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Leave us a comment with either your favorite Girl Scout Camp memory or what you are most looking forward to at Girl Scout Camp this year.
One lucky girl will win a FREE WEEK OF CAMP*!!
*Free week of camp is good for Hacienda Day Camps or Whispering Pines Resident Camps only.
Basketball can’t have all the fun! We’re celebrating March Madness too- with FREE Girl Scout Membership ALL MONTH LONG!
All NEW Girl Scouts in the months of March and April will receive a FREE membership, a FREE gift and other goodies, Girl Scout membership card and will be entered to win a FREE week of Camp!
Visit us at one of our March or April Recruitment Events:
If you are unable to attend one of our Recruitment Events, you can join Girl Scouts by visiting us at our Council Resource Center at 4300 E Broadway Blvd in Tucson and get all the same great March Membership Madness and April Fever deals! You can download a registration form here.
March Membership Madness and April Fever are limited to NEW Girl Scouts. If you are a CURRENT Girl Scout, visit our Blog and follow the instructions for a chance to win a FREE Week of Camp!
Day Three of Amazing Race
Is this really Arizona? Driving in a Winter Wonderland
6:00am Sunday Morning Amazing Race staffer Jen and I drove down to Bisbee to join the girls for the final day of the Amazing Race adventure. As we drove through the city, we could not believe our eyes. It was snowing, and snow had even stuck to the ground by the airport! That would not be the only snow we saw that day. As we made our way to the first stop, Copper Queen Mine, more snow continued to fall. Team X sprinted inside after parking to warm up by the fire. Arriving a close second to the Mine was Team Green Extreme. These early birds got to go on the 9am tour of the mine. Our third group Road Warriors came in just a bit after 9am. Unfortunately, this meant they had to wait to go on the next tour that would depart at 10:30am. Although an hour and a half seemed like a long time, Road Warriors, The Force, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Girl Scouts took advantage of the wintry weather, made snowballs, and of course, had a snowball fight. After the Copper Queen Mine DETOUR, the next clue led the teams to Shady Dell and the following task: Choose an airstream trailer of your choice and have a team photo taken in front of it. Be respectful of those who might be renting these trailers!
After Shady Dell a ROUTE clue was received: It may be the “town to tough to die” but in this graveyard there are plenty of people who did! Make your way to Boothill graveyard. Here the teams searched for the famous residents of Tombstone and met Coco to receive their next assignment- a much needed lunch break! Whew!
Next clue: Photo of the Thing sign… nothing more. When the teams discovered what The Thing was referring to they made their way over there and met Timalee who handed out their next task- a digital scavenger hunt of the museum and gift shop. Team Teenage Mutant Ninja Girl Scouts not only enjoyed the task but helped themselves to a Dairy Queen treat as well!
The next ROUTE clue received was: Are you a Wildcat fan? Do you bleed red and blue? You’ll want to head to the Wildcat statue. Unbeknownst to the teams, the University of Arizona would be the finishing stop of the race.
Find it or Yell it! Find it: All team members participated in finding 5 different statues around campus where a cookie magnet had been placed. Using the clues provided, teams had to find the statue and take a picture by the magnet.
If you’d like to test your knowledge here is what the teams received:
1. Find the statue of the football player who famously told his team to Bear Down in 1926.
2. Let’s honor those who served our country. Find the statue of Bill Lowell, member of the 1942 University of Arizona football team, who died serving our country in World War II.
3. The ‘invention’ of football goes back as far as the 11th century in England. During those days the football was an inflated bladder, usually from a pig. This is where the term ‘pigskin’ came from. Find the row of giant pigskins.
4. Ever wonder why the sky is blue or how a telescope works or why you are able to read this page? The answers lie in optics. Head to the campus building where this department would be, to find the optical statue
5. There’s a statue outside that gets lots of looks,
Find the main place that houses lots of books
Yell it: Show your spirit. For the final assignment teams had to learn a cheer from four of the University of Arizona cheerleaders, Amanda, Kendall, Emma, and Megan. Amanda- the red head was a former Girl Scout at our Council! Not only did all members of the team have to learn the cheer, they had to perform it by themselves to the cheerleaders’ satisfaction! If they did not perform it correctly, the teams had to start over before getting their next clue. At this task, daughters, mothers, and even a grandmother (Ma-maw) rocked their Wildcat spirit. Way to go ladies!
After the cheer routine, the next clue was given: This isn’t a mall where you shop but lots of other things happen here. Leave your car where it’s parked…You’ll be racing to the finish on foot at the UofA Mall.
The finish line… finally! Team X started out and ended the weekend with a bang, 1st place. The Force, Road Warriors, Green Extreme and Teenage Ninja Girl Scout Turtles finished close behind. The Ninja Girl Scouts even skipped their way to the finish line where their families and other teams were all waiting and cheered them on! We capped off the Race with a group picture all teams, staff, and volunteers. The girls exchanged numbers with each other and we said our goodbyes. What a great weekend! Thanks to all the girls and moms who participated. Y’all are the best!
Featuring our friends from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
For: All Girl Scout Families
When: Sunday, March 6, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Hacienda Program Center
3101 N. Sabino Canyon Rd.
Fee: $2.00 per person
Compliments It’s Your Planet-Love It! Journey
To register, visit our website at http://www.sahuarogsc.org/ and select Register Online. You will be directed to a downloadable registration form.
Questions? Contact Michelle at mhiggins@sahuarogsc.org or 520-319-3155
Check out http://www.darkskiesawareness.org/DarkSkiesRangers/ for the evenings activities.
“Everyone is a citizen of the world. At some level we should all be its stewards with accountability toward preserving its environment. One component of that is the preservation of dark skies or the prevention of light pollution. The preservation of dark skies is important for many reasons including astronomy, energy conservation, cost, wildlife and even human health. Through the Dark Skies Ranger Program, students learn about the importance of dark skies and experience activities that illustrate proper lighting, light pollution’s effects on wildlife and how to measure the darkness of your skies. A highlight of the program is the citizen science project, GLOBE at Night, which enlists the help of students to collect data on the night sky conditions in their community and contribute to a worldwide database on light pollution.”
–Dark Skies Rangers Program
World Thinking Day (on Saturday), though small in numbers, was a great success! Though there was threat of rain and the wind did blow, Seven troops made it to the event. Their display boards were beautiful, food delicious and swaps were greatly appreciated. Girls from other troops came and asked some very wonderful questions. In all, we had 112 girls! We also had a table with Heifer International which was an excellent and very appropriate addition. Finally our Fashion, Flags, and Rhythm show was really fun in the Hacienda Amphitheater. Girls had a chance to present flags, wear fashion from their country and teach the audience some new words! The amphitheater is a great space for perhaps a drumming group or dance troop to come next year to finish off the event. Next year we hope to make it bigger because the more tables and countries represented the merrier.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this awesome event happen!
March 5, 2011 – 9 am – 2 pm – Flowing Wells High School
Come meet some amazing Olympic athletes and spend the day exploring different sports and activities!! At this FREE community event, there will be 10 Olympians from all aspects of the sports industry working with youth to establish strong skills such as goal setting, problem solving, teamwork and the benefit of implementing them in their daily life. You’ll spend the day learning about sprinting, jumping and throwing through numerous hands-on activities and games. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be trained by an Olympic athlete!!
SportsX is hosting a special Meet & Greet event at Foothills Mall on February 19 from 12 pm till 2 pm, where you can meet Olympians LaTanya Sheffield and Lacey Nymeyer and register in person for the Sports Extravaganza event on March 5th. You can also register online at www.sportsx.org. Registration for this exciting event closes on Monday, February 21, so don’t delay!!
Meet the Olympians
Arizona Athletics invites all Sahuaro Girl Scout Council members, their family and friends to take advantage of the online opportunity to purchase a general admission ticket for only $3 each (up to a $3 savings) for the Friday, February 18th women’s gymnastics meet against Stanford University at the McKale Center. All discounted tickets must be purchased online at www.arizonawildcats.com using the special online promo code: GS2011.
Offer ends Thursday, February 17th at noon.
Girl Scout events are open to the entire Southern Arizona Community and are based on several different interest areas. Events help give community members a taste of what Girl Scouts do every day! Come hang out for an hour or a day and get the same Girl Scout experience that girls get all year long!
Upcoming Events:
In honor of Martin Luther King Day and the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting, Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona invites you to join us on Monday, January 17th for a day of community action, connection and remembrance. Opportunities to take action will include a food drive for the Community Food Bank, creating pieces for Ben’s Bells wind chimes, card making for the families of the shooting victims and our troops overseas, and contributing to a Gabby Giffords tribute that will be delivered to her office.
There will also be opportunities to sign-up for monthly community action projects throughout 2011, and resources and staff will be available to assist parents in the difficult task of explaining how and why something like this could happen.
We believe that by taking action together, we can truly connect and begin to heal. Girl Scout CEO Debbie Rich says, “As a community still struggling to come to terms with the tragic events of last weekend, it is even more important that we come together this MLK Day to do something positive. We want our girls, our volunteers, and the entire community to know that our doors are open.”
The event will be from 10 am till 2 pm at the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council’s Resource Center. Refreshments and pizza will be provided for our girls and volunteers and their families.
For more information, contact Tamara at 520.319.3147 or Kristi at 520.319.3154
