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GSNNJ LINK PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

GSNNJ offers many types of activities through the LINK program such as Maple Sugaring, overnight at Liberty Science Center, Cupcake/Cake decorating, and the GSNNJ’s Hiking & Backpacking Group. These programs are open to all Girl Scouts, and can be done individually or as a troop. You can register directly through gsnnj.com

For a complete list of programs offered by our council, click here https://www.gsnnj.org/en/events/event-list.html

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND BERGEN COUNTY:

• The Allendale Community for Senior Living (http://allendalecommunity.com/) has welcomed Allendale GirlScouts for Sing-a-Longs, monthly bingo games and Bronze Award activities

• Senior Living in Wyckoff

• RBARI - Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge has welcomed troops for Bronze Awards and field trips

• Crescent Commons Housing in Allendale has welcomed troops for Valentine Day activities, Christmas activities, Game nights and more. Contact Shari DePalma with your ideas at Madeline Corporation at (201) 944-3222 or sdepalma@madelinecorp.com

• Bergen County Animal Shelter Teterboro, NJ

FUNDRAISING IDEAS:

Fundraisers (aka Money-Earning activities) cannot be run during Nut/Fall sale or during Cookie Sale. Money-earning activities need to be approved by our Service Unit Manager and GSNNJ council, using this form.

Here are some ideas for fundraising:

• Movies (at Ramsey movie theater, for example)

• Lemonade Stands

• Babysitting for Black Friday shoppers

FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, hiking ideas, click here.

ACTIVITIES & FIELD TRIP IDEAS by level:

DAISIES

• Allendale Police Dept tour

• Ethos Spa

• Holmgren Black Belt

• Madison Dog Spa (Highly rated!)

• Maple Sugar Rickabear *better for older girls

• TD Bank tour (Finance Literacy Badge)

• Wyckoff Environmental Center - Maple Sugar program and other Nature Programs

• Abma's Farm Fall Hayride with Cider donuts

• Health Barn at Abma's Farm

• Rohslers Fall Hayride

• Sweet & Sassy (end of year party)

• Gravity Vault (Indoor Rock Climbing)

• Crestwood Playground - scavenger hunt

• Make troop annual traditions! Plan an outdoor fall event (hayride, hike...), outdoor winter event (ice skating, tubing,...) and a spring event ("backyard" camping.) Make a troop Christmas tradition (secret sister, ginger bread houses...)

BROWNIES

• Bazaar Star Beadery in Ridgewood

• Celery Farm nature walk with Rose Anne

• Mother/Daughter trip Great Wolf Lodge

• Allendale Police Dept tour

• RBARI (Ramapo-Bergen Animal Rescue, Inc.)

• Scavenger Hunt at Crestwood

• TD Bank tour (Finance Literacy Badge)

• Beading Store Mosaic Glass Works in Waldwick

• Scout Programs at The Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus

• 2nd/3rd grade NH Planetarium

• 3rd grade Crestwood cleanup

• 3rd grade Gravity Vault (Indoor Rock Climbing)

• 3rd grade Mother/Daughter Rocking Horse Ranch

• 3rd grade NH Chemistry Lab

• 3rd grade Wyckoff Environmental Center - Maple Sugar program - Cider Pressing

• 3rd grade yoga classes

• Charm-it store

• 2nd grade American Museum of Natural History overnight in NYC

• LibbyLicious Sewing Activity

• Liberty Science Center overnight

• Pony rides (end of year party)

• Shop Rite Culinary Workshop

• Pizza making at Ronnie G Pizza

• Shoprite - Nutrition label reading

• Baking - apple pie, christmas cookies, etc

• Get to know the community - get tours of: Library, Police Dept, Fire Department, Ambulance Corps

• Sing Christmas Carols at senior centers around the area

JUNIORS

• Health Barn (health eating / composting workshop)

• Lee Memorial Library in Allendale welcomes Junior troops to help with their children's programs - ask for Youth Librarian

• CoutureCraft in Waldwick

• Cook dinner for needy family at Guardian Angel Barn

• Geocaching at Crestwood

• Great Wolf Lodge overnight

• The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk overnight

• TD Bank (Financial Literacy Badge)

• Free Babysitting services at library during half-day conference days *Plan 2 insurance required

• Babysitting Certification with SafeSitter (Ruth Hillas 201-776-5441 / 973-742-4476)

• Lemonade stand (during Town-wide Garage Sale) *Money Earning form required

• AVAC tour / CPR & First Aid badges (contact Patrick pdonahue@allendaleambulance.org)

• Crescent Commons games with residents

• Fairview Lake Y overnight

• Apple Store for media related classes/workshops

• Brookside BTV - Media Journey (contact Principal Bruce Winkelstein)

• MediaMix Allendale

• Day trip to NYC by train

• Frost Valley Y overnight

• Yoga and Belly Dancing with Body Positive Works

• Rockland County Recycling Center tour offers 90 minute tour & info session on recycling (420 Torne Valley Rd, Hillburn NY. ) Must book far in advance

• Zipline at Turtle Back Zoo

• Maple Sugaring for Junior or older girls. It is a fascinating seasonal, natural, sustainable process! - talk to Rose Anne!

• Meet the Mayor ("Inside the Government" badge)

• Have Allendale police office come talk to the girls about internet safety

• Dr Carcara - orthodontist in town

• Tenafly Nature Center - guided night walks, hikes...

CADETTE AND HIGH SCHOOL

• Babysitting for Black Friday shoppers *MoneyEarning projects need prior approval!

• Bowling

• Cooking meal for homeless

• Tour of Downtown Allendale (?)

• Frost Valley YMCA overnight

• Game Night at Crescent Commons (contact Shari DePalma at Madeline Corporation at (201) 944-3222 or sdepalma@madelinecorp.com)

• MediaMix Allendale (Media Journey)

• White Water Rafting at Jim Thorpe, PA - www.jtraft.com with Camping at Mauch Chunk Lake Park

• TreEscape Rope courses at Mountain Creek, Vernon, NJ - https://www.mountaincreek.com/treescape

• GSNNJ Savannah trip (GS birth place) - more info in LINK book

• Cadette Silver Quest Link program

• Snow tubing Campgaw

• Crestwood Tree Badge with Rose Anne

• Celery Farm nature walk with Mike Limatola (Mike.limatola@gmail.com) at Fyke Nature Association

• Hillside afterschool program volunteers

• NYC trip by train and subway

• NYC High Line and restaurants

• Ice skating - Sport-o-Rama Ice Skating

• Cadette cabin camping Glen Gray, Mahwah

• Kayaking at Overpeck Park (13 and older can go alone on the kayak)

• NYC Chinatown

• Yoga and Belly Dancing with Body Positive Works

• "Girl Scouts New York City Race" (LINK book activity)

• "Quarter Quell" - Outdoor Survival Skills Overnight at Camp Glen Spey (LINK book activity)

• “GIRLtopia” - complete the journey on a weekend at Lake Rickabear (LINK book activity)

• "R.E.A.C.H." - Respect, Equality, Autonomy, Communication, and Honesty workshops (LINK book activity)

TROOP TO TROOP ACTIVITIES

These activities were planned and implemented by an older troop to engage with a younger GS troop.

• 7th graders Cadettes COOKING HANGOUT with 3rd grade Brownie troops - Badges: Healthy Eating, Media

• 7th graders Cadettes PAJAMA PARTY with Daisy troops

• 6th and 7th graders Cadettes can also volunteer to help with the Child Care program during the November conferences half days. Contact Lee Memorial Library youth program coordinator for more information.

Please send us your suggestions to Ceci De Freitas on how to improve this page. Also please share suggestions and pictures on our Facebook Closed group or via email to allendale-nj-gs@googlegroups.com