Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 9, 1 September 1991 — Girl Scouts plan 1992 camp [ARTICLE]

Girl Scouts plan 1992 camp

The Girl Scouts of Hawai'i will celebrate 75 years of girl scouting in Hawai'i with a leader training eamp in November and an encampment for girl scouts in June 1992. The first girl scout troop was formed in 1906 at Kamehameha School by Florence Lowe, a teacher at Kamehameha, and was sponsored by Queen Lili'uokalani. The encampment will feature Hawaiiana programs and the girl scouts are looking for volunteers to assist in these programs. Kepilina Rossi, a volunteer and a member of the Hawaiiana badge committee for the girl scouts, says they are "expanding and revamping" their present Hawaiian studies program, started approximately four years ago. "We are trying to incorporate the Hawaiiana badge from Brownie (kindergarten) level to adults," she says. "We want to preserve Hawaiian studies through teaching to the girls." Rossi says the girl scouts would like to develop the program so that there are different kinds of badges depending on what was learned, such as mana'o, 'ohana, and laulima patches, and eventually develop a kumu patch, so that students ean teach what they learned. For more information, eall Kepilina Rossi at 2615114.