Earth Hour
Get Ready for Earth Hour!
Earth Hour is an international event which brings attention to energy use across the world by asking everyone to power down lights, TVs and computers from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on March 31, 2012.
GSHPA troops are encouraged to start now and go “Beyond the Hour” with these ideas.
Discover ways to use less energy in your home or meeting place. Visit http://www.girlscouts.org/gsforevergreen/Earth-Hour.asp and select “Want to Learn More” for ways to get involved.
Then Connect other people with your eco-friendly ways and Take Action to convince others to be Forever Green.
Register your troop’s participation at http://girlscouts.org/gsforevergreen/Earth-Hour-Details.asp#theproject.
Get started by using the GSHPA Activities/Resources below and the GSUSA resources found at www.gsusa.org.
Earth Hour Activities/Resources
Discover
- Think about activities that don’t require much energy and plan to do them at your next meeting or at a special meeting during Earth Hour on March 31, 2012.
- Walk around your home or meeting place and identify everything that uses energy. Talk about each item. Is it energy-efficient? If you’re not sure, how would you find out? Can you use it less or change it to make it more energy-efficient?
- Play games, have an indoor campfire, sing songs or create the Forever Green fortune teller activity.
Connect
- Change the incandescent light bulbs in your home to compact fluorescent or energy-efficient bulbs.
- Also, remind others to “Flip the Switch!” and turn off lights when they leave the room. Download a lightswitch template here or make signs and hang them on or near light switches. Do this at home, school, or work. For a project that conveys a more permanent message, buy and decorate wooden switch plates from a craft or home improvement store.
Take Action
- Approach a business or community organization and ask them to power down for Earth Hour on March 31st from 8:30 to 9:30PM.
- Write to your local political representative and ask her to honor Girl Scouts by voting for legislation that keeps the outdoors beautiful and makes our daily lives more energy efficient.
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Forever Green Day @ The Movies
Date/Time: April 21, 2012 - 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. April 13, 2012
GSHPA will host SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Eight short films will illustrate not only the challenges facing our planet but the work individuals and communities are doing to protect the places we love. The stories are funny, heart-warming, and informative and they will surely remind Girl Scouts what it means to be responsible stewards of the Earth. A give-away for each attendee is included in the cost of the event. For Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts. Click here to register.
Click the play button below to see a preview!
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Forever Green Video ChatsAll Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors are invited to Join GSHPA for our Forever Green Video Chat Series! The first installment in our video chat* series is Environmental Advocates How do you decide that you love something enough to spend your life making it, growing it, or teaching others about it? Let’s ask the experts. Beginning this November, Girl Scouts in grades 6-12 can participate in several live video chats with business owners, public speakers, and educators who have chosen to be Forever Green.
Please check back for future scheduled video chats.
*A video chat is a real-time, online discussion that features a host and a presenter. Participants need a computer (Mac or PC) with internet access and speakers to see and hear presentations. In the comfort of their own homes, girls can watch short presentations and ask questions of the presenter via the “chat” function.
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Troop Adventure Camp (TAC) Programs
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Fall Festival- TAC Weekend Camp Echo TrailDate/Time: 7:00 p.m. March 9-10:00 a.m. March 11, 2012
Registration Deadline: February 17, 2012
Grades: 6-12
Cost: $30 per person
Let the festivities begin! Participate in great activities with other Girl Scouts; enjoy baked apples and hot chocolate by the fire, chance our low ropes course, hike around camp and see what it has to offer. Make some chap stick and learn how to knit to gear up for the winter weather. Click here to regsiter.
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Keep It Green @ Golden Pond
Date/Time:
7:00 p.m. March 30 - 5:00 p.m. March 31, 2012
Registration Deadline: March 15, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $22 girls/$17 adults
Keep it green and learn about our environment and the creatures within it. Learn about different habitats and what can happen if an animal or resource should become extinct. Join us as we also make a composting bin and a mini greenhouse. Please bring a 2 liter bottle with each participant. Earn a fun patch as a part of this environmentally friendly program. Click here to register.
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More
to ExploreDate/Time:
7:00 p.m. May 4 - 5:00 p.m. May 5, 2012
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $20 girls/$17 adults
Come and explore Happy Valley! Take a night hike and learn about our
senses. Take a hike and find out about Leave No Trace, trail signs, how to pack
for a hike and play different nature games. Become a Brownie hiker- get ready
for this adventure! Earn the Hiker Brownie badge. Click here to register.
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Intro
to Backpacking: The Greenhorn at Small ValleyDate/Time: 6:00 p.m. April 27 - 5:00 p.m. April 29, 2012
Registration Deadline:
April
6, 2012
Grades: 4-12
Cost: $30/person
Do
you love hiking and the outdoors? We are kicking off the season with our newest
program- Backpacking! The Greenhorn program is a great introduction to
experience backpacking. Greenhorns will learn about equipment, leave no trace,
how to pack and so much more. Girls will experience 2-5 miles of hiking on
GSHPA property in remote locations. Click here to register.
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Intro
to Backpacking: The Greenhorn at Camp ArchbaldDate/Time: 6:00 p.m.
May
18 - 5:00 p.m. May 20, 2012
Registration Deadline:
April
27, 2012
Grades: 4-12
Cost: $30/person
Do
you love hiking and the outdoors? We are kicking off the season with our newest
program- Backpacking! The Greenhorn program is a great introduction to
experience backpacking. Greenhorns will learn about equipment, leave no trace,
how to pack and so much more. Girls will experience 2-5 miles of hiking on
GSHPA property in remote locations. Click here to register.
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Nature
Explorers: Endangered SpeciesDo
you know what an endangered species is? Pennsylvania contains a variety of
endangered or threatened species in every corner of the Keystone State. Get a
rare scare into the lives of our endangered species. "Travel" around
the world to learn more about the migration of fish to the African Savannah.
Find out why animals are becoming endangered and what you can do to control it.
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Location: Camp Happy Valley
Date/Time:
April 21, 2012 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline:
April
2, 2012
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Date/Time:
April 21, 2012 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Registration Deadline:
April
2, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Location: Camp Louise
Date/Time: May 19, 2012 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline:
May
4, 2012
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Date/Time: May 19, 2012 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Registration Deadline:
May
4, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Nature
Explorers: Mammals
Join
the Nature Explorers and discover the animals of our planet. Explore amazing creature features like echo
location, experience predator/prey relationships through interactive games, and
piece together a puzzle by following their tracks into the unknown.
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Location: Camp Happy Valley
Date/Time:
April 21, 2012 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Registration Deadline:
April
2, 2012
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Date/Time:
April 21, 2012 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline:
April
2, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Location: Camp Louise
Date/Time:
May 19, 2012 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Registration Deadline: May 4, 2012
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Date/Time:
May 19, 2012 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: May 4, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $5
Click here to register.
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Each of the following programs will be held at the STAR Center at Camp Small Valley in Halifax, PA.
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Marvelous Mysteries
Date/Time: February 18, 2012 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Registration Deadline: February 3, 2012
Click here to register for this date.
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Date/Time: March 24, 2012 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: March 7, 2012
Click here to register for this date.
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Grades: 2-3
Cost: $7/girl
Mysteries are all around: in
nature, in games, even in your own body!
Come to the STAR Center to unlock a variety of mysteries. Girls will make a secret code, learn about
fingerprints and solve a science mystery.
Snack will be provided. Girls
will earn the patch for the program. Please adhere to adult/girl ratios due to
limited space.
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Space Exploration
Date/Time: 7:00 p.m. February 24 - 10:00 a.m. February 25, 2012
Registration Deadline: February 3, 2012
Click here to register for this date.
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Date/Time: 7:00 p.m. April 20 - 10:00 a.m. April 21, 2012
Registration Deadline: April 5, 2012
Click here to register for this date.
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Grades: 6-12
Cost: $15 girls/$5 adults
People have always looked at the night sky with awe and wonder. Today we have technology that helps us to see
the stars with more clarity. Come to the
STAR Center to explore the night sky.
Girls will first hone their star gazing skills in the Star Lab and then
take their knowledge out to the night sky (weather permitting). Girls will learn about telescopes and also
make a planisphere to take home. Overnight
accommodations are available at Mattis Lodge, if you should choose to stay
overnight. Must have the appropriate training to stay in a lodge.
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Chemistry CrazeDate/Time: February 25, 2012 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: February 5, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $7/girl
Clean out those test tubes, dust off your lab coat, and strap on your
safety goggles. Come to the STAR Center
to have some fun with chemistry. Perform
experiments demonstrate density, surface tension, and acidity. Girls will receive the STAR Center
patch. Due to space limitations in the
STAR Center, please adhere to adult/girl ratios. Click here to register.
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Making it MatterDate/Time: February 25, 2012 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: February 5, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $7/girl
Learn
how to make Styrofoam, peanuts disappear, make a simple electrical connection
using batteries, discover what makes diapers super absorbent and more. Girls will receive a patch for participating. A snack is included. Click here to register.
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Sky SearchDate/Time: 7:00 p.m. March 23 - 10:00 a.m. March 24, 2012
Registration Deadline: March 7, 2012
Grades: 4-5
Cost: $15 girls/$5 adults
Do you love staring at the night sky?
Come to the STAR Center for some space exploration. Girls will first observe stars in the STAR
Lab and then take their knowledge out to the night sky. Girls will learn about telescopes and will
also make their own planisphere to take home.
Girls will earn a patch for participating. Overnight accomodations are in a lodge, so
adults will need to have proper level of training. Must adhere to adult/girl ratios. Click here to register.
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