Program Spotlight
2009 Young Naturalist Awards Airmid Theatre
2009 Young Naturalist Awards Competition The Young Naturalist Awards program invites you to plan and conduct your own scientific investigation, one that will include questions, hypotheses, and trips into the field to gather data. You are not expected to make a new scientific discovery. However, your investigation should provide you with a new understanding about your question.
Open to students in grades 7 to 12 Essays must be mailed to the American Museum of Natural History between December 1, 2008, and March 2, 2009. Cash awards up to $2,500. Winning essays will be published on the museum's website. Thanks to the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport, this program once again offers girls ages 13 - 18 the opportunity to see professional performances at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts for the amazing price of $ 5 per ticket! From Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Prokofiev's Cinderella there is something for everyone! NYIT Sponsors a Free Night of Fun Kids ages 4 to 12 are invited to spend an evening at New York Institute of Technology's Sports Complex. Play games under the direction of NYIT staff and more than 100 student-athletes. A healthy dinner will be served, and information about nutrition will be distributed. Date: Friday, December 5, 2008 Time: 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm Cost: FREE Space is limited to 150 children. Learn how to register.
The Widow Polly Peck wants to make a traditional holiday pudding for her orphaned children. But this year she just doesn't see how she can because they are so very poor. So she sends her children out to find someone -anyone- who will be generous enough to provide them with the ingredients for their Christmas pudding. What happens will make you laugh, and might even make you cry.
A great night for children of all ages! Date: Friday, December 5, 2008 Time: 7:00 PM Cost: FREE Place: Old Town Hall, 47 Main Street, Babylon, NY 11702 For Reservations, Call 631-704-2888 or email: info@airmidtheatre.org A series of fun-filled evenings of live traditional music and dancing...fun for all ages. Bring your troop - no experience necessary - they will teach you the dances. How about bringing a parent and making it a special parent-daughter dance? Open to Girl Scouts of all ages, family and friends. Dates: Various Saturdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Place: Community Center at Westbury Friends Meeting Corner of Post Avenue and Jericho Turnpike Cost: Adults $7; Under 18 FREE Download Flyer or contact Lauren Scott at 516-746-4270 American Red Cross Babysitter Certification Course This day-long class covers all the basics you need to know to become a confident and successful babysitter. Given by the American Red Cross. Open to Individual Cadette, Senior, Ambassador Girl Scouts and non-Girl Scout friends. Register online for your choice of dates: If registering online, please complete the "attending adult" information for our records. Adults are not expected to stay for the program.
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Bring lunch, snack, drink) Place: American Red Cross 195 Willis Avenue, Mineola Cost: $50 per participant Girls who register with a non-Girl Scout friend receive a $10 discount
Questions? Contact Claudia Pagan at 516.741.2550 ext. 255 Learn about famous women in the field of aviation, and how they showed that "the sky is the limit". This program will be run at the Cradle of Aviation Museum and includes an overnight stay in the museum. Girl Scout Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes can work towards earned awards, tour the museum, go on a scavenger hunt, and sleep under the planes! Overnights are scheduled from Friday nights at 7 pm to 8 am Saturday morning. Many choice dates are available between now and March 2009.
Thinking Day Postcard Exchange
Connect with Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from across the country and around the world. Sign up to exchange postcards with other troops, learn more about them and where they live, and celebrate Thinking Day, February 22nd, the birthdays of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts, and his wife, Lady Baden-Powell. Learn how you can participate.
Girl Scout Events at :
Special Group Discounts for Performances on the following dates: November 18 - 23, 2008 Special Scout Performance (Includes Free Patch!) on Friday, November 21at 7 pm
Girls - like trucks? Come to Monster Jam and see them in action. Special Group Discounts for Performances on the following dates: Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 at 7:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm * * Troops attending this performance can enter the Soap Box Derby! Check back often as new events are added.
Community Service | |||
|
Copyright © 2008 Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Inc. All Rights
Reserved. |