Celebrating Peace Corps Day

One of my favorite aspects of my job is that we get to share special holidays with the kids that they might not otherwise hear of here in small town, Midwestern America. On any given week you might find us making colored cornstarch to celebrate Holi while handing out Mardi Gras beads and masks. It's a good life. While I love all of the holidays, it makes me feel like we're actually achieving our mission when I get to incorporate something like Peace Corps Day.

We are blessed with an amazing Executive Director who served in Grenada with the Peace Corps. If you have a resource like this in your Club, it's shameful not to use it, right? I think so! So, for Peace Corps Day (which is actually part of Peace Corps Week) Mackenzie visited with our teens and shared some of her life experiences while working with the Peace Corps and also let them know how they could join in the Peace Corps when they were older.

If you're looking for ways to share the Peace Corps with your group but you don't have access to an actual volunteer, you can find some great resources on the Peace Corps website.

If you're looking for resources, check out the Educator page on the Peace Corps website. I love to find these "teacher" resources because we all know that education doesn't stop when kids leave their school buildings. In our Club, we strive to keep learning windows open and encourage kids to enjoy the benefits of life long learning and participating in new experiences.

If your Club or organization is looking for ways to incorporate the concept of being a global citizen I highly recommend reaching out to see if a Peace Corps volunteer could visit with your group. As a Girl Scout leader we covered being a global citizen with our Thinking Day celebration each year. A good place to start is the Girl Scouting Around the World retired Junior badge.