The application deadline is March 15, 2024 and the recipients will be announced at the Service Unit Banquet in late May.
It is with mixed emotions that we celebrate this year with you. Sad to see you go, proud to see you become an adult Girl Scout leader, and excited to see what you do with everything we have worked hard for, learned, and given over the years together. We hope to see your application soon.
For those girls working on their Gold Award, there are grant funds available to assist with your project costs (up to $200 per project). The application for the grant is below.
The Bryan/College Station area has a Girl Scout sponsored FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge team! This STEM opportunity for girls from 4th-8th grade (GS Juniors and Cadettes) uses LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robots to teach teamwork, programming, project planning, research, and embraces the tenets of the Girl Scout Promise and Law. A local competition offers a chance for friendly competition with 30-40 other teams, and could lead to regional and world-level competition! For more information, visit http://scoutbots.net!
There are FIRST opportunities for other ages too. If parents or other GS leaders are interested in any of these programs, please contact scoutbots@gmail.com.
FLL Discover (new 2020) program is for Pre-K to 1st Grade, designed to build STEM curiosity and learning habits.
FLL Explore (formerly FLL Junior) is for 2nd-4th Graders, with a focus on engineering fundamentals and creating solutions with LEGO Education WeDo 2.0.
FIRST Tech Challenge goes beyond LEGO robotics, and embraces design, build and code using Android technologies to compete against other teams. Grades 7-12.
FIRST Robotics Competition for high-school level challenges teams to build larger robots to play games in alliance with other teams and advancing STEM exposure in their communities.
“Kuddles” for Kids is a project that was started by local middle schooler and Girl Scout Elise S. to teach people how to make fleece tied-blankets for hospitalized children, who may not have an object to comfort them while they are sick.
Recently, she did several presentations for young Girl Scouts about why the children need the blankets, and how to make them. After that, they helped tie blankets, all of which went to the children at the College Station Medical Center after being washed with hypoallergenic detergent and placed in containers to keep the blankets clean and dust free.
You and your troop can earn the Blanket Maker Badge and participate in this great service project!
Come be a part of keeping Howdy beautiful. Every third Sat of the month from 9 am till noon you can volunteer time with the current site team. There’s rumor that if you put in enough time a cool Camp Howdy site crew T-shirt could come your way!
This Gold Award project was designed for other scout troops to be able to participate in volunteer opportunities at retirement communities. Below are sample ideas for events your troop could host complete with a budget sheet, flyers and instructions. These are just guidelines however; you could alter the events or make new ones to suit your needs. If you would like to set up an event, please contact either me (Maggie Ford) at 979-695-6970 or maggie.ford.13@gmail.com or Heather Murphy, the Meaningful Pursuits Coordinator for the Bluebonnet and Millican houses. She can be reached at 979-575-3622 or millicanhouse-mpc@alcco.com.
Thanks to everyone who made last week’s Galactic Howdy at Home Live week possible! If you missed last week’s live online camp and you have a scout in 1st-7th grade, you can still participate in camp by registering and joining us in the programs, craft, cooking, STEM activities, and more that were recorded for Galactic Howdy at Home. The only thing missing will be the live announcements and Zoom meetings. Your scout will still get a FREE t-shirt, song book, and patch if they complete at least a majority of the activities and share them with their unit on our private BAND site by July 31. Just register at this link and you will be sent all of the information you need for a great Camp Howdy time! Your child must be a registered scout and in the Bryan/College Station Service Unit or have attended Camp Howdy previously. Email Jami Castillo with any questions, jrhmcastillo@gmail.com. https://forms.gle/DQZf2Ei2P4ydfBi68
Thanks and have a great Camp Howdy time! Jami Castillo
Every year, girls experience a wonderful week at Howdy Day Camp. It is a time of fun and friendship through outdoor Learning and rewarding experiences. This year’s camp theme will Expose girls to a variety of career possibilities in addition to the time-honored camp events.
Campers are placed by school grade from different troops to promote new friendships while experiencing nature
activities, crafts, snacks and cookouts. Girls in the Campcraft and Aides-in-Training units also participate in an overnight campout.
The entire camp is planned and run by caring and responsible adult volunteers who are trained in program and
safety and meet all GSUSA and state requirements.
Registration
Any girl may attend. Girls who are not currently Girl Scout must pay the $25 Girl Scout registration fee at www.gsctx.org. The best time to complete registration with Girl Scouts of Central Texas is AFTER April 1, 2020, when you may take advantage of the EXTENDED YEAR MEMBERSHIP REDUCED PRICE OF $35. This registration is good through September 31, 2021 and allows for your girl to get involved in traditional troop, council lead programs, or simply be registered as a Girl Scout for next years Camp Howdy Day Camp.
Your daughter may request to be in unit with one friend. Buddy requests should match. They must be in the same grade,
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 30, 2020.
The registration process (online registration application, health form, immunization record and payment) must be completed by midnight April 30th.
What will Day Camp cost?
Fees include a t-shirt and all program costs. Campcraft and AIT costs include the overnight campout. Note that we require everyone to wear the camp T-shirt every day. If you don’t want to wash every day, you can order extra shirts at a small additional cost. Adult volunteers receive one t-shirt free.
Participants
Early Regis tration FeeMarch 17 – April 15
Regular Registration FeeApril 16 – 30
Campers, girls entering 1st through 5th grade
$40
$50
Campcraft, girls entering 6th grade
$55
$65
Aide-in-Training, girls entering 7th grade and up
$55
$65
Aide, girls who complted Aide-in-Training
$12
$22
Broncos, boys entering 1st through 6th grade of full-time adult volunteers
$25
$35
Pixies, pre-school children of full-time adult volunteers
No Charge
No Charge
Refund policy: Full refund if cancel by May 1. If between May 1 and May 15, refund will be fee-$10. No refunds after May 15.
To receive the early registration discounted fee, registration must be completed and all forms submitted by April 17, 2020 (health and immunization record), otherwise all forms must be submitted by April 30, 2020. Registration closes midnight on April 30, 2020.
What to Wear
It’s really important that girls and adults dress appropriately for camp.
• Be sure to wear closed-toe shoes with socks (athletic shoes or other comfortable walking shoes). NO SANDALS.
• Everyone should wear her camp t-shirt every day. Additional t-shirts may be ordered if you don’t want to wash every day.
• A hat is required to keep bugs out of your hair and the sun off your nose.
• NO SHORT-SHORTS.
• Sunscreen and insect repellent should be applied at home.
Following these rules will make camp fun and easy for everyone.
What Else Does My Camper Need?
• Each camper should bring a package of non-perishable healthy snacks to Open House. These will be shared by the units throughout the week.
• Either Wednesday or Thursday will be designated “Cookout Day” for each unit. All other days everyone should bring a sack lunch in a large Ziploc-type bag labeled with name and unit number. On cookout day, campers will need a plate, bowl, fork and spoon.
• Everyone needs a water bottle that can be carried. Ask your troop leader or unit leader about easy ways to do this.
• A complete change of clothing should be delivered to your unit leader in a large Ziploc-type bag including underwear and socks.
• A small backpack is handy for carrying stuff each day. Include a large garbage bag that can be used as a raincoat in case of rain.
• A letter will be mailed to each camper about two weeks before camp with detailed information about your camper’s unit and emergency procedures.
This year camp will come to you! Free from bugs and heat! We’ll be using Google Groups along with Drive and Meet to provide your camper with a program, craft, game, songs, skits, and all the other fun we usually have at Howdy Day Camp. Every morning during the week of camp (June 22-26) we’ll start the day with morning announcements and then you will be able to access videos to learn how to do all of the fun activities of the day. If you want your child to participate in a Unit like we have at camp, they will be able to log on and share what they’ve worked on during the day with girls their own age as well as Aides and Leaders for each unit. The live portion of camp will only be around 30-45 minutes so it should be able to fit into your schedule. If you can’t participate in camp during that week, the videos will be up until July 31 so that you can work on the camp activities over the summer. We’ll be posting how to earn your Galactic Howdy badge on the first day of camp.
AITs: You will hear from DJ, Liz, and Kathy about how you are going to be able to meet the requirements for graduating to an Aide this year.
Aides: We need you to make this work! Please consider helping out to earn your bead for this year.
Adults: We need the following volunteer positions filled and the more the merrier!
Unit Leader: Lead Google Meet meetings with the girls during each day of camp to let them share what they’ve done each day. Meetings should be only 30-40 minutes and your units will be smaller than usual so that everyone can have a chance to share. Aides and AITs will still be assigned to your unit to help out.
Technology Volunteer: Answer questions leaders and parents have about the format and how to access content.
Games planner: Plan games that girls can do with in the theme. Aides will be making the videos to teach the games. We just need someone to come up with fun and easy games for girls to do with their families at home or in the backyard.
