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Opening: Flag ceremony with the Promise
and Law.
Welcome and thank for coming today to
honor our Silver and Gold Award recipients as well as our 10 year pin
recipients and graduating seniors. This year we have __ Gold Award
recipients, __ Silver Award recipients, __ Bronze Award recipients, __ Ten
Year pin recipients and __ graduating seniors to honor. First we have a
brief video presentation to share with you that shows who our award
recipients are and what they have done to earn the highest awards in Girl
Scouting.
(Show video presentation, dim the lights) OPTIONAL
(Lights on)
Today we gather to celebrate the circle of Girl Scouting. We honor those
that have earned our highest award, as well as those that have reached
milestones along the way. Before you is a circle of balloons that represent
the circle of Girl Scouting. Girl Scouting is a circle because it is never
ending. There is no beginning and no end, it is a continuous loop. Each
levels leads into the next, and supports the one before it. As one becomes
an adult Girl Scout the cycle simply begins again. One may join the circle
at any point in the cycle. It does not matter if a girl joined as a Daisy
Girl Scout, Cadette Girl Scout , or even as an adult Girl Scout, the
strength of each of the individual parts is what makes the circle strong.
Remove any part of the cycle and circle weakens. Each of us here today is
part of this circle or has helped support a part of the circle.
In the center of the circle you see 4
symbols which represent the goals of the Girl Scout program. The Star
represents a girl’s own potential, self worth, sense of responsibility and
personal growth. Every girl is a star. The interlocking circles represent a
girl’s ability to relate to, understand and respect the people around her,
despite their many differences. The triangle represents the values that
each girl brings with her and develops as she travels the circle. Girl
Scouting helps keep each girl pointed in the right direction. The heart
represents the core of the Girl Scouting program, service to others. Each
girl learns to give back to society through her own unique skills and
abilities.
We will now light a candle for each of
the parts of the circle of Girl Scouting, pausing to honor those who have
earned the awards along the way.
- We light a yellow candle for the
youngest level of scouting the Daisy Girl Scouts. This is the very first
level that introduces girls to the fun and friendship of Girl Scouting.
- We light a brown candle for Brownie
Girl Scouts. In this level of Girl Scouting girls begin to reach out
beyond their family to explore new horizons, try new things and meet new
people.|
- We light a green candle for Junior
Girl Scouts. At this level of Girl Scouting, the girls seek opportunities
to demonstrate their skills and gain recognition. They learn to plan, give
service to others and take on more responsibility.
- We light a bronze candle for the
Bronze Award. This new award is the highest level to be achieved by a
Junior Girl Scouts. To receive this award a girl must earn two badges,
complete the Girl Scout signs, Earn the Junior Aide Patch or Leadership
award, and plan and carry out a Bronze Award project of at least 15 hours.
We will pause to honor those that have earned this award. We will give
each girl a certificate tied with a bronze ring to represent their
accomplishment, and a silver ring, to represent our hope that they will
continue in the circle and reach for the Silver Award.
As your troop number is called, please come forward with your leader to
receive the Bronze Award.
Call each troop forward while telling about their
project(s). Girl receives pin and certificate, leader receives
corsage.
Congratulations to all our Bronze Award Recipients
- We light a light blue candle for
Cadette Girl Scouts. As they enter this older girl level, girls begin to
make their own decisions, explore careers, travel, plan their own
activities and try out their new leadership skills, while helping younger
Girl Scouts and giving back to their communities.
- We light a silver candle for the
Silver Award. This award is the highest award that can be earned by a
Cadette Girl Scout. It is a symbol of accomplishments in Girl Scouting
and the community. These girls have earned 3 Interest Project Awards that
relate to their project and have earned the Dreams to Reality Award, which
is all about careers. They earned the Cadette Leadership Award which
requires 25 hours of leadership and the completed the five parts of the
Cadette Challenge Pin. Each girl was then required to design, plan and
carry out a minimum of 30 hour Silver Award project. We will give each
girl a certificate tied with a silver ring to represent their
accomplishment, and a golden ring, to represent our hope that they will
continue in the circle and reach for the Gold Award. We will pause to
honor those that have earned this award.
As
your name is called, please come forward with your leader and parents to
receive the
Silver Award.
Call each girl forward individually while
telling about her project. Girl receives pin and
certificate,
girl pins mother/father, leader receives corsage.
Congratulations to all our Silver Award
Recipients
- We light a white candle for those who
have earned the 10 Year Pin. For those who started as Daisy Girl Scouts,
they may have completed 10 years before they begin the next level. Some
girls joined Girl Scouts later, or progressed further before earning this
pin, but all of these girls have given a decade of their time, a majority
of their young lives, to the Girl Scouting program.
Will the following girls please
come forward to receive the 10 Year Pin:
(call up each girl alone and
give each a pin, and certificate)
- We light a dark blue candle as we
move up to Senior Girl Scouts. These girls have entered the final level of
Girl Scouting on the girl level. Adventure, travel, and meeting new
people, and exploring places they have never been have been balanced with
expanded leadership skills, new levels of responsibility and a deep
interest in community service. These girls have accepted the challenge to
look wider still. By the time these girls complete Senior Girl Scouting
they are ready to take on leadership roles, and be contributing members of
the adult community.
- We now light a gold candle for the
Girl Scout Gold Award. This is the highest award that a Girl Scout may
earn. Each of our Gold Award recipients tonight has earned 4 Interest
Project Awards that related to her Gold Award Project. Each has earned the
Career Exploration Pin and the Senior Leadership Award which requires 30
hours of leadership. She has completed the five parts of the Senior Girl
Scout Challenge. Finally each girl was required to design, plan and
implement a 50 or more hour Gold Award Project that meets an expressed
need in the community, and will have a lasting impact on society. (Read
letter from president, if received). We will give each girl a
certificate tied with a gold ring to represent their accomplishment and a
green ring to represent our hope that they will continue in the circle and
become adult Girl Scouts. All of our girls have all done a wonderful job
and we are proud to present our Gold Award recipients of ______ (year)
As
your name is called please come forward with your leader and parents.
Call each girl forward individually
to receive the award while giving a description of their
project. Girls receive pins and
certificates and pin their mothers/fathers. Leaders receive a
floral corsage and pin.
Parents and leader are seated and each
girl may give a brief 2 minute speech.
After all girls have been presented their
awards:
Will all the
Gold Award recipients please come to the front of the room to accept the
Gold Award Challenge.
(all girls
line up across the front of the room)
CHALLENGE:
We challenge
each of our girls tonight to accept this award in the spirit in which it is
given. Know that with this award comes responsibility. You each enter a
covenant of esteemed women who are regarded with honor and respect. We
challenge you to live worthy of this honor by living by the Girl Scout
Promise and Law in all you do. Receiving the Gold Award is not just one
celebratory moment, but a lifetime commitment. Girls please give the Girl
Scout sign and repeat after me: (read one part at a
time and have all girls repeat together)
I affirm my
dedication, to live by the Girl Scout Promise and Law. I understand my
obligation, to live with honor, and to lead by example, because the highest
award of Girl Scouting, has been entrusted to me. I will do my best, to
support other Girl Scouts, on their road to Gold, and to give back to Girl
Scouting, what is has been given to me. I will respect others, and live
worthy of respect, as one forever bound, to the ideals of Girl Scouting.
Girls
May be seated.
Congratulations to all our Gold Award Recipients
- Last, but not least we light a dark
green candle for the Adult Girl Scouts. These are the volunteers that hold
the Girl Scouting program together. Many were never Girl Scouts as a girl,
but have chosen to give their time to this worthwhile program. Many others
came up the ranks as young girls and have made the choice to continue the
circle of Girl Scouting for another generation of girls. We have__ girls
who are graduating from high school this year and will have the choice to
continue the circle and give back to Girl Scouts what has been given to
them. We hope each one will decide to continue on as an adult Girl Scout.
Will the following girls please come forward.
Read
the names, high school, and plans for college. Give a graduation certificate
as they
come. They should remain at the front after
receiving their awards.
Will all our award recipients
please come forward now. Let’s please have a round of applause for the award
recipients for ____ (YEAR). Congratulations!
Thank you for coming and please join us
for refreshments.
2002- Kathy Little
Music "The Circle of Life" From Disney's The Lion King sung by Elton John |
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The Circle of Girl Scouting
One that never ends.
A circle of laughter
and a circle of friends.
From Brownies to Juniors,
From beanies to greens
From little girl smiles
To bigger girl dreams.
As the growing continues,
She becomes a Cadette
Her knowledge grows,
Her goals become set.
As the years fly by,
Her mind and body grow,
She is now a Senior
Less to learn: more to know.
Here you might think,
The circle ends,
But in actuality,
It begins again.
Because a Senior gave
Her love and lost her heart,
To the little Daisies,
She helped to start.
The circle continues
Through the little ones,
Through their laughter
And their fun.
Girl Scouting is a circle
Full of love and strife.
Girl Scouting is a circle,
A circle of life.
by Daphne Spiers
Circle Of Life
Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
Available on the soundtrack The Lion King
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give
In the circle of life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, the circle of life
Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
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