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Two of the troops in our service unit went to Hershey camporee this year; the Cadettes were going for the second time... they had a blast, and have encouraged all of us to come along next year (our S2B groups is considering it, but leaning toward a horse-packing trip, soijnce they're all horse-crazy). The leaders who went said everything was *VERY, VERY* well organized, a great value for the $$, and great gobs of girl fun both at camp and at Hershey Park! Great accommodations (clean, well-kept)... excellent activities offered. Also, they exhange SWAPs at this event... Hope this help

>>...one of those remaining things that's good in our society.

>>Would the local VFW ask them to lay a ceremonial wreath at the cemetery on Memorial day, wearing them? Or would they ask the boy scouts, in their more appropriate serious uniforms?

Hi, Patti! I'm sorry you've had bed experience with Studio2B, but it is what a group of girls makes it... Our group of 12 girls has been together since Brownies; when presented with new Studio2B and "traditional" Cadette options before 6th grade by their (very skeptical) Junior leaders, they unanimously chose to be Studio2B. The girls basically took over the troop: they plan and conduct the meetings and events, decide which SU & council activities to attend, etc. They HAVE NOT slacked off at all; if anything they're more into it now: every meeting now starts with a "girls' own" ceremo

My co-leader & I volunteered as summer day camp unit leaders this year, for the first time. We met a lot of FANTASTIC adults outside our service unit & the council staff. One adult ("Spud") was the very definition of an ideal Studio2B 18-29 volunteer, according to their definition -- age 22, on summer break before starting her Master's in biology. She'd been a GS since K/age 5, and knew every song, game, story, and outdoor skill there was. She was professional, enthusiastic, motivating, competent, responsible, loved girls, had great expertise, etc. She was PERFECT! But she he

^You're right, ScoutNut! They told us in council-level S2B training that they would be listening carefully to feedback from GIRLS, and much less so from older adult volunteers. They are really pushing the use of specialist volunteers, especially college students and professional women in the 18-29 category (see the issue of Leader that came out this week). "Girls aspire up" and want to associate with those closer to their own age, they say -- but there are two problems with using that age group exclusively: lack of wisdom, experience, and practicality/common sense; and lack of willingness

Hi! About half of our Junior troop is ready to "move up," so my co-leaders and I attended both traditional Cadette leader and Studio2B advisor trainings this summer, to get an idea of what is offered for older girls. Our council doesn't have any active S2B groups yet... our training group was the first. This is what we were told IN BOTH TRAININGS: 1) National and our council BOTH botched the initial rollout of the S2B program; there are many misconceptions out there. 2) The S2B program is experimental until October 2005. 3) S2B will keep changing up to and after that time, based on