Girl Scouts Float at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Second Year
Here we are again, having a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This will be the same float as last year, but it’s exciting we get to do it again. There are also patches and souvenirs to buy. This time it’s two patches and a cute ornament. Every...
Council’s Own Patches
UPDATED! (5/16/2022) Ever so often I have to go through and fix broken links and add missing ones. If you find any, please let me know. (Originally posted: 11/04/2013) In my searches on the web I’ve come across a few not so well maintained lists of council owned patches. ...
Girl Scouts Float at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
How exciting for our organization to be a part of the 90th anniversary of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! I remember watching it a lot growing up when I wasn’t helping to cook, and it was a great watch before all the football, naps, and cleanup the rest of...
My Collection: Roller Coaster Patches
I LOVE roller coasters and theme parks, and since I’ve worked for 3 theme parks I decided that I wanted to collect awesome patches of roller coasters! At first I just wanted patches that have roller coasters on them but then eventually spread out to patches with theme parks,...
Guide to Troop Crests
Troop crests can be such a personal decision for a troop. Knowing about the crests and finding the best way for your troop to pick one can lead to a great decision made by a happy troop. History: Troop crests were originally patrol crests. Each patrol in a troop...
National Get Outdoors Day
This Saturday, June 14th, is National Get Outdoors Day and June is National Get Outdoors Month. Girl Scouts have made a patch to celebrate this day and you can find it in their shop online. There is a website dedicated to this day with news, locations (not required), and ways...
Barbie I Can Be Patch
I first saw the Barbie I Can Be Patch featured on a councils blog and I thought it was really neat. At first it was hard to find anything about it, the requirements or the patch. There IS a printed book that certain councils have recieved, but if yours...
Ban Bossy!
Several months ago I saw an eye opening video about labels between men and women. When I first heard of the Ban Bossy campaign I thought it was something later done in response to or in conjunction with this video (I have yet to see that be true) regardless...
Postcard Exchange 2012 & 2013
I’ve participated in the Postcard Exchange the last two years as a single swapper (instead of a Troop) and have greatly enjoyed it. Remember that the exchange starts in October and sign ups start a few months before! If you haven’t participated before, it’s basically a Thinking Day swap...