This award is traditionally earned by the third-graders at our church, and this is our fall to do it. We're planning a retreat to meet many of the activities. Others will be done in the troop setting, and others (since it is "Family of God") will be done with the girls' families at home.
For those considering earning the award, there are 18 activities the girls are required to do to complete the award through the National Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. Brownies complete three activity choices under each of these six sections:
- I Am Special to My Family
- I Am Special to God’s Family
- I Belong to My Family
- I Belong to God’s Family
- I Can Help My Family
- I Can Help God’s Family
Pinterest is also a great resource to find creative spins on these activities. One is an adorable family tree that I stumbled on through iMom.com. We printed off packets for the girls to work on at home, and we will add them to their Family of God books our pastor will review.
We are printing off these cute prayer cards from the Time-Warp Wife as part of their Family of God retreat.
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We are also considering making Chemo Care Kits from Pennies of Time as a service project. It's dear to us because of one of our Girl Scout dads has been fighting a battle with cancer.
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2 comments:
Wow! I didn't realize we could do a Catholic component in Girl Scouts. There's a troop based at one of the local Catholic churches. I should talk to her about her activities. I would love for my dd6 to do Family of God as a follow up to her First Communion preparation in 2nd grade.
There are a lot of great resources from the national Catholic committees for both girl and boy scouts. The boy scout patch program is open to girls too. I would be happy to share with you some of the things we have done. It blends so well with the secular elements of community service too.
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