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Video Article: Former Girl Scouts USA CEO Kathy Cloninger on Women's Leadership »

Enjoy extra time with your Girl Scout by completing a project together. Here are some ideas to get you started! 

Girls 5-9:

Mini-book & stickers »

DIY Animal Masks »

Girls 10-12:

Make a Flip Book »

Teens:

Watch a storyteller video at girlscouts.org and then create one of your own at home!

This month features two wonderful volunteer opportunities!

Travel Team Member

Work to provide travel opportunities and workshops for girls across the council. 4-8 hours per month, flexible.

Teen Award Volunteer Team

Support girls as they earn the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. 4-8 hours per month, flexible.

Contact Callie Vandewiele with questions or to express interest. Thank you for helping to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place!

Girls 14 years of age and older who are members of the Girl Scout Movement and who are currently registered through the council are eligible to be service unit delegates. As a delegate, a girl:

• has the opportunity to influence the policy-making activities of the council through interactions with the board of directors,
• gains leadership skills through representing her constituents within her service unit,
• has the opportunity to take part in discussions that will shape the future direction of the council. 

A service unit delegate attends monthly volunteer meetings in order to understand the issues and concerns of the service unit and collect feedback. Delegates also attend the annual meeting in April, as well as any special meetings of the corporation (rare).

This is a wonderful opportunity for a girl to see the democratic process in action and put leadership skills in action.

A sure sign that the holidays are here...the announcement of Girl Scout Cookie Program dates! This year's cookie theme is...

This is our opportunity to show the world what a cookie can do! Troops are doing great things with their cookie money, but not all of our customers know this. We'd like troops to share all the amazing Take Action projects they are doing that are funded by their cookie sales. Talk with your Girl Scout to learn what her troop is doing and how you can help get the message out.

NEW this year, the "CHOC A Lot" program. Ask who your troop's community partner is and how you can help strengthen that relationship.

Six ways you can help your Girl Scout succeed:

1. Turn in permission slip on time.
2. Visit littlebrownie.com and set her up in Cookie Club, a safe website where girls can send emails requesting orders from family and friends. Customers order nearly twice as many cookies online!
3. Encourage her to set a goal. Guide her to set practical and useful goals about what she wants to learn and earn. Help her track her progress, celebrate success and revise her goal if necessary.
4. Ask her questions and help her practice her sales message.
5. Help her take orders or arrange booth site sales at work, places of worship or other locations (check with your troop product manager for more details).
6. Volunteer to help her troop/group chaperone a booth sale, pick up cookies and more.

Important Cookie Dates

December/January                        Troop Parent meeting

January 7, 2012                             Order Taking Begins

January 16, 2012                           Pre-orders due to troop

February 17 - March 11, 2012      Delivery/Booth Sales

Cookie Rallies!

Cookie rallies are a great event to kick off the cookie season and get girls excited about the program and reaching their goals. Make sure to take your girl/s to a service unit rally event. If your area is not organizing one, visit girlscoutsosw.org at the end of November for more information about other rallies happening council-wide and save the date!