August 2023 Discoveree Newsletter - View this email in your browser

Be a Workshop Leader!

We are looking for workshop leaders for Discoveree 2024. Have a skill, talent, or craft you would like to share with our Girl Scout volunteers? Then become a workshop leader.

We are looking for workshops in these areas but love seeing new things too! Have an idea? Please offer it!

Troop/SUT - badge workshops, camporee planning, journey-in-a-day, super troops, fundraising, trip planning
STEM - science, technology, engineering and math workshops
Outdoors - knots, knife skills, lashing, shelter building, fire building, survival skills, orienteering, outdoor cooking (camp stoves, dutch ovens, foil packets, stick cooking, etc.)
Songs, Games & Activities - songs, song leading, games of all sorts, balloon animals, dancing, skits
Crafts - tie dye, stamping, troop shirts, SWAPS, needle felting, card making, troop crafts

A few things to know:

Workshop leaders get free admission to Discoveree and can take workshops in the sessions they are not leading a workshop.
Workshop leaders get a free lunch and free parking.
Craft and food workshops get reimbursed for materials.
You get to set the size of your workshop and have a say about what session it's offered.

Still have questions? Please contact our Workshop Leader Liaison at DiscovereeWorkshops@gmail.com to get them answered.

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Leader Feature: GS Nor Cal Events Page

It's back to troop time and you are trying to figure out how to make this year special - in a way that isn't too taxing on you! One way is to participate in a council-sponsored event. But how do you find them?

Visit the GSNorCal Events Page

Here you will find all the council-sponsored events in an easily searchable format. You can filter by:

Program Theme
Grade Level
Location
Length of Program
Cost

Here are just a few of the adventures waiting for scouts of all ages:

Girl Scouts Love State Parks overnight - 9/9-9/10/2023
WaterWorks 2023 - 9/9/2023
Hispanic Heritage Celebration - 9/30/2023
Girl Scout Night with the San Jose Earthquakes - 10/21/2023
Juliette Gordon Low Birthday Party - 10/28/2023
Niles Canyon Train of Lights - 12/21/2023

There are also age specific programs like:

Program Aide training
Silver & Gold Award training events
Badge workshops at the Tech Museum of Innovation
Crafting and games events for younger scouts
Teens Take Over events all around the council
Lead the Way and Voices for Change planning groups
Girl Scout Climate Convention

Things get added to the Events Page all the time so make it one of the places you check as you are planning your Girl Scout year.

Leader Feature: GSUSA National Council Session Results

For those of you interested in learning the results of the National Council Session, please view the report of one of our council's delegates.

Discoveree Planning Schedule

Summer - Solicit workshops
Fall - Build schedule and registration system
December - Participant registration opens
January 20th - Discoveree 2024

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