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Amusement Parks
Darien Lake
Darien Lake is just southwest of Batavia, NY. Enjoy just the day or stay overnight in your choice of accommodations.
Disney World
Disney Youth Programs Disney World offers two distinct discount admission programs. Disney Youth Education Services provides a behind-the-scenes program showcasing how the "magic" in the Magic Kingdom works. Non-educational youth group discount packages are also available.
Enchanted Forest/Water Safari
Located in Old Forge, NY, this water theme park is well north of Utica and east southeast of Watertown in Adirondack Park. A variety of overnight accommodations are available including RV sites.
Roseland Waterpark
Group Admission Located in Canandaigua, NY, Roseland Waterpark offers group admission rates, birthday party deals, and meal packages. For more details, visit their web site.
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Seabreeze is an amusement and water theme park in Rochester, NY.
Other Opportunities for Girl Scouts
NEW! EPIC Trainings
Just Yell FIRE! EPIC Training's newest learning opportunity for women and girls, this two-hour interactive presentation teaches girls ages 11–19 to be the victor not the victim! You will learn that it is ok to fight back to protect yourself. For more information, including session times and fees, call (585) 615-4379.
Literacy Volunteers
For those of us who can read, it is difficult to imagine or understand the obstacles faced at every turn by those among us who cannot read. Help someone gain self-conficence, job skills, and hope. Become a literacy tutor! Successfully completing a series of six three-hour classes is all it takes to become a tutor. (There is a $40 book and materials fee for these classes.) Call 748-5478 to register for your opportunity to turn someone's life around.
Regal Entertainment Group
Free Family Film Festival Every Tuesday and Wednesday now through the end of August, Regal cinemas offer free G and PG movie showings at 10:00 a.m. in selected theaters. Visit their site for a list of participating theaters and a schedule of the movies being shown at those locations.
Stoughton Farm, Tioga County, NY
THE MAiZE at Stoughton Farm in Tioga County, NY is a labyrinth of twists, turns and dead ends carved into a 10-foot high, 8 acre cornfield. A series of "passports" are available in a variety of subjects. Correctly answering the questions in the passport provides clues that guide you though the maze.
The maze is open from September 11 to October 31 (Monday–Saturday 9 am–6 pm, Sundays 9 am–5 pm). On Friday and Saturday evenings in October a flashlight maze is offered. Prices for ages 10 and up are $7.50; ages 4–9 $5.00; ages 3 and under are free. A $2.00 per person group discount is offered to groups of fifteen people or more. Reservations are required for groups.
Directions: 2.5 miles north on Route 38 from Newark Valley stoplight or 7.0 miles south on Route 38 from Richford stoplight.
The Dream Rocket
The Saturn V Moon Rocket Wrapping This is a global art and education project in which participants are encouraged to visualize their dream for a better world and to then translate that vision into panels of fiber art. Completed panels will be displayed at locations across the country until they are brought together for one large display in May, 2011. Display sites in this area of the country include New Britain, CT; Manhattan, NY; and Brooklyn, NY. Visit the Dream Rocket web site for more information.
Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY
Victorian Leisure Fair Take a step back in time to the age of innovation and industry at the Victorian Leisure Fair opening July 31, 2010 and running every Saturday and Sunday through September 5. The Fair will feature shows, games, shopping, dining, and living history. Sherlock Holmes and other costumed characters will roam the streets interacting with visitors while re-enactors portray daily life in the Victorian era. Stage shows such as The Gilbert and Sullivan Review and Peter Pan and Wendy will be performed live. Ride the steam train or journey down the canal on a horse-drawn packet boat. Queen Victoria will arrive in the afternoon to tour the fair and knight children. For more information or to purchase tickets visit Historic Events or call (315) 533-7101.
Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild
Fingerlakes Fiber Arts Festival Saturday, September 18 from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, September 19 from 10 am to 4 pm at the fairgrounds in Hemlock, NY. Admission is $4 for a single day or $5 for both days for anyone 13 years old or older; children 12 and under are admitted free. Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the fiber arts, including (but not limited to) animal husbandry, handspinning, knitting, weaving, crochet, and felting. This event is a wonderful family outing, featuring fiber animals of all sorts, including sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and rabbits. Most of the above crafts are demonstrated and/or taught; there are shearing demos, horse-drawn wagon rides, sales of yarn, fiber, and equipment for all of the above-listed crafts, and an abundance of delectable fair-type foods.
Central New York Cake competition
Second Annual Cake Decorating Competition The 2010 Cake Decorating Competition and King Arthur Flour Cake Tasting Contest is taking place September 25 at The Shops at Ithaca Mall. There are two children's divisions and four adult divisions. This event includes activities for children and demonstrations for everyone. Enter the contest or vote for your favorite cake!
Nuwaka
Nuwaka is a one-stop fashion world where you get to create your own look and then model it on Nuwaka's runway. Located on the Vestal Parkway, Vestal, NY, Nuwaka offers activities for Girl Scouts of all grade levels.
Cancer Screening Program
The Cancer Services Program (CSP) is a cancer screening program that serves Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties and is based at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown. The program screens for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer among New Yorkers between the ages of 40 and 64. Clients with a positive screening receive diagnostic and support services.
We would love to have older Girl Scouts who are seeking service project opportunities become involved in our program. We seek volunteers to staff tables where written material dealing with predominately female cancers is distributed and contact information from prospective clients is collected. The girls would be asked to staff Saturday events during the school year with the possibility of other weekday events during the summer months.
We provide ample training for the girls. A staff member will be with them until they are comfortable staffing a table by themselves.
Our program saves lives every year and would be a very worthwhile cause for interested young women. For further information, please contact Michael Bone, 607-547-3717 or 888-345-0225.
Philadelphia Zoo
Overnight and Daytime Adventures at the Zoo Enjoy hands-on activities, guided hikes, and live animal encounters. Brownie Try-it and Junior Badge workshops are available year round including during the summer. The Zoo is now booking groups for fall 2010 through spring 2011.