Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
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You don't want to miss any of the great things happening at GSSEF. 
 
Thin Mint Sprint: April 3 - Halpatiokee Regional Park, Stuart; April 9 - Topeekeegee Yugnee Park, Hollywood; April 10 - Okeeheelee Park, West Palm Beach 
The Great Give: May 3 
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Thin Mint Sprint - Time is RUNNING Out!
There's still time to register for the chip-timed Thin Mint Sprint 5K  and a Taglong Trot 100-yard dash at one of our three great locations. Pick the park closest to you for a fun morning with your troop, friends and family. 
 
Sunday, April 3rd - Halpatiokee Regional Park - Stuart
Saturday, April 9th - Topeekeegee Yugnee Park - Hollywood
Sunday, April 10th - Okeeheelee Park - West Palm Beach
To register, click here.



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Emerald Awards  - An Amazing Evening
GSSEF danced the night away along with 200 Emerald Awards guests after recognizing six amazing Palm Beach County women on Saturday, February 20. The event raised over $150,000 dollars which will be reinvested into programs that develop leadership skills and build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Guests and honorees enjoyed the ocean view at The Beach Club as they honored five Palm Beach County women who represented leadership in their field and who exemplified the National Initiatives of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

The honorees were:
* Laura Kerr in STEM
* Lisa Park in Financial Literacy
* Elizabeth Cayson in Healthy Living
* Alana Edwards in Environmental Leadership
* Mary Wong in Global Citizenship

In addition, GSSEF honored Judi Richards with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy. This special award recognized Mrs. Richards's extensive philanthropic efforts and her commitment to the growth and betterment of our community.

Thank you to the Emerald Award Supporting Sponsors: Doane & Doane, P.A. - Awards Sponsor, Florida Power & Light, Florida Yacht Group - VIP Reception Sponsor, Donna and Dan Mulholland - Silent Silent Auction Sponsor and UBS Financial Services Inc.




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Save the Date for the Great Give - May 3rd, 2016
Great Give Palm Beach and Martin Counties is a 24-hour online giving event led by the Community Foundation for Palm Beach County, United Way of Palm Beach County and United Way of Martin County. It is designed to raise as much money as possible for local nonprofits in a single day. This community-wide event celebrates the spirit of giving and the collective effort it takes to strengthen our community by raising critical funds for local nonprofits.

Once again, GSSEF will participate in this extraordinary day of giving. Every local gift will be multiplied with additional dollars from a bonus pool raised by the Community Foundation.

Save the date of May 3rd to make your donation and look for more information about this year's Great Give for GSSEF in upcoming issues of E-News!




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The Law Firm of Kelley Kronenberg and Kelley Kronenberg Cares (KKC)  Cookies for the Military Drive
Throughout the months of January and February, GSSEF were happy to partner with the law firm of Kelley Kronenberg in a Cookies for the Military drive. Kelley Kronenberg, a diverse full-service business law firm, organized a firm-wide Girl Scout Cookies collection for military troops as part of its ongoing Kelley Kronenberg Cares (KKC) program. All of the firm's Florida offices participated to collect boxes of Girl Scout cookies to be sent to military personnel. The offices that participated were in Fort Lauderdale, Miami Lakes, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Panama City. Together, the firm's nine Florida offices collected 330 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, one of the most requested items by our service men and women. A huge thank you to the law firm of Kelley Kronenberg for their dedication to our military personnel and for being such a great partner to GSSEF!
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This Year's Cookie Sale Results Truly Worth Sharing! We Did It!  
Thanks to our awesome Girl Scouts, their supportive parents and our fantastic volunteers, GSSEF
experienced the best to date Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program in the history of our Council.
 
We reached the goal set of 1.5 MILLION boxes of cookies sold.
 
On Saturday, March 7th, we celebrated this with our dedicated Cookie Sale SUPSM's (Service Unit Product Sales Managers).  We shared lots of best practices, recognitions and preliminary sales numbers. You'll hear all about this from your SUPSM's at your next Service Unit Meeting.
     
GSSEF has begun the process of reconciling the sale and ordering girl rewards. We will share final numbers soon and rewards will be ready for distribution at the end of March and the first part of April.
 
The Girl Scout Cookie Sale is the largest girl-led financial literacy program in the country. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GIRLS! And it's about our passion to improve the lives of girls and to teach them those essential life skills that will last a lifetime. The more you get inside a girl's inspiring world, the more you are inspired by her. Volunteers like you cultivate what's inside each girl.

As we close this year's cookie sale we wanted to take a moment and thank the volunteers and parents that helped make this year's sale a success for every Girl Scout in our Council.
Look for additional information next month on all the success stories...by a girl and her troop.

Thank You!


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Top Three Sellers - 2016 Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program
178 Extreme Team Members
GSSEF had a fantastic Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program this year thanks to the hard work of girls, their families, troop leaders and volunteers. We're thrilled to share that 178 girls reached Extreme Team status, selling at least 1,000 boxes of Girl Scouts Cookies. At the very top of that list, for the third year in a row, is Amanda K. from Troop #10442 who sold 4,304 boxes. This year's second and third place cookie sellers were Saya G. from Troop #10708 with 3,318 and Kalliopi K. from Troop # 20254 with 3,202 boxes. Congratulations to these amazing #cookiebosses for an amazing Cookie Season!
 
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Barbara Ann Turner 'Service from the Heart' Scholarship Application Due April 1st 
GSSEF is honored to annually award the "Service From the Heart" Scholarship in memory of Barbara Ann Turner, a dedicated volunteer. Barbara had many interests in her life, but nothing was as dear to her as Girl Scouts. She served as a leader, council trainer, service unit manager and women's history committee member. She shared her enthusiasm and commitment to the Girl Scout volunteer spirit in the many service projects she organized. Her wish was that an ongoing scholarship be established to recognize exceptional community service. This dream was realized when the first scholarship was awarded in 2008 to one Girl Scout in the amount of $500.00.

GSSEF is thankful for the generosity of ongoing donations, allowing the scholarship to be increased to $1000.00. In this spirit, the "Service From the Heart" Scholarship will continue to be awarded annually to a high school age Girl Scout, who is currently registered in this council, who has given exceptional service in her community.  Last year, Raquel D. was the recipient of the scholarship.

For more information please read the requirements here. The deadline for applications is April 1, annually. Scholarship presentations will be made in May, annually.




 
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Gold Award Deadline is April 4!
April will be here before we know it! All girls working on Council-approved Gold Award projects will have until Monday, April 4th, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. to turn in all completed final reports and scrapbooks to either the Oakland Park  or Jupiter Service Center. Girls that submit completed projects will be invited to an exclusive Gold Award Celebration on Saturday, May 14th, 2016, at the Waterstone Resort and Marina in Boca Raton.
If you have any questions about your projects, please contact the Director of Program, Lammy Askar at aaskar@gssef.org.




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Journey in a Day Registration closes March 31!
Mark your calendars! Your favorite Journey program is back for the third year! Daisies through Ambassadors will have the opportunity to explore Camp Nocatee while they work on their 'It's Your World, Change It!' Journey. New to Girl Scouts? Visit the Journey web page to learn more here.

Date: April 16th
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Camp Nocatee, Clewiston
Registration cost: $30 per person (includes snacks, beverages and program patch - earned badges will be available for purchase on site)
Registration deadline: March 31st or immediately upon specific grade level filling to capacity
Please Note: Daisies and Juniors are closed for registration. They are full. 
What girls should bring with them: A sack lunch and their age level Journey book 
For all the details, click here
Questions: Contact Catalina Cano at ccano@gssef.org or Meredith Slaymaker at mslaymaker@gssef.org 




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It's Your Planet - Love It! Journey 
Volunteers Lynn Burns and Dave Van Camp of the Sunchariot Service Unit are hosting the Florida Earth Festival on April 23, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 pm for Daisies through Seniors,  which will  feature the It's Your Planet-Love It Journey! 
 
When: Saturday, April 23, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
Where: University Woodlands Park, 2501 St. Andrews Boulevard, Boca Raton
Who can come: All registered Girl Scouts in Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior levels
Price: $35/girl, includes associated Journey Awards

Please note: SPACES ARE LIMITED! REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AS SOON AS EACH LEVEL REACHES CAPACITY WHICH MAY OCCUR PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE OF MARCH 31, 2016.
 
Questions? Contact Lynn Burns at lynn_m_burns@hotmail.com.
  




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Society of Women Engineers Workshop 
Bugs! - Daisies and Brownies
Saturday, April 30th: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 
River Center,  805 North US Highway 1, Jupiter

The creepy, the crawly, and the just down right strange. Girls will explore the interesting world of bugs and butterflies. Ladybug release at the end of the program. Daisies will earn their Clover Petal (Use Resources Wisely) and Brownies will earn their Legacy "Bugs" badge. Daisies will receive a Bugs fun patch.  For more information and to register for Bugs, click here.




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Wet 'n Wild's Slumber Splash Bash Registration is Now Open!
Wet 'n Wild's Slumber Splash Bash is here and this year it's a glow party just for Girl Scouts on June 10th! No ordinary camp-out can compare to the nonstop fun of all the rides and attractions of Wet 'n Wild by the light of the moon. It's a splash - and a bash - for the whole troop!

Event admission includes exclusive use of Wet 'n Wild's attractions, a commemorative patch, all-you-can-eat breakfast, a live DJ and themed entertainment. Advance registration is now open! Visit www.wetnwildorlando.com/slumberbash to get started and find out more about the event.
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Cool Girl Scout Gear All Year-Round
Have you made a visit to one of our retail stores lately? There is plenty of new merchandise to check out. Our stores have everything you need to make it your best Girl Scout year ever! Questions? Email Jodi Potter at jpotter@gssef.org.  

You can also shop anytime by visiting our Online Store that is open 24/7.


  
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Daylight Savings Time is here. It's Time to head Outdoors.
Did you know you can download all the new Girls' Choice Outdoor Badge requirements for free at GSUSA's website? Get started today by visiting http://girlscoutshop.com/. This is a limited time offer, so start downloading now.

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GSSEF Welcomes New Board Members   
Karin Daly, VP of Integrated Media for Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Jeannie McCall, Head of Human Resources at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach 
Dr. Ofelia Utset, Director of Biomaker Development at OPKO Health in Jupiter 
Nicole Fried, A partner at Colodny Fass law firm in Broward 
Veronica Birch, Director, IT Program Management at NextEra Energy in Juno Beach

Joining returning 'girl advisory member' Jaleesa Ariel S., are Madeline B., a student at Pembroke Pines Charter and Jamie H., a student at Jupiter High School.   
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I Can't Wait for My Next Girl Scout Adventure!

We'd Love to Give You a Shout Out
Do you have photos from your troop or service unit activities that you would like to share? We'd love to give you a shout out. To submit them, complete this short form here.       
  
Gemini Service Unit's Cadette and Senior Troop #40410 had a great time exploring and learning about the performing arts world while spending the day at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. The girls enjoyed a tour of the complex, including a backstage area and attended the matinee performance of Phantom of the Opera. They can't wait to go back and have their next exciting Girl Scout adventure! How awesome!

 
 
 
Troop #20989 had lots of fun while working on their Household Elf badge. They made cleaning products with natural ingredients. The girls were able to 'test' their natural cleaning products and take the products home in spray bottles to clean their rooms too! Way to go girls! 







Look how Troop #20097 celebrates a successful Cookie Season! You might say they were having a wild time at Jungle Island getting up close with the animals! Way to go girls.







Take a look at more photos of Girl Scout Adventures
  
Check-out GSSEF'S Flickr page.
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