On March 17th, our Girl Scout troop hosted an event called Every Girl's Story. There were 300 girls and leaders in attendance. Miss America 2000 Heather French Heather was our Guest Speaker and we also had Zoe Jackson come from the Frazier Arms Museum Interpretive Drama Department to portray the lives of Clara Barton and Annie Oakley. The evening began with a sit-down program in the auditorium and was followed by four different Breakout Sessions. During the activities, they were able to complete the Her Story Try-it. This is the report Clara wrote about it....
(Heather and our troop!)
Every Girls' Story
By Clara
Hi, my name is Clara. I'm from Girl Scout Troop 1769. Back in September of 2005, we started planning a big event that was called Every Girls' Story. Girl Scouts, moms and leaders from all around our council were invited to come. It would be held at Northeast Christian Church on March 17th.
Every girl has a story. Every girl has a talent that she uses to make the world a better place. At "Every Girls' Story" we learned about Annie Oakley and Clara Barton from the past. And, believe it or not, Heather French Henry was there!! (also known as Miss America!!). Before Heather talked to us, a good friend of mine, Megan Winrich, sang a song she called "I'm Proud to be a Girl Scout". When Miss America came out, she talked about what it was like when she was a Girl Scout. We got to see her sash and the Miss America 2000 crown. Afterwards, I got to have a snack and have a picture taken with Heather. She signed my vest and let me try on her crown. In one of our Brownie activities, we made up a different Sleeping Beauty story and acted it out. The funniest thing was when one of the little girls that came pulled the fire alarm and we all had to go out of the building for 10 minutes. But, when we came back in we all had some more fun.
At the end of the night, girls and leaders from different troops won door prizes. After we cleaned up, we left to go home. I saw Miss America's RV out in the parking lot. I said to my mom on the way home, "This was the best night of my life, because Girl Scouts is really important!"
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