2026 Summer YSI Guide

Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship

Etiquette Kansas City

Challenge Island

Etiquette Kansas City comes to your troop location. Etiquette Kansas City provides classes for all ages and believes that good manners are not a thing of the past but should be a way of life. Teacher Janis Kliethermes believes that practicing good manners helps girls build self-confidence and a positive sense of self. All girls will earn a patch when participating in this program. For more information about Etiquette Kansas City, visit www.etiquettekansascity.com. To register for a troop activity, call or email Janis Kliethermes at 816-977-6182 or Janis@etiquettekansascity.com.

Available Programs:

The Art of Selling Cookies

Girls will learn the importance of first impressions, conversation skills and thank you notes. Each Girl Scout receives a special patch from Etiquette Kansas City. Length: 1 Hour. Cost: $15/Girl Scout.

Travels to Troops free in zip codes 66062, 66207, 66219, 66221, 66223, 66213, 66210, 66208, 66206, 66211, 66209, 66224, 66215, 66214, 66212, and 66218. Challenge Island® partners with Girl Scout councils nation- wide to offer fully interactive, hands-on STEAM workshops for girls of all ages! For more information visit www.challenge-island.com/program/girl-scout-workshops. All workshops are $22 per Girl Scouts (except for the Auto- motive Engineering Triple Badge Workshop, which is $28). This does not include the travel fee, if applicable. Discounts are given for troops of 20 or more. To register, contact Kate Mahoney at 913-303-0320 or email kmahoney@challenge-island.com.

Min/Max: 10/NA

Available Programs:

Business Jumpstart Badge Workshop

Toy Business Badge Workshop

Girls will earn their Business Jumpstart badge as they build their entrepreneurship skills. Girls will brainstorm ideas for a new themed roller coaster, build a prototype of their roller coaster, and pitch their concept to get funding for their business. Length: 2 hours.

Girls will use engineering design processes to create a themed toy, explore ideas to modify the toy to make it better, and develop an approach to market their toy to others. Length: 2 hours. Min/Max: 9/NA Budding Entrepreneur Badge Workshop Girls will hear first-hand from a female entrepreneur, as well as a famous entrepreneur, whose businesses have changed how we lived today. Then they’ll put what they’ve heard to use as they cre- ate their own restaurant business – developing a theme, designing a prototype, conducting tests, and pitching their business. Length: 2 hours.

Min/Max: 9/NA Business Creator Badge Workshop

Girl Scouts will become entrepreneurs as they start their own Safari ride in Africa. STEAM Teams will plan, design, model and pitch their new business to a panel of “investors” in this hands-on Challenge Island adventure. All steps of the badge will be covered, but badge is not included.

Min/Max: 9/NA

Min/Max: 9/NA

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