10 RIBBON COLORS
New Law Ceremony |
| Need: |
3 Large White Candles
(for each part of the promise.) |
| 10 white candles
Each tied with specified color ribbon as noted. Each girl reads her line then lights the candle |
| Pieces of ribbon in the following colors: Blue, Purple, Brown, Red, Gold, Silver, Green, White, Orange, Yellow |
| Girl #1: |
On my honor I will try
To serve God and my country
(light the candle to the girl's left)
To help people at all times,
(light the middle candle)
and to live by the Girl Scout Law.
(light the candle to the girl's right) |
| All: |
Sing "Whene'er You Make A Promise" |
| All: |
I will do my best to be: |
| Girl #1: |
Honest and fair
The purple ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of honesty and fairness. A Girl Scout works honestly and keeps her promise. She is fair in all she does and those she meets. |
| Girl #2: |
Friendly and helpful
The blue ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of friendship and thoughtfulness. A Girl Scout is amiable and loyal to her friends. She helps others wherever and whenever she can. |
| Girl #3: |
Considerate and caring
The orange ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of kindness and warmth. A Girl Scout works well with others and looks out for the well-being of others. |
| Girl #4: |
Courageous and strong
The red ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of adventure and independence. A Girl Scout attempts new tasks and braves new endeavors. She is confident and self-assured in her actions. |
| Girl #5: |
Responsible for what I say and do
The gold ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of ownership and pride in her work. She readily admits her strengths and weakness and is aware of the consequences of her actions. A Girl Scout is up front with her intentions. |
| All: |
And to: |
| Girl #6: |
Respect myself and others
The white ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of integrity. A Girl Scout directs her thoughts and deeds to encompass her won beliefs and to be sensitive to, and respectful of the beliefs of those around her. |
| Girl #7: |
Respect authority
The yellow ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of regard for another's position. A Girl Scout understands the importance of having a leader of a group to make final decisions. She works with that leader to make the best decisions for the good of the group. |
| Girl #8: |
Use resources wisely
The green ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of being careful with resources. She uses her materials, money, time, and energy wisely. A Girl Scout does not wasted the Earth's resources. |
| Girl #9: |
Make the world a better place
The brown ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's sense of improvement. A Girl Scout strives to be clean, conserve, and enrich the world around her. She believes it is important to leave a better place than when she found it. |
| Girl #10: |
Be a sister to every Girl Scout
The silver ribbon on this candle represents a Girl Scout's loyalty to sisters all over the world. A Girl Scout is always ready to accept more friends into her ever widening circle. She treats all of her sisters with kindness, acceptance, and warmth. |
| All: |
Sing "Make New Friends" |
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BUILDING THE GIRL SCOUT PIN -
CONTEMPORARY |
| Need: |
3 Larger Taper Candles |
| 10 Smaller Taper Candles |
| Girl #1: |
Our pin is symbolic of our fundamental beliefs. Beliefs which have not changed since our beginning, although methods change with the times. Beliefs which help each girl attain the highest development of which she is capable. This pin is in the shape of a trefoil, meaning three-fold, and reminds us of the three parts of the Girl Scout Promise. |
| All: |
On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country . . . |
| Girl #2: |
We learn to find God in nature, to recognize spiritual values as more important than material ones, to seek the beautiful, and to see God in other people. Girl Scouts learn devotion to and seek pride in their country.
(Light the first of the larger candles.) |
| All: |
On my honor, I will try: to help people at all times . . . |
| Girl #3: |
In her consideration for others, a Girl Scout learns to give generous, selfless service. She comes to realize that service to others is an expression of dedication to people.
(Light the second of the larger candles.) |
| All: |
On my honor, I will try: to help people at all times . . . |
| Girl #4: |
The Girl Scout Law is a guide for daily living - stated simply enough for a young girl to apply to her own life, profound enough to serve as a measuring post for adults. Think about the people you admire; what makes you admire them? Friendliness, dependability, enthusiasm to serve. These are the qualities that the Girl Scout Law helps us attain.
(Light the third of the larger candles.) |
| Girl #5: |
Tying together all parts of the Promise and serving as its foundation is the fact that we pledge on our honor to try. When we are discouraged, when we have made mistakes, our Promise reminds us that the best we can do is to keep on trying with a sincere effort. We do more than believe in our Promise, we try to live by it. Our pin is symbolic of our Promise, and we are here to explain the parts of our pin tonight.
(Light the first and second of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #6: |
Our pin retains the original trefoil. However, Girl Scouting is changing and we want the public to see what we are today, so we present a new symbol, a new face for Girl Scouting.
(Light the third and fourth of the smaller candles.) |
| All: |
We are contemporary. |
| Girl #7: |
Girl Scouting offers informal and usable education to help prepare us to live in a world of fast changing needs and resources. The open edges of the trefoil signify our openness and flexibility to change. The three faces face to the right - to the future.
(Light the fifth and sixth of the smaller candles.) |
| All: |
We are pluralistic |
| Girl #8: |
Girl Scouting is available to all girls. We must commit ourselves to a goal of racial, cultural, and socio-economic diversity and respect and appreciate that diversity.
(Light the seventh and eighth of the smaller candles.) |
| All: |
We are independent |
| Girl #9: |
Through new concepts of volunteerism, Girl Scouting is a major organization - locally, nationally, and worldwide - will help us grow and develop values and achieve our full potential.
(Light the ninth of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #10: |
There is a destiny that makes us brothers
None goes his way alone
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back into our own.
(Light the last of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #11: |
Three candles lit here represent the three parts of the Girl Scout Promise. Ten candles lit here represent the ten parts of the Girl Scout Law. All rise and join us in singing "Girl Scouts Together." |
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BUILDING THE GIRL SCOUT PIN -
TRADITIONAL |
| Need: |
3 Larger Taper Candles |
| 10 Smaller Taper Candles |
| Girl #1: |
Our pin is symbolic of our fundamental beliefs. Beliefs which have not changed since our beginning, although methods change with the times. Beliefs which help each girl attain the highest development of which she is capable. This pin is in the shape of a trefoil, meaning three-fold, and reminds us of the three parts of the Girl Scout Promise. |
| All: |
On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country . . . |
| Girl #2: |
We learn to find God in nature, to recognize spiritual values as more important than material ones, to seek the beautiful, and to see God in other people. Girl Scouts learn devotion to and seek pride in their country.
(Light the first of the larger candles.) |
| All: |
On my honor, I will try: to help people at all times . . . |
| Girl #3: |
In her consideration for others, a Girl Scout learns to give generous, selfless service. She comes to realize that service to others is an expression of dedication to people.
(Light the second of the larger candles.) |
| All: |
On my honor, I will try: to live by the Girl Scout Law . . . |
| Girl #4: |
The Girl Scout Law is a guide for daily living - stated simply enough for a young girl to apply to her own life, profound enough to serve as a measuring post for adults. Think about the people you admire; what makes you admire them? Friendliness, dependability, enthusiasm to serve. These are the qualities that the Girl Scout Law helps us attain.
(Light the third of the larger candles.) |
| Girl #5: |
Tying together all parts of the Promise and serving as its foundation is the fact that we pledge on our honor to try. When we are discouraged, when we have made mistakes, our Promise reminds us that the best we can do is to keep on trying with a sincere effort. We do more than believe in our Promise, we try to live by it. Our pin is symbolic of our Promise, and we are here to explain the parts of our pin tonight.
(Light the first and second of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #6: |
The eagle is a bird of great endurance and strength. It is used on the Great Seal of the United States to represent power and strength. We wear it on our pin because we are chartered by the Congress of the United States.
(Light the third of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #7: |
The Shield represents protection. In the design of the Great Shield of the United States, it rests only on the eagle to show that we are a self-sufficient government. One of our aims in Girl Scouting is to become self-reliant citizens.
(Light the fourth of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #8: |
In the right talon of the eagle is an olive branch representing peace. To show that we are a peace loving nation, the eagle's head faces the olive branch. Girl Scouting is similarly a peace- time movement.
(Light the fifth of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #9: |
However, the arrows show preparedness to fight for our ideals. As Girl Scouts, we prepare ourselves to cope with every situation and emergency.
(Light the sixth of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #10: |
On the scroll are the words "E Pluribus Unum," meaning one from many. There are many states but one nation. In the United States we have three million in Girl Scouting. Each one is an individual personality, each one has her own place, but we are working in one organization toward one goal according to the ideals that we have in common.
(Light the seventh of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #11: |
The G.S. on the pin stands for Girl Scout. It means many different things to many different people. All of us have to decide what it means to us - new friends we have made, things we have learned, understandings about people we have gained, experiences we could have not have had except as a Girl Scout. The list is almost as endless as the number of people in the organization.
(Light the eighth of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #12: |
There is a destiny that makes us brothers
None goes his way alone
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back into our own.
(Light the last two of the smaller candles.) |
| Girl #13: |
Three candles lit here represent the three parts of the Girl Scout Promise. Ten candles lit here represent the ten parts of the Girl Scout Law. All rise and join us in singing "Girl Scouts Together." |
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CAMPFIRE ASHES |
| Ashes taken from a campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the new campfire. Next morning, when the ashes are cold, they are stirred, collected, and evenly distributed into small packages so each Girl Scout present at the campfire may take some with her to share with other Girl Scouts at other camp fires. If more than one Girl Scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are pooled, the dates and places of all the campfires are recorded and passed on. This ceremony is a very special one and should be used only at meaningful occasions. It stresses our commitment to International Friendship and Comradeship. Sometimes when the troop isn't up for a big ceremony, you can just use the first two paragraphs. |
| Girl #1: |
From the North, the South, the East, and the West the spirits of past campfires are here with us tonight, carrying fellowship in these ashes from other campfires, thus uniting us with friends and comrades in other lands.
(Add new ashes here) |
| Girl #2: |
May the joining of the dead ashes from our campfires of long ago with the leaping flames of our campfire tonight symbolize once more the unbroken chain binding Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world. Greetings to all campfires of the past. |
| Girl #3: |
These are the things I prize and hold of dearest worth, |
| Girl #4: |
Light of the sapphire skies, peace of the silent hills.
Music of the birds, murmur of little rills, |
| Girl #5: |
Shelter of forests, comfort of the grass.
Shadows of clouds that swiftly pass, |
| Girl #6: |
and after the shower,
The smell of flowers and of the good brown earth.
And most of all, along the way, FELLOWSHIP and mirth, |
| Girl #7: |
May naught mar the joy of FELLOWSHIP here.
May none remain hungry and lonely of heart among us,
Let none go hence without the joy of new FRIENDSHIP. |
| Girl #8: |
Give us more capacity for love,
And a richer consciousness of being loved. |
| Girl #9: |
Help us overcome our coldness and reserve that we may throw ajar,
The gates of our hearts and keep open house this day and ALWAYS. |
| Girl #10: |
Now let us pray together. . .
May the Great Father, Master of all Scouts, Bless you and keep you, until we meet again. |
| All: |
Sing Taps
(Leader pins each girl and gives the Girl Scout handshake.) |
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NICKNAME CEREMONY |
| Need: |
Large Glitter (shiny paper, cellophane, etc., cut in large pieces) for "sprinkling" on their heads |
| A name tag with the nickname on it |
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| All: |
Gather together quietly in a horseshoe. |
| Leader: |
I knew a little mystery girl,
She was a friend of mine.
We knew each other from grade school,
It's been a long, long time.
She had lots of pins and badges,
You see, she'd been everywhere.
They were on her sash and uniform,
But one thing wasn't there.
This thing is like a special gift
That is given by someone special you know.
You can't see it, touch it, taste or feel it,
But you'll have it forever more!
I asked her if she had one.
She replied, "Can I buy it? What is that?"
I told her if she had one,
She'd say YES right off the bat!
So my friend doesn't have this special thing,
That you will get today.
When she found out she couldn't buy one,
She just hung her head and walked away.
When you receive your special gift today,
Please hold it near and dear to your heart,
And remember how you got it,
No matter if we're near or far apart.
Each one was chosen carefully,
To fit you especially in and out!
Because you are one great bunch of girls to have,
That would make any leader shout!
Now I have you wondering,
Just what is she talking about?
Well, here goes, let's give the first one,
To a super duper Girl Scout! |
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Go stand in front of the first girl who is receiving a "nickname", and hold your hand over her head and slowly let the "glitter" fall to her shoulders/head and say the following:. |
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By the power invested in me as leader of Junior Troop _____, I hearby bestow the following name to (say girl's name). On this day, (say the date), and forever more, you will now be known as "(say the nickname)."
(Now pin the name tag on the girl's shirt). | |
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Go to the next girl/adult receiving a nickname and repeat the glitter and presentation of the nickname. |
| All: |
Sing "Make New Friends" |
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