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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 14yo and a 10yo in GS.

My 14yo joined when she was 9. She just got her silver award a few months ago.

She likes having a peer group that's not especially connected to her school friends (only one girl in the group is in her high school). I think it's nice for them to have some neutral ground.

She LOVES camp. She loves the service projects they've done, too.

10yo - seems to go back and forth. That troop is a lot bigger and I think she's still finding her footing in it. She loves camping and wishes this troop did more. We have a son who's in Boy Scouts and honestly that would be a more exciting curriculum for my 10yo.

[b] Our council offers "Journey in a Day" programs where you can go to an event that's 6-7 hours long and knock out all the requirements. [/b]

I don't believe in forcing kids into things they don't like--and all 3 of my kids enjoy scouting. But I have to say... if I as an adult were concerned with scouting making my kids uncool... or if that was their reason for not wanting to do something... I'd probably want to take a good hard look at my values. I also hope they would replace that activity with something more enriching than spending more time on snapchat or video games. [/quote]

Which council is this? I know my daughter's troop would love to do this. They're itching to get started on their silver award, but not looking forward to slogging through the journey. [/quote]

GS of Central Maryland has a ton of those.  Some offered through the council, but most offered through girl travel troops.  I'm sure at least the travel troop ones would be happy to have girls from GSNC as well.[/quote]

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