- stretch understanding beyond family and troop into a wider world,
- teach the joy of giving of oneself rather than giving things, and
- help to understand the feelings and needs of others.
- Check first with the organization or agency
Daisy Brownie Junior Cadette Senior
Some suggested service projects for Daisy and Brownie troops are:
Do secret Brownie deeds for members of your family.
Plant a tree or shrub at your group meeting site on Arbor Day (last Friday of April.)
Visit a nursing home and sing or put on a play for residents.
Collect canned goods for local food banks.
Donate money to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund.
Make greeting cards for people in veteran's hospital, children's hospital, or other health care facilities.
Make bird feeders in the winter for your group meeting place, a park, or nature center.
Participate in the adopt-a-pet program at a zoo.
Plan a party for a Daisy Girl Scout troop.
Participate in a community parade or event.
Assist a Junior troop in performing a flag ceremony for a local PTA, service unit meeting or other community group.
Decorate the display window of a local library.
Plan and implement a bridging activity for a Daisy Scout troop.
Participate in the council sponsored service projects: Salvation Army Days (November timeframe), Goodwill Days (February
timeframe) or Holiday Food Drive (December timeframe). See the Girl Program Guide distributed by the Santa Clara Council for more information.
Participate in Service Unit 38 service project events such as collecting coats for One Warm Coat, making ornaments for Christmas in the Park, making decorations for the Sweetheart Dance, or making gifts during the "Week of Service" project in March. Attend the monthly Leader meetings to find out about these and other service opportunities.
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Service Project Ideas for Junior, Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts
Become pen pals and write often to a resident of a nursing home or convalescent center.
Do a flag ceremony to open a Girl Scout Service Unit Meeting or community (PTA, Rotary, Junior League) meeting.
Make toys, games or crafts for a Head Start program site or pediatric unit of a hospital.
Help a Brownie troop learn basic camping skills.
Plan and implement a bridging activity for a Daisy or Brownie Scout troop.
Assist a community agency by wrapping holiday gifts for needy families.
Build and erect birdbaths in the summer.
Plan a program with a day care center or nursery school. Give a puppet show; share a treat, read stories, play games, make things together.
Put together various dress-up costumes for children at a day care center, church school or kindergarten. Be sure to take picture of your new stars.
Knit, crochet, or sew a blanket or afghan for a needy family or elderly person.
Adopt a lot, corner, bus stop, park, playground, community center or neighborhood you can keep clean and plan improvements.
Make therapeutic toys for children who are physically and/or developmentally challenged.
Adopt a grandparent in your neighborhood or who is a resident in a local nursing home. Visit them, and remember them at birthday and holiday times.
Decorate the lounge or Dining Room of a community center senior center for a holiday.
Make toys, visits and plan a special event for the first baby girl born at a local hospital on March 12th, the Birthday of Girl Scouting.
Plan a party for a Daisy or Brownie Girl Scout troop.
Help to beautify the grounds of your group's sponsor.
Participate in one of the Camp Improvement weekend (May timeframe) sponsored by the Council. See the Girl Program Guide distributed by the Santa Clara Council or watch for an article in the Summit News for more information.
Participate in Service Unit 38 service project events such as collecting coats for One Warm Coat, making ornaments for Christmas in the Park, making decorations for the Sweetheart Dance, or making gifts during the "Week of Service" project in March. Attend the monthly Leader meetings to find out about these and other service opportunities.
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