Outcomes:
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Girls can identify community needs.
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Girls educate and inspire others to act.
Outcome Indicators:
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Girls use various tools to recognize community helpers.
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Girls can explain their service impact and motivate others.
The Humane Society of Pinellas is dedicated to serving the community through the compassionate care of all animals.
The Humane Society of Pinellas’s “Pet Care” Patch is a program specifically designed for each level of Girl Scouting: Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts complete one set of activities.
Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador complete another.
The purpose of this program is to promote commitment to and respect for all animals and their environment and to protect them from suffering, abuse, cruelty, and exploitation. In this program
Girl Scouts will learn about the sheltering of homeless animals, how we place animals into humane environments, how to promote humane education to the public, how to properly care for animals, and how to protect the environment that we all share.
Requirements: Daisies, Brownies and Juniors
Complete three of the five activities, including the one with the asterisk.
*1. Visit the Humane Society of Pinellas for a tour and write or tell a story about one of the animals from its point of view. What would the animal say if it could speak? How do you think it feels about losing its family and home? Select one of the dogs or cats by name.
2. The Humane Society of Pinellas uses a lot of various items everyday. Hold a “Wish List
Donation Drive ” to benefit our shelter. Get your troop to raise items off the list and bring them into the shelter the next time you visit; the animals will love it!

3. Start a troop recycling program. This benefits all types of animals by reducing trash and pollution and keeping the world that we all share healthier.
4. Become a “Responsible Pet Owner” by having the Humane Society of Pinellas visit your troop. Learn what animals need to be healthy and happy. Also learn to teach others ways in which to keep themselves and their pets safe. A shelter animal may accompany the presentation.
5. Complete and color t he “Dog’s are fun” or “Cats are cool” color sheet. Once completed bring them personally to nursing homes to brighten the residents ’ day. Spend some time talking to them about pets and what you learned from this program.
Requirements: Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Complete six of the eight activities, including the one with the asterisk.
*1. Visit the Humane Society of Pinellas for a tour and write or tell a story about one of the animals from its point of view. What would the animal say if it could speak? How do you think it feels about losing its family and home? Select one of the dogs or cats by name.
2. What kind of diet is good for a dog? Find out what foods and treats are good for a dog to eat.
Follow the “Doggie Treat” recipe and make some healthy treats for the homeless dogs at the shelter.
3. What do cats like to do for fun? Find out what toys are fun and safe for a cat to play with.
Follow the “Sock Toy” instruction sheet and make some toys for the cats at the shelter; they always need fun and safe toys to play with and will appreciate it.
4. Find out why wild or exotic animals DO NOT make good pets. Find out how wild animals can take care of themselves and how pet animals cannot. What kinds of things would wild or exotic animals need that a pet animal does not? What problems could occur if the wrong kind of animal was kept as a pet? What animals DO make good pets? Make a poster with one side of pictures of animals that make good pets and the other with animals do not make good pets.
Draw your own or use magazine pictures. Share this with your troop.
5. Our shelter uses a lot of various items everyday. Hold a “Wish List Donation Drive” to benefit our shelter. Get your troop to raise items off the list and bring them into the shelter the next time you visit; the animals will love it!
6. Find out about service dogs. Examples: police dogs, bomb-sniffing dogs, dogs for the blind and deaf, to name a few. How are they trained? What kinds of dogs make good service dogs?
Work together and make a picture story about service dogs. Invite a service dog to be a guest at your next troop meeting.
7. How do dogs and cats communicate or talk to us? Observe your dog or cat and explain its body language. On a tour at the Humane Society of Pinellas, watch the body language of the homeless animals. How do dogs and cats tell us when they are happy, sad, scared, angry and other feelings?

8. Pets need to go to the doctor just like we do. Why is it important to take your pet to the veterinarian? What kinds of things do veterinarians do to animals to help them stay healthy?
Visit the Humane Society of Pinellas or invite someone from the shelter to come visit your troop to use our Banfield “Future Vet” kits to learn how vets keep animals healthy and happy.
Pet Care patches are $1.00 per patch while supplies last. Please complete the information below and bring or mail this form to the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida Resource Center. If you are outside of the GSWCF council and would like to receive the patch or patches by mail, include $5.95 to cover shipping and handling. Please make check payable to Girl Scouts of
West Central Florida and mail to: 4610 Eisenhower Blvd, Tampa, FL 33634. Please write
“Patch Program” on the outside of the envelope.
For more information on this patch program, please contact:
Daisies/Brownies
Juniors
Ann Keilty
MemorieAnne Brown
Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors Alison Wernicke akeilty@gswcf.org
mbrown@gswcf.org
813-325-9031
813-262-1811 awernicke@gswcf.org
813-262-1826
Troop leader/Adult name:
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Address:
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City: ______________________________________________ State: ______ Zip code: ___________
Community: ________________________________________________ Troop #:
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Please circle the grade level: D B J C S A
Name(s) of Girl(s)
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Total number of patches requested: ____________
Total Amount Enclosed: $ ________________ __ Please add $5.95 if shipping is needed outside of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida council area.
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Ingredients:
1 package dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
1-pint vegetable or chicken stock
3 ½ cups unbleached flour

2 cups whole-wheat flour
1-cup rye flour
2 cups cracked wheat or wheat germ
½ cup dry milk
1-teaspoon salt (optional)
1 egg
1-tablespoon milk
Directions:
1. Make sure there’s an adult to supervise and read the entire recipe before you begin baking.
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
3. Dissolv e yeast in ¼ cup warm water. Add to vegetable or chicken stock. Next, combine all dry ingredients in a separate bowl; add stock mixture.
4. Knead mixture on a floured surface for about 3 minutes, working into stiff dough. Roll out to a thickness of ¼ inch. You can cut them into bars or use a dog-bone cookie cutter.
5. Beat 1 egg with 1-tablespoon milk. Brush each biscuit with a little of the egg/milk mixture and place on cookie sheets. Bake for about 45 minutes.
6. Turn off the heat, but leave the biscuits in the oven overnight. This makes them hard and crunchy.
7. Give the biscuit to a dog and watch them munch away.
Makes 4 to 5 dozen dog biscuits
Supplies:
Clean cotton socks
Cotton balls or another sock for stuffing
Catnip
Non-toxic permanent magic marker
Directions:
1. Start with your sock.
2. Stuff the toe of the sock with a small amount of catnip.
3. Follow with the cotton balls or another sock.
4. Fill to the start of the ribbing on the sock.
5. Tie at the end of the sock to keep everything in the sock.
6. Give the sock to a cat and watch them play and have fun.
To Keep Us Comfy and Cozy:
Kongs and squeaky toys
Dry Science Diet food for cats, kittens, dogs and puppies
Canned Science Diet kitten food
Purina Rabbit Chow
Clay cat litter

Towels, blankets and sheets
KMR for kittens
Baby animal bottles and nipples
Dog and cat pillows
Soft treats for cats and dogs
To Keep Us Healthy and Clean:
Medical isolation gowns
Latex exam gloves - size Medium and Large
Liquid laundry detergent
Anti-bacterial wipes and soap
Plastic spray bottles
Heavy duty (3 mm) trash bags
Kitchen trash bags
Paper towels
Hand sanitizer
To Help Our Office Run Smoothly:
Postage Stamps
Scissors
Kleenex
Reams of copy paper (white and colored)
New photocopier
Manila file folders
Scotch tape
Miscellaneous:
Gift cards from local merchants
High-end auction items
Heavy duty garden hose
Hose nozzles and sprayers
Industrial fans
50 ft lengths of 6 ft high chain link fence
Bottled water and sports drinks (re-sealable)
Flashlights , AA & 9V batteries
Generators
Lanterns
Plastic tables (6 ft)
Landscaping materials
Tarps
Paint brushes and rollers
Surge protectors
60 lb. bags of concrete
10 ft x 10 ft canopy tents
Licensed tradesmen who can offer their services
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters (Change for the Better)