Cadette/Senior/Ambassador  The Zink the Zebra Patch Activity for Cadette/Senior Girl Scouts
Zink's Patch Activity is more than a great plan for a troop meeting. It is also an excellent opportunity to help girls learn to appreciate individual differences and foster compassion and respect for others.
The Zink Patch Activity has the #1 qualification for a good troop activity:
IT'S FUN!
The girls in the troop will:
- Talk about things that make people alike and different.
- Talk about what it is like to be different.
- Have the girls share what they know about people who are or were sick with cancer or other illnesses.
- Give the girls a very basic understanding of cancer, stressing that many people are survivors.
- Share a snack that represents how wonderful differences can be.
- Watch the play DVD, Zink: the Myth, the Legend, the Zebra.
- Play the Myth vs. Fact Game.
- Participate in a service project (optional).
- Receive a Zink beanbag toy at the beginning and a Zink patch upon completion.
Due to the magnitude of the program, only councils can order Girl Scout materials directly through Zink the Zebra.
The activity centers around the story of Zink the Zebra, along with the story of Kelly Weil, the story's 11-year-old author who created the tale as part of her struggle with cancer.
Cancer is touched upon in the Zink program because it is an equal opportunity disease. It strikes without respect to race, creed or gender.
The stigma of this disease...which touches the lives of almost every girl's family...is used as a means to show how being different can be uncomfortable for all of us. It encourages positive interaction, to help girls grow into compassionate, respectful, kind girls and women of the future.
Sound interesting? If your troop isn't scheduled to enjoy this fulfilling activity, here's how to get the ball rolling!
Let Zink help you get things started!
Suggest it to your Girl Scout Council
View the list of the participating Girl Scout Councils
Thanks for considering Zink as part of your Girl Scout experience!
Due to the magnitude of the program, only councils can order Girl Scout materials directly though Zink the Zebra. | 
