
Hosted by Abby Rogers & Jill Henrickson · EN
Two Girl Scout leaders from the Spirit of Nebraska Counsel talking every week about their experience, what works and what doesn’t, while leading a multi-level troop of 21 girls.

Hey y'all! This Week is a little late but we're here and we're chatting about how the year has been going and what we have planned coming up! It's been a lot and we are gearing up for cookies as well, so a nice chill episode to just sort of relax was a nice change! Email us at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com

Today is a tips and tricks episode for COOKIE SEASON!!! Cookie season is underway for some or looming on the horizon for others. Either way we have you covered for things we’ve learned in the past, and things others have taught us. Email us at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com

Today We talk about famous girl scouts including Sally Ride, Taylor Swift, and Martha Stewart! If we didn’t talk about your favorite famous Girl Scout please email us so we can learn more about all the amazing women out there in the world! Email: thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.comTop 10 Most Influential Girl Scouts of All Time - Discover Walks BlogFormer Scout Venus Williams talks weather, cookies, motivation50 Famous Girl Scouts - Celebrities Who Were Girl Scout MembersAbigail Breslin through the years: From child star to fearless woman at 22Women’s History Month: 9 Famous Girl Scouts Who Left Their Mark on History | The Trailhead11 People You Didn't Know Were Girl Scouts | Mental FlossHow Much Money Has Taylor Swift Donated To Charity This Year? What We Know - Newsweek

Hey all! Welcome back to the last half of the 24/25 GS Year! We are at it today discussing Volunteer burnout, and ways to address it.Email us at: thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com with COOKIE QUESTIONS and we will get them answered in our cookie episodes!

Today we’re talking charity & giving! This episode is filled with ideas for a single meeting or other event (like a weekend day) that you can do with your girls who may be interested in doing good for the community this holiday season. Note: these can be done all year!! https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/20-items-your-food-bank-needs-the-most/?srsltid=AfmBOopvtEFGOYmfNGX0C-kRLMWznnjv1H761lf97T9_JNB0ANPFNzkIWhat has your troop done for charity and giving? Email us at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com

Hey there y’all! Today we talk about the greatest American Institution, SWAPS. Ok maybe not the GREATEST, but still an amazing Girl Scout tradition that is seeing a resurgence! We love SWAPS and enjoy creating them with our girls. What sort of SWAPS have you made? Share recipes and photos with us at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.comShout out to the Girl Scout History website!! https://gshistory.com/Links for SWAP ideas:https://www.gssc-mm.org/content/dam/gssc-mm-redesign/documents/SWAPS.pdfhttps://www.pinterest.com/girlscoutsrv/swaps/https://www.pinterest.com/modernmedieval/girl-scout-swap-ideas/https://www.gscwm.org/content/dam/gscwm-redesign/documents/Simple%20Crafts%20and%20SWAPS.pdfJuliette Gordon Low SWAPMaterial for 1 SWAP:1 green button2 skin tone pony beads (i drew a face on 1)1 white tri-bead (the bead with the 3 lobes)6 green tri-beads1 green pony beadEmbroidery FlossAssemble:String 1 skin tone pony bead on the floss and then fold in half so the bead holds the others in placeString the 6 green tri beads on the doubled up flossString 1 white tri bead on the doubled up flossString 1 skin tone pony bead on the doubled up flossSeparate the 2 halves of the floss, and string one half through one hole of the button and one through the other hole in the button to make a hat that sits straight on JGL’s headString the single green pony bead on the two halves of the floss, creating the top of the hatTie the string to a safety pin

Hey all! We’re back with managing girl behavior (the negative kind). Negative behavior in meetings or outings can be tough to deal with, so we give you some tools to help get things under control, or at least a semblance of control. Have a question or comment? Email us at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com

Hello everyone! Today is a long one, we deep dive into the democracy badges! This means we will talk about all the badge requirements and ways to earn the badges at each level. This will likely be our longest deep dive episode because there is a democracy badge at each level. If you’ve got one or two levels you’ll find the skip to time below!Daisies: 7:26Brownies: 14:30Juniors: 23:13Cadettes: 34:06Seniors: 44:55Ambassadors: 53:02Want to get in touch with us? Email us at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com

Take action projects and Highest Award Projects are on our minds today! Jill’s daughter just completed her silver award and we are deep into leading the Daisy Flower Garden journey for our girls! This got us thinking about the difference between TAPs and HAPs and how we can effectively lead them. There are tons of linked resources today so take a moment to check them out!Got a question? Think we’re full of baloney? Let us know at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.comMinor note: Abby does use a curse word in this episode toward the end. https://www.girlscouts.org/en/activities-for-girls/juniors/take-action-activity.htmlhttps://www.girlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsusa/forms-and-documents/our-program/Badges/Junior-Take-Action-Guide-Engineering.pdfhttps://www.girlscouts.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/badges-journeys-awards/highest-awards/bronze-award.htmlhttps://www.girlscouts.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/badges-journeys-awards/highest-awards/silver-award.htmlhttps://www.girlscouts.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/badges-journeys-awards/highest-awards/gold-award.html

Today’s episode is all about badges, a little history, a little modern, a little of this, a little of that. There are lots of ways to lead girls through a badge, and we hit on the spirit of the badge vs verbatim badge work. How do you lead badges for your girls? Let us know at thegirlscoutwaypod@gmail.com Source:https://www.georgiahistory.com/resource/juliette-gordon-low/early-girl-scouting/