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Many organizations throughout our council's 10 counties offer fun packages and great discounts to Girl Scouts.
Check out the community resource listings below to learn more about the organizations who offer activities for troops and families to enjoy.
We are happy to connect you with these additional opportunities to help enhance your Girl Scout experience!
We've got some awesome opportunities lined up for 2022.
Girl Scout Level/Grade Key:
Daisy (K-1)
Senior (9-10)
Brownie (2-3)
Ambassador (11-12)
Junior (4-5)
All Levels (K-12)
Cadette (6-8)
Family Friendly
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We provide hands-on, learning by doing programming for K - 3rd grade. Our curriculum includes 19 different topics that weave in all the core subject areas and correlate with Girl Scout badge requirements. We’d love to help Girl Scouts earn their badges.
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Virtual or safely distant in-person yoga & mindfulness classes for Girl Scout troops tailored to help fulfill badge requirements or to simply learn the practice of yoga.
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Offering pottery, canvas, and glass painting, as well as clay hand building, mosaics, glass fusing, and candle making. Girl Scout sessions with tours and badges, camps workshops, etc.
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Sign up for virtual cooking classes for Girl Scouts tailored to help fulfill badge requirements, or for fun while learning the basics of cooking & baking.
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Chameleon Academy offers modern manners, etiquette and communication classes for ages 6 and up. Their curriculum has been taught internationally in over 25 different countries. Contact them for a fun and creative way to work towards your Girl Scouts badges.
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Create your own jaw-dropping video games, write real code, and have fun even if you have never coded before! Each exciting 45-minute class includes access to Codeverse, and a live Codeverse guide to teach you. This FREE 2-month program is available for up to 100 Scouts starting from Brownies up to Ambassadors.
Don’t wait! The deadline to sign up is January 26 and classes will fill up quickly!
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Programs for groups of various ages to learn about animals and the environment. Girl Scouts can choose from various predeveloped program topics or work with our team to customize a topic.
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Culturally specific exhibitions and arts and education programs that center the voices and experiences of people of African descent. Watch Equiano.Stories, coming February 16, 2022, ONLY on Instagram. We're hosting virtual talk back sessions all day for International Watch Day. Tune in and ask us how to earn your Black History Month Patch!
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This partnership will promote the programming/activity/opportunity offered by Special Gifts Theatre. Offering musical theatre programs and performances starring actors with disabilities.
Girl Scouts and their families can purchase tickets to see live or virtual performances of Lion King, Shrek, and Moana in Winter/ Spring 2022. Additional opportunities for Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors to become involved as a peer mentor for a performer with disabilities.
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In-person and virtual field trips to give Girl Scouts the tools to take a stand and make a difference in their world.
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TechGirlz is a nonprofit program that inspires middle school girls to explore the possibilities of technology to empower their future careers. TechGirlz is accomplishing its mission through the creation of free, fun, interactive “TechShopz” led by industry professionals, community leaders, and students. We share our free workshop curriculum with companies, organizations, schools and community groups so they can inspire girls around the world with technology. We have curriculum to support badges of Girl Scouts as well as provide instruction to help GS reach their badges. Our vision is to create a world where girls have a lifelong passion and confidence in their use of technology throughout their careers.
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TwistsNTurns presents a unique and interactive detective game experience in which Girl Scouts become active participants in our immersive stories, and must work together as a team to unravel the plot before time runs out! Our immersive escape room/murder mystery experiences are led by a detective facilitator. Girls will feel like they've entered into a movie or video game, as they will be looking for clues, solving puzzles and riddles, and trying to catch a culprit all while earning a badge! Through the use of animations and special effects, girls will experience an exciting, realistic mystery solving experience that will put their detective skills to the test!
Badges that can be earned: Daisy Making Choices, Brownie Senses/Making Games, Junior Detective/Digital Game Design, Cadette Special Agent/Finding Common Ground, Senior Truth Seeker/Game Visionary, Ambassador Digital Game Design
Northwest Indiana
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Offering pottery, canvas, and glass painting, as well as clay hand building, mosaics, glass fusing, and candle making. Girl Scout sessions with tours and badges, camps workshops, etc.
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Chameleon Academy offers modern manners, etiquette and communication classes for ages 6 and up. Their curriculum has been taught internationally in over 25 different countries. Contact them for a fun and creative way to work towards your Girl Scouts badges.
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The Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park has opportunities for Girl Scouts to be a part of a unique and magical journey this summer! The 2022 Big Marsh Fairy House Village is an opportunity for Girl Scouts to imagine, design and build their own version of a Fairy House. The project will encourage connections to nature through study, exploration, play, and stewardship.
Chicago
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We provide hands-on, learning by doing programming for K - 3rd grade. Our curriculum includes 19 different topics that weave in all the core subject areas and correlate with Girl Scout badge requirements. We’d love to help Girl Scouts earn their badges.
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Virtual or safely distant in-person yoga & mindfulness classes for Girl Scout troops tailored to help fulfill badge requirements or to simply learn the practice of yoga.
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Chameleon Academy offers modern manners, etiquette and communication classes for ages 6 and up. Their curriculum has been taught internationally in over 25 different countries. Contact them for a fun and creative way to work towards your Girl Scouts badges.
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Join Spectacular Sundays at Chicago Ballet Center! Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies, try a dance class, have some fun, and make new friends. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Girls will listen to a famous fairy tale and then learn how to become a character in the story. Dancers perform at the end of the class. No experience or dance shoes necessary—just a willingness to have fun and use imagination and creativity!
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CircEsteem is Chicago's youth social circus. We promote positivity, teamwork, and self-respect, all through the practice and performance of circus arts. Kids don't have to run away to join the circus!
Now taking registrations for Circus Summer Camp! One and two week sessions are available from June 20-August 25. Full and partial scholarships are available.
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Culturally specific exhibitions and arts and education programs that center the voices and experiences of people of African descent. At The DuSable Museum, Every Month is Black History Month. Ask us how to earn your BHM Patch!
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The Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park has opportunities for Girl Scouts to be a part of a unique and magical journey this summer! The 2022 Big Marsh Fairy House Village is an opportunity for Girl Scouts to imagine, design and build their own version of a Fairy House. The project will encourage connections to nature through study, exploration, play, and stewardship.
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Just Roots offers hands-on experiential learning opportunities, from planting and harvesting fruits & veggies to cooking demos and eating what you grow. We have two Community Farms, located in Bronzeville and Sauk Village. Join us at the farm to get your hands dirty, take home fresh produce, get more connected to your food and the environment, and even earn a badge or two. Contact us to set up a visit for your Troop!
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Experience local nature firsthand on Saturday, September 24 during Girl Scout Day at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum! Daisies and Brownies in grades K-3 will have the opportunity to observe bugs up close, investigate different local habitats in an outdoor nature adventure, explore the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven and all of the Nature Museum exhibits. Bring a bagged lunch and take a mid-day break with your troop in one of the Museum's private meeting spaces.
After lunch, explore the museum exhibits at your own pace, taking time to document all that you see in a provided journal. Daisies will work toward their Trail Adventure badges, and Brownies will have the opportunity to work on their Bugs badges.
*Each girl must attend with a supervising adult. This is not a drop-off event. Adults do not need to register this event.
Sign up by September 19 using the link below:
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Snapology is the premier partner for STEAM programs, offering year-round programs. Snapology engages children ages 2-14 using LEGO® bricks, K’Nex and technology. While the kids are having fun with familiar toys, laptops and iPads, we sneak in the learning.
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TechGirlz is a nonprofit program that inspires middle school girls to explore the possibilities of technology to empower their future careers. TechGirlz is accomplishing its mission through the creation of free, fun, interactive “TechShopz” led by industry professionals, community leaders, and students. We share our free workshop curriculum with companies, organizations, schools and community groups so they can inspire girls around the world with technology. We have curriculum to support badges of Girl Scouts as well as provide instruction to help GS reach their badges. Our vision is to create a world where girls have a lifelong passion and confidence in their use of technology throughout their careers.
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We offer woodworking and building workshops that allow Girl Scouts to use power tools to create their own projects. They will learn from a female woodworker and be introduced to the basics of building along with other creative mediums such as painting and yarn work. Registration is discounted to $25/girl for troops. Private events require a 10 guest minimum.
Western Suburbs
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Unique opportunities for Girl Scouts to earn their "Playing the Past" badges! Learn about the history, music & culture of the Revolutionary War era and more. Summer Camp programming available.
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Virtual or safely distant in-person yoga & mindfulness classes for Girl Scout troops tailored to help fulfill badge requirements or to simply learn the practice of yoga.
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Join us for exciting badge programs and special Girl Scout events! Dive into adventures related to the military, history, nature, art, or the outdoors.
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Join the Chicago Steel for family-friendly affordable fun. Receive discounted tickets for your Girl Scouts along with a Steel patch.
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The Chicago Wolves and GSGCNWI will be partnering to host our annual Girl Scout day with the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, April 9. In addition to a steep discount on tickets, Girl Scouts will receive a Chicago Wolves hat and patch.
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Programs for groups of various ages to learn about animals and the environment. Girl Scouts can choose from various predeveloped program topics or work with our team to customize a topic.
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Choose from STEM Labs and Arts and Maker programs that will spark curiosity and promote critical thinking through hands-on discovery.
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We offer woodworking and building workshops that allow Girl Scouts to use power tools to create their own projects. They will learn from a female woodworker and be introduced to the basics of building along with other creative mediums such as painting and yarn work. Registration is discounted to $25/girl for troops. Private events require a 10 guest minimum.
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Chameleon Academy offers modern manners, etiquette and communication classes for ages 6 and up. Their curriculum has been taught internationally in over 25 different countries. Contact them for a fun and creative way to work towards your Girl Scouts badges.
North and Northwestern Suburbs
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We provide hands-on, learning by doing programming for K - 3rd grade. Our curriculum includes 19 different topics that weave in all the core subject areas and correlate with Girl Scout badge requirements. We’d love to help Girl Scouts earn their badges.
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The Chicago Wolves and GSGCNWI will be partnering to host our annual Girl Scout day with the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, April 9. In addition to a steep discount on tickets, Girl Scouts will receive a Chicago Wolves hat and patch.
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Chameleon Academy offers modern manners, etiquette and communication classes for ages 6 and up. Their curriculum has been taught internationally in over 25 different countries. Contact them for a fun and creative way to work towards your Girl Scouts badges.
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In-person and virtual field trips to give Girl Scouts the tools to take a stand and make a difference in their world.
All
FF
This partnership will promote the programming/activity/opportunity offered by Special Gifts Theatre. Offering musical theatre programs and performances starring actors with disabilities.
Girl Scouts and their families can purchase tickets to see live or virtual performances of Lion King, Shrek, and Moana in Winter/ Spring 2022. Additional opportunities for Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors to become involved as a peer mentor for a performer with disabilities.
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TechGirlz is a nonprofit program that inspires middle school girls to explore the possibilities of technology to empower their future careers. TechGirlz is accomplishing its mission through the creation of free, fun, interactive “TechShopz” led by industry professionals, community leaders, and students. We share our free workshop curriculum with companies, organizations, schools and community groups so they can inspire girls around the world with technology. We have curriculum to support badges of Girl Scouts as well as provide instruction to help GS reach their badges. Our vision is to create a world where girls have a lifelong passion and confidence in their use of technology throughout their careers.
South Suburbs
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Are you looking for engaging and STEAM enrichment for your child? After the Peanut allows your child to engage in forward-thinking STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) experiences.
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Unique opportunities for Girl Scouts to earn their "Playing the Past" badges! Learn about the history, music & culture of the Revolutionary War era and more. Summer Camp programming available.
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Culturally specific exhibitions and arts and education programs that center the voices and experiences of people of African descent. At The DuSable Museum, Every Month is Black History Month. Ask us how to earn your BHM Patch!
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Just Roots offers hands-on experiential learning opportunities, from planting and harvesting fruits & veggies to cooking demos and eating what you grow. We have two Community Farms, located in Bronzeville and Sauk Village. Join us at the farm to get your hands dirty, take home fresh produce, get more connected to your food and the environment, and even earn a badge or two. Contact us to set up a visit for your Troop!
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Chameleon Academy offers modern manners, etiquette and communication classes for ages 6 and up. Their curriculum has been taught internationally in over 25 different countries. Contact them for a fun and creative way to work towards your Girl Scouts badges.
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The sculpture park at Governors State University offers badge and leadership opportunities, Ambassadors of theNate, and more. It is a unique place to learn about social issues, and is a cultural experience through the collection of monumental sculptures by renowned artists.
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