Successful Girl Scout activities presented by Kappa Delta chapters:

•  Kappa Deltas at Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech University hosted a National Girls Day event that brought over 100 Girl Scouts and their adult leaders to campus. The celebration featured speeches from the chapter president, a Girl Scout council representative and Kappa Delta’s National Panhellenic Conference Delegate Alternate Corre Stegall. Kappa Deltas manned stations where Girl Scouts made friendship bracelets, played team-building games, decorated mirrors with self-esteem messages, learned about the Healthy Media for Youth Act, and participated in other fun activities. 
• The Zeta Gamma-University of Arkansas chapter hosted a “Friends Don’t Bully” event at the chapter house. They discussed bullying, tone of voice and body language. Then they shared tips on how to stand up against a bully and had members act out scenarios. Finally each girl took a “Stand Up Style” quiz from the American Girl book, Stand Up For Yourself and Your Friends, to give more insight on ways they can deal with bullies.
• At its National Girls Day event, Kappa Deltas at Beta Delta-Utah State University set up several booths. In the confidence booth Girls filled out decorative “I Am” cards with words that described themselves. “This area was the most impactful,” said VP-community service Sarah Blakely. “Girls really got a lot out of this and the discussion that followed.” The event also included a sports area where USU women athletes led games and autographed posters and a service area where girls donated canned goods.
• The Alpha Epsilon-University of Tennessee/Knoxville chapter teamed up with the Girl Scout council and the university to host Gadget Girls, a college experience that promotes the S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiative. Over 150 Girl Scouts learned from college professors who are world-renowned scientists and mathematicians. The Kappa Deltas served as tour guides and assisted with activities, including making necklaces using DNA, testing dollar bills to find out if they are counterfeit, and growing homemade crystals.
• Kappa Delta collegians from Alpha Delta-Rhodes College, Alpha Mu-University of Mississippi, Delta Omega-Mississippi State University, Gamma Psi-Delta State University,   Zeta Beta-Union University and Zeta Omega-University of Memphis joined together at the Memphis Botanic Gardens to celebrate National Girls Day with Girl Scouts. Over 500 Girl Scouts and other girls from the community participated in fun activities, from decorating mirrors to face painting to the “You Make Me Smile” campaign.
• Alpha Pi-College of William and Mary Kappa Deltas worked with the local Girl Scout council to host a National Girls Day celebration for 325 girls. The event featured a motivational presentation from Julie Marie Carrier, former Miss Virginia and coach on MTV’s Made program. In addition to organizing activities and crafts, the Kappa Deltas led discussions on confidence and values, body language and what makes each person unique and beautiful.
• The Nashville, Tennessee, alumnae chapter helped to plan two Brownie Blasts in celebration of International Girls Day. For the first event, alumnae partnered with Kappa Delta collegians at Delta Upsilon-Tennessee Technological University and Eta Epsilon-University of the South to lead 90 Girl Scouts through various activities, including a scavenger hunt, skits, crafts and line dances. For the second event, over 300 Girl Scouts were led through activities by members of the alumnae chapter and Beta Tau-Vanderbilt University chapter members. Participants at both events earned the Brownie Quest journey patches and were given the Brownie Quest book, complements of the alumnae chapter.
• The Alpha Rho-University of Maryland chapter and the local Girl Scout council hosted an International Girls Day event at the university. Over 340 Girl Scouts from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia designed t-shirts with inspiring words, made healthy snacks, participated in team-building exercises, and made tissue-paper flowers for the children’s hospital. Girls also made a video in support of the Healthy Media for Youth Act to send to Congress.
• The Gamma Epsilon-Florida Southern College chapter planned a Teddy Bear Parade with 50 Girl Scouts. The girls and KDs met at a local park and were escorted by police in a parade to the police station. The group donated 150 stuffed animals for officers to use to comfort children in difficult situations that they come across during the course of their work.
• The Greater Atlanta Day, Georgia, alumnae chapter partnered with the local Girl Scout council to host Girl Scout Day at the Capitol. Girl Scouts from across the state met the governor and members of the legislature, and were recognized during a meeting of the General Assembly. At an afternoon reception, Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen La Grua, who is also a Kappa Delta alumna, spoke to the girls about women serving in the judicial system.
• Kappa Delta collegians at Beta Lambda-Georgetown College hosted a successful Friends Don’t Bully event with Cadette, Junior and Senior Girl Scouts. Girls split up into age levels and had a well-guided discussion on myths and facts about bullying, dangers of bullying, and what to do if you or someone you know is being bullied. Following the lesson girls made bracelets that stood for the anti-bullying movement.
• Epsilon-Louisiana State University Kappa Deltas hosted its National Girls Day event at the women’s hospital in Baton Rouge. Following presentations by special guests—a Girl Scout Gold Award winner, an LSU professor who is a competition runner, and Ms. Louisiana 2011—the 111 girls rotated to four different areas that focused on healthy eating habits, healthy relationships, reducing stress and dance.
• Kappa Delta’s Richardson/Plano, Texas, alumnae chapter provided scholarships for 20 Girl Scouts to participate in Interest Project College, a weeklong event that allowed the girls to visit an area college where they explored various areas of interest and worked on their Gold or Silver Award requirements.  Members of the alumnae chapter also teamed up with KD collegians at the Gamma Beta-University of North Texas chapter to teach over 50 Girl Scouts about college life and strategies for success in college, such as time management and prioritizing.
• Kappa Deltas at the Epsilon Lambda-University of Alabama/Huntsville hosted a uniquely ME! seminar and movie night for Girl Scouts ages 12-14. They showed the movie, The Clique, and encouraged girls to watch for instances of “bullying” in the movie. Following the movie, they led a discussion about bullying and other mean girl behavior. They closed the session with an open forum where girls could ask questions, and gave tips on self-confidence and feeling beautiful inside and out.
• The Gamma Kappa-University of Louisiana/Lafayette chapter planned a fall Girl Scout event with a dual purpose. Since the local area had been greatly affected by the oil spill in the Gulf, they used the event to help girls understand the effects of the disaster. They led the girls through an experiment using cotton balls, oil and ice cubes to show how animals covered in oil. Then the KDs led a uniquely ME! activity. The girls created “beauty mantras” by writing what they like about themselves on drawings of a mirror. Girls were also given hand mirrors decorated by KD new members to take home with them.
• Members of the Mountain Brook, Alabama, alumnae chapter led a uniquely ME! self-esteem program for girls at the Girl Scout Camp of North Central Alabama. About 175 girls of all ages participated in the “You Are Beautiful Inside and Out” program. Following self-esteem-building activities, each girl was presented with a tiara to help them feel special.
• Sigma Phi-University of Georgia Kappa Deltas hosted a National Girls Day event with over 70 Girl Scouts in grades 5-7 from every county in the district. Girls participated in several activities, including making friendship bracelets, and a “keep life in balance” ping pong ball/spoon race. They also discussed the unhealthy attention the media places on appearance using “Just a Little Touchup” and “About Me” from the uniquely ME! workshop. Finally the girls signed the Confidence Pledge and signed a petition in support of the Healthy Media for Youth Act that was sent to their Senator.