Learn valuable skills about being a mentor and sharing your skills, passions and experiences with younger Girl Scouts! Program Aides have the unique opportunity to serve as champions for the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

Details: All girls 11 1/2 and older, are invited to attend Program Aide Training on their way to completing the steps of the Program Aide Award. PA Core Training involves learning to work with children and adapting activities for special needs and situations. You will put your new skills to the test with hands on activities that will prepare you for real life situations working with younger girls at day camps and troop, council, and service unit events.

Girls need to bring their lunch and water. Please no peanuts/peanut butter products.

Cost: $20

Girls must complete this course to be a PA at most Day Camps.

Program Aide Core Training (P.A.C.T.) is a council-designed leadership course and is an optional step to help girls earn the Program Aide pin. For more information on the Program Aide pin contact info@girlscoutsccc.org.

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/girl-training–program-aide-core-training—thousand-oaks—c.html

Experience the wonders of the ocean on this private kayak tour. A knowledgeable tour guide will take you through the harbor and give you an insider’s look into Santa Barbara as well as some local history. Come explore with us on a Santa Barbara kayak tour and see all that this beach town has to offer!  Your guide will bring you within feet of Northern Fur Seals, Pacific Harbor Seals, California Sea Lions, California Brown Pelicans, and Cormorants. Next, you’ll explore Stearns Wharf, and after passing underneath the pier you’ll enter the Santa Barbara Harbor. The harbor will lend your eyes to magnificent vessels and Santa Barbara’s world renowned fishermen fleet who call the harbor home.

Waiver will be sent with email confirmation. No tagalongs.

COST: $65.00 – Girl Scouts (includes fun patch) $50.00 – Registered Girl Scout Adult Volunteer **if you wish to watch from the beach, there is no need to register**

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/special-event–kayak-adventure—santa-barbara—c-s-a.html

Experience the wonders of the ocean on this private kayak tour. A knowledgeable tour guide will take you through the harbor and give you an insider’s look into Santa Barbara as well as some local history. Come explore with us on a Santa Barbara kayak tour and see all that this beach town has to offer!  Your guide will bring you within feet of Northern Fur Seals, Pacific Harbor Seals, California Sea Lions, California Brown Pelicans, and Cormorants. Next, you’ll explore Stearns Wharf, and after passing underneath the pier you’ll enter the Santa Barbara Harbor. The harbor will lend your eyes to magnificent vessels and Santa Barbara’s world renowned fishermen fleet who call the harbor home.

Waiver will be sent with email confirmation. No tagalongs.

Fee: $65.00 – Girl Scouts (includes fun patch) $50.00 – Registered Girl Scout Adult Volunteer **if you wish to watch from the beach, there is no need to register**

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/special-event–kayak-adventure—santa-barbara—c-s-a0.html

Girl Scouts Gone Fishin’  is a 3-hour outdoor experience consisting of a fishing trip at the local pier. This three-hour adventure includes fishing, knot tying, baiting, casting, wildlife exploration and coastal stewardship. During these activities, students will engage in problem solving and team building while learning about the local marine life and how to protect it while able to take what’s able to be harvested. Students will gain occupational and leadership experience, while “catching a memory” and actively learning about the coastal environment.

COST: $35.00 includes fun patch & workbook for Girl Scouts – adults who wish to watch and not participate do not need to register but will not be allowed to assist your Girl Scouts or fish.  No tagalongs

Parking $8 at lots by pier

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/special-event–girl-scouts-gone-fishin—-south—d-b-j-c-s-a-v.html

Girl Scouts Gone Fishin’  is a 3-hour outdoor experience consisting of a fishing trip at the local pier. This three-hour adventure includes fishing, knot tying, baiting, casting, wildlife exploration and coastal stewardship. During these activities, students will engage in problem solving and team building while learning about the local marine life and how to protect it while able to take what’s able to be harvested. Students will gain occupational and leadership experience, while “catching a memory” and actively learning about the coastal environment.

$35.00 includes fun patch & workbook for Girl Scouts – adults who wish to watch and not participate do not need to register but will not be allowed to assist your Girl Scouts or fish.  No tagalongs

Parking $10 in parking structure next to pier

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/special-event–girl-scouts-gone-fishin—-ventura—d-b-j-c-s-a-.html

Girl Scouts Gone Fishin’  is a 3-hour outdoor experience consisting of a fishing trip at the local pier. This three-hour adventure includes fishing, knot tying, baiting, casting, wildlife exploration and coastal stewardship. During these activities, students will engage in problem solving and team building while learning about the local marine life and how to protect it while able to take what’s able to be harvested. Students will gain occupational and leadership experience, while “catching a memory” and actively learning about the coastal environment.

$35.00 includes fun patch & workbook for Girl Scouts – adults who wish to watch and not participate do not need to register but will not be allowed to assist your Girl Scouts or fish.  No tagalongs

Parking $8 at lots by pier

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/special-event–girl-scouts-gone-fishin—-south—d-b-j-c-s-a-v0.html

Girl Scouts Gone Fishin’  is a 3-hour outdoor experience consisting of a fishing trip at the local pier. This three-hour adventure includes fishing, knot tying, baiting, casting, wildlife exploration and coastal stewardship. During these activities, students will engage in problem solving and team building while learning about the local marine life and how to protect it while able to take what’s able to be harvested. Students will gain occupational and leadership experience, while “catching a memory” and actively learning about the coastal environment.

$35.00 includes fun patch & workbook for Girl Scouts – adults who wish to watch and not participate do not need to register but will not be allowed to assist your Girl Scouts or fish.  No tagalongs

Parking $10 in parking structure next to pier

https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/en/sf-events-repository/2026/special-event–girl-scouts-gone-fishin—-ventura—d-b-j-c-s-a-0.html