My name is Alisa and I am a Pioneer of American Heritage Girls Troop IL1317. It has made a great impact on me and teaches me how to be a leader in my family and community. We have meetings every 2 weeks on Thursday evenings where we earn different badges. Each girl has a badge book that includes around 80 badges in 6 different frontiers (Heritage, Arts, Family Living, Outdoor Skills, Personal Well-Being and Science & Technology). This year the whole Troop earned the Dance badge - we learned about famous dancers, different styles of dance, and even choreographed some of our own dances. We are all now working on the Insects/Entomology badge and have learned a lot about insects and how they affect our daily lives. Pioneers and Patriots )7th-12th grades) also did the Women of Faith badge this year where we studied various women from the Bible. Explorers (4th-6th grades) did the Our Heritage badge. They made butter and pickled vegetables, created corn husk dolls, and studied technology and famous people from the colonial and pioneer eras. Tenderhearts (1st-3rd grades) did a lot of badges - “Fashion” “US Military Heroes” “Art History” and “Astronomy”. My personal favourite badge I earned is the dance badge, because we got to learn about how to fuel the dancer body and also got to learn 2 dances and perform them to the troop. I really enjoy being part of AHG because of all the projects we do like the Flower Sale which is the fundraiser of the year and our annual Daddy-daughter dance which we had the 5th year in a row. If you have girls in your family who are interested or have further questions, please click the following link to connect to our Troop Coordinator! American Heritage Girls - Find a Troop
 

Troop IL1317 ~ Prospect Heights, Illinois

The First Troop Chartered by a Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Chicago