AVA clubs interested in
involving Girl Scouts in their events, can contact their local Girl Scout
Council to arrange for Girl Scouts to walk with you at one of your events.
Click here
to see the Girl
Scout Walk-Together brochure in .pdf format for information helpful for you and
the council. Print this brochure for your use and to give to the Girl Scout
council(s) in your area.
There have been many
articles in
The American Wanderer
(TAW)
in the past about AVA clubs and the
walks they have done with Girl Scouts. These walks are not difficult to
arrange, and walking with the AVA is encouraged in various Girl Scout
publications put out by Girl Scouts of the USA and also on their
web
site.
See the brochure for suggestions on how you and Girl Scout councils
can work together. For instance, the council could pre-register Girl Scouts for
the Walk-Together. A special area for Girl scouts to check in at will help, if
you expecting a lot and a Girl Scout volunteer could help with check
in.
To contact your local
Girl Scout council, go to the website,
www.girlscouts.org/councilfinder
to find the name, address and website of the council or councils that serve
your area. Call the council office and ask for the Program Director or Manager.
Ask them if they might be interested in a program to get their girls walking.
Many councils have initiatives related to healthy living and sports. There have
been many inquiries from councils wanting to connect with AVA clubs in their
area and direct girls to our walks.
If they are interested,
ask if you can meet with them to tell them about volkssports. You can provide
the brochure mentioned above, brochures on volkssports from the AVA, the AVA
Youth Program brochure, and your own clubs information.
Contact the Girl Scout
council as early as possible so they have a chance to publicize your walk and
get registrations back from troops and girls in their area. Talk with the
council on the walk you might use for a Walk-Together. Choose a walk that is
easy to do and interesting for first-time walkers. It should have a shorter 5K
distance and a distance that might be done for the physically challenged. You
may also want to talk about how these events can be great events for family and
friends as well. They might be combined with other activities the council might
have to make a day of it.
Keep the price for Girl
Scouts at $5 or less. The price for the Walk-Together award must include IVV
credit. You need only charge girls the amount you need to cover the patch, the
amount you need to give to the AVA (currently, $1.25) and any state association
fees. But you also need to cover your costs. Discuss what would be a fair
amount with the Girl Scout council.
You can provide a packet,
prepared ahead of time with insert cards with the event stamp on them to hand
out to those who finish, information about volkssporting and the award program,
and club brochures for up-coming events. And, don't forget to have New Walker
packets available. Girl Scouts already have insurance and require parent's
permission for participation. If the Girl Scout council will register troops
and girls, and give you that information, you don't need to have each girl sign
waivers.
There are other ways to
involve Girl Scouts in volkssporting. If you have any questions, please contact
the AVA Youth Coordinator at avayouth@ava.org
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