Our Focus
Patriotism
Patriotism is a character trait we take very seriously in Frontier Girls. All meetings begin with a formal flag ceremony, and all girls are taught a proper respect for both flag and country. We are also strong supporters of our military personnel and have made optional programs available to our troops who want to go Above and Beyond.
Skills
With nine areas of discovery we offer over 1200 individual badges on just about every topic a girl would wish to learn about. A Life Skills award program helps prepare the girls for life in the real the world. This includes things from crafts, to astronomy, to home maintenance. We practice biking, hiking, and camping as well, just to name a few!
Service
Frontier Girls encourages every Frontier Girl to help better her community and the lives of the people around her. Each troop is required to do a minimum of three service projects a year: one for her community, one for whoever hosts your troop meetings, and one ongoing project of the girls’ choice, such as singing carols to the elderly.
About troop #348
Our Frontier Girls Troop was started in the Fall of 2015 as an alternative to Girl Scouts. Our mission is to raise women of honor to be the mothers and leaders of the future through life skills, leadership, character building, teamwork, and service to others. We believe that girls can do anything they set their minds to and should have the opportunity to explore any subject that interests them. We discovered that we had a number of Cub Scout sons who had sisters who wanted to do the same activities as their brothers. Then we found other girls with the same interests and a new Scouting group was born! Some of the things our girls enjoy are learning new skills, learning about our country, biking, camping, science projects, crafts, and making new friends, just to name a few. The troop meets regularly during the school year twice a month at the Valley Bible Fellowship Church in Talent, OR, and has other occasional activities on weekends. Our members currently come from as far as Ruch and Central Point, although all families who can come to meetings are invited. Feel free to call ahead and then drop by any meeting to get to know the group and see if it's something your daughter is interested in. You can find out much more information about the Frontier Girls program on the organization's website at: www.frontiergirls.com
Over 1200 badges to choose from with nine areas of discovery. Plus, the girls can invent their own badges to submit to the Frontier Girls headquarters. Also, they can do any badges that are available to other scouting organizations. Parents can earn badges alongside their daughters and teach them you're never too old to learn new things. As the girls progress through the ranks as they age, the badge requirements become more challenging. Badges are earned at each age level, and can be repeated (with more requirements) as they move up to new levels.
Although the girls attend a combined meeting, they are broken down into Patrols by age group: Penguins (age 3-5); Otters (age 5-8); Dolphin (age 8-11); Butterfly (age 11-14); Eagle (age 14-18); Owls (parents)
Each girl purchases her own vests. Children wear red, adults wear royal blue., leaders wear navy-blue. A white shirt and dark blue bottoms round out the uniform. Badges earned by each girl are pinned to their vests. Visit www.frontiergirls.com/uniforms
The annual membership dues to the Frontier Girls headquarters is $29 per girl ($58 per family). Each group meeting has a small cost to cover materials and badges earned by the troop. If a girl earns extra badges at home, her parents must cover the cost of those badges (approx. $1.10 each). The costs of the uniform, travel, camping, etc. are covered by parents, and can be supplemented by group fundraising events.
Our Leaders
Etta Donica
