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Amusement Parks
Darien Lake
Darien Lake is just southwest of Batavia, NY. Enjoy just the day or stay overnight in your choice of accommodations.
Enchanted Forest/Water Safari
Located in Old Forge, NY, this water theme park is well north of Utica and east southeast of Watertown in Adirondack Park. A variety of overnight accommodations are available including RV sites.
Roseland Waterpark
Group Admission Located in Canandaigua, NY, Roseland Waterpark offers group admission rates, birthday party deals, and meal packages. For more details, visit their web site.
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Seabreeze is an amusement and water theme park in Rochester, NY.
Other Opportunities for Girl Scouts
NEW! Regal Entertainment Group
Free Family Film Festival Every Tuesday and Wednesday now through the end of August, Regal cinemas offer free G and PG movie showings at 10:00 a.m. in selected theaters. Visit their site for a list of participating theaters and a schedule of the movies being shown at those locations.
The Dream Rocket
The Saturn V Moon Rocket Wrapping This is a global art and education project in which participants are encouraged to visualize their dream for a better world and to then translate that vision into panels of fiber art. Completed panels will be displayed at locations across the country until they are brought together for one large display in May, 2011. Display sites in this area of the country include New Britain, CT; Manhattan, NY; and Brooklyn, NY. Visit the Dream Rocket web site for more information.
NEW! Montezuma Audubon Center
MARSH! Volunteer Group The Montezuma Alliance for the Restoration of Species and Habitats has three workdays scheduled—July 17, 20, and 24. Help them remove invasive species and replant with native species that will be more beneficial to wildlife.
Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center
Painting Fun for Kids Wednesdays from July 7 through August 11. Kids ages 7–14 will have a blast with art teacher, Nan Fourgeot, as they learn to draw and paint cool landscapes, seascapes, and spacescapes! This class will incorporate acrylics and watercolors. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., $5 per class.
Moonless Night Hike for Families August 12. Families will have a blast on our Moonless night hike at the Seneca Meadows Wetlands Preserve with naturalist, Ben Zimmerman! We'll play Frog Marco Polo, learn to call an owl, and discover what kinds of creatures like to play in the dark! Hike starts at Wetlands Preserve on Black Brook Road. Please bring a flashlight and wear sneakers and insect repellent (if desired). Bathroom accommodations provided. 9:00 to 10:30 p.m., for ages six to adult, free.
5K Hike for Hunger August 14. Good for you, good for the community: that's what this walk is all about. Come join the United Way of Seneca County and Seneca Meadows Education Center staff for a morning of healthy fun as we hike the beautiful trails at the Seneca Meadows Wetlands Preserve. Entrance fees will be matched by Seneca Meadows and donated to the House of Concern. All participants will receive a complimentary pedometer. Parking is available at the entrance of the Wetlands Preserve on Black Brook Road in Seneca Falls. 10:00 a.m., all ages, $5 entrance fee plus a non-perishable food item.
Family Party with the Planets August 19. Bring the family for a night of out-of-this-world fun with astronomer and art teacher, Joe Altieri! Get fun facts about the planets, make a cool craft, and check out the nighttime sky with some awesome telescopes. 9:00 to 10:30 p.m., $5 per family.
To register, fill out the registration form and mail it with a check to: Seneca Meadows EEC, 1786 Salcman Road, Waterloo, NY 13165. Fees are non-refundable. Program space is limited so register today!
Questions? Call 315 539-5624 or visit the Seneca Meadows web site.
NEW! Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY
Victorian Leisure Fair Take a step back in time to the age of innovation and industry at the Victorian Leisure Fair opening July 31, 2010 and running every Saturday and Sunday through September 5. The Fair will feature shows, games, shopping, dining, and living history. Sherlock Holmes and other costumed characters will roam the streets interacting with visitors while re-enactors portray daily life in the Victorian era. Stage shows such as The Gilbert and Sullivan Review and Peter Pan and Wendy will be performed live. Ride the steam train or journey down the canal on a horse-drawn packet boat. Queen Victoria will arrive in the afternoon to tour the fair and knight children. For more information or to purchase tickets visit Historic Events or call (315) 533-7101.
Rural Area Health Education Center
MedQuest Camp This is a one-day camp on August 11 at Ira Davenport Hospital in Bath, NY. At this camp, students from Steuben County who are entering grades 9–12 will have the opportunity to learn about careers in healthcare by means of shadowing sessions and fun hands-on activities facilitated by VA staff and providers.
Rural Area Health Education Center
MASH Camp This is a two-day camp on August 24&ndash25 at the Bath VA Center in Bath, NY. At this camp, students from Steuben County who are entering grades 7–9 will have the opportunity to learn about careers in healthcare by means of shadowing sessions and fun hands-on activities facilitated by VA staff and providers.
NEW! Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild
Fingerlakes Fiber Arts Festival Saturday, September 18 from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, September 19 from 10 am to 4 pm at the fairgrounds in Hemlock, NY. Admission is $4 for a single day or $5 for both days for anyone 13 years old or older; children 12 and under are admitted free. Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the fiber arts, including (but not limited to) animal husbandry, handspinning, knitting, weaving, crochet, and felting. This event is a wonderful family outing, featuring fiber animals of all sorts, including sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and rabbits. Most of the above crafts are demonstrated and/or taught; there are shearing demos, horse-drawn wagon rides, sales of yarn, fiber, and equipment for all of the above-listed crafts, and an abundance of delectable fair-type foods.
NEW! Central New York Cake competition
Second Annual Cake Decorating Competition The 2010 Cake Decorating Competition and King Arthur Flour Cake Tasting Contest is taking place September 25 at The Shops at Ithaca Mall. There are two children's divisions and four adult divisions. This event includes activities for children and demonstrations for everyone. Enter the contest or vote for your favorite cake!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium
Girl Scout Day at the Odditorium Venture through more than 20 themed galleries and witness over 500 astonishing artifacts while on a won-of-a-kind mission to discover the world's most unbelievable and fascinating women! From exotic masks and lily slippers to remarkable brass rings, this is your chance to re-examine and redefine beauty.
Nuwaka
Nuwaka is a one-stop fashion world where you get to create your own look and then model it on Nuwaka's runway. Located on the Vestal Parkway, Vestal, NY, Nuwaka offers activities for Girl Scouts of all grade levels.
Cancer Screening Program
The Cancer Services Program (CSP) is a cancer screening program that serves Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties and is based at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown. The program screens for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer among New Yorkers between the ages of 40 and 64. Clients with a positive screening receive diagnostic and support services.
We would love to have older Girl Scouts who are seeking service project opportunities become involved in our program. We seek volunteers to staff tables where written material dealing with predominately female cancers is distributed and contact information from prospective clients is collected. The girls would be asked to staff Saturday events during the school year with the possibility of other weekday events during the summer months.
We provide ample training for the girls. A staff member will be with them until they are comfortable staffing a table by themselves.
Our program saves lives every year and would be a very worthwhile cause for interested young women. For further information, please contact Michael Bone, 607-547-3717 or 888-345-0225.
Gold's Gym, Liverpool, NY
Girl Scout Try-It and Badge programs Spring is here and Gold's Gym is offering a new slate of Try-It and Badge related activities. Visit Gold's Gym in Liverpool, NY and participate in activities that will get your body moving and provide hours of fun with other Girl Scouts. Variety of dates and activities offered. Registration is required.
New York State Museum, Albany, NY
Come spend the night at the New York State Museum! Shake out your sleeping bag and your imagination! The 2009-2010 Camp-In season at the New York State Museum is an exciting, fun-filled way for your scout troop, community group or school class to spend a Friday or Saturday evening! Many choices of dates from November 2009 through June 2010.
Philadelphia Zoo
Overnight and Daytime Adventures at the Zoo Enjoy hands-on activities, guided hikes, and live animal encounters. Brownie Try-it and Junior Badge workshops are available year round including during the summer. The Zoo is now booking groups for fall 2010 through spring 2011.