New Journeys and badges are here! Journeys for older girls and badges for all ages hit the VTK last week, and here's the rundown of what you need to know.

Stacie interviews Erin Berry, who shares her experience leading girls in the new STEM Journeys. As a Girl Scout volunteer and Aerospace Engineer, she’s delivery her top 10 tips for working with girls on STEM badges and Journeys.

Friends! It’s been awhile since we chatted. Let’s get all caught up on everything that’s been going on, and then we’ll jump back into regular episodes VERY SOON! Let’s talk about new badges & Journeys coming in July, events here in the mountains of the Carolinas, what’s going on with VTK, and more.

Stacie interviews Melissa Pepe, who shares her top tips for a successful Gold Award project. 

World Thinking Day is a special Girl Scout day, which takes place on February 22 each year. I wanted to share with you 5 things you may or may not know about World Thinking Day, so you can start planning ahead for 2019.

Stacie interviews Jen Roman, Fire Captain at City of Madison, WI Fire Department and teaches EMS and Fire classes at Madison College. She's also the founder of Camp Hero, inspiring girls and women to pursue careers in the protective services.

We're counting down to G.I.R.L. 2017 this week in Columbus, Ohio! My husband, Cory, and I are sharing our top sessions picks and a couple local attractions to check out, how to navigate the convention app, where/how to find us, and so much more. We'll see you there!

Learn about the tradition of the campfire ashes ceremony and get access to a downloadable ceremony script. Plus lots of announcements and catching up: hurricane relief, G.I.R.L. 2017, and Adventure Camp Overnight.

The eclipse is coming! Monday, August 21. Are you ready? Get last-minute resources with Silver & Gold. Plus, a big announcement today from GSUSA about new Space Science badges.

Meet my new friend, Elizabeth, a superstar multi-level troop leader in Colorado! She's my co-host on this episode, where she's dropping knowledge-bombs on her 6 Top Tips for planning multi-level events, troop meetings, and camps.

This one is from the archives, all the way back from the summer of 2016! This video gives you a brief overview of the Art in the Outdoors badges, which were new releases at the time, as the Girls' Choice badges for 2016.

This 7-minute mini-training includes 5 tips for keeping Journeys fun and engaging for our littlest girls (Daisies & Brownies). These are some of my BEST tips and tricks for leaders! 

Wow, folks! This has been a CRAZY week of wrapping our minds around the new Journey and badge content released by GSUSA in the Volunteer Toolkit and the online store. There is so much to cover, and I barely know where to begin. In this week's episode, we'll start out with some answers to frequently asked questions. I'll give you a rundown of the new Journeys and badges (which you can follow along with in the Resource Packet), talk a bit about GoldieBlox kits, I'll apologize to Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors, and we'll wrap up with this week's Item of the Week.