GS Uniform and Bean Town Challenge

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Uniform requirements for participation in flag ceremony: To respect and honor our flag and country, girls participating in the flag ceremony should give honor by their actions and also by their apparel. For our meeting purposes, girls should wear the following to have one of the major parts in the flag ceremony:

Sash (or vest) and
Uniform top or uniform bottom. If wearing the blue jean option (see What does Uniform mean? below) you must have uniform top.

What does Uniform mean? We recognize that a few of our girls do not own official G.S. uniform tops or bottoms. These girls have chosen an alternative that closely resembles the official GS uniform. (for example -- khaki pants, shorts or skirts; light blue polo or broadcloth shirts) This alternative is considered uniform for them. This applies only to girls who do not own official uniform components. Note: Non-uniform GS tees (ie Cookie tees) are NOT considered a substitute for your uniform top and are NOT considered uniform.

We also recognize that during cold weather, girls with uniform shorts/skirts may choose to wear blue jeans to our weekly meetings. Please choose plain blue jeans. Embroidery, patches, etc. bring attention to oneself and are therefore not "uniform" by definition (Being the same as or consonant with another or others.) This alternative in cold weather is considered uniform.

Complete Uniform Incentive -- The Bean Town Challenge: To honor and respect our membership in Girl Scouts, we wear uniforms. Uniforms not only bring recognition of what we are, but they take attention away from ourselves and set the tone that we are a group with a common goal. I cannot require a girl wear her uniform, I can only hope that she will choose to do so.

I'm putting my money where my heart is. Starting next week, those girls who wear complete uniform (see below for definition of complete uniform) to meetings will receive a check mark in their attendance records. At the end of the year, those who wore complete uniforms 90% or more of their time will be eligible for my treating them to a trip to Bean Town in Sierra Madre.

Complete Uniform consists of four items: Sash (or vest), pins, uniform top and uniform bottom. See What does Uniform mean? above for definition of uniform top and bottom.