Especially for Homeschoolers:
4-H, Scouting and American Heritage Girls
4-H & Scouting: Lori Wade topside4@aol.com
American Heritage Girls: Sarah Small ssmall@mac.com
BHEA 4-H
Club
BHEA's 4-H Club has members from 4 years old to 12th
grade students. It can be as much or as little as you want it to be. Our 4-H
Club works on projects as a group or as individuals. 4-H is an excellent
opportunity for any student. There are also great scholarships available through
4-H. There is no cost to join the club. Project groups that your student can
participate in are Quick Breads, Arts & Crafts, Mini Society, Forestry,
Conservation & Environment, Electricity, Food & Nutrition, Cats
Photography, Recreation, Safety, and many more. There are also many individual
projects for your student to get involved in. You can sign up for 4-H at the
Annual Kick-Off.
F.Y.I - Tennessee State 4-H
Calendar:
http://www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/calendar/2004.htm
BHEA Scouting Program
BHEA's Boy Scouts provides many opportunities for boys to be boys. Activities that our Boy Scouts have enjoyed in the past have been canoeing, backpacking, hiking, camping, rocketry activities, archery and career experiences. Christian standards are maintained at all activities. All BHEA and Boy Scouts of America policies apply to all members. Boy Scouts is open to homeschooled boys age 11-17, whose families are members of BHEA. You can sign up at the Annual Kick-Off.
We also have the following scouting groups:
Daisy Scouts - Kindergarten girls
Brownies - girls grades 1-3
Junior Scouts - girls grades 4-6
Tiger Cubs - boys grade 1
Wolf Cubs - boys grade 2
Bear Cubs - boys grade 3
Webelos - boys grades 4 & 5.
American Heritage Girls (AHG)
American Heritage Girls is a Christ-centered scouting organization
for girls in grades K-12. AHG began in Cincinnati in 1995 and is
rapidly spreading across the United States. Troop 131, chartered by
First Christian Church in 2003, is the first troop in the state of
Tennessee. The mission of AHG is to "build women of integrity
through service to God, family, community, and country."
Meetings begin with the Pledge of Allegiance, recitation of the AHG
oath and creed, prayer, and devotions. At AHG meetings, girls are NOT
required to leave their Christianity at home! The troop is currently
structured into 6 age-level groups: 4 groups of Tenderfoots: (K, 1,
2, and 3); 1 group of Explorers (grades 4-6); and 1 group of
Pioneers/Patriots (grades 7-12). During meetings girls work on various
badges within their groups or work on community service projects.
This past year we also enjoyed a Mother/Daughter Sleepover and a
Father/Daughter Campout. Besides weekly meetings, we also have 2-3
awards ceremonies each year. We had a fantastic one-day camp in
June, which was put on for us by a troop from Cincinnati. We had over
50 girls take part in the camp, and all of these girls earned their
zoology badge and had a great time!
We will begin our second year in August, with a Kick-off scheduled
for August 26. We will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each
month, 3:30-5 p.m. Our troop is open to all girls, but over 90% of
our members are homeschooled.
All of our groups are currently filled to capacity; however, we will
take more girls if we have more leaders! Each group has 2 leaders and
will need a third in order to have more girls. So...if you would like
your daughter to be in AHG--please consider being a co-leader! The
position is a wonderful experience and is really fun, too!
We offer Science Club, Chess Club, a game room, nursery, and a little
sis class during AHG meetings for siblings of AHG girls. Chess
Club/games and Science Club meet on alternating meetings, while
nursery and little sis class meet at each meeting. Moms are needed
to volunteer in all of these classes!
If you would like a registration form or more information, please
contact Sarah Small at 681-8423 or ssmall@mac.com
or Caroline Milne at 856-2193 or milnec@bellsouth.net
You can visit us on the web at http://www.meetjesus.cc
(follow the link to AHG)
or you can also
visit the AHG national website at http://www.ahgonline.org
