Wednesday, November 6, 2013

GirlFest 2013

The Girlscout GirlFest was held at the Portland Expo Center on November 2, 2013.  It is a day-long celebration featuring hands-on activities and experiences for girls to learn, explore and enjoy.  You didn't have to be a Girl Scout to attend, but the Girl Scouts could work towards earning badges while at the event. 


Our booth- a car for the car care workshops and dexterity boxes.
Our booth- a car for the car care workshops and dexterity boxes on the table to test folks ability to assemble nuts and bolts without looking. photo DSC08335_zpseb9d5bea.jpg
Tonia Haney (Event Chairperson) , Shayla Wilson, and Janet Gallegos  at our booth.

These boxes are for the dexterity test. Each box contained 3 bolts and 6 nuts. The test is to blindly put together the 3 nuts that fit the 3 bolts.  All ages could give it a try, and we timed those who wanted to compete for the best time. 

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Janet is timing a girl who wanted to beat the best time.
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very focused









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Tah-Dah!







 
As they completed the nut bolt combination, they would put it on top of the box

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Some of the younger/ shorter girls had a hard time reaching into the boxes, so they just closed their eyes to give it a try.




For the older girls...
Tonia lead the car care workshop for Girl Scout Cadettes. She brought along a drill they could use to loosen the bolts of the air filter housing.

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Giving girls the opportunity to use real tools on a real car can be very empowering. 




The Cadettes took turns with the drill, loosening the air filter housing.

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Janet Gallegos, Tonia Haney, Cameron, Shayla Wilson, Margaret Ragan.
Shayla took some time to try hoolah hooping at a near by booth.










Cameron Won! Best time: 21 Seconds
We imagine Cameron was dragged to this event for girls - but didn't regret it after he won the prize. He tried and tried until he had the fastest time at the dexterity test.