Leader Daughter Girl Scout Bus Trip to Pittsburgh - Registration is now closed.
Reminder:  Cookie moms and their daughter(s) can attend also!
updated 06 JAN 10
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Some Mercer Area Girl Scouts after the Girl Scout Day Pitt Women's Basketball Game. '07
Registration Form for Leader Daughter Girl Scout Bus Trip to Pittsburgh
Registrations so far:  25 people are signed up for the trip. 
Some background on this trip:
Some of the leaders from the Mercer Area Girl Scouts have been attending the Girl Scout Day Pitt Women's Baskeball game as a leader-daughter event for several years.  It is great to be at the Peterson Events Center with so many other Girl Scouts watching two of the best women's basketball teams in the country play a game.  Usually, we arrive a little early and go into Oakland for lunch, then watch the game.  This year I thought that it would be great to:
  1. not have to drive to Pittsburgh, park, and worry about the weather in January - let's leave all of this to a bus driver!
  2. make this event available to other leaders and daughters because it is so much fun and is very affordable, too - leaders from any Service Area are welcome to attend!
  3. do something before lunch as there are so many unique opportunities in Oakland - if you haven't been to the Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning at Pitt, I'd suggest this option for the morning.  The tour guides do an amazing job; you and your scout will feel as if you've personally visited serveral foreign countries by the time the tour ends.  And, you can't beat the price:  $1 for scouts, $3 for adults.  The other option for the morning activity is to attend an IP program at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum.  I have not personally done this program, but have heard very good things about it from other leaders that I have met from the Pittsburgh area.  The cost of the IP program is $10 per scout with no fee for leaders.  See the links section at the bottom of this page for more info on both of these activities.  
Note:  All activities are about 6 blocks from each other so you will be doing some walking to get from one activity to another - ie.  Nationality Rooms in Cathedral of Learning to lunch in Oakland to the Peterson Events Center.  Map of Pitt Campus - includes all buildings that you'll be at.
I've been a Girl Scout leader for 9 years and have planned many large events for our Service Area, including two other bus trips, and have even planned a few events for council (I was co-organizer of GSWPA Boot Camp 2008 and 2009), so you can feel confident that this event is well planned.  Please contact me if you have any questions!
Kathy Shaffer
Co-Service Area Manager
Leader, Troops 30609 and 30094
Mercer Area Girl Scouts
724-372-0431
kathy@shaffer-consulting.com

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