A home for their hearts Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Looking for a group for my dd11. I don't really want to go the Girl Scout route. Someone once told me about a christian group for girls which was based on mentoring but I can't remember the name of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 American Heritage Girls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 American Heritage Girls, and they're awesome. :) My DD is one. We absolutely love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith_hope_love Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 The one that came to mind was Pioneer Girls. I don't have girls, but I went to their meetings when I was little: http://www.pioneerclubs.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne in TX Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 American Heritage Girls are GREAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 FWIW, I started up a girls book club for my dd when she was 11 (what it is about that age?) and it's been WONDERFUL. Still going strong with a nice group of friends. Once a month, casual, fun, food, books, girls. Just another idea if you don't find a formal group in your area that fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 American Heritage Girls, that was it! There isn't any groups in our area. :glare: I don't think I would be able to pull it off, it seems like there is a lot involved in starting one and the price is outrageous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 American Heritage Girls, that was it! There isn't any groups in our area. :glare: I don't think I would be able to pull it off, it seems like there is a lot involved in starting one and the price is outrageous! The church normally pays the charter fee. Most churches consider it an outreach ministry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I was going to post about American Heritage Girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzybluecheese Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'm curious as to why not Girl Scouts. My DD11 wants to be a Girl Scout but the council can't find a leader. I have my reasons for not wanting to be a leader. cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 4-H? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 We tried the girl scout route and although I was so excited since I was in girl scouts...times have changed for sure...we ended up switching out of 2 groups because of faulty leaders and parents not helping at all with the troop or the girls fundraisers...so the groups broke up. My girls were sad. Then we found Girls in Action and Mission Friends through our local church and they love it. But it's coming to an end this next week and I'm on the hunt for something for them both but NOT girl scouts..I forked out too much money for the groups to fail again and I just can't afford to do that. So I'm considering having them join some piano lessons or something until they are of age to do the group you ladies mentioned as my girls are still too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Two of the reasons we chose AHG over Girl Scouts: 1. AHG has no national fundraiser, fundraising is not a major focus, in general. 2. AHG is more outdoor-skills focused, more like the boy scouts, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 There's another group called Missionettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) There's another group called Missionettes. Missionettes is now called National Girls Ministries. They are in Assembly of God churches (I grew up AG in Missionettes :) ). IMO, Missionettes really isn't a scouting program. They do not (in my experience) focus on camping, outdoor skills, etc. Edited April 6, 2011 by Mrs Mungo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 AHG has a Trailblazer program, and it's specifically for girls who don't have a local troop in their area. My DD is joining it next year, since where we've moved to, the nearest troop is something like 3 hours away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairytalemama Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does anyone know if there are any other secular groups similar to Girl Scouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does anyone know if there are any other secular groups similar to Girl Scouts? Adventure Guides is through the YMCA. Earth Scouts Camp Fire (I also grew up in Camp Fire) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does anyone know if there are any other secular groups similar to Girl Scouts? Spiral Scouts. It definitely has a pagan-bent to it, but there are Circles out there that are strictly secular (we're part of one). There are many things about it I find nice. It's co-ed and multi-age (3-18) so no matter how many kids you have, it's one meeting. It's year-round unlike GS and BS. Year-round scouting makes a lot of sense in places like New England where summer is really the prime time to do a lot of the outdoors stuff. They also don't stress fund-raising. Circles operate in different ways depending on the individual leaders. Our leaders believe that Scouts should be about....wait for it......scouting! We do a lot of outdoorsy stuff, weather & season permitting & such. My friends who run this Circle checked out another before starting this one and it was pretty unorganized and heavy on the arts & crafts. It really depends who you get for a leader, but if you don't like the leadership you can always start your own Circle. There is plenty of opportunity for parental involvement all the way up to the national level. I'm on the badge committee, for example, and I've been actively writing/modifying badges. I want certain badges for my kids so I'm on the committee to make it happen. My friends wanted a certain level of scouting experience for their son so they started the Circle we're in. It's one of those organizations that you truly get out of it what you put into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does anyone know if there are any other secular groups similar to Girl Scouts? There doesn't seem to be a lot in the way of single-sex, secular alternatives. Earth Scouts, Spiral Scouts, Campfire, and Venture Scouts (part of the Boy Scouts organization, but co-ed) are all co-ed. http://www.girlsforachange.org/ is the only one I've personally stumbled across, and that seems most aimed at teens, and more about social action than camping. Not that there's anything wrong with social action, but it doesn't exactly fill the same niche as scouting. It's too bad. I think that the all-girl environment can be really beneficial. I can't tell, at this point, if GS is something we want to be involved in. A lot of the criticism seems rather conservative in nature and not particularly relevant to us, but I'm not sure about their whole Journeys/Studio 2B business, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC in KS Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 American Heritage Girls, that was it! There isn't any groups in our area. :glare: I don't think I would be able to pull it off, it seems like there is a lot involved in starting one and the price is outrageous! I started a Troop last year in 4 months. It can be done. I'd be happy to help you if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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