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Garapan Girl Scouts awarded badges
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Posted on Sep 30 2004
Forty Garapan Elementary School students received their well-deserved Girl Scout badges in a luncheon ceremony yesterday.
“They earned their badges. They could only receive one if they work for it through their participation in different activities,” said Garapan Troop No. 002 leaders Miriam Borja, GES 3rd grade teacher, and GES librarian Matilde Diaz.
Both said that 28 students were given Camp Together badges, 28 students had Outdoor Cook badges, 12 had Walking for Fitness badges, and all 40 students received badges for Water Fun, Dance, and Music Fun.
Through these activities, the girls learn new skills, develop friendship, and learn teamwork.
Diaz said the students had camped out twice at Paupau Beach where they pitched their tents and organized their own activities.
At different occasions, the students were also tasked to plan, prepare, and serve outdoor meals, made up and played games in the water, learned basic dance steps and performed these during occasions, learned different songs, joined walking activities for the American Red Cross and the government’s Walk for Fitness Program.
All these according to Borja and Diaz are voluntary.
“It’s voluntary on our part. Likewise, the students need to get consent from their parents. We’re so happy that several parents appreciate this kind of program,” they said.
USA Girl Scout-CNMI Chapter president Kim Prinz said there are about 200 girls registered in the program CNMI-wide.
“Registration is ongoing. We encourage students and their parents to join the program,” she said.
Prinz, together with other leaders, led the awarding of badges at the Asucena II Room of the Dai-Ichi Hotel Saipan Beach Saturday.
The government has acknowledged that the Girl Scouts is a vital organization for girls who are growing up, enabling them to develop self-esteem and leadership skills, and providing an atmosphere of warm and true friendship.
It said that the Girl Scout program not only reflects the enduring values and standards that have been part of the organization since 1912, but it also lends itself to the special and unique situation of girls in the new millennium.
