Junior Service Projects

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1. Perform a puppet show at a nursing home.
2. Do a flag ceremony to open a Girl Scout or community (PTA, Rotary, Junior League) meeting.
3. Make toys, games or crafts for a Head Start program site or pediatric unit of a    hospital.
4. Help your Brownie sister troop to learn basic camping skills.
5. Collect clothing and donate it to a charity that serves the homeless.
6. Assist a community agency by wrapping holiday gifts for needy families.
7. Adopt an adult who is physically and/or developmentally challenged and provide    companionship, assistance with activities that promote independent living and/or    opportunities for quality leisure activities.
8. Plan and set up a wildlife conversation exhibit at school or other community center.
9. Help build a nature trail and conduct guided tours to teach Girl Scouts and others the value of wildlife.
10. Build and erect birdbaths in the summer.
11. Plan a program with a day care center or nursery school.  Give a puppet show; share a treat, read stories, play games, or make things together.
12. Put together various "dress-up" costumes for little people at a day care center, church school or kindergarten.  Be sure to take picture of your new "Stars".
13. Baby-sit so that parents may vote on Election Day or attend a Girl Scout event.
14. Adopt a lot, corner, park, playground, community center or neighborhood you can keep clean and plan improvements.
15. 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.
16. Decorate the lounge or Dining Room of a community center for a holiday.
17. Promote engraving valuables to discourage theft.  Contact your local Automobile Association or law enforcement agency or city hall for engraving pens.
18. Do clerical tasks such as stuff envelopes, collating papers or putting together packets for your Girl Scout Council or other community organizations.
19. Help with a community fair.
20. Assist with a restoration of a historic landmark.
21. Develop and participate in a Girl Scout and Senior Citizen "Pen Pal" Program.
22. Make therapeutic toys for children who are physically and/or developmentally challenged.
23. Conduct a bicycle safety program for a Daisy or Brownie Girl Scout troop.
24. Plan and carry out the entertainment for a leader recognition event.
25. Accept the responsibility for cooking meals for your family for one day.
26. Sew an afghan or blanket for a needy person or family.
27. Decorate the fellowship hall of a church for a religious holidays or observance.
28. Act as usher for a community theater.
29. Participate in a holiday program at a church or synagogue.
30. Assist with a Daisy troop in your service unit.
31. Help to clean benches or trails at a park.
32. Help to beautify the grounds of your group's sponsor.
33. 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.
34. Assist at a day camp for girls who have not yet had an opportunity to be Girl Scouts.
    (With permission of Tierra del Oro Council)

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Updated February 27, 2002