Girl Scout Troop 183 Trip to the Girl Scout World
Center, London, England
August 22-30, 2000
In 1997, two Junior troops plus additional girls joined together to form Girl
Scout Troop 183. At that time, they began long range planning for an
international trip. Intent to travel forms were submitted and fundraising
began. In 1999, the troop researched and made the decision to travel to London,
England to visit the Girl Scout World Center, Pax Lodge.
Dates were chosen to be during school summer holidays, outside of regular
sports seasons and when the weather was good in England. We had to work
with Pax Lodge to accommodate 20 visitors.
Planning and Preparation
Once a month travel meetings began in August of 1999. At that time,
information was provided about Readiness,
Requirements and Preparation to all troop members so that they could
make an informed decision about travel to England. Intent
to Travel Forms were required of all participating troop members and
adults. The purpose of the travel meetings was to plan the itinerary, research
where will be visiting, study English history and be prepared for all aspects of
the trip.
Based on the requirements of the girls, an itinerary
was designed and a
budget formed. See our Travel Budget for more information. Every
girl knew what her fundraising goal was and participated in a variety of
troop fundraising activities.
Required equipment and clothing was reviewed in October 1999, to allow time for
holiday gift lists to be written! See our Equipment
List for details.
Everyone traveling required a passport and photos were taken in November
1999. Each girl submitted for a passport with her parent. Photocopies of individual passports were required and carried in
case of emergency.
All troop members participated in American Red Cross CPR and American Red Cross Basic First Aid Training
prior to travel.
An English Girl Guide troop was located through the internet and the girls
communicated by snail mail and e-mail letters to get acquainted. We spent an evening with our sisters in scouting
at Pax Lodge, enjoying the activities together when we were in London.
Highlighted in the Newspaper
The troop was interviewed about our travel plans and the newspaper
article is included for your reading pleasure.
Post Trip Evaluations
A part of the councils extended travel is a post trip evaluation. These
were completed and the responses are available under the link Next
Time We Go.
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