars!

So, what’s your theory?  How did these abandoned cars appear in the Capital Region forests?  Post a comment.  No suggestion is too wild for consideration.

Book Resources:

Exploring Our Tales From The Trails:

Our Grand Adventure: Lost In The Pine Bush at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Albany, NY

Mud People and Rainy Day Hikes at Grafton Lakes State Park, Grafton, NY 

Art on the Trail at Olana State Historic Site, Olana, NY

Spring Break at Home on Peebles Island State Park, Cohoes, NY

Girl Scouts Help Save The Earth on the Bradley Farm Trail, Mt. Greylock State Reservation, MA

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“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” ~~ James Allen (1864 - 1912)

If I succeed in nothing else as a Girl Scout leader, I hope I open girls’ eyes to their own ability to change their world.

Photographer Chris Jordan shares a similar mission - but on a global scale.

He creates art exhibits that visually demonstrate the impact that each person has when multiplied by the many in America.

For example, it’s one thing to speak up about the growing epidemic of breast implants - even when it’s described as the gift of choice for graduating girls.

It’s another thing to see 32,000 Barbie dolls, equal to the monthly statistic of American breast implants, as the pixels in a canvas displaying a female torso.

You just can’t deny a direct correlation when you see it, and feel it.

That’s Chris Jordan’s goal, and he does a stellar job of achieving it.

Now, I just have to find a way to sneak in viewing this video into one of our Girl Scout meetings.

Tell me.  I really want to know.  What’s your gut reaction when you watch this video?  Do you feel a sudden desire to change your consumption habits? 

I’m discovering a renewed desire to renew, reuse, recycle.

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If you still think Girl Scouts is all about cookies and crafts, then watch this video.  Girl Scouts of today will be your leaders tomorrow.  Guaranteed!

Find out more about Girl Scout Leadership From The Girl Scout Leadership Institute:

Change It Up! What Girls Say About Redefining Leadership

 Transforming Leadership:Focusing on Outcomes of the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience

On Living By Learning Articles about Girl Scout Leadership:

Mission Possible: Girl Scouts Lead Change - Council-wide service project initiative and our progression to a totally girl-led event.

The New Girl Scout Leadership Experience

Inspiring Girl Scout Leaders and Entrepreneurs

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Team Candy, aka Girl Scout Troop 1665, has undertaken a tough mission:  To learn all about sugary treats as they embark on a quest to make the world a sweeter place.

Their first assignment was to learn how to decorate cakes.

Lisa Ferreira, Baker Extraordinaire of Gourmet Confections and All-Around Sweetheart, undertook their training.  Relying on years of professional baking experience, and using the Wilton Icing Fun Workshop Materials which includes inexpensive sampler kits with icing bags and tips, she quickly taught them basic cake decorating skills.

Lisa did such an extraordinary job of training these girls, that the next day Kayla was ready to train the next batch of cake decorators!

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When our Girl Scout Troop bridged from Junior to Cadette Level Teen Girl Scouts, we expected some changes.  Even so, these past few weeks have been an amazing roller coaster ride - and we’re just getting started.

As expected, we lost a few girls, and a leader, but we gained several girls and adult volunteers.  Leaders have been phased out, anyway.  With Teen Level Girl Scouts, the adult volunteers are merely advisors.  Now, it’s a totally girl-led experience!

In just a short time, some - or all of us - have tried: Outdoor Cooking, Kayaking, Cake Decorating, Rock Climbing, and still managed to organize a Mission Possible Read Aloud Event and Book Drive.  They’ve exchanged their first swaps at the Hershey Park Camp-o-ree, and agreed on a group identity and slogan that describes their mission - Team Candy: Making the World a Sweeter Place.

Between the traditional meetings, online planning, and field trips these girls have earned charms, patches, and hugs.   Some have completed one or more Studio 2B Focus Books, the Science Magic program, and the Paddle, Pole, and Roll Interest Project.  Several are well on their way to earning the Sweet Shoppe, Couch Potato, and Be Xtreme Interest Projects Patches.

How did this girl-led initiative come about?

Some of this stems from the progression of opportunities for leadership that the girls have had over the years.  The three girls who chose to stay with the troop are all recipients of the Bronze Award - the highest award earned by Junior Girl Scouts.

A lot of our current success stems from efforts to open up multiple avenues for communication; as well as, a clear message that everything they knew about the Girl Scouts troop experience was history.  Mostly, the girls have accomplished so much in so little time because we’ve created our own virtual pathway.

A New Look - When the girls bridged, they each received the Teen Level khaki vest (paid for from troop funds.)  They were excited about having the cool new color and a new surface for all the stuff they want to earn.  And yes, even with charms & pin options, they still want to earn patches.  They know that they will only rarely wear the vest, but they like to have a place to display their memories.

New Books - I gave them each a hot pink flexible 3-ring binder with a clear pencil case and a couple of plastic pocket folders (all $1-2 at Staples.)  Included in the binder were: a color copy of the Studio 2B Basics (so they could see the Focus Book charms); the Go For It! Silver Award insert (placed in the pencil case with a silver flash card ring); and the two Focus Books needed to earn the Silver Award.

One-on-One Time - There were a few weeks after bridging where we met to work on a Mission Possible service event, but not all the girls could attend.  During this time, I sounded out the girls individually about hopes & dreams, and talked to them about how one of my goals as an advisor is to help them make their dreams a reality. 

New Programs - Since we were working on drafting a press release for the Mission Possible project, I showed them the Public Relations Interest Patch Program and introduced them to the Interest Patch Program book.  Later, I handed out copies of the IPP Book Index & the new online IPPs for the girls to highlight what they like.  I also mentioned the Silver Award (the highest award in Cadette Level Girl Scouts,) and told them that the first step to earn this is earning three related Interest Projects. 

New Communication Tools - I informally asked the girls about how we can keep in touch since they are now so busy & rarely see each other at school.  Some are now in different schools, and even the ones who are in the same school, don’t always share classes.  Some of the girls chat on AOL’s AIM, but that’s just for them - not the advisors.  Instead, we decided to create a Yahoo Group for our troop. 

Our Troop Yahoo Group Virtual Pathway

Safety First -  I handed out copies of the Girl Scout Internet Safety Pledge, and asked the girls to discuss & sign it with a parent.  I also asked them to return it with their own Email address (I didn’t want “family” Emails because I want them to be comfortable discussing matters in a female-only setting.)

It’s taken some effort to get all the girls to use this forum.  Some of the girls quickly discovered how to use most of the Web Tools, others were more hesitant.  We’re still working on getting everyone on board with personal tutorials, and frequent check-ins.

Messages - The message boards are the most popular feature of this forum.  The girls love to “chat”, easily producing many posts each day, and it’s a great way to cover Girl Scout discussions.  

We started our online discussion by asking the girls to post suggestions for a group name.  After a couple of weeks, the girls had generated a long list, which they then used to create a poll  to determine the most popular name.  (This was not a perfect solution as we had a “winner” with only two votes, but the girls worked out a compromise afterwards.) 

The message boards have also been an excellent way to suggest new activities or outings, and to access the girls’ interest or availability.  We used to waste so much time planning events at meetings, only to discover conflicts when the girls conferred with their family calendars. Now, the girls can consult their calendars before they commit to an activity, and they can also post their requests.

Calendar - We also created a  Yahoo Group Calendar to record upcoming events, and to send out alerts.  For each event on the calendar, there is also a notes section where the girls can RSVP directly, and I can keep track of signed Permission Slips.

Polls -  I started the first poll, asking the girls to declare their favorite activities.  Apparently, polls about their favorite activities is not among their favorite activities.  Only half the girls have responded.  Another poll that one of the girls created about candy preferences elicited a more positive response.  

Database - It was a little more difficult to walk them through using the Yahoo Group Database.  I created one for them to log in their TV consumption for the Couch Potato IPP, but we had to help each girl figure out how to add records to the table. 

Meanwhile, I’ve created several databases.  Some enable me to help the girls keep track of the recognitions and service hours that have been earned or are in progress.   One database lists a Talent Pool of adult mentors that the girls will be able to turn to when enlisting help.  Another provides a list of media contacts for promoting future projects.

Links - I’ve also been building up a treasure trove of links that I’ve organized into a variety of folders including some for: day trips, overnight travel, SWAPs, etc. Then, for some of these, I’ve opened folders within folders.  For example, within the  Interest Project folder, I’ve opened up folders for individual IPPs.  Into these, I’ve been adding links - as I run across them -  that I think might be useful when the girls work on those projects.

Overall, the Yahoo Group Virtual Pathway has been a fabulous addition to our Teen Level Girl Scout experience.  I expect that this creative communication solution will enable the girls to not only keep in touch, but to accomplish so much more than they ever could with just the traditional GS troop.

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One of the many things that I like about Girl Scouts is that the girls learn new skills, and quite often, it’s from each other.

In this photo, taken at an Outdoor Cooking Class, Zali taught Kayla and Rachel how to slice onions for a Campfire Beef Stew.

While slicing onions is a common cooking skill, the girls soon discovered some unusual cooking techniques that allow campers to create a grand variety of recipes.

From baking in a box (Box Oven Pizza) to baking on a stick (Cinnamon-Sugar Biscuit Stick), there really isn’t anything you can’t cook in the Great Outdoors.

And for a sweet treat, forget about s’mores, try the Banana Dessert Tin Foil.

 

Outdoor Cooking Links:

Outdoor cooking traditions have been handed down for centuries, but now the Scouting movement is largely responsible for upholding and sharing this knowledge.

Find recipes sorted by cooking technique or food type at Outdoor Cook.  I’m intrigued by the Ziploc Bag Egg Buffet, and I can assert from experience that the Apple Squish is delish. 

The Netwoods Virtual Campsite includes many favorite Scout camping recipes and it provides illustrated instructions for making a box oven or a vagabond stove.  WARNING - Be sure to use hot coals - not recycled sterno cans -  as the heat source for your vagabond stove, otherwise you may find yourself taking an hour to make one grilled cheese sandwich (like me!)

Chuckwagon Diner sorts recipes into categories that includes Kids As Cooks, Rubs and Sauces, and the tempting Pie Iron Recipies.

Enter to win a cash prize in the Outdoor Cooking Contest for the best outdoor cooking recipe or just peruse this extensive databank of recipes.

Find kid-friendly recipes on Kids Campfire Cooking.

The Eight Basic Skills lists Girl Scouts outdoor cooking recipes within a progression guide to help select cooking projects by age level.

What’s your favorite outdoor recipe or technique?  Please share in a comment.

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Some educators are attempting to transform the world of education to meet the needs of the 21st Century Student.

At a recent retreat organized by The Charter School Growth Fund, Anastasia Goodstein - author of Totally Wired and Ypulse - noted these emerging trends in Reboot Learning!:

• The educational experience should be more individualized and customized for the student… but …there has to be some structured goals/desired outcomes.
• The role of teachers will and must change.  As knowledge becomes more broadly available through technology, teachers are no longer the all-knowing beings they once were — they instead become more like “guides” or “facilitators” of learning.
• It’s about preparing them to be adaptive vs. having one job or career for the rest of their lives. We talked about the new skills needed for the 21st century like filtering/information literacy, project management, personal branding, thinking globally and the ability to adapt to rapid change. It has to be about more than just mastering subject matter or even learning one specific vocation.

As I read about these emerging trends, I realized that these worthy ideas permeate the thinking behind such disparate groups as Girl Scouts USA and Unschooling groups … and maybe, they aren’t really all that new. 

Girl Scouts USA counsels adult volunteers to ensure that programs are girl-led so that each girl can develop the “courage, confidence, and character” to be a leader.  There is a whole new initiative to create resources and pathways to ensure that Girl Scouts is a girl-driven experience.

And yet, when you talk to adult volunteers who have been in scouting all of their long lives, you’ll hear that this is not a new idea.  What is new are guidelines and materials enabling current leaders to learn to let go as the girls mature.

Successful Girl Scout leaders have been doing this all along.

Meanwhile, on the Unschooling Website, sponsored by Home Education Magazine, you get this unvarnished century-old suggestion from Anne Sullivan:

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself, instead of sitting indoors at a little round table, while a sweet-voiced teacher suggests that he build a stone wall with his wooden blocks, or make a rainbow out of strips of coloured paper, or plant straw trees in bead flower-pots. Such teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of, before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experience.

I’m reminded of an even older education idea.  If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.  If you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

I think that the best teachers have always known that their goal is to enable independent learners who are are confident, creative problem solvers.

What do you think? Share your opinion in a comment!

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Imagine a world where the creative power of girls to make positive change has been unleashed.

Then, imagine that this positive change is replicated by thousands of girls.This is just what happened this past weekend in New York’s Capital District.Girls across the 16 counties that make up the Girl Scouts of the Northeastern New York Council - 14,000 girls strong - participated in a myriad of community service projects that formed the Mission Possible Weekend Event: a “celebration of all the POSSIBILITIES available to girls, adults and communities when they work together.” (GSNENY)

Some of the Mission Possible Projects:

• 9/11 Memorial Tile Project - Girls are building their very own”Reflection Wall,” a place for the community to reflect and remember those that gave their lives that day.
• Girls Bringing a Smile - Girls will tie-dye bandanas and decorate them as gifts for the adolescent patients of the Pediatric Oncology Unit of Albany Medical Center.
• Rotterdam Read-In - Girls will embark on 12 jam-packed hours of reading to raise literacy awareness and to gather donated books for their local libraries.
• PAWS (Pause) for a Cause - Girls are religiously hanging bags on local doors to collect animal supplies for donations to their local Animal Shelter.
• Bundles of Care - Girls are working with local businesses to prepare and deliver baskets filled with items for donation to needy families,
  children, and senior citizens.
• Comfort in a Time of Need - Girls are collecting old cell phones for
  donation to the “Stop Domestic Violence” Initiative, creating quilts to
  donate to local firehouses for gifts to families who have lost
  belongings in house fires and collecting cat food and litter for
  donation to the local feral cat program.
• Celebration of Music - Girls are organizing a used musical instrument
  collection to benefit their school district. A Music Festival will be
  held to celebrate the project’s collective efforts to increase the
  awareness of the visual and performing arts within the community.

For a complete list of projects take a look at our regional map.

Make Ends Meet - Mission Possible Project:

In our own Girl Scout Service Unit 133, based in North Greenbush, girls collaborated on a “Make Ends Meet” initiative to collect school supplies, birthday party supplies, and children’s books for the disadvantaged children who are served by Unity House of Troy, NY.

While Mission Possible is billed as a one weekend event; in reality, this celebration is just one element of a larger experience.

For our girls, Mission Possible originated with learning about hunger in our community.  Every year, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts learn about this issue while helping out at the Northeast Regional Food Bank of Northeastern NY.

This year, all the girls in our service unit also participated in a Hunger 101 Patch Program, where they discovered how volunteers are helping the working poor in our community who are finding it increasingly more difficult to provide meals and other necessities for their families in the midst of rising food and fuel costs.

So, when the girls were asked to come up with a Mission Possible project to address needs in their community, they agreed that they wanted to help the working poor with a “Make Ends Meet” Initiative.

However, finding a way to involve over 50 girls - in 7 troops of various age levels -  in the planning was a challenge.  It was decided that we would let each troop determine exactly how they would contribute to this project.

It was also a challenge to decide who would receive our help. 

Initially, we brainstormed lots of ideas for ways to help expand the Mt. Ida Community Food Pantry, but many of these ideas were beyond our time and budget constraints for this year. 

Instead, one of our adult leaders suggested the Unity House in Troy.

Unity House provides various programs to children in Rensselaer County including: early intervention and developmental services for pre-school children; assistance for children of families living in poverty; and also services for children displaced by domestic violence.

When the adult leader contacted Unity House, she was informed that we could really help them out by collecting books for the pre-school kids in the Early Intervention Program, as well as the older children in their other programs.  Also, these children needed school supplies and supplies for birthday parties.

With these clear needs, we were able to go back to our troops to ask the girls how they wanted to help.

One troop decided that they wanted to collect the birthday supplies and school supplies.  Another decided to put together packets of toiletries for the Mt. Ida Community Food Pantry.  And several troops decided to collect books with various book drives.

Sunshine Stories Read Aloud Event and Book Drive

My Cadette Troop of 6th Grade Girl Scouts decided to host a Read Aloud Event to collect books for the children in the Early Intervention Program.

At an overnight event, some of the girls came up with the idea for a Read Aloud event.  Then, over several meetings, they planned all the elements of this program.

• They decided to invite author and illustrator Sylvie Wickstrom to be a featured reader.
• Then, they met with Parker School Principal, Meg Taylor, to ask for permission to hold this event at the school.
• While GSNENY provided templates for a flyer and press release, the girls had to create and distribute their promotional material.  They succeeded in putting up flyers in several public venues, and their event even made it into the Times Union’s Community Almanac.
• Over several meetings, they planned out the details of the program.  When they were done, one of the girls created a professional-quality program guide that was handed out at the event.
• Another girl decorated a beautiful book drive box that can be reused for future book drives.
• Before the Read Aloud, they set up all the materials - including a wall-sized “shoe tree” and a lovely display of Girl Scout cookies.
• And all of the girls participated in the introductions, reading poems, leading the activities, and moderating the Read Aloud event.

The Read Aloud was a fantastic, totally girl-led event where the kids truly enjoyed the readings and imaginative activities - and the adults stood back and enjoyed the show.

Mission Possible Celebration

Even though the Read Aloud was over in an our, the celebration continued with a visit to Stewart’s for ice cream sundaes. 

Stewart’s was one of several local businesses that sponsored the Mission Possible Event with various donations - including the very popular coupons for ice cream sundaes and the fashionable Mission Possible T-shirts.

The T-shirts were such a hit that our girls also wore them to school on Monday.

Mission Possible Continues

For our Service Unit, the Mission Possible project is not over.  In a couple of weeks, we’ll be delivering the books, school supplies, and birthday supplies to Unity House.  My girls will also read aloud to the children in the Early Intervention Program.

However, I also suspect that Mission Possible will continue beyond this as all girls discovered ways that they can have a positive impact in their communities.  And, they practiced skills that will enable them to make positive change in their world.

Our Files:

Learning About Hunger:

Learning About Hunger - Find out about a Cub Scout Den visit to the Regional Food Pantry, includes resource links.

Hunger 101: It’s The Season To Be Merry and Hungry! - Girl Scout Service Unit Patch Program.

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