September 2023 Discoveree Newsletter - View this email in your browser

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Childcare at Discoveree

Remember those evaluations? We do read them! A number of you requested that we offer childcare at Discoveree. The committee is considering finding an older girl troop to offer childcare onsite as a money-earning activity. A donation to the troop would be expected if you take advantage of this service. The Discoveree committee is trying to determine the level of interest in this service. We would love to hear from you!

Child Care Survey

Save the Date Slide for Service Unit Teams

If you volunteer with a Service Unit Team, we would greatly appreciate it if you would share the date of Discoveree 2024 with your volunteers. To make that easy, here is a slide/graphic you can share out with your volunteers.

NEW! Overnight Accommodations for Discoveree

To help our Girl Scout sisters who do not live near Hayward (the site of Discoveree), we will be offering overnight accommodations at the Hayward Girl Scout Cabin as a pilot program this year. Registration to reserve your spot will occur at the same time as Discoveree registration, which will open in December.

Seeking Workshop Leaders - Deadline 9/30

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: GSUSA Activities 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 review a list of activities that have been curated for Girl Scouts by Girl Scouts. That's GSUSA's Activities Zone!

Visit the GSUSA's Activities Zone

The Zone is organized to make finding activities for your troop easy. Click on the options below to see some of the offerings.

Spreading the Word: Activities for Older Girls

Occasionally we hear about council-wide activities open to adults and girls and we are happy to help spread the word.

Holiday Extravaganza - A weekend of crafting to create handmade gifts perfect for gifting during the holiday season. This event is open to Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors and their friends! And best of all, this is not a troop-organized event (the chaperones, cooks, and workshop leaders are Girl Scout Alumnae). So please share this opportunity with your Girl Scouts. Registration is now open and closes at the end of the month. Click here for the flier. Click here to register.

Voices for Change - Calling all Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors who are interested in how governance works. Voices for Change banner with dates

Voices for Change is a program held at Camp Bothin that will help girls learn how things get done in Girl Scouts, in our country and around the world. This year's focus is Global Governance. We are seeking older girls interested in planning the event and asking girls to save the date. If you would like to be part of the planning team, please contact Eavan Huth at ehuth@gsnorcal.org.

Discoveree Planning Schedule

Now through September 30th - Solicit workshops
October & November - Build schedule and registration system
December - Participant registration opens
January 20th - Discoveree 2024

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