Believe in Girls Expo - North
Believe in Girls Expo - North
September 21, 2024 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Glass City Center, 401 Jefferson Ave Toledo, OH
Free Admission thanks to our generous sponsors. No registration required.
Join Girl Scouts of Western Ohio for the next Believe in Girls (B.I.G.) Expo! You'll program robots, create art, wire electricity, dance, try archery, meet firefighters, and police officers, and more at the B.I.G. Expo, presented by Buckeye Broadband. Bring the whole family and join us for a day of adventure in Toledo. Admission is free for everyone —plus, Girl Scout members can purchase an exclusive patch and baseball cap for just $5 while supplies last!
Believe in Girls Honorary Chair
Amanda Fay
Anchor, and Reporter WTOL 11
See how girls celebrated at the BIG Expo in 2024!
Participating Booths 
- AAA Northwest Ohio: Change a tire and learn mechanical skills with our local car experts.
- The Ability Center: Learn about inclusivity and play Sportability, a large inflatable interactive experience.
- Ballet Theatre of Toledo: Ballerinas will teach you new ballet steps on the barre. You can also make and take a ballet-inspired craft.
- Birds Eye View Circus: Have fun with your circus skills! Hang from the silks, try plate spinning on sticks, and learn new hooping skills.
- Buckeye Broadband: Build a computer with our expert Brainiacs.
- Challenger Learning Center of Lake Erie West: Check out our local experts on space. Make and take home a stem activity.
- Country Lane Tree Farm: Pet live bunnies and chicks and check out the discovery barn antlers and wool.
- Erie Home: test your skills with these building materials.
- Flip the Table: Enjoy tabletop family games.
- Imagination Station: Empowering Engineers: Design, build, and improve an object in this engineering challenge.
- Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful: Do you think you're a savvy shopper when it comes to making choices that are environmentally friendly? Test yourself and see what decisions you make on a daily basis and their impact on the environment.
- LPGA - USGA Girls Golf- First Tee: Fore! Swing your club and hit your ball into the hole at this inflatable golf activity. Learn about local golf opportunities for girls.
- Luck Landscaping: Build a mini ecosystem, learn about aquatic plant propagation and landscape and water feature designs.
- Metroparks Toledo: Can you name that footprint? Naturalists will help you learn about animal tracks in this interactive activity.
- National Museum of the Great Lakes: "Spell" your name using maritime signal flags and take it home as a necklace or wall hanging. Learn about the history and importance of our Great Lakes.
- Natures Nursery: Meet and touch live animals and learn about wild animals.
- Ottawa Wildlife Refuge: Shoot arrows at this inflatable archery range. Learn about outdoor experiences available at Ohio's only natural wildlife refuge.
- ProMedica CPR Rescue Training Center: Baby Sitter Essentials - learn and practice CPR skills, how to help when a child or infant is choking, and practice diapering on dolls so you are a prepared babysitter.
- Scrap 4 Art: Use re-purposed materials to make 3 different art masterpieces to take home.
- Spin & Splat Art Studio: make and take home a mini-splat paint and glitter art piece.
- Tarta: All aboard the bus and learn about bus routes and transportation careers.
- Toledo Alliance for Performing Arts: Have fun participating with the Toledo Symphony and the Toledo Ballet.
- Toledo Lucas County Public Library: Make and take a craft and learn about badge opportunities at your local library.
- Toledo Mud Hens & Toledo Walleye: Try your hand at hockey! Learn about upcoming Girl Scout family discount days at the Toledo Mud Hens and Walleye games.
- Toledo Museum of Art: Make some beautiful art to take home.
- UT Cosmetic Science Program: Make and take home a product as you learn from students and professors to develop, formulate and produce cosmetics and personal care products. The University of Toledo is the only university in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Cosmetic Science and Formulation design.
