Program Transition

Brownie Try-Its available

• Animals -- Page 86
  
• Art to Wear -- Page 18
  
• Caring and Sharing -- Page 60
  
• Cookies Count -- Page 12
  
• Dancercize -- Page 24
  
• Eco Explorer -- Page 102
  
• Girl Scout Ways -- Page 14
  
• Healthy Habits -- Page 32
  
• Let's Pretend -- Page 66
  
• Make It Eat It -- Page 38
  
• Manners -- Page 68
  
• Outdoor Adventurer -- Page 118
  
• Penny Power -- Page 48
  
• Playing Around the World -- Page 160
  
• Safety Sense -- Page 50
  
• Science in Action -- Page 126
  
• Sports and Games -- Page 52

Junior Badges available

• Being My Best -- Page 32
  
• Camp Together -- Page 92
  
• Caring for Children -- Page 42
  
• Ceramics and Clay -- Page 140
  
• Cookie Connection -- Page 8
  
• Drawing and Painting -- Page 152
  
• First Aid -- Page 62
  
• Fun & Fit -- Page 78
  
• GS in the USA -- Page 6
  
• GS Around the World -- Page 2
  
• Healthy Relationships -- Page 48
  
• Jeweler -- Page 156
  
• Lead On -- Page 18
  
• Let's Get Cooking -- Page 186
  
• Looking Your Best -- Page 38
  
• Making it Matter -- Page 188
  
• Money Sense -- Page 22
  
• Outdoor Fun -- Page 112
  
• Pet Care -- Page 56
  
• Science Discovery -- Page 200
  
• Sew Simple -- Page 168
  
• Stress Less -- Page 86
  
• Swimming -- Page 120
  
• Theater -- Page 170
  
• World Neighbors -- Page 28

The remaining Try-Its, Badges and Interest Project Badges are available by special order only through September 2012.

Journey Program support
The council has all three Journeys at all grade-levels in stock at the council office. However, the primary Journey on display and emphasized in trainings will be It’s Your Story – Tell It! The new Girl Guides to Girl Scouting will be available for purchase starting in October 2011. There will be limited trainings during the 2011 – 2012 Girl Scout year. The council is suggesting only experienced troop leaders use the Journey Program this school year until the council staff has developed trainings and sufficient stock to support this program.

2012 – 2013 Girl Scout Year

Traditional Program support
The council will continue to sell and train troop leaders on the Traditional Program in the 2012 – 2013 Girl Scout year, yet not emphasize this as the primary program. However, after September 2013, the traditional program will only be supported with stock on hand in our local council shop. Therefore, troop leaders will be given a choice of the traditional or new program due to the one-year timeline for support. If troops continue to use the traditional program, only the Brownie Try-Its and Junior Badges listed above will be available for purchase. Interest Project Badges will not be available.

Journey Program support
Starting with the 2012 – 2013 Girl Scout year, Farthest North Girl Scout Council will emphasize the Journey Program as primary with full training support for new and experienced troop leaders. This training will encompass the Journey, It’s Your Story Tell It!, and the Girl Guides to Girl Scouting. In this training, volunteers will be given a full two-year timeline for use of these books. The Basics-In-A-Bag kits will include the new program materials, It's Your Story Journey and the Girl Guide to Girl Scouting. The remaining two Journeys, It's Your World - Change It! and It's Your Planet - Love It!, will be available for purchase as secondary to the Story Journey and the Girl Guides that will appear in the Basics-In-A-Bag kit.