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The Program :
POSITIVE POWER is a healthy relationship program designed by our council to build girls’ self-esteem by helping them learn healthy relationship skills that help break the cycle of abuse.
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.

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 specifically on helping girls develop a better understanding of themselves and learn how to develop healthy friendships. The program for Teens (Cadettes and Senior Girl Scouts) takes these skills to another level by helping girls develop healthy dating relationships and teaching them to recognize and avoid dating violence.

Why is this program so important?
What are the POSITIVE POWER Materials?
What is the POSITIVE POWER Service Project?
Who does what?
What do the activities look like?
How do I request books for my troop?
What about a patch?
For more information…

Why is this program so important?

In a 2005 study, 1 in 3 teens shared that they know of a peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped, strangled, or physically hurt by their partner, and 13 % of teenage girls who disclosed having been in a relationship revealed that they had physically hurt or hit in that relationship*. Positive Power helps girls develop a better understanding of themselves and the importance of developing healthy friendships. This proactive approach is designed to give them the skills to deal with situations later in life where they could be faced with an unhealthy, or even violent relationship.

What are the POSITIVE POWER Materials?

Workbooks and a Leader’s Guide are provided at no cost to troops in Girl Scouts of NE KS & NW MO thanks to the support of grant funding. Troops complete an evaluation after finishing the activities so that the Council can report feedback on the program to these funding sources. After completing activities in the workbooks, girls earn the POSITIVE POWER patch. Girls are encouraged to conduct a service project within their troop and/or take part in the annual council-wide POSITIVE POWER service project.

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 carried out to stock the shelters with needed personal care items.

Who Does What?

POSITIVE POWER Captains represent the program to their respective service units. They are responsible for promoting participation, distributing materials, and training troop leaders to deliver the program.
Collection Drive Coordinators are adult volunteers and girls who are recruited and assigned drop-off sites. They receive donations, sort items, load donations on trucks to transport to a central site on the day of the collection drive.

What Do the Activities Look Like?

Brownie
Activity example: Friendship Pot allows girls to take turns writing positive attributes about each other on a plant pot. The finished product is a happy girl with a pot covered with colorful compliments from friends.

Junior
Activity example: Rumor Doomer allows girls to do a little role playing and
think about how they may respond in situations where someone passes on a rumor to them.

Teen (Cadette/Senior)
Activity example: Daria’s Story is one girl’s account of dating violence. The relationship began simple enough with compliments and flattery but soon escalated with the boy alienating Daria from her friends, accusing her of cheating if she talked with any boy and demanding that she spend every free moment with him. The girls read along and have a discussion on ways the boy exerted power and control over her and on choices available Daria.

How Do I Request Books for My Troop?

Contact your Service Unit’s POSITIVE POWER Captain, or send your request to Laura Moore in Kansas City: (816) 358-8750, ext. 3110, 1-800-728-8750, ext. 3110 or via fax at (816) 358-5714.
Or to Debra McKee in Topeka/St. Joseph: or 785-273-3100, ext. 26, 1-800-432-0286, ext. 26, or via fax at 785-273-3616

Address		Home Phone Number
Cell Number		Troop Number
Service Unit Number		Program Age Level
Number of workbooks needed
Do you want to pick up your books at a council office? If so, which one?
St. Joe	Topeka	Kansas City
When you would like to pick up the books?
Or, would you like the books at a Service Unit Meeting?
If so, when is your next Service Unit meeting?

What about a Patch?

Activities can be done for the fun of it or for the purpose of earning a POSITIVE POWER patch. Patch requirements are listed at the beginning of each workbook. For example, the requirements for Brownies to earn the patch are to complete at least four activities from the Positive You, Positive Friendships, and the Positive Solutions workbook sections.

POSITIVE POWER Patches are available through the Girl Scouts of NE KS & NW MO council shops for $1 each and $.40 each for patches given when girls complete POSITIVE POWER activities at an additional program level (i.e. when bridging from Brownie to Junior level). Patches are available also through the e-shop on the council website.

For More Information

Contact Laura Moore in Kansas City: (816) 358-8750, ext. 3110, 1-800-728-8750, ext. 3110 or via fax at (816) 358-5714.
Or to Debra McKee in Topeka/St. Joseph: or 785-273-3100, ext. 26, 1-800-432-0286, ext. 26, or via fax at 785-273-3616

Laura Moore is also the contact for troops in Girl Scouts of NE KS & NW MO to obtain materials or for groups outside of the council who wish to purchase the POSITIVE POWER Curriculum Replication Guide.

* Liz Claiborne Inc. study on teen dating abuse conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, February 2005: www.loveisnotabuse.com available 9/18/07.)


	Program Look here for a more infomation on the program and sample girl activities.


	Service Project Details about the March 15, 2008 collection drive available now!


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