Anyone have a good Silver award project for Girl Scouts?

@FranMc (246)
United States
March 14, 2007 10:23pm CST
Hi my 4 girl Scouts will be earning there Silver for the next 2 years, any service project ideas out there?
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
15 Mar 07
The only one I know to suggest is the Flag Retirement and Burning Ceremony. June 14th is Flag Day. We do this at a community park. Collect old worn out flags that are in need of retirement. Invite the local VFW to attend the ceremony. Have them play taps. Invite the public/other troops to attend. Learn/explain how to fold the flag properly. Learn/explain what each fold represents or stands for. Learn/explain why and how to cut the flags into pieces and sort them. Learn/explain what each part of the flag stands for or means. Learn/explain which parts of the flag are put into the fire first, second, third, etc. and why there is an order to it. Add songs to your ceremony. Make sure your fire is out before you leave your site. Pick up and clean up and thank your guests for attending.
@FranMc (246)
• United States
23 Mar 07
Thank you for the suggestion, I will run this by the girls! Have a great day, FranMc
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• United States
23 Mar 07
You may need to start your fire with charcoal or wood. And you may need wood to keep your fire burning. Also, don't breathe in the smoke as some of the flags may have been treated with chemicals to keep them water proof.
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• United States
3 May 07
i have a daughter that collected over 1,000 item's for a local center "The Hope Center" for families starting over. Also with the help of a good friend that has Junior troop that helped us out. salmon-1
@tammyr (5945)
• Etowah, Tennessee
5 May 07
I still have 1 or 2 packs of socks that never made it to you!LOL I put them in the Christmas stuff ( I think)and next year I will put them in the box that will go to the Hope Center.
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@tammyr (5945)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Apr 07
We were talking about doing a tea for the mothers of our military. This could be a great silver award project. The girls could make tea and cookies and serve them to the mothers. It would be a great photo opportunity to have the moms pose for a photo and then maybe make a from for the photo. The girls could also make corsages for each mother and give them to them. There are several other things that could make the night special for them.
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