Program Boxes

Program Boxes are prepared with most of the materials needed to complete a badge, try-it or other activity. They were designed to help the leader plan a couple of meetings in which she/he does not have to do all the preparations. Just call your service center in advance to reserve and make sure the program box is available. There is a $5.00 cost to check out some program boxes due to the supplies included. Subject matter and availability for the boxes varies in each service center. Boxes can usually be on loan for 2 weeks. Below is a full listing of available program boxes, as well as listings of which ones are available in each service center. If you wish, you can jump down to the Program Boxes that are available in each Service Center.

• Aerospace: (Juniors) Helps Junior Girl Scouts complete the Aerospace badge.
• Animal Tracking Program and Bird Appreciation Program: Two new boxed programs available at Camps Stem, Shantituck, Houchens, Bear Creek and Pennyroyal. Feel free to ask the ranger about using these great new program boxes designed to help your girls further appreciate nature while spending time at camp.
• Blue Jean Backpacking: This blue jean pack contains items your troop may use when taking a hike or enjoying an outdoor activity. It contains nature cards, games and many more activities. Learn about the bugs, bees, trees and flowers.
• Bridging the Gap: (Brownie - Senior) Age-level appropriate science activities that will open minds to the world of exploring. We have a separate box for Daisies (Color Wonders), Brownies (Outdoor Happenings), Juniors (Dabbler), and Girl Scouts ages 11-17 (Science Activities). Leader's books are included in the box making these experiments easy and fun to do. There is not a specific patch associated with these activities but the Science portion of the Sports, Science and Service Patch can be accomplished by using these boxes.
• Butterflies: (Brownie - Senior) This is a good box to check out when your girls (all ages) want to explore nature. The box includes a net, 2 books, instructions and activities. In some activities, there are two levels of learning. Please be sure to use the proper level for your troop.
• Camping 
• Ceremonies: (all ages)
• Colors and Shapes: (Brownies) This box contains instructions and materials for four activities needed to earn the Colors and Shapes Brownie Try-It . Activities include sponge painting, colors and shapes mobile, weaving patterns, and Mexican yarn painting.
• Color Wonders: (Daisies) Contains material and program directions for an exploration of color. Activities include colored water, Whipped Topping Painting, Rainbow Stew, Beautiful Butterflies, and Chromatography Flowers.
• Daisy Diversity Bag: (Daisies - young Brownies) Includes books and activities to promote diversity. Daisies can buy the Diversity patch, available in the shop, after they complete the activities in this bag. Includes the Silly, Silly Shapes story and activity, the Sneetches story by Dr. Seuss, and a Daisy Friendship Necklace.
• Double Jump Rope: (Brownies - Juniors) This boxed program has been designed for Brownies and Juniors but anyone can check out the ropes and booklet! Learn all about the art of Double Dutch jump roping by learning how to hold ropes, jump in and out, develop an original free style jump and demonstrate your ability. Refer to resource sheet #l, Double Jump Rope Patch Requirements for information about this council patch. A video may be checked out also about Double Dutch jump roping.
• Drawing & Painting: (Juniors) This program box contains instructions and materials for the Drawing and Painting Junior badge. It includes charcoal, oil pastels, colored pencils, tempera paint, brushes and sponges.
• Drink Milk Patch Program: Designed to reinforce milk drinking habits in children. Materials include a leader’s guide and individual activity booklets. Patches are available in the Girl Scout Shop. More info may be found at www.got-milk.com
• Exploring Abilities: (Brownie-Junior) This program box is intended to remove any barriers girls might have in their minds regarding disabled or handicapped people. The girls are going to learn about some of the problems the disabled face, and how it feels to have these problems by doing simulated activities of many different disabilities.
• Fit & Fun (Juniors) This exciting sports and fitness project for girls ages 9 – 11 is designed to boost girls’ interest and participation in sports and to help them develop lifelong health and fitness habits. Includes 10 skill sets: jumping rope, fitness fun, throwing and catching, kicking, volleying, striking with a racquet, batting, striking with a stick, dribbling and passing, and cooperative games. Within each skill set there are several activity cards. Each skill set moves from simple activities to more difficult ones, giving girls the opportunity to rehearse and refine the skill.
• Girl Sports Basics (Daisies - Juniors) These are two action packed programs that include a variety of sports equipment for team-building games which develops coordination, balance, and fair play. There are two levels, and each kit contains the equipment necessary to play all the games included in the activity book. (There may be a few expendable items needed like chalk, rope, masking tape, etc...) The Level One kit is for beginners or initial team building. The Level Two kit is more advanced. Level I Kit includes: playground balls, soccer balls, yellow cones, bean bags, air pump, beach balls, hula hoops, and more. Level II Kit includes: yellow cones, batting tee, plastic soft balls, plastic bats, playground balls, air pump, basketballs, paddles, and a book of games that encourage team building.
• Growing Up Female: (Girls 11-14) Helps leaders work with Girl Scouts and the Contemporary Issues booklet.
• Inventions: COMING SOON...
• Jacks: Includes jacks and a booklet of games for troop fun.
• Lemme Sticks: (older Brownies - Seniors) A rhythm stick game in which girls can practice different patterns.
• Movers Try-It: (Brownies) Contains materials and instructions to help Brownies earn the Movers Try-It.
• Music, Music, Music: (all ages) This box is filled with instruments like rhythm sticks, triangles, and maraccas, Girl Scout music tapes, and directions to make instruments. Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors will find this box appropriate for their age level, but all ages can have fun with it!
• Outdoor Happenings: (Brownies) This box contains material and instructions for the Brownie Try-It "Outdoor Happenings." Activities include Ice, Water and Water Vapor, Clouds and Rain, Be a Paleontologist (where girlslead theexcavation of chocolate chip cookies and make models of fossils), Seed Race, and Which Way does the Wind Blow (where girlsmake wind wigglers).
• Parachute: (all ages) This activity includes all levels of fun and challenge. It develops coordination and teamwork, rhythm, uses muscles of the entire body and provides thrills, excitement and novelty. There are two sizes to be checked out with instructions that anyone can follow. As many as 40 girls can use the large chute, and the smaller chute is great for a troop. It can be used inside or out. Learn the history and many uses.
• Princess Zip:  The health benefits of eating foods with zinc, iron, and protein and of being active are the messages of the "ZIP" patch program. This is a nutrition and physical activity educational program made possible by beef producers and developed by experts in nutritional education. The program's goal is to teach tween girls the keys to a healthier future, and the approach is fun: learning by doing.
• Project Wild: (Daisies) There are directions and materials for five Project Wild activities appropriate for Daisy level Girl Scouts. Activities include What's Wild, Everything Needs a Home, Wildlife is Everywhere, the Thicket Game, and Making a Coat.
• Pure Tap: The Louisville Water Company created this box to go along with the "Adventures in Water" patch program. It is free to check out and contains experiments on water treatment, the water cycle, and water usages.
• Puzzlers: (Juniors)
• Science Activities: (Girl Scouts 11-17) The activities are Piezo Popper, that igniters used in gas grill, Star Party (heavenly not Hollywood), Create a Marketable Product, Baby Bird Kite, and Chemistry Show
• Science Dabbler: (Juniors) This kit includes instructions and most non-consumable materials. The activities include Mineral Sort, Making Glue, Paper Rockets, Egg Drop, Paper Snowflakes, Penny Polish, Fingerprinting, and Career Game.
• Science Wonders Try-It: (Brownies) Contains materials and instructions to help Brownies earn the Science Wonders Try-It.
• Senses Try-It: (Brownies) A program box containing materials and activities for the Brownie Try-It "Senses." "Only the Nose Knows" has girls, blindfolded, trying to recognize a variety of "smelly" objects you provide. "Making a Better Ear" uses tuning forks, metal dinner forks, and string to experiment with sound. "Now You See It" has girls exploring the sense of vision by making simple optical illusions. Girls locate and explore the four different taste buds on their tongues. They explore the taste centers - sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Wearing thick gloves and blindfolds, girls do touch tests in "Can You Feel It?" In "What's It Like?," girls learn how to compensate for the loss of one sense by using the other senses.
• Sounds of Music: (Brownies)
• Space Explorer: (Brownies) This program box contains all the information and materials for Brownies to earn the Space Explorer Try-It. Brownies tour the sun, moon, and stars. They make sundials, a telescope, and a spectroscope. There is a paper bag rocket activity, as well as a gnome rocket for a real launch.
• Speed Stacks: (Brownies - Seniors) Cup stacking is an exciting individual sport where participants stack and unstack 12 specially designed plastic cups in predetermined sequences. Cup stacking promotes eye-hand coordination, ambidexterity, quickness, concentration, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Access to a VCR and television is necessary for teaching this skill.
• Talking with TJ Conflict Resolution Series: The Conflict Resolution series contains a video and activities relating to working out problems without violence, how to keep anger under control, respecting other's points of view, and communicating effectively to resolve arguments.
• Talking with TJ Teamwork Series: The Teamwork Series of video stories and activities teaching girls basic skills in areas relating to cooperation, teamwork and appreciating differences.
• Weather Watch: (Juniors)
• World of Today and Tomorrow: (Juniors) Contains Mineral Sort, Making Glue, Paper Rockets, Egg Drop, Paper Snowflakes, Penny Polish, Fingerprinting and a Career Game.
• Zink the Zebra (all ages) There are separate boxes and programs specifically designed for the following age levels: Daisy, Brownie, Junior, and Girl Scouts 11-17. After the girls have completed this program they may purchase the Zink patch from the Girl Scout Shop. A signed parent permission slip is needed for girls to participate in this program. Zink the Zebra is a story written by an 11-year-old girl who died from cancer. Her story deals with acceptance of others, even though they may look or act different. Included in the program box is the book written by Kelly Weil and is illustrated beautifully. To enhance the understanding of disabilities and differences, an activity book and stuffed beanie "spotted" zebras are included. Zink the Zebra encourages compassion and acceptance of others. (All items, including the zebras, must be returned when the program box is returned. They are not to keep.) Follow up activities for the troop are also included.

Availability of Program Boxes in each Service Center

A fee may be required for some.

Bear Creek

Call 270-443-8704 or 888-771-5171 for availability. Boxes should be reserved one week in advance using the Program Box Request Form. Most boxes can be checked out for 2 weeks. There are no fees for these boxes.

• Animal Tracking/Bird Appreciation Program (available at camp)
• Butterflies
• Color Wonders
• Drink Milk Patch Program
• Fit & Fun
• Girls Sports Basics Locomotor and Agility
• Girl Sports Basics Throwing and Catching
• Girl Sports Basics Kicking
• Girl Sports Basics Volleying
• Girl Sports Basics Striking
• Girl Sports Basics Batting
• Girl Sports Basics Dribbling and Passing
• Lemme Sticks
• Music, Music, Music
• Parachutes
• Princess Zip
• Science Dabbler (Juniors)
• Science Wonders Try-It for Brownies
• Speed Stacks
• Zink the Zebra

Bear Creek Service center also has several banners and other items that can be checked out for free (Please reserve the banners using the Program Supplies Request Form and call for availability.):

• 3’ X 4’ Wave If You Love Girl Scout Cookies
• 2’ X 5’ Girl Scout Tradition with a Future Since 1912
• 2’ X 5’ Girl Scouts Where Girls Grow Strong
• 2’ X 9’ Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana For Every Girl Everywhere
• 2’ X 6’ Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana For Every Girl Everywhere
• 2’ X 6’ Now is Girl Scout Cookie Time
• 3’ X 21’ Girl Scouts A Step Toward the Future
• 4’ X 4’ Girl Scout emblem
• 3’ X 3’ Posters for thin mints and trefoils
• 2’ X 6’ Invest in Futures Be A Leader
• Small Parachute
• Candelabras
• Flag Stands
• American Flags
• Girl Scout Flags
• Ceremony Bridge
• Gloves & Sashes
• Jacks
• Jumpropes

Caveland

Call 270-842-8138 or 888-771-5172 to reserve a box.

• Animal Tracking Program and Bird Appreciation Program
• Bridging the Gap ($5)
• Butterflies
• Camping...COMING SOON
• Double Jump Rope
• Exploring Abilities...COMING SOON
• Fit & Fun
• Girl Sports ($5 fee)
• Growing Up Female...COMING SOON
• Jacks
• Music, Music, Music ($5)
• Talking with TJ Conflict Resolution Series
• Talking with TJ Teamwork Series
• Zink the Zebra ($5) (currently, only Brownie and Cadette/Senior box available due to missing supplies)

Heartland

Call 270-769-5563 or 888-771-5173 to reserve a box. Boxes can be on loan for up to 2 weeks.

• Double Jump Rope (all ages)
• Games Your Grandma Used to Play (checkers, jacks, different board games)
• Girl Sports Basics, Levels I (Daisies) & II (Brownies)
• Music, Music, Music
• Parachute (all ages)
• Zink the Zebra (all levels)

Metro

Call 502-636-0900 or 888-771-5170 in advance to reserve a box.

• Aerospace for Juniors ($5)
• Bridging the Gap for each level ($5)
• Butterflies (free)
• Daisy Diversity for Daisies ($5)
• Double Jump Rope for Brownies & Juniors (free)
• GirlSports Basics for Daisies & Brownies ($5)
• Jacks (free)
• Movers Try-It for Brownies ($5)
• Music, Music, Music ($5)
• Pure Tap (free)
• Science Wonders Try-It for Brownies ($5)
• Senses Try-It for Brownies ($5)
• Zink the Zebra for each level ($5)

Pennyroyal

Call 270-684-9481 or 888-771-5174 to reserve a box. Most available for 4-week checkout.

• Butterflies
• Daisy to Brownie Box - Aisle runner, flower pot, and velcro petals for a Daisy briging ceremony
• Ceremonies
• Colors and Shapes: Brownie Try-it
• Color Wonders: Daisies
• Drawing and Painting: Junior Badge
• Games - Over 10 different games in a box for all age levels
• Music Box - Tapes of Girl Scout songs and song sheets
• Music, Music, Music
• Pantyhose Party - All colors of pantyhose that you can use to play games and make crafts; it includes an instruction book
• Sports Bag
• Strong Bones: Juniors - 10-minute video for Juniors; leader and activity guide included
• Zink the Zebra

Pennyroyal also has various other items available to check out: books, flags, video and cassette tapes, game activities (lummi sticks, juggling balls, parachutes, and jump ropes), and ceremony items (logs, gloves, sashes, and bridge).

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