Earn a Girl Scout Ranger patch Girl Scouts are invited to earn a Resource Stewardship certificate by visiting and spending 5 hours exploring the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.

Scouts can:

• Watch the two films in the Visitor Center

• Tour the Lincoln Home

• View Dean and Arnold house exhibits

• Listen to the Lincoln Neighborhood Cell Phone tour

• Complete the Junior Ranger Book activities

• Look at Visitor Center exhibits and visit the Museum Store.

• Talk to a Park Ranger about National Park Service careers

• Draw a picture, make a craft, or make a video about Lincoln Home

• Participate in a special event or Ranger talk

For an additional five hours scouts can earn a Resource Stewardship patch by participating in other Lincoln Home activities and/or exploring other Lincoln sites.

Activity examples include:

• Tour Springfield Lincoln sites as the Lincoln Tomb, New Salem, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and/or the Old State Capitol

• Staff the Lincoln Home Junior Ranger activity table

• Take part in a Journey to Greatness program by going to http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/Journey/index.html

• Write a postcard or poem, take pictures, or create a scrapbook about Lincoln’s life.

• Participate in the march to and rally at the Illinois State Capitol

This nation-wide program encourages volunteer service and teaches scouts about the National Park Service.

Visit www.nps.gov/gettinginvolved/youthprograms for more information or contact Volunteer Coordinator Kyle McGrogan at 217-391-3215 or

kyle_mcgrogan@nps.gov. Or contact Community Volunteer Ambassador Jared Kaylor at 217-391-3236 or jared_kaylor@partner@nps.gov

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