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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons Award Ceremony Keynote Speaker!
On April 9, 2011 I spoke to the Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons District Awards assembly as their keynote speaker. I spoke as both a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and Miss Red River Valley Outstanding Teen. This speaking opportunity allowed me to show other girl scouts how they could take an idea and lead others to make the dream become a reality. In this case, my dream was to create a Junior Ranger program for the City of Thief River Falls' Riverwalk Trail. For those of you that are unfamiliar with this amazing trail system, in about 1986 the GFWC (Greater Federation of Women's Clubs) Zehlians of Thief River Falls created a historical themed trail along the Thief and Red Lake Rivers in Thief River Falls. This trail linked several city parks together as it passed through the city, but more importantly, it created displays, or pictographs, along the trail to tell the history of our community. It starts in the Northland Community and Technical College woods showing the history of the area and the Native Americans that lived here. It points next to the history of the first bridges in the area, the fur trade, ice cutting on the river, saw mills, power dams, and even a tuberculosis sanitarium. In all, there are 14 pictographs along the 7.2 mile trail, although the bulk of the pictographs are in a 2.5 mile section. I took their hard work and added a Junior Ranger program to it. My program asks participants to walk the trail and read the pictographs. I incorporate several "games" into the program, such as word finds, cryptograms, coloring, anagrams, etc. The answers to all he games are found on the pictographs. The city was very grateful for this program, as was the local convention and visitor's bureau, which featured my program in their "Visit Thief River Falls" publication sent all over the region including distant states and Canada! To participate in the Junior Ranger program, participants only need to stop at any local motel, ask for a FREE copy of the Junior Ranger booklet, hike the trail and complete the booklet, and then bring the completed booklet back to any local motel and receive a FREE Junior Ranger badge! I also spoke about my Miss Minnesota Outstanding Teen experience and my platform, "Explore Your Backyard: Visit Your Minnesota State Parks and Trails!" I encourage every young girl to get out and explore. Don't be afraid to chase your dreams and become tomorrow's leader!
On April 9, 2011 I spoke to the Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons District Awards assembly as their keynote speaker. I spoke as both a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and Miss Red River Valley Outstanding Teen. This speaking opportunity allowed me to show other girl scouts how they could take an idea and lead others to make the dream become a reality. In this case, my dream was to create a Junior Ranger program for the City of Thief River Falls' Riverwalk Trail. For those of you that are unfamiliar with this amazing trail system, in about 1986 the GFWC (Greater Federation of Women's Clubs) Zehlians of Thief River Falls created a historical themed trail along the Thief and Red Lake Rivers in Thief River Falls. This trail linked several city parks together as it passed through the city, but more importantly, it created displays, or pictographs, along the trail to tell the history of our community. It starts in the Northland Community and Technical College woods showing the history of the area and the Native Americans that lived here. It points next to the history of the first bridges in the area, the fur trade, ice cutting on the river, saw mills, power dams, and even a tuberculosis sanitarium. In all, there are 14 pictographs along the 7.2 mile trail, although the bulk of the pictographs are in a 2.5 mile section. I took their hard work and added a Junior Ranger program to it. My program asks participants to walk the trail and read the pictographs. I incorporate several "games" into the program, such as word finds, cryptograms, coloring, anagrams, etc. The answers to all he games are found on the pictographs. The city was very grateful for this program, as was the local convention and visitor's bureau, which featured my program in their "Visit Thief River Falls" publication sent all over the region including distant states and Canada! To participate in the Junior Ranger program, participants only need to stop at any local motel, ask for a FREE copy of the Junior Ranger booklet, hike the trail and complete the booklet, and then bring the completed booklet back to any local motel and receive a FREE Junior Ranger badge! I also spoke about my Miss Minnesota Outstanding Teen experience and my platform, "Explore Your Backyard: Visit Your Minnesota State Parks and Trails!" I encourage every young girl to get out and explore. Don't be afraid to chase your dreams and become tomorrow's leader!
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