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Girl Program Descriptions
Highest Awards Q&A: Money Earning and Money Matters
Jan 2 Zoom-Virtual Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
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What do you need to know about money earning? Girl Scout fundraising dos and don’ts for girls and troops of all levels. Ideas for project budgeting and record keeping.
Program Aide Training Weekend
Jan 6 – 8 Camp Kugelman – Pensacola/Alabama Cost: $40/GS, $25/Adult
Program Aides, also known as PA's are Girl Scouts who plan and lead activities and events for younger girls. This training weekend enables girls to explore their leadership through participation in hands-on activities, skill building, and reflection. We ask that you please attend the complete weekend, which includes overnight camping from Friday - Sunday. All food, lodging and materials are included in the event registration cost.
Gold Award Bootcamp
Jan 7 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
This Highest Awards training is highly recommended for girls interested in pursuing the Girl Scout Gold Award. You'll get tools to develop your plan as you learn about the components of Highest Awards. Along the way, learn how to choose a project adviser, what is active leadership and how to build sustainability. Bring your thinking cap!
Trail Adventure Badge Workshop & Picnic
Jan 7 Coldwater Gardens – Milton Cost: $18/GS, $14/Adult
Take a hike and learn how to be a confident trail adventurer! We will learn about hiking gear, navigation, looking for plants and animals and relaxation in nature. We'll put our skills together on a fun hike through multiple ecosystems! Bring a pack lunch and have a picnic after the program and enjoy the property on your own!
Daisy Brownie Fun Day
Jan 8 Camp Kugelman – Lillian Cost: $7/GS, $2/Adult
Calling all Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies – join us at camp for a fun filled day of activities ran by Cadette Girl Scouts who just completed their Program Aide Training. As part of the training, Cadettes will incorporate their newly acquired skills for working with younger Girl Scouts during programs and events, your Girl Scouts will help them earn the final requirement of their training by participating in activities, playing outdoor games, singing songs around the campfire circle, taking a hike and even doing a cool science experiment! This event is perfect to attend on your own or with your Girl Scout troop. We hope to see you there!
Robotics 2 with Shiva Robotics Academy
Jan 11 Shiva Robotics Academy- Jacksonville Program Fees: $35/GS, $10/Adult
Girl Scouts learn Drag and Drop Block-based coding to program Sensor and Motor, and to change motor speeds, turn the robot and make the robot move forwards and backward.
Me and My Gal Campout All GS Jan 13 – 15 Camp Kugelman Cost: $45/GS, $70/Adult
Bring your favorite gal and explore all that camp has to offer. Show off your outdoor skills as you enjoy the camp classic like archery, kayaking, fire building, and so much more!
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Jan 14 Zoom- Virtual Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
Educate and Inspire
Jan 20 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
Gold Award Girl Scouts have the opportunity to share their projects beyond their local communities, and inspire others to take action!
Disney’s Aladdin – Broadway in Jacksonville
Jan 15 Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts Cost: $35/GS, $33/ Adults & Non GS Youth
Discover a whole new world at Disney’s ALADDIN, the hit Broadway musical. From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of ALADDIN, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.
Robotics 3 with Shiva Robotics Academy
Jan 18 Shiva Robotics Academy- Jacksonville Cost: $35/GS, $10/Adult
Girl Scouts will present their robotic model to the group, explain their robot building/coding process to others, and discuss the connection among their findings and analyze situations in real life.
GS Game Night with Florida Gators Women's Basketball - All GS Jan 22 UF O’Connell Center - Gainesville Cost: $2/GS, $2/Adult
Join the Women Gators for a Girl Scout Game Day with a GSGC welcome message on the game board, post-game photo on the court and every girl will receive a free Florida Gator fun patch! A digital ticket sales link will be emailed to you after registration. Tickets will be an additional $2 when you order them.
Robotics 3 with Shiva Robotics Academy
Jan 25 Shiva Robotics Academy- Jacksonville Cost: $35/GS, $10/Adult
Girl Scouts present their robotic model to the group, explain their robot building/coding process to others, and discuss the connection among their findings and analyze situations in real life.
Pay Your Own Way
Jan 25 Girl Scouts Headquarters- Jacksonville Cost: $5/ GS
Pay Your Own Way gives Girl Scouts a taste of the real world complete with occupation, salary, family, and bills in a hands-on simulation event. Girl Scouts will visit merchants to purchase housing, transportation, food, clothing, child care, and other wants and needs while building a budget, compelling them to make everyday life decisions about spending and saving.
Highest Awards Q&A: Brainstorming a Project and Creating a Project Proposal
Feb 3 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
This month, we will share ideas to help girls brainstorm community needs and identify their passions. The goal is to decide on and commit to a project with a clear target audience.
STOMP - All GS Feb 3 Phillips Center – Gainesville Cost: $41/ Ticket
STOMP is explosive, inventive, and utterly unique— an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eightmember troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments— matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps— to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms.
Winnie the Pooh - All GS Feb 19 Phillips Center – Gainesville Cost: $27/ Ticket
A new adventure is coming to UFPA, Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don’t forget Tigger, too)! The characters we know and love come to life in a beautifully crafted musical stage adaptation. This beautifully fresh stage variation is told with stunning life-sized puppetry through the eyes of our favorite characters, in a new story from the Hundred Acre Wood. This performance promises to be sweet as honey for the entire family!
National Girls & Women in Sports Day Clinic - All GS Feb 4 University of North Florida - Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS, $0/Adult
Participate in this clinic run by female student athletes. Girls will rotate from station to station and learn the basics of each sport that will be taught by female sports teams. You will hear from the sports performance team about stretching and nutrition as well as the Taylor Leadership Institute about the importance of leadership in sports.
Book Art Bonanza
Feb 9 LeRoy Collins Leon County Eastside Branch Library - Tallahassee Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
Join us for a fun and interactive book art workshop. Learn how to make your own sewn pamphlet and create pop-up book pages. Attendees will leave with the skills and handouts so they can continue creating books at home. Cadettes will have completed all the requirements for and can purchase the Book Artist Badge at the conclusion of the program.
Girl Scout Night with Gator Gymnastics- All GS Feb 22 UF O’Connell Center - Gainesville Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
Join us for Girl Scout Night with Gator Gymnastics! Bring your Girl Scout cheer to support the number 2 collegiate team in the nation! The Gator Gymnastics team will wow with their athleticism and skill as they compete against the Kentucky Wildcats!
Highest Awards
The Girl Scout Gold Award, Silver Award, and Bronze Award prove you’ve got what it takes to build a better today—and tomorrow.
All three awards give you the chance to do BIG things, while working on an issue you care about. Whether you want to plant a community garden at your school and inspire others to eat healthily for your Bronze, advocate for animal rights for your Silver, or build a career network that encourages girls to become scientists and engineers for your Gold, you’ll inspire others (and yourself).
Cupid Shuffle: Me & My Guy Dance - All GS Feb 11 Camp Kugelman – Lillian Cost: $10/GS, $10/Adult
A fun evening of dancing and other activities for girls and their significant male family member (Father, Grandpa, Uncle, etc.)Gentlemen must be at least 18 years old. A turkey dinner with mashed potatoes, green beans and dinner roll will be served along with cupcakes and refreshments. Spend a special valentine's evening with your special guy!
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
March 2 Women’s Center of Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS, $0/Adult
When it comes to making and being a good friend, there are a lot of things to think about! Friendships can be tricky to navigate at times but that’s okay. During this workshop we will talk about how to communicate with our friends, healthy versus unhealthy friendships, and when we might need to reach out for help.
Highest Awards Q&A: What is Sustainability?
March 3 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
How can I build sustainability into my project? Learn the link between local and global projects and how to make them last after your project is complete. Strategies to be maintained at a certain level of economic growth within your project.
Gold Award Bootcamp
March 4 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
This Highest Awards training is highly recommended for girls interested in pursuing the Girl Scout Gold Award. You'll get tools to develop your plan as you learn about the components of Highest Awards. Along the way, learn how to choose a project adviser, what is active leadership and how to build sustainability. Bring your thinking cap!
Fast Tracks to Engineering with FAMU/FSU SWE
March 4 FSU - Tallahassee Cost: $5/GS, $1/Adult
Come celebrate Global Engineering Day by sharing a morning with women in STEM! In this workshop, Girl Scouts will earn a Mechanical Engineering badge by learning what inventors and engineers do and even create their own race car!
Rockin’ Roller Coasters at the MOSH!
March 4 MOSH - Jacksonville Cost: $23/GS, $17/Adult
Join MOSH and our Engineers in a morning full of drops, twists, and turns in exploring all things Roller Coasters! We will put our imaginations & creativity to the test as we learn what the Engineering Design Process is and build our own roller coasters to test out.
March 4 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $30/GS
Learn about coding basics, digital game design, and app development with Kids Can Code. Girl Scouts will practice coding in a fun and laid-back learning environment that will allow the ability to explore and expand on coding capabilities!
WIMSE Presents: A Day of Science Exploration
March 4 FSU Cawthon Hall - Tallahassee Cost: $5/ GS, $1 / Adult
Join FSU Women in Math, Science, & Engineering for a day of science exploration, as you learn about the world around us through some fun activities. Extract DNA from strawberries, learn how computers talk, and more! Bring a packed lunch, water bottle and any snacks you would want. 10
First Aid
March 4 St. Johns, FL Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
Join Flagler Health and find out what to do in an emergency so you can be prepared if the unexpected happens.
The House That She Built - All GS March 4 Leroy Collins Public Library – Tallahassee Cost: $2/ GS, $1/ Adult
Exploring Careers in construction is a great way to develop existing skills and discover new ones. The National Association of Women in Construction wants to empower girls to think about construction by meeting real professional women in building. The intent of this patch program is to build self-esteem and develop skills through curiosity and hands on activities.
Triple Badge Workshop: All About Cybersecurity
March 4 Challenger Learning Center – Tallahassee Cost: $35/ GS, $12/ Adult
Cybersecurity is so important in our world today and it is at the heart of keeping girls safe online! Girls will use modern and advanced STEM technology to identify cybersecurity in real world situations. Each Girl Scout will earn all 3 level appropriate Cybersecurity badges.
Kidz Tough with Women’s Defense Company
March 5 Women’s Self Defense Company - Jacksonville Cost: $45/GS, $1/Adult
This fun and empowering children’s selfdefense program will teach your child how to recognize and respond to dangerous situations as well as realistic techniques to escape from an attempted abduction.
Fight Like a Girl with Women’s Defense Company
March 5 Women’s Self Defense Company - Jacksonville Cost: $45/GS, $45/participating adult, $1/nonparticipating Adult
Your journey in self-defense starts here! This empowering hands-on, self-defense course will bring out your inner warrior and teach you how powerful you can be in avoiding or stopping an attack. Female adults may also sign up and participate.
March 5 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $30/GS
Learn about coding basics, digital game design, and app development with Kids Can Code. Girl Scouts will practice coding in a fun and laid-back learning environment that will allow the ability to explore and expand on coding capabilities!
Financial Planner with Bank of America
March 8 Girl Scout Headquarters- Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS
LEAD for Women group at Bank of America will help Ambassadors plan for a future that includes real-life expenses and borrowing money. They take a deep dive into the meaning behind credit cards and loans and understand how both can impact their financial future. Ambassadors will earn their Financial Planner Badge.
Astronomy Program Aide Training
March 10 TBD, Jacksonville Cost: $15/GS
Build on the leadership and organizational skills you learned in Gateway Council's Program Aide training. Learn the science behind and how to present the activities undertaken in the Moon Girls and Sun Girls programs to be presented this spring. 11
Sleepover with the Fish, Sharks, and Stingrays! - All GS March 11 St. Augustine Aquarium – St. Augustine Cost: $80/GS, $80/adult
You have seen the aquarium in the daytime but at night can be a whole different experience! Many animals are nocturnal and interactive at night! Explore these animals with hands on activities. Bring your tent and sleeping bag and snooze amongst the sharks, stingrays & fish! Enjoy a continental breakfast.
Girl Scout Health Explorers
March 11 UF Health- Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
Do you feel a calling to give back or have an interest in pursuing a career in medicine?! This program is for you! Girl Scouts will join UF Health and experience different healthcare careers! This is a hands-on program that includes hands only CPR and Stop the Bleed.
Animal Encounter with EPIC Outreach
March 11 EPIC Outreach- Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
Visit One EPIC Farm to meet rescued farm animals like horses, pigs, and chickens. Enjoy a farm tour, meet and greet with the animals, and a themed art activity.
Girl Scout Game Night with the Pensacola Ice Flyers - All GS March 11 Pensacola Bay Center - Pensacola Cost: $23/ GS, $23/ Adult
Join Pensacola Ice Flyers for Girl Scout Game Night! The night will include a Gateway Council video board shout out, an on-ice photo after the game, and holding the Pre-Game Flag (this if for the first 40 girls to register). If we have more than 30 registered everyone will receive a free hat!
Ready Set Hike!
March 11 Ponte Vedra Beach $10/GS, $10/Adult
Ready Set Hike events are designed for Cadette scouts to work toward their Cadette Trailblazer badge. Senior and Ambassador Scouts and adults are also invited to attend for conditioning or just to get outdoors. This hike will be at least 5 miles long.
Trail Adventure Hike
March 11 Ponte Vedra Beach Cost: $10/GS, $10/Adult
Trail Adventure Hikes are designed for Junior scouts to step into the wilderness and work toward their Junior Trailblazer badge. Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Scouts and adults are also invited to attend to gain hiking experience or just to get outdoors. This hike will be at least 3 miles long.
Spring Break Resident Camp Week
March 12 - 17 Camp Kugelman -Lillian Cost: $350/GS
Come be a part of our first ever Spring Break Resident Camp at Camp Kugelman! You will play games, cook over a campfire, do crafts, and of course have FUN! You don't want to miss out on this week of Spring Break Camp!
Nailed It!
March 12 Nailed It DIY Studio- Jacksonville Cost: $26/GS
Earn your woodworking badge while learning new skills and having a blast. Using raw wood materials, power tools, and paint you will build a wood project with your own two hands! A Cadette Woodworker Badge or Fun Patch will be provided for each registered Girl Scout girl at the conclusion of the program. 12
Pay Your Own Way
March 15 Girl Scouts Headquarters- Jacksonville Cost: $5/ GS
Pay Your Own Way gives Girl Scouts a taste of the real world complete with occupation, salary, family, and bills in a hands-on simulation event. Girl Scouts will visit merchants to purchase housing, transportation, food, clothing, child care, and other wants and needs while building a budget, compelling them to make everyday life decisions about spending and saving.
Entertainment Technology Workshop with Mad Science CFL
March 19 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $16/GS, $18/non-GS youth
Girl Scouts will learn about the optical illusions of movie images, create their own thaumatrope, and become a foley artist!
Budget Basics with VyStar Credit Union
March 23 Girl Scout Headquarters – Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS
Join us to learn more about saving money and spending in a smart way. We’ll discuss wants versus needs and how a savings account can help you reach your goal.
Practice Makes Perfect
March 23 Women’s Center of Jacksonville Cost: $5/ GS, $0/Adult
The more we practice setting and respecting boundaries with others in our lives, the easier it will be for us to have some amazing lifelong friendships! During this workshop we will talk about different kinds of boundaries, when and how to establish them, who you might need to set boundaries with, and how to say what you want.
Educate and Inspire
March 24 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $0/GS, $0/Adult
Gold Award Girl Scouts have the opportunity to share their projects beyond their local communities, and inspire others to take action!
Pizza Party with Jax Cooking Studio!
March 25 Jacksonville Cooking Studio- Jacksonville Cost: $50/GS, $50/Adult
Put on your chef's hat and create a delicious meal from scratch! Each attendee will make a pizza, salad, and spring cookies following the chef’s direction. Enjoy your tasty creations for lunch!
Ceramics with MOCA
March 25 Museum of Contemporary Art - Jacksonville Cost: $15/GS, $10 Adult
Learn about the history of ceramics art and how it is made before visiting the studio to create your own piece to take home.
Space Pioneers at the MOSH!
March 25 MOSH - Jacksonville Cost: $23/GS, $17/Adult
Take an intergalactic road trip with MOSH! We’ll discover the planets, learn what constellations we can see at night, and travel throughout the galaxy, all while staying comfortably Earth-bound in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium here at the Museum. Scouts will have hands-on activities to explore our solar system and the constellations.
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Triple Badge Coding for Good Workshop with Kids Can Code
March 25 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $30/GS
Learn about coding basics, digital game design, and app development with Kids Can Code. Girl Scouts will earn three badges writing JavaScript code and using the VidCode platform. Girls will practice coding in a fun and laid-back learning environment that will allow the ability to explore and expand on coding capabilities!
Engineering For Speed
March 25 Virtual Cost: $35/ GS, $5/ Adult
Teamwork is key to NASCAR. Daisy and Brownies can work together in the blended program to earn three badges. Girl Scouts will explore how and why cars are designed and their purpose by examining parts and pieces and creating their own car design. Learn about assembly lines and how cars are manufactured at a race team and factory. Test your engineering skills to build a car based on their scout level. Then race your cars to see if you can set or beat the NASCAR Hall of Fame track record.
Full Throttle Engineering & Racing
March 25 Virtual Cost: $35/ GS, $5/ Adult
Teamwork is key to NASCAR. Designed for speed, race cars can drive at up to 200 mph. Juniors explore race cars and streetcars to discover design, science, engineering, and manufacturing, earning 3 badges. Juniors step into the roles of engineer, designer, and aerodynists. Throughout the 60-minute session, scouts will create their cars through each step of the program, from concept to build, to racing. Girl Scouts will need to draw on their knowledge of science, including forces in motion and energy.
Car Care 101 with Mercedes Benz
March 25 Mercedes Benz - Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS
Girl Scouts will learn about basic car maintenance, vehicle safety, and what to do in case of an emergency in this fun and hands-on workshop!
Star Party! - All GS March 25 Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park - Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS, $1/adult, $7/non-GS youth, $3/non-GS adult
Join us for a Star Party! There will be several fun star and moon-based activities, Girl Scouts can make a SWAP to commemorate the event, and (of course) observe the stars and moon! Members of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society will be there with their telescopes so you can see stars, planets, the Moon, and interesting sky objects until 10:30 PM.
Think Like an Engineer Journey in a Day
March 27 Emerald Coast Science Center – Fort Walton Beach Cost: $50/ GS, $5/ Adult
In this exciting and engaging workshop, you will discover how female engineers solved problems and made big impacts. Then you will get to use your own creativity to complete 3 fun engineering challenges. You will be inspired, motivated, and entertained. Snacks, lunch, materials included.
Girl Code with Black Knight
March 29 Black Knight - Jacksonville Cost: $5/ GS, $0/ Adult
Come learn coding basics and how women are continuing to lead in STEM for Women’s History Month.
Phin Phield Day at JU
March 31 Jacksonville University - Jacksonville Cost: $30/GS
You will experience firsthand, a Dolphin Field Day by participating in teams, a historical game, scientific game, finding fun in fiction and a Grand PHINALE that will have a relay race. Cadettes will participate and recognize how to organize teams and events for an exciting, do it yourself field day.
Me & My Guy Campout - All GS March 31 - April 2 Camp Kugelman – Lillian Cost: $50/ GS, $50/ Adult
Show your guy (e.g., dad, grandpa, uncle, etc.) (18+ years old) what it means to be a Girl Scout! Lead him through all your favorite camp activities, like swimming and kayaking in Perdido Bay, take a night walk on the bay and end the night with s'mores and a campfire. you can even sow off your archery skills! This campout will be one that both of you will remember forever!
Space Pioneers at the MOSH!
April 1 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $5/GS, $1/Adult
Explore the importance of wildflowers for pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Discover some common Florida wildflowers and plant seeds to nurture and promote nature’s beauty and development. Learn how pollination works between plants and animals.
Triple Cybersecurity Workshop with Kids Can Code
April 1 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $30/GS
Earn all three Cybersecurity badges the Kids Can Code way! Girl Scouts will have a blast as they participate in interactive cybersecurity activities.
Double Badge/Double Fun – Coding For Good Workshop
April 1 Challenger Learning Center – Tallahassee Cost: $30/ GS, $12/ Adult
Girls will learn about computers, programming, sequences, and important female historical figures while coding devices provided by the Challenger Learning Center. Each Girl Scout will earn both Coding Basics and Digital Game Design badges.
Creative Sustainability
April 2 UF- Gainesville Cost: Free
Become an eco friendly artist with the help of the sisters at Kappa Delta! In this program Girl Scouts will explore the world of sustainability and the arts!
Kidz Tough with Women’s Defense Company
April 2 Women’s Self Defense Company - Jacksonville Cost: $45/GS, $1/Adult
This fun and empowering children’s self-defense program will teach your child how to recognize and respond to dangerous situations as well as realistic techniques to escape from an attempted abduction.
Fight Like a Girl with Women’s Defense Company
April 2 Women’s Self Defense Company - Jacksonville Cost: $45/GS, $45/participating adult, $1/nonparticipating Adult
Your journey in self-defense starts here! This empowering hands-on, self-defense course will bring out your inner warrior and teach you how powerful you can be in avoiding or stopping an attack. Female adults may also sign up and participate.
Triple Cybersecurity Workshop with Kids Can Code
April 2 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $30/GS
Earn all three Cybersecurity badges the Kids Can Code way! Girl Scouts will have a blast as they participate in interactive cybersecurity activities.
Model and Racecar Design Workshop with Mad Science CFL
April 2 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $16/GS, $18/non-GS youth
Girl Scouts will learn about friction and motion as they brainstorm, build, and test model cars and tracks!
My Dream Budget with VyStar Credit Union
April 6 Girl Scout Headquarters – Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS
How do you think your lifestyle choices will impact your future budget? Let’s talk about your day-today life, your plan to give back to the community, and how it can impact your future.
Highest Awards Q&A: All You Need Are SPARKS!
April 7 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
This month's topic is SPARKS — start, plan, action, record, keep at it, schedule — and your Highest Awards action plan. Got a great idea and ready to pit your plan in action? Your project proposal is your blueprint to a successful project.
Special Agent Academy with the FBI
April 7 FBI - Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS
Join the elite status of Girl Scout Special Agent as you explore forensic science and criminal psychology with the help of FBI Special Agents. Cadette Girl Scouts will use their investigative mind to take on the many roles of a special agent: detective, scientist, psychologist, enforcer of the law. They will learn about STEM career opportunities within the FBI and what it takes to join the nation’s top law enforcement and intelligence organization.
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Mechanical Engineering Workshop
April 8 Fernandina Beach Little House –Fernandina Beach Cost: $30/GS, $1/adult
Let Meghan Hulzebos, our STEM Program Manager, teach you how to think like an engineer! Juniors will build a balloon car, crane, and paddle boat in this triple badge workshop.
My Money Plan with Bank of America
Build an Electromagnet & MagLab Tour
April 12 Girl Scout Headquarters- Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS
With LEAD for Women Group at Bank of America where Juniors will have the opportunity to work on the requirements for your My Money Plan Badge! Discover what it means to earn an income and how to make it grow by saving and investing.
April 13 MagLab – Tallahassee Cost: $5/ GS, $2/ Adult
Start with a tour of the Magnet Lab and then combining items commonly found in and around your house, you can create an electromagnet. Girls are given the items and the basic directions for creating an electromagnet that is strong enough to pick up paper clips. They are then encouraged to modify their magnets and note the effects that each change brings to the strength of the magnet.
Program Aide Training
April 14 Camp Kateri Cost: $45/GS, $30/Adult
Program Aides, also known as PAs, are CSA Girl Scouts who plan and lead activities and events for younger girls. This training weekend enables girls to explore their leadership through participation in hands-on activities, skill building, and reflection.
Program Aide Training
April 14 - 16 Camp Kugelman – Lillian Cost: $40/ GS, $25/ Adult
Program Aides, also known as PA's are Girl Scouts who plan and lead activities and events for younger girls. This training weekend enables girls to explore their leadership through participation in hands-on activities, skill building, and reflection. We ask that you please attend the complete weekend, which includes overnight camping from Friday - Sunday. All food, lodging and materials are included in the event registration cost.
Walk on the Wild Side
April 15 North Florida Wildlife Center – Lamont Cost: $25/ GS, $22/ Adult
Come walk among some amazing wildlife and learn about some of our endangered species. Girls will get to have an encounter with our lemurs and kangaroo and learn from an educated staff member as you explore our facility.
Walk on the Wild Side
April 15 North Florida Wildlife Center – Lamont Cost: $25/ GS, $22/ Adult
Come walk among some amazing wildlife and learn about some of our endangered species. Girls will get to have an encounter with our lemurs and kangaroo and learn from an educated staff member as you explore our facility.
Space Pioneers at the MOSH!
April 15 MOSH - Jacksonville Cost: $23/GS, $17/Adult
Take an intergalactic road trip with MOSH! We’ll discover the planets, learn what constellations we can see at night, and travel throughout the galaxy, all while staying comfortably Earth-bound in the BryanGooding Planetarium here at the Museum. Scouts will have hands-on activities to explore our solar system and the constellations.
S.T.E.A.M. with MOCA April 15 Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville Cost: $15/GS, $10/ Adult
In this workshop, girls will learn about how artists incorporate scientific methods and mathematical principles into their creative processes to produce one of a kind artworks.
Spring Fling with the Jacksonville Icemen
April 16 Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville Cost: $18/ GS, $16/ Adults and Non GS Youth
Join us for our Spring Fling with the Jacksonville Icemen! On Saturday April 16th in an arena full of Girl Scout green Girl Scouts will cheer on the Icemen as they take on the Solar Bears! Bring your troop, family, and friends for an afternoon full of Girl Scout fun! Prior to the game we will have a Spring Fling festival outside the arena with treats, games, and fun interactive activities!
Animal Encounter with EPIC Outreach
April 15 EPIC Outreach- Jacksonville Cost: $5/GS, $5/Adult
Visit One EPIC Farm to meet rescued farm animals like horses, pigs, and chickens. Enjoy a farm tour, meet and greet with the animals, and a themed art activity.
Daisy & Brownie Fun Day
April 16 Camp Kateri Cost: $ 10/GS, $1/ Adult
Calling all Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies – join us a camp for a fun filled day of activities ran by Cadette Girl Scouts who just completed their Program Aide Training. Girls will have a fun filled day together participating in activities, playing outdoor games, singing songs around the campfire circle, taking a hike and even doing a cool science experiment! The fun will start and end with a ceremony and is perfect to attend on your own or with your Girl Scout troop. We hope to see you there!
Daisy & Brownie Fun Day
April 16 Camp Kugelman – Lillian Cost: $ 7/GS, $1/ Adult
Calling all Daisies and Brownies! Join our newly trained Program Aides at Camp Kugelman as they lead you through games, crafts, songs, and a cool STEM experiment! PAs, are Girl Scouts who plan and lead activities and events for younger girls. This training event enables the PAs to explore their leadership through participation in hands-on activities, skill building, and reflection.
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Triple Cybersecurity Workshop with Kids Can Code
April 16 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $30/GS
Earn all three Cybersecurity badges the Kids Can Code way! Girl Scouts will have a blast as they participate in interactive cybersecurity activities.
Nailed It!
April 16 Nailed It DIY Studio- Jacksonville Cost: $26/GS
Earn your woodworking badge while learning new skills and having a blast. Using raw wood materials, power tools, and paint you will build a wood project with your own two hands! A Cadette Woodworker Badge or Fun Patch will be provided for each registered Girl Scout girl at the conclusion of the program.
Girl Scout Day at the Capitol
April 20 Tallahassee State Capitol – Tallahasee
Take a day to learn about advocacy and legislation. Join your sister Girl Scouts from around the state and discover the issues impacting girls in our community; connect with community resources to research the issue(s) that interest you and take action by meeting with your legislator to discuss the issue(s) important to you.
Girl Scout Game Night with Pensacola Blue Wahoos - All GS April 22 Pensacola Bay Center – Pensacola Cost: $23.50/ GS, $15.50/ Adult
Join the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for a Girl Scout Night! Tickets include pregame parade, postgame movie, Girl Scout tickets also include hotdog, chips, and drink, and Girl Scout Night Patch!
The Secret Life of Pets with the Jacksonville Humane Society
April 22 Jacksonville Cost: $7/GS, $1/ Adult
Learn how to choose the pet that's right for you— or find out how to take the best care of a pet you already have with the Jacksonville Humane Society.
Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates Workshop All GS April 22 St. Augustine Aquarium – St. Augustine Cost: $18/GS, $10/Adult
Some sea animals have bones and some have none. What is the difference between them and how does it impact how they live, move, and eat? Discover the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates and even observe a dissection of a boney fish and squid!
Detective and Special Agent Workshop with Mad Science CFL
April 23 Virtual - Zoom Cost: $16/GS, $18/non-GS youth
Go undercover and see what it takes to be a real detective or crime scene investigator! Learn about fingerprints, handwriting analysis, blood spatter, and invisible messages.
