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Outside the Guide
Legends of the Wild West
LOCATION: Dodge City GRADE: 2-12 COST: $30 group base fee plus $5 per person BADGE: N/A Giddy up Girl Scouts! Relive the Legend of the Wild West at Boot Hill Museum with a personal, guided tour. This includes a 1.5 hour tour with Q&A. Advanced booking required.
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Phone: (620) 227-8188
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: K-12 COST: Free BADGE: Daisy level Learn how to make the world a better place through proper recycling. Tour the PRo Kansas Miller Recycling Center and learn how to reduce, reuse, and recycle with interactive activities. Daisies can earn Rosie Petal.
www.prokansasrecycling.org
History, Fun, & Badgework
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: K-12 COST: $10-32/girl BADGE: All levels Host your badge workshop at MoWT! Go on a guided tour, learn about past cultures that shaped our world, and discover empowering programming your troop will love. With over 10+ different badge workshops, this is for all Girl Scout levels.
worldtreasures.org
Get ready for a programming and educational opportunity designed to connect troops and families to community partners that can empower girls with unique experiences, help develop new skills, and enable girls to gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. Outside the Guide is a perfect way to have flexibility with your Go-Getters’ busy schedules. Work directly with partners to plan events during days and times that work best for you both and earn badges!
Taekwondo at the Dojo
LOCATION: Emporia GRADE: 2-12, Adults COST: Free BADGE: Junior level Hi-Cha! Get to know the basics of Taekwondo during this interactive, confidence building, self-defense class with your favorite adult. Get moving with your Girl Scout sisters and feel empowered in your abilities. 2-12th graders welcome and Juniors can earn your Practice with Purpose badge.
Contact Ray at (620) 208-7589
FHSU Mobile & Virtual STEM Lab
LOCATION: Hays or mobile GRADE: K-12 COST: $25/hour in-person. Mileage 50¢/mile. Virtual provided at no extra cost. BADGE: All levels FHSU offers STEM outreach across Kansas on campus in Hays and with our traveling Makervan. Great learning for all ages! Choose the in-person portable planetarium dome, the virtual paper roller coaster construction project, plus many more!
Phone: (785) 628-4538
Girl Scouts Love Animals
LOCATION: Hutchinson GRADE: K-12 COST: Fees vary by program, length, materials, etc. Please contact for pricing. BADGE: All levels Is your troop working on nature themed badges, or just love animals? The Hutchinson Zoo is the place for you! We have flexible day and time options and will develop a hands-on program that meets your needs and badgework requirements.
It’s all FUN & GAMES
LOCATION: Winfield GRADE:K-12 COST: $10-$75pp BADGE: STEM Ready, Set, Play! Main street Games is your family or Troop new favorite hangout. Bring your own video, board, and cards games or try a new one on site during a regular GAME NIGHT. Girl Scout troops/families can customize their experiences by building slot cars. Have you ever tried the 3D experience? Learn how they design and print in 3D, then you put them together and then you can paint them. Oh, one more thing, this space can be booked to host your event or paint night, materials or instruction not provided.
www.mainstgames.com
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: K-12 COST: Free BADGE: Earn steps towards Digital PBS Kansas believes the world is full of possibilities – and so is every child! The PBS Kansas Cochener-Garvey Children’s Education & Discovery Center helps children develop skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, so they can discover their own possibilities. Build the best fort, produce your own video or robot animation, print in 3D demo, learn where your food & natural resources come from, plus you might get a behind the scenes tour of TV production studios.
Contact: Lynn Woolf | lwoolf@ktps.org
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Programs
LOCATION: Virtual GRADE: K-12 COST: Free BADGE: N/A Get prepared virtually with the Red Cross. Emergencies can happen when least expected. Red Cross is offering 2 free programs, Pillow Case project (Br-Cad) and Prepare with Pedro the Penguin (D-Br). Your troop will learn about different types of emergencies, practice what to do, and learn to cope with the stress. Presentations are 30-60 minutes depending on age and type of program selected. This program can be adjusted for older girls and even help Cad-Amb become community ambassadors! *In person events will be available once the pandemic has subsided.
Cosmosphere Space & Sisterhood
LOCATION: Hutchinson GRADE: K-12 COST: $20-$80, $30/Adult BADGE: Space Science, STEM Book your day, overnight or weekend experience. From from programming robots to detecting radiation in a cloud chamber, the Cosmosphere knows what will inspire, motivate and train youth for the impossible! www.cosmo.org.
Listen to Your Art: Hubbard Arts Center
LOCATION: Derby GRADE: 2-12 COST: $10-25 BADGE: Brownie-Ambassador level Hubbard Arts Center is the region’s newest arts facility, offering fun badgework for culinary arts, dance, visual arts, and even a recording studio. We provide professional instruction in a fresh, welcoming venue. Join us and Listen to Your Art!
www.derbyrec.com
Dillon Nature Center
LOCATION: Hutchinson GRADE: K-8 COST: $10 per GS BADGE: Daisy-Cadette level Bring your Girl Scouts to the Dillon Nature Center in Hutchinson to enjoy the great outdoors and earn badgework. Earn a variety of nature-themed badges based on your troop’s interest. Call for more information about program opportunities and to schedule. Badge not provided.
www.hutchrec.com/dillon-nature-center
Horseback Riding
LOCATION: Wichita, South Central Region GRADE: K-12 COST: $15/girl BADGE: Junior Horseback Riding, not provided Join us at the stables! Get on your hat and boots as you learn basic horsemanship and how to work around horses safely. Based on skill, comfort and grade level, Girl Scouts will tour the barn, learn horse care like how to halter, lead and groom. Swing into the saddle to ride, including mount, dismount, leading and walking your horse.
www.singletreestables.com
A Day on the Prairie: Pioneer Bluffs
LOCATION: Matfield Green GRADE: K-12 COST: $5 BADGE: Fun patch Spend time on the prairie, hiking nature trails, exploring the creek, creating nature crafts, play old fashioned games, and learn about the unique heritage of the Flint Hills.
www.pioneerbluffs.org
Wetland Wonders
LOCATION: Great Bend GRADE: K-12 COST: FREE BADGE: Outdoor, STEM Ready to explore the largest wetland complex in the interior of the United States? The KWEC is ready to help you discover how wetlands keep the earth healthy while earning outdoor and nature related badges. From nature hikes, insect collecting, bird watching, gardening, and driving tours of Cheyenne Bottoms, we have it all. Girl Scouts will immerse themselves in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on our planet! We can even provide waders so you can venture out and learn about water quality by collecting and testing samples from the marsh and capturing aquatic invertebrates to examine and identify.
www.wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu Art Together: Girl Scouts at Mark Arts
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: K-12 COST: $15-$30 BADGE: All levels For 100 years the Mark Arts mission has been to be a vibrant arts hub in Wichita and the region by providing opportunities to appreciate and create art in an atmosphere of lifelong learning. Our school of Creativity is excited to pass along artistic knowledge to the Girl Scouts of Kansas heartland by offering 13+ badges. Our skilled instructors will engage the girls in fun activities that will challenge and encourage them to think critically and creatively. Mark Arts also invites troops and families to visit our galleries and sculpture garden which are free to the public.
www.markartsks.com
Girls Take Flight
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: K-12 COST: $20pp BADGE: STEM, Fun Patch Prepare for takeoff! Come to Kansas Aviation Museum to discover fun in aviation and become flight experts. Do pre-flight checks on a real airplane, learn about the forces that keep planes in the air, build an airplane model, make your own flight plan, and be inspired by the amazing women who were pioneers of flight. Your visit can be customized from earning badges in STEM and design to exploring a variety of fun patches like Rosie the Riveter. Afterhours and overnight can be added.
www.kansasaviationmuseum.org
Adventure Sports: Discover Scuba
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: 4-12, Adult COST: Contact for pricing BADGE: None PADI Open water is the first scuba level of learning. Start practicing skills during courses to discover aquatic wonders. With certified instructors you will learn in a relaxed, supportive environment. By the end, you can explore 70% of our planet, support ocean protection and more!
Scuba Steve 316-689-8051
Awesome Art Workshops
LOCATION: Wichita GRADE: K-12 COST: $15/girl BADGE: All levels Work with a trained artist to learn the basics of drawing, painting, comic book artistry, pottery, jewelry, digital photography, painting, daisy petals, and much more. Schedule a night on the town with your Girl Scout sisters for an exclusive workshop, peek behind the scenes, be creative, earn a badge, and go home with your own works of art. Get inspired and explore all the City Arts has to offer!
www.wichita.gov/CityArts
Strong Communities for Trying Times
LOCATION: Virtual GRADE: K-12
COST: Free BADGE: None Thrive even when times get tough. MHA’s workshops will help girls learn coping skills, how to handle difficult feelings, increase mental wellness, and more. Let’s add another tool to our young community leader’s tool belt to help them be resilient!
www.mhasck.org
Animal Badge Workshops
LOCATION: Goddard GRADE: K-12 COST: $10/Girl BADGE: All levels Join us for a wildly different experience! An expert educator will guide your troop through STEM activities, animal encounters, craft projects and more. Badge Workshops can be scheduled year-round. For even more fun, add on day admission, an Overnight Safari, or another education activity. Badge not included
www.twpark.com Curiosity at the Crossroads
LOCATION: Salina GRADE: K-12 COST: Free (donations accepted) BADGE: None Visit Salina’s Smoky Hill Museum for an afternoon fill with guided tours and hands-on activities that encourage cognitive, social, and emotional development of your Girl Scouts. Play in the “dugout” house, a replica of one of the very first homes in the area, enjoy the life size Lite Bright, experience the Weather Room where you will build a house and see if it can stand up to a tornado, or try out their pinball machine on 1930s farming. Interactive games, Kansas history, and so much more! Admission is free, donations appreciated.
www.smokyhillmuseum.org
Animal Habitats
LOCATION: Garden City GRADE: 4-5 COST: $8/Girl BADGE: Animal Habitat Join the Lee Richardson Zoo in exploring animal habitats around the world! Learn what it takes for an animal to survive in each habitat through a fun, interactive exploration of the zoo and a chance to meet an animal ambassador up close!
www.leerichardsonzoo.org
Dance, Dance, Dance
LOCATION: Mobile (Greater Wichita area)GRADE: 4-8 COST: $20 per group BADGE: Brownie Dancer Tippi Toes is a children’s dance program for children ages 1.5 - 12 years old. Our mission is to develop a love of dancing in children by creating a positive experience that promotes healthy living habits, helps build self-confidence, and a love for others. Tippi Toes Dance classes provide children with a fun, positive, and nurturing environment so they are able to experience the joys of dance, self-expression, and movement. Another perk, the session will come to your troop meeting location! Badge not included
tracy@tippitoesdance.com
Experience Bethany College
Badge Workshops
On the ready to help you be the best version of YOU that you can be. Bethany College trained professionals will prepare customized badge workshops for you. Creativity and fun in all levels will make the day fly by. Choose from sleuthing detectives, to tapping into the entrepreneur spirit of business and budgets, discovery in STEM, and civic engagement. These can be tailored to fit the needs of your troop and led by fun and thoughtful teams to make your experience AMAZING.
Learn more: Melissa Blake 785-200-5680 blakemr@bethanylb.edu
