Arizona Jewish Life March/April 2020 Vol. 8/Issue 5

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Girl Scouting through a Jewish lens By Mala Blomquist

get spring fever, but summer will be here before you know it. It’s not too early to start thinking about how your kids are going to spend their summer. If you’re considering summer camp, those slots are filling up fast, so start looking now to find the right camp for your child and one that will not only provide fun and adventure but will also build memories that will last a lifetime.

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Tucson’s Girl Scout Troop 613

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irl Scout Week is celebrated each year during the week surrounding the birthday of the Girl Scouts’ on March 12. On that day in 1912, the founder, Juliette Gordon Low, organized the first Girl Scout troop meeting in Savannah, Georgia. That original group probably never dreamed that the organization would grow to millions of members earning badges in categories like STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), robotics and computer programming. They probably also never envisioned a National Jewish Committee on Girl Scouting (jcgs.org) that enables troops of Jewish girls to learn concepts about Judaism in ageappropriate ways and earn awards pertaining to their grade level. The awards consist of a badge and a pin, and girls in both Jewish and all-religion troops can work towards these awards together or on their own. In 2017, Nichole Chorny, who is the cantorial soloist at Congregation Anshei Israel, started Girl Scout Troop 613 in Tucson. The troop currently has six members who are

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