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Spotlight
Getting a Jump-Start on Cookies from Home
With the annual Army-Navy football weekend in Philadelphia as a back-drop, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) kicked off its Cookies from Home program to support shipments of Girl Scout Cookies to U.S. military serving overseas. The effort collected approximately $2,000 in monetary contributions.
GSEP worked in partnership with the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and Operation Gratitude, and stationed Girl Scouts at three Army-Navy events on December 11 and 12 to promote the Council-wide initiative and collect donations from hundreds of captive and supportive football fans. Uniformed girls staffed an information table at a Friday afternoon Pep Rally in the Shops at Liberty Place and a collection station at the Army-Navy Gala that evening. On sunny but chilly Saturday, Girl Scouts and other volunteers were in position at the Comcast Gate outside Lincoln Financial Field from 8am-2:30pm, where they collected contributions from football fans entering the stadium. A KYW3 camera-crew interviewed the collection team at the Friday-night gala, and KYW1060 Newsradio conducted a series of live and taped game-day interviews with Barbara Bankert, GSEP's Director of Product Program.
The Army-Navy Cookies from Home kick-off gives GSEP a significant head-start on its 2010 goal of selling 5,000 cases--or 60,000 boxes--of Girl Scout Cookies for shipment overseas. A portion of the weekend's proceeds will be used to help send daughters of active military personnel to Girl Scout Camp next summer. During the annual Cookie Program, Girl Scouts typically accrue and apply proceeds from their sales to a range of individual or troop-based incentives. To coincide with its 2010 Cookie Program kick-off on January 14, GSEP will ship 55 cases, or 660 boxes--to Operation Gratitude's packaging facility in Van Nuys, California in early January. The West Coast nonprofit, which recently shipped its 500,000th care package to overseas military, will process the cookie shipment. GSEP's 2010 Cookie Program runs through March 7.
(Below) Six-year old Caeleen Demusz from Girl Scout Daisy Troop 993 (Philadelphia County) wasn't shy about requesting contributions from eager football fans, and (l. to r.) Girl Scout Brownie Mariah Nagle (Troop 8709, Northampton County), Caeleen Demusz, and Girl Scout Brownie Julianne Rosko from Moravian Academy (Northampton) took a quick break in the booth.
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Program Announcements
Scholarships for Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors
The Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award is presented annually to 15 GSEP Girls Scouts in recognition of good citizenship, leadership and patriotism. Applicants must be registered Girl Scouts and current high school juniors. Award recipients are eligible to apply for Union League scholarships the following year. Deadline: February 15. Contact Joan Hannahoe at 610-791-2411, ext. 1509 for an application form.
REMINDER! GSEP Scholarship applications must be submitted to a GSEP Service Center office by January 15! Criteria and application forms are available at the GSEP website. Contact: Joan Hannahoe at 610-791-2411, ext. 1509. |
Adult Development
Call for Nominations for Adult Recognition Awards--due February 1
Everyone likes to feel appreciated, and expressing thanks is appropriate anytime. In preparation for its annual Adult Recognition Awards ceremony, GSEP is inviting nominations for volunteers whose commitment, accomplishments and service are exceptional and exceed the scope and expectation of their positions. Awards are not progressive, and any volunteer can be nominated by anyone. The Chart of Awards on the GSEP website includes both GSUSA awards and GSEP individual awards, including some that are new this year. Deadline: February 1. Contact: Devon Miller at 610.933.7555, ext. 1419. |
Program Partner Activities
Drexel University Women's Basketball Girl Scout Day--January 31
The 2nd Annual Girl Scout Day will match the Drexel Dragons women's basketball game against the University of Delaware, with tip-off at 12 noon. Doors open at 11am for face painting, poster making, and other activities! Cost: FREE for Girl Scouts; $3 for troop leaders, family and friends. Girls receive a FREE event patch. Email Molly Rallo or call 215.895.6375 for more information; flyer and registration form are available online.
Magical Memories Harlem Globetrotters World Tour--February 11
Mesmerizing Dunks...Side-Splitting Comedy...and Blazing Ball Handling Wizardry. The 2010 Magical Memories HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS World Tour returns to Stabler Arena on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7pm. Groups will enjoy a wholesome family entertainment experience and create lifelong memories! Specially priced discount tickets and patches available. Click here to download the order form. This ever-popular show sells out, so early orders are recommended for the best seats. GSEP members and their families and friends will save up to $9 per ticket! Regular-priced tickets are $30.50 (seats with backs) and $25.50 (bleacher seating). Discount ticket prices are $21.50 and $18.50. Adults and children are the same price. Patches are $.50 each and have a new design this year! Group reservations are seated together, and individual family orders are welcome. Email Cyndee Young or call 330.262.9790.
Girl Scout Days (and Nights) at Independence Seaport Museum
Located along the Delaware River just a short walk from the Liberty Bell and Independence Mall, the Independence Seaport Museum explores Philadelphia's fascinating maritime heritage! A wooden boat shop, a Spanish-American warship, a World War II submarine are among the many exhibits. Email Miriam Musco or call 215.413.8630 for information about Girl Scout day and overnight events. | |
Picture Place
GSEP Girls and Staff Spread Holiday Cheer
After completing a successful food drive, girls from the Spring Corners Service Unit (Berks County) went caroling, and warmed up with a large-group rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." GSEP Membership Manager Betty Villarreal was invited by WWSI-TV 62, a Telemundo affiliate, to extend a holiday message for Hispanic and Latino audiences in Philadelphia, Wilmington and Atlantic City.
Lansdale-area Girl Scout Daisies (Troop 7956), Brownies (Troop 7865) and Juniors (Troop 71525) from the North Penn Valley Service Unit (Montgomery County) were awarded Third Place in the annual Pearl S. Buck Festival of Trees event, which invites local organizations to brighten the historic homestead of the famed novelist. In keeping with this year's "Holiday Magic" theme, the girls made four wreaths, a tree skirt, a tree-topper and their own individual ornaments to adorn the homestead's Awards Room. All of the girls' decorations reflected the ways in which they find and make "magic" through Girl Scouting.
The curator of the Pearl Buck House museum in Perkasie specifically invited the Girl Scouts to participate among a field of 23 professional decorators, retailers and manufacturers, making their third-place showing particularly noteworthy. Here, Girl Scout Daisy Linsey Gilbert (Troop 7956) adds her ornament to the tree, and a wreath display captures what the girls love about Girl Scouting.
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CAMPING SURVEYS
REMINDER! Click here to take our New Troop Camping Survey for girls and troop leaders.
Resident and Day Camp Surveys for girls, volunteers, non-members and parents have also been reopened. Click here.
Attention Parents: By allowing your daughter to complete the survey, you are giving consent for her to participate and for her answers to be compiled in survey data. All responses will be aggregated and no individual girl will be identified. At the end of the survey, provide us with your contact info and you will be entered in a drawing for a FREE week of Girl Scout Camp in 2010.
For her participation in last summer's survey, Girl Scout Cadette Zoe Jones of Telford (Montgomery) will receive one free week at GSEP Summer Camp.
HURRY! Survey closes January 10. Hard copies are available through Membership Managers.
Thank you for participating!
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| PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS
Highmark Emerging Leaders Conference--February 20
Bring out the Leader in everyone! Skills and exploration workshops for Girl Scout Juniors and Cadettes; adult-track programs. Cost: $15/girl.
Lunch with a Scientist--January 23
Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors will lunch and learn about careers. Cost: $20/person.
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| GSEP IN THE NEWS
Award-winning Board Members
M. Shawn Pucio, Senior Vice President at Saint-Gobain Corporation is among the Philadelphia Business Journal's Women of Distinction 2009 (see p.15).
Andrea Agnew, Director of Diversity & Inclusion for Comcast, received the Volunteer Award at The Urban League of Philadelphia's 7th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Empowerment Awards.
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