As a girl scout leader... last year we had a lady come in and just talk about what a healthy choice was vs sometimes choices for food/snacks. They may not buy the food, but trust me, when your kid says "can we buy carrots" you buy carrots! It's great when they come at it and ask rather than always offering and crossing your fingers. This lady also brought some music and did some fun exercises with our girls (they were kindergardners at the time). It was close to aerobics but kids need the movement stuff more than anything. Things like burpees, bodyweight squats, overhead "presses" and the like are easily done without looking like true weight training and they do love it. A core part of GS is to have the girls be "a sister to every girl scout" so having the older girls help out is a great idea. You could do things like jumping rope where the older ones teach the girls a game or twirl the rope. Just last week we bought each girl a cheap jump rope and then put on music and had them see who could jump the longest. Same thing works with hula hoops.
When my son was in boy scouts we had a nutrition night too. For that they made a big cut out of the food pyramid (I know, I know...) and had the boys bring different assigned foods to the meeting. Then they had to discuess where there food fell on the pyramid/food group charts. (in the end the food went to a local shelter)
Hope this helps a little bit. Oh, and if you google "girl scouts of America" there is a lot of information on their site or on troop sites about what they've done for similar meetings.
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