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Girl Scout Troops Get Healthy Through Fit To Be ME! Modules
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana has teamed up with the United Way of Lake County to launch a healthy living initiative. Fit to Be Me! is an important program because it addresses the “whole girl” rather than just the food she eats, her weight, and her exercise habits. Our Fit to Be Me! initiative combines health and fitness curriculum and self-esteem programs to support youth development, confidence enhancement, and a variety of curriculum options focused on the differentiated definitions of fitness - mental, physical, emotional and academic. The information gathered will allow girls to work together or individually to become healthier and happier about themselves.
As you take travel through the “Fit to Be Me!” journey, also notice that you can earn badge work in each module. The Fit to Be Me! badge is a patch of smaller segments which connect together to form the entire badge. In order to complete the entire Fit to Be Me! badge you have to complete all five modules. Each troop has the option to pick and choose which activities within the modules to complete. As an incentive, we will provide each girl with a complimentary segment of the Fit to Be Me! patch once pre and post evaluations have been completed for the specific modules.
Click here for the list of Fit To Be Me! modules!