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Here’s your chance to be featured on our 100th Anniversary website! We are looking for creative ways to photograph the number “100”. Use your imagination and send us your pictures. We will post them on our website and use them at the Century Celebration. You can send all photos to 100@gsbadgerland.org.
Detailed Schedule:
Below is a basic schedule of events for May 5th-6th, 2012. As we have more details we will update this schedule. We will announce speakers once we have confirmed their attendance and scheduled speaking times.
May 5th, 2012
11:30 AM Walk Up/Day Of Registration table open
12:00 PM Gates to Willow Island open
• GS Shop Open
• Gathering Tents Open (Alumni Tent and SWAPS Area)
• Girl Activity Booths Open (focusing on Girl Scouts in 1912 and the Girl Scout Promise & Law)
12:35 PM Stage Entertainment Begins
- Opening Flag Ceremony
- Welcome Message
- Girl Scout Songs
- Girl Scout Fashion Show
- Musical Entertainment
- Speakers
- And More!
1:50 PM Kick Off Closing and Final Instructions for the March
2:00 PM Start the Century of Leaders March
- Activities will continue at Willow Island until all participants have departed for the March
- 10 Historical Stations along the march route
- Girl Scout Bridging Ceremony Location available along the March Route
3:15 PM Activities will start at the Capitol and continue until 5 PM Activity Stations
• Activity Stations
• Songs
• Games
• And More!
4:00 PM Last of the walkers arrive at the Capitol
4:00 PM Capitol Welcome
4:10 PM Stage Entertainment
• Girl Scout Songs
• Speakers
4:45 PM Closing Activity
5:00 PM Buses begin shuttle back to the Alliant Energy Center
6:00 PM Open check-in for the 100th Anniversary Camp-In
6:00 PM Concession stands open for dinner at Alliant Energy Center
6:00 PM Girl Scout Shop at the Camp-In Open
7:00 PM End shuttle buses
7:00 PM Ribbon Cutting and Activity/Vendor Booths open
7:00 PM Main Stage Entertainment Begins
- Storytelling
- Camp Songs
- Musical Entertainment
- Science Shows
- Speakers
- And More!
7:00 PM Adult Break Room Open (until 10:30 PM)
9:00 PM Girl Scout Shop Closed
10:30 PM Late Night Snack
10:30 PM Lights Out in Sleeping Room A (Daisies and Brownies)
11:00 PM Lights Out in Sleeping Room B (Daisies and Brownies)
11:00 PM Activity/Vendor Booths Close
11:00 PM Get on PJ’s and roll out Sleeping Bags
11:00 PM Driver Sleeping Room Lights Out (Adult Break Room)
11:30 PM Lights Out in Sleeping Room C (Daisies and Brownies)
12:00 AM Lights Out in Sleeping Room D (Daisies and Brownies)
12:00 AM Movies in the Exhibition Halls
• Some areas of the movie spaces will be quiet for those that wish to go to sleep.
• There will be designated “all-nighter” areas for girls and adults that wish to stay up late.
• The lights in at least half of the exhibition halls will be turned down for sleeping.
May 6th, 2012
6:45 AM Rise & Shine
• Change clothes, brush teeth, pack up
7:00 AM Continental Breakfast Buffet begins
8:15 AM Farewell & Closing
9:00 AM Dismissal & Clean Up
Who’s going to be at the Overnight?
Here’s who we have so far and more are coming in each day! Check back for updates.
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White Pines Ranch
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Learning how to cinch a saddle.
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Camp Timber-lee
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Bringing live animals from their Nature Center.
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Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center
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Activities on Animals, Adaptations, Outdoors and Camping
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Camp Black Hawk Staff
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TBD
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Camp Ehawee Staff
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TBD
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Organic Arts
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Costume Making, Storytelling, Hand-Made Instruments, Singing
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Dane County Humane Society
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Pet Activity Books, Live Animal
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QSP/Ashdon Farms
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Create origami selections and Heart Sticker Bottle Cap Magnets
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ABC Bakers
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Recognition voting for the 2012-2013 Cookie Program
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Cave of the Mounds
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Gem Mine & Fossil Dig
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Discovery Center Museum
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Whirly Gig Fun: Creating a whirly twirly toy to take home!
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Great Wolf Lodge
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Making Wolf Origami
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Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop
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Hand stuff an animal and receive a birth certificate. This activity will require purchase.
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Wisconsin River Outings
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Teaching paddling skills with a real Canoe and Kayak.
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Wisconsin Veterans Museum
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Making masks of the Civil War Mascot Bruin the Bear.
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Hoofbeat Ridge
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Coloring Pages and Horse Activities
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Rutabaga
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Learn about Kayaks, Canoes and Stand Up Paddle Boards
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The Dancing Horses
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Exotic Birds and Live Animals
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The Fireside Dinner Theatre
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TBD
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The Little Gym
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TBD
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US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Hands-on displays and animal activities.
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Hotel Accommodations
For guests that will be visiting our event from out of town and wish to find hotel accommodations for the weekend we have partnered with the following locations.
Sheraton Hotel (Right across from the Alliant Energy Center on John Nolen Drive)
Clarion Suites at the Alliant Energy Center (Connected to the AEC Exhibition Hall)
Sleep Inn (4802 Tradewinds Parkway, Madison)
Super 8 (1602 West Beltline Highway, Madison)
- $71 (plus tax) for a double room, $62 (plus tax) for a single room. A block of rooms is being held through April 14th. Call 608-258-8882 or go to http://super8madison.com/ for more details.
Other preferred hotels include:
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Check out this other great 100th Anniversary Event in Wisconsin!
100th Anniversary Expo dbjcsa
Lambeau Field Atrium, Green Bay (Brown)
June 16, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Grade(s): K-12
Girl Cost/Adult Cost: $15/$15
Min/Max: TBA
Sponsored By: Girl Scouts of Northwestern Great Lakes
Who’s Invited: Troops/Individuals with adult
Join GSNWGL as we kick it into the next 100 years by celebrating the past, present, and future at the 100th Anniversary Expo at Lambeau Field! Entertainment throughout the day will include inspiring speakers, a huge flag ceremony, and a fashion show featuring the hippest fashions from the past 100 years! We’ll also have historical exhibits and activities where girls and their families can learn more about the founder of Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low, participate in activities from each of the 10 decades in Girl Scouting, and explore the amazing traditions the Girl Scout Movement has developed over the years. Registration is open!
Important Program Notes: Busing is going to be available for an additional cost from these locations: Beloit, Madison, Platteville and La Crosse. We will also be able to make bus stops at: Dodgeville, Tomah, Beaver Dam and Fort Atkinson for groups of 5 or more. All buses are charter buses and will cost $30 per person in addition to the admission fee to the event.
To register: http://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/ProgramActivitiesEvents/tabid/205/Default.aspx?pid=31
Registration Deadline: TBA