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Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington

November 2011

Important Reminder
All event registrations close when capacity is reached or two weeks prior to the event, whichever comes first, unless otherwise stated. No late registrations will be accepted at any time. This is to provide staff and program partners enough time to prepare for the event.

Travel Deadline Approaching!

Don't miss out on your chance to travel with other girls in our council all over the world! Girl Scouts OSW is excited to present the locations of our upcoming council sponsored travel patrols:

Washington DC/New York
Our Cabana in Mexico
USA By Rail
Sangam in India

Applications for Washington DC/New York and Our Cabana are due December 1! Email Jan Thompson for a copy of the application. Additional information on these trips as well as other council sponsored trips is available in the current Program Guide.

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Upcoming Events

Here are some exciting events happening in December! Details and additional events are available in the Program Guide and also listed in Personify. Sign up today!

Portland Metro

Eco-Puzzlers (Registration closes Nov. 19)

3-D Computer Modeling Art (Registration closes Nov. 26)

Kids Cooking Corner Holiday Crafts (Registration closes Dec. 3)

Gorge

Ski Bowl Girl Scout Ski Day (Registration closes Dec. 3)

South Valley

Holiday Gift Sewing Fun (Registration closes Nov. 26)

What's In The Air Journey Event (Registration closes Nov. 26)

Southern Oregon

Holiday Shoebox Wrapping Party (Registration closes Nov. 25)

New Badge Opportunity - Trekking!

Girl Scouts of the USA is introducing a new official badge category - Trekking Badges - and they've asked our council to help start the program! Designed for Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors, these badges will help girls:

Learn about the special places, people, culture, history, arts and industry of an area by travelling to the council area;
Have fun exploring what is unique about the region they visit;
Investigate more choices for girl-planned destinations.

These badges will be available to girls in our council and to visiting Girl Scouts. This means that when you visit another council's area, you'll be able to earn their badge, too!

To kick off the creation of these badges, we first need to come up with requirements. We've been gathering ideas in small groups, but would like more ideas! Please take the following survey (about 10 minutes) to tell us what you like about the ideas, where we can do better and any additional ideas you have to make our Trekking badge special to our area. Feedback is needed by November 15. Thank you!

Trekking Badge Survey

Event Updates!

Beaverton Civic Theater's Holiday Tree Lighting and Performance of Happy Hollandaise!

December 2 - 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Enjoy the City of Beaverton Tree Lighting festivities including an open house, tree lighting, musical performances & the hilarious and heartwarming "Happy Hollandaise" performance! It's time for the holidays, in the grand tradition of British comedy. Prepare for mayhem as Claire prepares for the perfect Christmas dinner. The chef is late, burglars are loose in the neighborhood and Claire's father has been hit on the head and thinks he's the West End's leading man!

Cost: $10.00/person or $5.00/person with a donation of a new unwrapped toy.

Location: Beaverton Library & City Park Fountain

Schedule:

Open House - 5:00 p.m.

Musical Performances - 6:00 p.m.

Tree Lighting - 7:00 p.m.

Happy Hollandaise Performance - 8:00 p.m.

Details: beavertonoregon.gov

Oregon Zoo Almost Overnight

Date Correction
This event will be held January 20, 2012, not January 30

University of Portland Basketball Clinic and Overnight

Price Correction
This event costs $25.00/girl (Date TBA)

2012 Girls' World Forum

Girl Scouts of the USA and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) invite two girls and one chaperone from each council to attend the 2012 Girls' World Forum to be held in Chicago, IL July 12-16, 2012.

Registration begins soon. The cost for participation is $650 per person, which includes food, accommodations and all activity and program costs throughout the Forum.

The purpose of this Forum is to engage girls in discussions of the WAGGGS Global Action Theme, "Together We Can Change Our World," which address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals:

to end poverty and hunger
to promote gender equality and empower women
to achieve environmental sustainability.

If you are interested in this opportunity please contact Sarah Johnson, Director of Program Services at (503) 581-2451 x6212 or (800) 875-2451 x6212 or by email.

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character,
who make the world a better place.