Beads
Bob Gerrish (u-rpg@NTA.COM)
Thu, 18 May 1995 08:47:04 -0700
There had been some discussion about beads. Someone asked me some basic
questions and suggested I post my answers. This was in response to
my suggestion that beads might be awarded (to Girl Scouts) for wearing
uniforms, posibly on a point basis.
We never awarded beads just for uniforms. We had attendance problems,
especially with 6th grade Juniors. (As We started with a basic green
string for each girl and awarded beads for attendance at meetings and
special events. Uniforms were required for special events and we had
spares for those who only had a sash.
They wore the beads at our meetings and to service unit events. We used
pony beads and had each one of them make a small round wood medallian
with their initials on it. We made these out of a 1 1/2 inch round,
flat piece of wood from a craft store and we used ready made initials
that they glued on. They painted these as a craft project. The main
thing is to keep track of which beads belong to whom. We tried letting
them take them home, but they never returned.
The problem we start running to was the number of beads. We used green
beads for the Juniors, with an occasional heart shaped bead for a
special occasion. So we would not have to buy beads forever, they
exchanged 10 green beads for a silver bead. 10 silver beads were
exchanged for a gold bead. We found many different types of pony beads
to use.
We had special beads for girls who performed an outstanding service. The
one that comes to mind is one of the girls initiated a neighborhood
clothing and toy collection for a family her dad worked with who had lost
everything in a house fire. Their mobile home had burned the day before
our meeting and the girls were talking about it at the start of the meeting,
then she asked if we could do a clothing and toy drive. All the girls
wanted to help and we immediately broke into teams and went to all the
houses in the neighborhood. (These are the times that you know it's all
worth while.) This merited all of them an extra bead and a special one
(buterfly pony bead) for her.
Bob Gerrish - bobg@cyberspace.com
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