Flex Program Scheduling

GSEWNI now offers a great variety of Girl Program Opportunities on a FLEX Scheduling System. These FLEX Schedule Programs are available across the Council and are based on YOUR schedule. You tell us when you are available to participate and we will set it up for you. GSEWNI requires a 3 week lead time when scheduling a Flex Program.

In addition to the FLEX Program Scheduling, GSEWNI will continue to schedule regular Program Opportunities on the Council Calendar. Be sure to check the calendar regularly as new Programs are added weekly! If you have general questions about Flex Program Scheduling, please contact Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org .

Below are the current Flex Program Scheduling options:

Dancing Princesses - Spokane
Earn your Dancercize Try It or the Junior Dance Badge, by attending the performance of The Dancing Princesses and then taking part in a Dancing Princess workshop for Girl Scouts, offered by Spokane Youth Ballet  During the two hour workshop, the girls will learn about choreography, stage makeup and beginning ballet.  The workshop activities are appropriate for girls ages 5 - 12.  Workshop days and times are to be arranged with interested troops on a Sunday afternoon. Performance 
Who: Daisy, Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts
Cost: $5 for girls that also attend Dancing Princess Performance on February 6th
$10 for girls attending workshop only.
Availability: Sunday afternoons
Contact: Peggy McDonald 747-8091 ext. 230, pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Financial Literacy - All Council Areas
Take a tour of a bank in your area.  Visit the vault, safe deposit area, and see what goes on behind the Teller's Window. Find out what you need to do to open a savings account.  Learn about checking and savings accounts and credit cards.  Learn about jobs in the banking industry.  Younger girl tours about 15 minutes long.  Older girls will receive some instruction on checking accounts and learn about check registers. 
Who: All Girl Scouts
Cost: $5 per girl, includes  Bank Tour Patch.
Availability: Contact Peggy
Group Size: Contact Peggy
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Television Studio Tours--Tri-Citie, Spokane, Lewiston, Yakima
Tri-Cities: Tim Adams, KNDU’s Chief Weather Forecaster,  will be your guide on a visit to the station.    Arrive by 5:30 to take a tour, and at 6 watch the evening news being broadcast.  Maximum group size is 20 people.
Spokane: KHQ TV Tours available most Mondays - Thursday 4:00 - 5:00 pm.  Louise will be your tour guide behind the scenes at the television station.  Learn about the business side of a media outlet. (No tours the month of December). 
Lewiston: KLEW. Girl Scouts are invited to tour the studio and watch the news being produced.  Girls must be 8 years or older, maximum group number 15.    Monday – Thursday 4:30 or 5:30   pm
Yakima: Girls will have an opportunity to learn how commercials are made and explore green screen technology.   Tour lasts about 1 hour.  No minimum age, no group size limits. Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m .

Who: Girl Scouts of all ages
Cost: $5
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Emergency Preparedness-- Spokane, Okanogan, and Douglas Counties
Are you ready to help your family get prepared for the unexpected?  Learn how to be prepared for fires, floods, volcanic eruption,  landslides, severe storms and other emergencies in our region. Discover the importance of a disaster preparedness kit, and learn how  to make a kit for your family.  This fun, informative class can be held at your location!  Inland Northwest Red Cross and North Cascades Red Cross.  
Who: Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Girl Scouts
Cost: $5, includes patch
Availability: Contact Peggy
Group Size: NA
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org .

Loafing Around!--Wenatchee
Learn the process of bread making, from wheat to flour, to bread!
Professional bread makers will lead girls through a hands on bread making experience. Experiment with yeast, and watch it grow.  Knead some dough, and bring home a loaf to share!  
Who: Girl Scouts of all ages
Cost: $5/person, includes patch
Availability: Monday or Tuesday Afternoons and Saturday's. October through November 20. Not availalbe between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Group Size: Minimum of 8, maximum of 20
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

The Rock Ranch, Geology Camp and Crystal Dig--Spokane Valley
During the average four-hour adventure tour, guests will have the opportunity to hike through fields of wild flowers and pine forest while conversing about local geological formative events.  Then it's on to the Mineral Museum and Identification Lab, where students try hands-on experiments.  And the best part of the day is heading to Gem Hill to dig for iron pyrite, quartz and fluorite crystals, obsidan, and many more exciting rocks and minerals.
Who: Girl Scouts of all ages
Cost:
Summer Geology Camp: [includes dig at Gem Hill] (approx. 3 hrs.)     
1-10 people = $15 ea.       11-30 people = $13          30+ people = $ 11 ea.  
Winter Geology Camp: [includes building a collection at the Museum]  (approx. 2 hrs.)   
1-10 people = $11 ea.       11-30 people = $10        30+peopole = $ 9 ea.
Availability: Geology Camp s can be scheduled  on Saturdays and Sundays  or weekday afternoons. 
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Old Mission Brick Oven Breads--Spokane
Cooking, baking, organic gardening, spirituality and bread retreats.  Four and a half hours. 
Join Mary Lee Abba-Gaston for an old world experience.  Learn to bake your own breads from all over the world.  While the dough is rising, enjoy table fellowship with a home cooked, gourmet meal. Choose between three menus: Homemade pizza, basil pesto pasta with Italian sausage roasted in the oven, or marinara sauce with spaghetti.  As the bread bakes in the outdoor brick ovens, learn the fine details of bread baking success.  Then, gather around the oven and watch the miracle of bread as it saturates your senses. Take home two loaves of your own brick-oven baked bread. 
Who: Girl Scouts of all ages
Cost:  $25/person. Combine with an overnight stay at the Spokane Hostel – $30.00 per person
Availability: Every day except Monday
Group Size: Minimum class size 8 people.
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Suds and Bubbles--Spokane and Pullman
This 2 hour class consists of a quick history of soap, what it's made from, how our great grandparents made it in the not-so-distant past; an overview of the soap shop and the equipment we use, safety concerns and a demonstration of what lye is all about (very scary stuff!) and why we have to have it to make real soap.
Girls will make a big batch of soap.  Each gets about 2 cups of raw soap, to which they add a fragrance blend of their own design and any additive they wish, like oatmeal to make it scrubby or dried herbs for texture.  Learn difference between fragrance oils and essential oils and explain briefly the chemistry of what's happening with our containers of raw soap. Can you say "saponification?"
Each girl needs to provide a pint or quart milk carton to use as a soap mold. All other equipment and supplies are provided including aprons, safety goggles and disposable gloves. 
Who: Girl Scouts 11years and older. Each participant must sign a release form.
Cost: $25/person
Availability: Weekday nights and Saturdays
Group Size: Minimum of 6, maximum of 12.
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Stitch it Together--Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Tri-Cities, and St. Maries/Plummer/Harrison Areas
Earn your sewing try-it, work on your sewing badge, or do a sewing project just for fun!
Who: Girl Scouts of all ages
Cost: Varies by sewing project---girls will be allowed to choose projects!
Availability:
Spokane: Conact Keely for specific times
Coeur d'Alene: Saturday's only
St. Maries Areas: Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday 5 - 9 p.m., All day Saturday
Group Size: Minimum 4, maximum depends on amount of sewing machines available.
Contact: Peggy McDonald at 800-827-9478, ext 230 or email pmcdonald@gsewni.org

Program Aide Training--All Council Areas
This is your chance to increase your leadership potential! Learn the skills necessary to share your expertise with younger girls. After training, complete 25 hours in your specialized area to earn your PA patch. Girls attending this course are 12-17 years old. Bring your lunch.

This course requires the following to be completed before the registration deadline:

Who: Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Cost: $15/person
Availability: Weeknights and Weekends
Group Size: Minimum of 6, maximum of 20
Contact: Sarah Betts at 800-827-9478, ext 225 or email sbetts@gsewni.org

Program Aide Workshops--All Council Areas

Who: Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors,and Ambassadors who have completed Program Aide Training
Cost: $5
Availability: Weeknights and Weekends
Group Size: Minimum of 6, maximum of 20
Contact: Sarah Betts at 800-827-9478, ext 225 or email sbetts@gsewni.org

Precious Metals--All Council Areas

Precious Metals is for the girl interested in earning her Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award and for the adult who will be advising her. Each workshop is geared to help the girl and advisor understand the process, paperwork and steps involved in earning these awards. Advisors will receive training credit for attending.

Who: Girl Scouts Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, Ambassadors, and advisors
Cost: No cost
Availability: Weeknights and Weekends
Group Size: Minimum of 5, maximum of 12
Contact: Sarah Betts at 800-827-9478, ext 225 or email sbetts@gsewni.org

Are you ready to Schedule a Flex Program? Fill out the form below and GSEWNI Program Staff will set it up!