Family reunions, organizational events or even fundraisers can benefit from a basic knowledge of event planning. My trio of event planning badges focus on low-cost, volunteer-based events.
I recently taught a workshop on Service Unit event planning at our Learn to Lead weekend. I have worked with troops, level-specific kids, adult-only, service unit and council-wide events. The work I did preparing as well as the discussions of event types at the workshop contributed to these badges. They are:
- Event Preplanning
- Event Planning
- Event Possibilities
My most recent event was our “Magical Fairy Adventure” for Daisy and Brownie troops this past Friday. We discussed fairies, made wands and fairy dust and went on a fairy hunt. At the end, we got to sample fairy food including cucumber sandwiches, petit fours, mini cookies and nectar.
My biggest challenge was making sure the Daisies could search for the fairies as easily as the Brownies. I took a picture of all the fairies and provided prints for the girls to mark up as they found the fairies. No one had a problem comparing and marking off the fairies they found. Some of my Daisies found ALL of the fairies. (I was so proud.)
Learning about event planning is not only an adventure, but allows you to create adventures.
So watch over the next few days for the badge releases.
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