Planning Your Bridging Ceremony
Do you have second-year Daisies who will soon be Brownie Girl Scouts? Then it is time to start planning your Daisy to Brownie bridging ceremony!
While bridging is a very important Girl Scout milestone, don't make yourself bonkers creating one.
It really does not have to be an extensive ceremony and from what many have told me it's not more than 10 to 15 minutes at the most, unless you want it to be longer.
That's why you should plan about 45 minutes in total for the whole thing which includes getting everyone one settled, saying the promise and oath and then the actual ceremony.
Here are some other resources I have found for Daisy's to Brownie's bridging ceremonies. You can take what you like from each one and create your own which then helps you set up traditions for your own troop.
Girl Scouts of Nassau County
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
Scouting Web-How to Create a Meaningful Ceremony
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey
Girl Scouts of Black Diamond (There's a Daisy poem with this one!)
Bridging Ceremony (complete ceremony/very traditional)
Once you have figured out the ceremony you wish to have, you will need to buy supplies. Some believe that troop funds should not be used to purchase vests or sashes for the girls for the bridging ceremony but that is up to you.
I am personally against the troop purchasing uniforms because honestly, scheduless change, as well as girls, desires to be scouts, and then your troop is out the money if you purchase a uniform for a girl who decides not to return to your troop.
I have told my parents that they are responsible for buying everything that is needed for the front of the vest-tab, troop numbers, Council ID, and the flag as well as the vest or sash.
For us the troop money does purchase for bridging is all membership badges and pins.
This includes the bridging rainbow and membership year pin.
Gifts
Some leaders like to give the girls a gift. I am still on the fence about this one. I know it's popular to give cute gifts like a box of brownie mix but since our troop is brand new and this will be our first bridging ceremony, I feel like whatever we do this year, it will be expected next year so I am still deciding what we will do.
I was lucky enough to find a beautiful park nearby with an awesome bridge to use. This means we will have an actual bridge for our ceremony. If your service unit does not have one that you can borrow consider creating one using streamers or balloons. The idea is to make it special. I remember doing my own ceremony and walking across pieces of brown construction paper. It's all in what you want to do.
What kind of bridging ceremony did you do? Are there traditions that you follow?
While bridging is a very important Girl Scout milestone, don't make yourself bonkers creating one.
It really does not have to be an extensive ceremony and from what many have told me it's not more than 10 to 15 minutes at the most, unless you want it to be longer.
That's why you should plan about 45 minutes in total for the whole thing which includes getting everyone one settled, saying the promise and oath and then the actual ceremony.
Here are some other resources I have found for Daisy's to Brownie's bridging ceremonies. You can take what you like from each one and create your own which then helps you set up traditions for your own troop.
Girl Scouts of Nassau County
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
Scouting Web-How to Create a Meaningful Ceremony
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey
Girl Scouts of Black Diamond (There's a Daisy poem with this one!)
Bridging Ceremony (complete ceremony/very traditional)
Once you have figured out the ceremony you wish to have, you will need to buy supplies. Some believe that troop funds should not be used to purchase vests or sashes for the girls for the bridging ceremony but that is up to you.
I am personally against the troop purchasing uniforms because honestly, scheduless change, as well as girls, desires to be scouts, and then your troop is out the money if you purchase a uniform for a girl who decides not to return to your troop.
I have told my parents that they are responsible for buying everything that is needed for the front of the vest-tab, troop numbers, Council ID, and the flag as well as the vest or sash.
For us the troop money does purchase for bridging is all membership badges and pins.
This includes the bridging rainbow and membership year pin.
Gifts
Some leaders like to give the girls a gift. I am still on the fence about this one. I know it's popular to give cute gifts like a box of brownie mix but since our troop is brand new and this will be our first bridging ceremony, I feel like whatever we do this year, it will be expected next year so I am still deciding what we will do.
The Bridge
I was lucky enough to find a beautiful park nearby with an awesome bridge to use. This means we will have an actual bridge for our ceremony. If your service unit does not have one that you can borrow consider creating one using streamers or balloons. The idea is to make it special. I remember doing my own ceremony and walking across pieces of brown construction paper. It's all in what you want to do.
What kind of bridging ceremony did you do? Are there traditions that you follow?
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