Camp Open House & Tours
Camp Timberlake/Azle
Event Date: March 4
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Camp Stevens Ranch/Nemo
Event Date: March 4
Time: 2-5 p.m.
Camp Kiwanis/Amarillo
Event Date: April 14
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Open House is a great way for you and your Girl Scout to get to know camp a bit better, ask questions in person, register for summer camp sessions, and get excited about summer! No registration required.
March/April 2023 Events
Fort Worth/Southlake
Fairy Myst at Stevens Ranch
Event Date: March 24-26
Cost: $55 per Girl Scout / $55 per adult
Registration deadline: March 10
Time to enroll in Fairy University! Don’t miss the fun and festivities as we create fairy costumes, play games, learn new fairy songs and dances, as well as outdoor skills like compass. All fairy students who have earned their fairy wings will become a Fairy Princess at the graduation ceremony of Fairy University! All participants will receive a patch.
Adult spaces are limited to 2 per troop. Each troop will need one adult with cabin camping training and one adult with First Aid/CPR (can be the same person).
Girl Scout Levels
Daisy
Cadette
Brownie Senior Junior Ambassador
Questions? Contact Customer Care at customercare@gs-top.org or 800-582-7272
Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m.– 5:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 – 11:30 a.m.
Scan the QR code to view our events calendar or visit gs-top.org/events
Outdoors
Paddling with Oliver Nature Park
Event Date: March 5
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Cost: $60 per Girl Scout & Adult Pair
In this program, there are three paddling activities to choose from: canoeing, kayaking and stand up paddle boarding (SUP). Pick one and jump in!
Fee covers 1 Adult & 1 Girl Scout & a Girl Scout Badge or Fun Patch. Age 7-17 years must be accompanied by a registered adult. Launch from Britton Park.
101’s Come Together: Letterboxing and Compass at Camp Timberlake
Event Date: March 11
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Cost: $15 per Girl Scout / $15 per adult
Registration deadline: March 4
Learn the basics of “Finding Your Way!” This will include learning directions, how to read and use a compass, trail signs, and how to set a letterboxing field. A fun patch will be provided.
Fishing for Fun with Oliver Nature Park
Event Date: March 25
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Cost: $25 per Girl Scout
Ready to reel in the big fish? We supply the equipment and bait! Oliver Nature Park Patch included in fee.
Virtual Fireside Chat #2
Ready Set Go. Summer here we come!
Event Date: April 25
Time: 7:30-9 p.m.
Registration deadline: April 11
Join us to talk about Overnight Camp and Day Camp!
Cooking with Debra Series #3
Event Date: March 31 to April 2
Cost: $35 per Girl Scout / $35 per Adult
Registration Deadline: March 24
Join us at Stevens Ranch to work on your advanced outdoor cooking skills! Learn all things “cast iron” while letting cast iron come to life.
I Promise the Earth a Tree
Event Date: April 16
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Cost: $12 per Girl Scout / $12 per Adult
Registration Deadline: April 9
Let’s earn the Tree Promise Patch! Plant a tree and participate in Earth Day activities such as re-doing the flower beds at the camp entrance. Take the Tree Promise Patch home and a sappling to plant in a place special to you!
To view our events calendar and to register for an event, visit visit gs-top.org/events. March/April Events
STEM Adventures
MakerCon with Tarrant County College
Girl Scout Levels: ALL
Event Date: March 25
Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: FREE
Registration deadline: March 18
Tarrant County College - Trinity River Campus will host a MakerCon expo where you can talk with local Makers and learn about their craft, watch a Making demonstration, or participate in a Make-along experience.
Our Girl Scouts are eligible to earn a STEM Careers badge, participate in a scavenger hunt (made just for Girl Scouts), and earn a prize!
Join interactive making workshops and activities, including:
Maker Alley, featuring:
• Fort Worth Library Panther Lab Makerspace
• Arlington Library Makerspace
• University of Texas-Arlington Fab Lab
• Young Men’s Leadership Academy
Maker Showcase, featuring demos on:
• Cosplay
• Laser engraving
• 3D printing & more!
Make-Along Workshops:
• Create a steampunk lamp
• Mare an RPG character
• Learn how to use Arduinos
• Electromagnetic hovercraft
• Online game development
• Learn how to up your own Etsy shop
Naturalist Trip
World Hunger Relief Farm - Waco
Event Date: March 17-19
Time:
Cost: $550 per Girl Scout OR 1,100 Cookie Packages
Registration deadline: March 1
This weekend trip will be a multi-badge earning opportunity for all participants. Girl Scouts will:
• Tour the farm
• Learn about ecosystems and how the farm operates as a business
• Participate in a plant focused activity and a animal focused activity
• Enjoy farm arts and crafts
• Take part in educational games
• Trek out in a guided nature walk
• Participate in a scavenger hunt
To view our events calendar and to register for an event, visit visit gs-top.org/events. March/April Events
Leadership & College
Program Aide/Volunteer in Training Course
This is a GSTOP designed leadership course which is required to complete the Program Aide (PA) Award and the Volunteer in Training (VIT) Award. Learn valuable skills about being a mentor and sharing your skills, passions and experience with younger Girl Scouts!
PA/VIT training involves learning how to work with children and adapting activities for special needs and situations. You will put your new skills to the test with activities that will prepare you for real life situations working with younger girls at troop, day camp, council and service unit events.
PA Award Requirements:
• Girl must have completed 6th grade • Girl Must earn their Leader in Action Award (LiA) • Attend PA training • Help a troop leader with girls at least 2 years younger than the PA, with at least 6 activities.
VIT Award Requirements:
• Girl must have completed 9th grade • Find a mentor volunteer who is currently the adult volunteer leader for a group of girls at the level (Daisy, Brownie, Junior, or Cadette) you would like to work with. The adult volunteer will help you through your training and internship, and you will help the volunteer with their group of girls on an ongoing basis for a threeto-six-month period. • Complete the Volunteer-inTraining Council Leadership Course. • Create and implement a thoughtful program based on a journey or Badge conducted over four or more sessions. Be responsible for designing, planning, and evaluating the activities.
All upcoming trainings are virtual unless otherwise indicated. Registration closes 7 days before the training date.
Upcoming Training Dates:
• March 14 / 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• March 16 / 4-6 p.m.
• March 17 / 5-8 p.m.
• April 8 / 4-6 p.m.
• April 14 / 6-8 p.m.
• April 28 / 6-8 p.m.
*In-person/Camp Kiwanis
*In-person/Camp Timberlake
Highest Awards Roundtable Virtual
Interested in getting feedback on your Highest Award project idea? Join the council’s Highest Awards staff, as well as members of our Gold Award committee, as we help you breathe life into your fantastic concepts!
Please note: training for your level of award is a required prerequisite. This roundtable event is not a replacement for Highest Awards training. This is a come and go session so please plan on dropping in at some point during the call time.
Two Dates!
• March 14 / 4-5 p.m.
• April 11 / 4-5 p.m.
Medical Careers with Texas Tech University - Virtual
Event Date: April 10
Time: 6-7 p.m.
Cost: FREE
Registration deadline: March 27
Texas Tech is mixing a dash of STEM, a tablespoon of college readiness and whoppin’ dollop of career exploration to bring you the Early Dedication to Medical Education program.
The Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME) is designed to expose individuals to the possibilities of a career in medicine. Anyone interested in becoming a physician is welcome - high school students, parents, troop leaders and volunteers!
If you miss this one, there will be other sessions:
• April 10
• April 24
• May 8
To view our events calendar and to register for an event, visit visit gs-top.org/events. March/April Events
Virtual Program
Oysters & Invertebrates
with Texas A & M Galveston
Event Date: March 7
Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 per Girl Scout
Registration deadline: February 28
Texas A&M Galveston Sea Camp is streaming live to your home to give you the low-down on oysters and invertebrates! At the end of the live broadcast, an art-making activity will be shared with you to try out at home.
Bat Zoology
Event Date: March 28
Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $10 per Girl Scout
Registration deadline: March 21
We are going to meet some of the bats living at Bat World Sanctuary discuss a variety of topics including pest control, pollination, conservation efforts, and how to handle a bat encounter safely. A Q&A session will close out our time together.
Myth and Legend: A Junior Writing Challenge
Event Date: April 3
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Cost: $5 per Girl Scout
Registration deadline: March 21
Badge Earning: Scribe Badge
Come along on a journey to uncover long-forgotten stories and create new stories of the unknown!
Mermaids, Unicorns, and Dragons: Oh My!
Event Date: April 17
Time: 6-7 p.m.
Cost: $5 per Girl Scout
Registration deadline: April 3
Join us on a quest to discover old stories and make new ones! You will learn from other storytellers and be inspired by their magical words. Learn about myths and creatures that are even in our own campgrounds. You will then learn how to write your own story about a mythical creature.
Draw It Out: Lore and Legends
Event Date: April 24
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Cost: $5 per Girl Scout
Registration deadline: April 10
Badge Earning: Comic Artist Badge
What creatures might be lurking in the shadows? Explore these mysteries and more in this creative and mystical event. You will hunt your favorite creature and study it. Then you will record it in a comic strip. And finally, you will share it with other curious minds.
To view our events calendar and to register for an event, visit visit gs-top.org/events. March/April Events
Save the Date
GSTOP Annual Meeting
Virtual
Saturday April
1
Gold
Saturday, April 15
The Worthington Renaissance Hotel • Fort Worth
Emcee: Jennifer Treviño Executive Director, Leadership Fort Worth
Keynote Speaker: Linda Clayton 2022 Gold Award Girl Scout & GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship recipient
All are welcome to celebrate the 2023 class of Gold Award Girl Scouts.
Girl Scout Day at Medieval Times
Medieval Times - Dallas
Event Date: May 7
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Cost: $55 per person
Hear ye, Hear Ye!
This is an event for the whole family! All are welcome!
Camp Clean Up
Camp Stevens Ranch
Event Date: May 6
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Registration deadline: April 29
Camp Timberlake
Event Date: May 20
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Registration deadline: May 13
Want to come help spruce up camp, and have fun while you work? Jobs for all ages. Bring a sack lunch and don’t forget your work gloves!
Looking for adults who would love to help, girls are welcome but all girls must be accompanied by plenty of adult supervision.
This experience includes:
• STEM Animal Science program with the Queen’s horses
• Admission to two-hour live tournament
• Four-course medieval feast
• Group announcement during the tournament
• Guaranteed group seating
• Medieval Times Fun Patch
• Cheering Banner for each participant
• Knight’s Slushy for each participant
To view our events calendar and to register for an event, visit visit gs-top.org/events. March/April Events
Award Celebration & Brunch
