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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.
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Girl Scout councils
may not wish to have awards or they may want to design their own patch for the
walk. But you can suggest they use the AVA's annual Participation Patch for
Girl Scout Walks, as the award for walking. The Participation Patch is
different each year and is designed
by girls in a Girl Scout council
that has participated in
Walk-Togethers. The patch can be used as the award for
everyone for your walk and can be ordered from AVA on consignment so you're not
burdened with paying for patches you can't use. The AVA sends the patches with
a Girl Scout Patches Consignment form. You return the form with the unused
patches when you return the stamp for the event. The AVA will bill the club for
patches used. The cost for patches you use is currently,
$2
each.
Only
AVA
clubs
may
order
Participation
Patches
for
Girl
Scout
Walks
(Walk-Together
Patches).
Leaders
of
Girl
Scout
troops
overseas
may
order
directly.
Click here
for
information.
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2011-2012
designed
by
a
Girl
Scout
in
Troop
#20031,
Girl
Scouts
Heart
of
Pennsylvania
Council
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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.
The
price
for
the
Walk
Together
patch
award
must
include
IVV
credit.
The
patch
is
a
walk
award,
which
implies
IVV
credit,
not
just
a
for
sale
item.
Our
agreement
with
Girl
Scouts
of
the
USA
requires
the
cost
to
be
reasonable.
It
should
not
be
a
money-maker
for
your
club,
but
you
need
to
cover
your
costs.
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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