 POSITIVE POWER is a program designed by former Mid-Continent Council to build girls' self-esteem by teaching them healthy relationship skills.
Our goal with this prevention program is to equip girls and young women with the knowledge and skills needed to resist and reduce abuse in their lives and to build healthy, self-fulfilling relationships.
What is the Program?
POSITIVE POWER consists of three separate age-appropriate activity program curriculums, one each for Brownie, Junior, and Teen Girl Scouts, which are facilitated by the Troop Leader. The programs for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts focus on helping girls develop a better understanding of themselves and learn how to develop healthy friendships. The program for Teens (Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Girl Scouts) takes these skills to another level by educating girls on healthy dating relationships and teaching them to recognize and avoid dating violence.
What is the POSITIVE POWER Service Project?
The Girl Scout POSITIVE POWER service project is a partnership among the council and shelters that serve survivors of domestic violence. Each year, a collection drive is sponsored by the council to stock the shelters with needed personal care items.
Why are the Girl Scouts involved in this Type of Program?
The answer is simple: Relationship violence is a serious problem. Girl Scouts has the potential to reach thousands of girls - hopefully before relationship violence becomes an issue in their lives. POSITIVE POWER reaches girls between the ages of 6 and 17 - the peak of a girl's self-identity development. The age-appropriate programs have been designed to help girls understand the dynamics of healthy - and unhealthy - relationships.
Additionally, this program is a good fit with the Girl Scout program goals--girls will Discover, Connect, and Take Action through participation in the Positive Power Program. Discover: Girls will become conscious of symptoms, dynamics and behavior patterns associated with healthy and unhealthy relationships. Girls also become equipped to handle challenging situations and enhance healthy relationships. Connect: Girls are guided and encouraged to build and sustain safe, supportive networks of peers and adults. Take Action: Girls will feel empowered to make a difference. They advocate for themselves and others, do community service, and are socially responsible citizens.
How can we participate?
Girl Scouts can participate in POSITIVE POWER in the following ways:
- Complete an activity or two for fun at a troop meeting or event
- Complete all of the requirements to earn the patch (listed in each book)
- Collect items for the Positive Power Service Project
- Be a Collection Host for the Positive Power Service Project
- Coordinate a Positive Power Service Project for your Service Unit
For More Information
For questions or to obtain materials contact Laura Moore at LauraMoore@girlscoutsksmo.org or (816) 358-8750, ext. 3110 or 800-728-8750 ext 3110 or via fax at (816) 358-5714.
Groups outside of the council who wish to use the Positive Power materials may purchase the Curriculum Replication Guide.
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