Check in & Great Home Activities

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to check in with everyone and see how everyone is doing during these uncertain times.  Hopefully everyone is getting on fairly well and staying safe.  I’m sure some of you are going a bit stir crazy being home so much but that you are also taking this time to strengthen bonds and appreciate each other.

I wanted to touch base with everyone regarding the rest of the scouting year.  As everyone knows since the in person school year has been canceled we still do not have access to a meeting place.  Also with the shelter in place order expected to extend through May we have no options to meet in person.  That doesn’t mean that the Girl Scout experience needs to end though.  Our Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago website has been updated with different options to work on badges at home as well as planned virtual gatherings for camp fire sing a longs and other activities.  Check out the link below if you are interested in any of them.

At home badge work and virtual gatherings

Also if the girls to work on any of the suggested badges at home, please let me know and send me a few pictures if possible.  I would be happy to purchase and mail any of the badges the girls earn so they can apply them to their uniforms.

The last thing I wanted to touch base with everyone about was the idea of possibly a few having virtual troop meetings through Zoom.  I am still trying to figure out how that would work but was curious to see if there was even an interest for it.  Please let me know if there is and I will get working on it right away.  It would still need to take place in the evenings as I am working at the station during the day but it would not necessarily have to be on a Wednesday if the group thinks another evening would be more convenient.

Lets continue to support one another through this mess and lets look forward to seeing each other in the fall.