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Natural Grocers
Specialty retailer featuring organic & natural groceries, body care & dietary supplements. We offer affordable prices and free nutrition education.
Location + Contact Info:
9108 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66212, (913) 385-2000
14921 West 119th Street, Olathe, KS 66062, (913) 764-0918
1301 West 23rd Street, Lawrence, KS 66046, (785) 830-8500
19019 East 48th Street, Independence, MO 64055, (816) 478-1990
6819 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS 66202, (913) 432-5200
2414 N. Belt Highway, St. Joseph, MO 64506, (816) 387-8333
13335 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS 66216, (913) 631-0844
5836 SW 21st Street, Topeka, KS 66604, (785) 228-9100
114 S Stewart Rd, Liberty, MO 64068, (816) 335-4190
Troop leaders should plan to schedule their workshop 2-4 weeks in advance. Workshops are free but there may be a cost for food and/or materials. Troop leader and caregiver participation is welcomed and encouraged.
Cost per person: Workshops are free but there may be a cost for food and/or materials.
Registration Requirements: All girls participating as a Girl Scout in this activity must be registered Girl Scout members. If attending as a troop, all volunteers also need to be registered members and/or have completed and approved background checks. If non-registered individuals (adults or tags) are allowed to participate in this activity supplemental insurance is required. Use the Insurance Purchase Form to purchase insurance at least 3 weeks prior to the event. Completed forms can be emailed to programapprovals@gsksmo.org.
How to Register:
Call the Nutritional Health Coach (contact numbers listed above) at your location to register your troop. If they are not in leave a message and they will get back with you ASAP.
YOU SCHEDULE IT! OPPORTUNITIES:
Cooking & Healthy Living Badge Workshops
All levels
Is your troop working on a Cooking or Health Living badge? Give us a call and we can provide a customizable workshop that will help your girls work towards completing their badge. We can help complete steps in the following badges:
- Brownie Snacks Badge
- Junior Simple Meals Badge
- Cadette New Cuisines Badge
- Cadette Eating for You Badge
- Senior Locavore Badge
- Ambassador Dinner Party Badge
DIY Body Care Class
All levels
DIY Body Care for Everybody. Scrub Goodbye to Skin Care Chemicals.
You eat organic and read labels to avoid chemicals, but what about your body care products? The average American uses 9 products a day for a total of 126 different ingredients—many of which are hormone disruptors, neurotoxins and skin irritants. But not ours! Scrub goodbye to skin care chemicals and learn fun, easy do-it-yourself body care using oils, foods and everyday ingredients at home.
It’s Your World – Change It! Workshops
Brownie 
Junior 
Cadette
Come learn about Natural Grocers, a company founded by a female who wanted to make big changes in the world for the health of her family, friends and everyone else she could reach. Find out how this company is making positive changes in the community and learn more about how to care for yourself and others by being mindful of what you put in your bodies. This workshop has ties to the Brownie Quest, Agent of Change and Girltopia Journeys and will be geared towards the appropriate grade level.
Journey Connections: Brownie Quest, Junior Agent of Change, Cadette aMAZE!
It’s Your Planet – Love it!
Daisy Brownie 
Senior
If your Daisy Girl Scouts are working on Between Earth and Sky, come to Natural Grocers for our Food Jungle course which focuses on food quality and how what we choose to eat can be environmentally friendly or not-so-friendly food.We will compare conventional to organic foods and try to match pictures of food with where it came from.
For Brownie Girl Scouts working on Wonders of Water, Girl Scouts will learn about the types of meat we eat and how those meats affect our water systems and how we can work together to protect our waters.We will create posters that can be displayed in Natural Grocers for our customers to learn more about how they can help too!
If you are a Senior Girl Scout Troop working on SowWhat?, come to Natural Grocers and learn about sustainable agriculture, how to choose food that is environmentally conscious and learn about how food is processed so you can make smart food choices.
Journey Connections: Daisy Between Earth and Sky, Brownie WOW! Wonders of Water, Senior Sow What?
It’s Your Story – Tell It!
Daisy Brownie
Daisy Girl Scouts will discuss what cows, chickens and other animals need to be healthy and happy. A perfect tie in to 5 Flowers, 4 Stories and 3 Cheers for Animals! In a light and positive conversation, Girl Scouts will learn more about the importance of happiness, fresh air and freedom of the animals that provided them their burgers and chicken nuggets!
Girls will work on a mural to showing how they envision the perfect world for raising our animals. Do you know what country hummus originates from? In this workshop tailored towards the A World of Girls Journey, Girl Scouts will learn how many foods we have here in the US that is from other countries. We will talk about foods girls commonly see in restaurants and home, what they like and dislike and why our parents eat these foods.
Journey Connections: Daisy 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals!, Brownie A World of Girls
