Troop & Group Activities G-I
Geiser-Weaver Associates, LLC
Mobile art lessions. Geiser-Weaver will come to Girl Scout meetings to provide girls with fun and exciting art programs. Girl Scout Brownies will complete the Friends Are Fun Try-it or the Colors and Shapes Try-it. Girl Scout Juniors will earn the Art in 3-D, Ceramics and Clay, Folk Art, Jeweler or the Prints and Graphics badges. Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors can choose from the Art IP, Just Jewelry IP or henna classes as part of the Studio 2B program. Handbuilt pottery lessons are also available to all ages. Workshops are one and a half hours in length.
Phone: (616) 745-9624
E-mail: roxie@geiser-weaver.com
Age Level: B, J, C, S, A (grades 2-12)
Fee: $5 to $10 per girl
Gilmore Car Museum
Girl Scout Daisy and Brownie prorams include a book reading, museum tour and age appropriate scavenger hunt ( $10 with special Gilmore patch included). Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors can attend an automotive badge workshop. This can be done in a day or overnight camp ($15 for day camp or $40 for an overnight program with patch included).
Age Level: D, B, J, C, S, A (grades K-12)
Location: 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI
Contact: Tim Morris
Telephone: (269) 671-5089
E-mail: education@gilmorecarmuseum.org
Web site: www.gilmorecarmuseum.org
The Hero Workshop
The Hero Workshop concentrates on the hero in everyone. By studying the hero's journey and the character traits of heroes, Girl Scouts can embrace their role as the hero of their own lives. As they take the first steps on their journey to adulthood, girls are learning courage, confidence and character through their participation in Girl Scouts. By bringing The Hero Workshop to your Girl Scout troop, you will be able to show the girls that their journey is just like that of all the Girl Scouts who went before them and those who will come after. They can learn from the past and teach future generations. Learning from heroes such as Amelia Earhart, Dorothy and the Yellow Brick Road, Juliette Gordon Low and Oprah Winfrey, your girls will see that the life of a hero is one to be emulated. The Hero Workshop is a one-hour presentation that includes a slideshow, discussion, handouts and worksheets that will leave your girls thinking about themselves in a new light.
Age Level: J, C, S (grades 4-10)
Location: Travels to you
Contact: Matt Langdon
Telephone: (810) 869-3743
E-mail: matt@thejanuscenter.com
Web site: www.thejanuscenter.com/heroworkshop
Fee: up to $5 per girl
Horsin' Around Farm
Learn all about the wonderful world of horses! Learn horse behavior and how they live. Girl Scouts get plenty of hands-on experience by grooming, saddling and riding a horse. Earn your badges or just come ride for fun! Riding lessons are taught by certified instructors on safe horses and ponies. Also, enjoy a fun horse craft. Come visit us at the farm!
Age Level: D, B, J, C (grades K-8)
Location: 8768 Hidden Lake, Howell, MI 48855
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Contact: Jane Simon
Telephone: (586) 295-0580
E-mail: jane8768@peoplepc.com
Fee: up to $15 per girl
Hostelling International Chicago
Hostelling INternational Chicago offers a special kind of Girl Scout troop travel that opens doors to self discovery, intercultural exchange and new people and places. With safe, clean, inexpensive accomodations and special travel and cultural education programs, the hostel is the perfect base for your next Chicago adventure.
Age Level: D, B, J, C, S, A (grades K-12)
Location: 24 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60605
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Contact: Emily Piga
Telephone: (312) 583-2216
E-mail: epiga@hichicago.org
Web site: www.hichicago.org
Fee: more than $15 per girl
Impression 5 Science Center
Call to learn more about Overnight Adventure where girls will spend the night at Impression 5, Girl Scout Brownie try-it and Girl Scout Junior badge, where Girl Scouts will discover science through hands-on activities and then explore the rest of Impression 5's exhibits.
Age Level: B, J (grades 2-5)
Location: 200 Museum Drive, Lansing, MI 48933
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Telephone: (517) 485-8116 ext. 32
E-mail: reservations@impression5.org
Web site: www.impression5.org
Fee: $10 to more than $15 per girl
Indian Springs Metropark
The Environmental Discovery Center offers fun opportunities to get outside, see different ecosystems and use science and technology to learn about nature. Girl Scout troops can arrange a program/hike with a naturalist or join us for a badge program. Programs offered vary by season. Thos available include: Girl Scout Brownies- Water Everywhere, Science Wonders, Science Action; Girl Scout Juniors- Science in Everyday Life, Science Sleuth, Science Discoveries, Rocks Rock, Making it Matter, Earth Connections, Wildlife Oil Up!, Your Outdoor Surroundings, Finding Your Way; Girl Scout Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors- High Tech Hide and Seek, Eco-Action, Digging Through the Past, Wildlife, Plant Life, All About Birds, From Shore to Sea. Current offerings are advertised in the Metropark's newsletter and Web site and promotional flyers are available at the building.
Age Level: B, J, C, S, A (grades 2-12)
Location: Indian Springs Environmental Discovery Center, 5175 Indian Train, White Lake, MI 48386
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Contact: Jill Martin
Telephone: (248) 625-6640
E-mail: jill.martin@metroparks.com
