From camping in Canada to hiking in the Swiss Alps to fine dining in the Big Apple, GSCTX Girl Scouts are on the move this summer going on whirlwind ADVENTURES! Follow along on their journey here on the Cookie Bites Blog and our other social media platforms! Chaperone Miranda S. talks about why she decided to volunteer on the Canada trip and her advice to parents!
Full Circle Scouting
As a young girl all of my travel came from Girl Scouting
and now that I am an adult and have a troop of my own, someday I want to expose
them to the world of scouting. By being a co-chaperone will help get my feet
wet to share new experiences with my girls in the guiding world. I liked the
opportunity for this trip because it was older girls, different from my Brownie
troop and gives me the chance to meet other leaders from other countries,
experience Canadian culture and learn about the people and places you visit.
Count on Your Chaperones
As
an adult chaperoning trips it helps you stay prepared for each trip after that.
You know for next time to bring twice as many SWAPs, more warm clothes and lots
of rain gear. You take each trip with a grain of salt and use those experiences
to turn a negative into a positive and make sure that the program and event the
girls came for is what you can help provide for them. My advice to parents is to
trust that the chaperones have your daughter's best interest at heart and that
they can help your daughter to challenge herself more than parents can, so give
them an opportunity to do so. You never know what your scout can do until you
give her the chance to do it. Every parent has that scary moment about their
daughter traveling that something big could happen along with the little
things, does she have enough clothes, did she brush her hair etc. The scout
will never learn to brush her own teeth or eat her own food until she has the
option to make the choices for herself. Chaperones keep your scouts safe and
healthy with the promise to encourage challenges and positive actions along the
way. Follow along on our other adventures...
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