Bridging to Juniors (Girl Scouts)

The following is what we did for our Fly Up to Juniors Ceremony.  The ideas here have been taken from other sources online and from Girl Scouts.  My co-leader and I put some of the ideas together and this is what we came up with for our ceremony.

We had an actual bridge that we used.  It was at the park about a block from our meeting site.  If you don't have a bridge, you can tape balloons (green and white for junior colors or a rainbow of colors) in two rows on the ground and create a path (or pretend bridge) that the girls can walk across.  When we bridged to Brownies, it rained that day, so we taped ribbon (that had flowers attached to it) to the floor and used that as our pretend bridge.

Hard to see, but, they are each holding up a letter that spells, "Flying up to Juniors"

We thanked the parents for coming.  We also thanked them for all the help during the year (especially our cookie mom!).

We started off with the Pledge of Allegiance.

The girls read a poem titled: Take My Hand in Friendship*

Take my hand in friendship
I give to you this day
Remember all the good times
We had along the way.

Take my hand in helping
Other people that we know
The more we give to others,
The more we will grow.

Take my hand in learning
To play on nature's ground
Enjoying trails and campfires
With new friends that we have found.

Take my hand in giving
Our knowledge of true Girl Scouts
To girls we meet and talk to
Who might have some doubts.

Take my hand in thanking
Our parents and our guides
With sincere appreciation
For standing by our side.

Take my hand in eagerness
To be an older Girl Scout
We're proud to be a fly-up
It's what we're going to shout.

So, take my hand to follow
New Girl Scouting paths in sight.
We'll join hands with each other
And in friendship we'll unite.

We give our thanks in promise
To hold our country dear,
And follow the Girl Scout Law
Each day throughout the year.

And now we'll say the Girl Scout Promise
With so much love and cheer!

All Girls:
On my honor, I will try to serve God and my country, to help people at all times and to live by the Girl Scout Law.

*we divided the poem up so each girl was able to say two lines (we have 17 girls in our troop)

Each girl had a letter and when she was done reading her part (of the poem) she held up her letter.  When all was done, the letters spelled up, "Flying up to Juniors."  (again, it worked out because we had seventeen girls...you can also spell out, "Bridging to Juniors")

We brought the girls to one side of the bridge, and then, one by one, the girl walked to the center of the bridge and she said her name and what her favorite memory is from Brownies.

I like the last line.....

She then came to the other side of the bridge and we handed her her wings and rainbow bridge patch.

Junior mints attached to wings and bridge patch

When the last girl finished, we walked them back on the bridge (for a photo op) and introduced our new Junior Girl Scout Troop # _____.

Our girls did it!  We successfully finished two years of Brownies and have now bridged to Juniors!