Author: Tia Kennard
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Lasting Help: Gratitude Board
Create a permanent community gratitude board provides a lasting place to display thank you messages for local helpers like shelter workers or emergency responders.
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Lasting Help: Build a Birdhouse
Building an appropriate house provides local birds with a safe place to build their nests and raise their babies.
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Lasting Help: Bat Box Helper
Assisting in assembling a kit or decorating a ready-made box provides a safe daytime home for bats.
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Lasting Help: Shelter Helper
Creating fun toys or comfortable blankets helps keep dogs and cats waiting for homes happy and cozy.
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Lasting Help: Pet Care/Safety Book
Creating a fun book that teaches people how to keep pets safe and happy.
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Cloud in a Bottle (RA)
Manipulate a sealed plastic bottle to make a visible cloud appear and disappear to learn about condensation.
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Escape Room: Team Builder
Complete a series of collaborative team challenges to unlock hidden puzzle pieces.
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Blind Taste Test
Taste three different brands of the same food item without knowing which is which to choose their favorite based entirely on taste.
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1983 Daisy Leader Guidebook Self Care Activity
Introduce the history of the Daisy program and then guide the youth through a historic self-care task from the original 1983 curriculum.
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Guest Speaker: Health, Wellness, and Medical Routines
A healthcare professional teaches the youth about health, wellness, and medical routines.
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Self Care Basics: Teeth Brushing
Prepare youth for an overnight trip by practicing how to pack, use, and properly clean dental care items.
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Self Care Basics: Shoe Tying
Learn the steps of shoe tying through hands-on practice using oversized cardboard training shoes and two-colored laces.
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Self Care Basics: Fasteners
Practice fastening skills like buttoning, zipping, and snapping by rotating through hands-on practice stations to earn a prize.
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Self Care Basics: Hand Washing
Learn the difference between removing visible dirt and washing away invisible germs through a practical hand inspection and a handwashing exercise.
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Self Care Basics: How to Handle Hair
Basic hair care by exploring how different hair types (such as straight, curly, coily, or protective styles) require unique routines to stay neat and healthy.
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New Meeting Room Walk About
An interactive walkthrough where the youth collaborate to establish troop routines and map out their meeting space.
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Cleaning Kaper Chart Beginning
Introduce basic cleaning skills through a step-by-step group demonstration where randomly assigned teams practice tasks on a shared Kaper Chart.
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Introduction Calendar Hunt
Introduce a calendar to help learn the days of the week, find upcoming events, and mark special dates.
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Animal Yoga
Introduce yoga poses that mimic animal shapes and movements to explore unique animal traits.
