Creekside Girl Scouts

Go on a journey of

• Outdoor Adventure to develop character
• Build Confidence in yourself and others, where we will find
• Courage to try new things and
• Make the world a better place.

We will try …

• Kayaking
• Archery
• Hiking
• High Ropes
• Horseback Trail Riding
• Exploration
• Camping
• Cooking
• and having fun together!

You will try new things that you may not have time to do in high school or college. You will improve your leadership skills and discover your community service interest!

No Time?

Once a month or
Once a week

You Choose!

Multi-age Girl Scout Troop in Paloma Creek

I have two girls who are five years apart, so our Girl Scout Troop is a multi-age troop. In 2009-2010, we want to have girls from K to 7th grade. We see this as an opportunity to meet and enjoy our neighbors in and around Paloma Creek.

Our troop enjoys:

• earning badges and awards,
• holding troop parties,
• taking field trips,
• selling Girl Scout Cookies,
• having family picnics,
• camping,
• going on outdoor adventures, and
• attending area Girl Scout events.

You are welcome to join us whether you can participate in all or in only a small portion of what we do! Some girl scouts only participate in the Girl Scout Council events, while others only come to Troop Meetings and never are available on Saturdays. Our Troop meetings are twice a month on Tuesdays from 4 to 530 PM. Our Troop events are on Friday evening or Saturdays, and Girl Scout Council events are usually on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.

We will all meet together for our opening and closing ceremonies and break into age levels for badge work and crafts. We use a blog website and email to keep in touch with parents regarding events and meetings. Most months, in addition to two troop meetings, each level will offer a Troop event and a Girl Scout event. Here are the age levels for Girl Scouts:

• Daisies are K or 1^st grade girls who want to have fun
• Brownies are 2^nd or 3^rd grade girls who want to try new things and take action to make the world a better place
• Juniors are 4^th or 5^th grade girls who want to learn new skills, develop leadership, and connect in Outdoor Adventure
• Cadettes are 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th grade girls who will discover potential careers, improve leadership skills, and connect in High Adventure activities

Older girls will be patrol leaders and assistant patrol leaders planning their own activities and taking turns to help direct the younger girl’s activities. We will do trips together and separately depending on the age level that can attend the event. We will also have our ceremonies together, so younger girls have built in role models and older girls can share how excited they are about their accomplishments. Our troop will have built in targets for earning leadership awards. Girl Scouts is the premiere leadership development organization for girls worldwide!

If you are interested in participating in Girl Scouts with your daughters, we will need adults as age level co-leader, treasurer, secretary, historian, camping leader, and field trip chaperones. We have girls from several different schools and homeschooling, and we are committed to everyone getting along without any cliquish or catty behavior. 

I look forward to meeting you and your girls and serving you as we develop courage, character, and confidence  by connecting, discovering, and taking action to make the world a better place!

Let’s have fun together!

Jean Butts
Creekside Girl Scouts
Troop 3763 Leader
972-347-9016
jeanbutts@sbcglobal.net