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Camp Registration is OPEN!
Plan your Summer Fun! The brochure is now online.
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GSUSA CEO: 'I'm Living the American Dream' Anna Maria Chavez talks to TODAY's Natalie Morales about her path from being the daughter of a Mexican migrant worker to heading Girl Scouts.
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Add-A-Buck
Coming to Boutiques
Shoppers will soon be able to add $1 to their shopping total to be donated to the council's Opportunity Fund. The fund helps girls participate fully in Girl Scouting. Look for details the next time you visit us!
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veni.vidi.vici.
April 27 in Dryden!
Six programs in one day! You'll be able to swim, dance, visit the Girl Scout Boutique, and much more! Each girl will receive a veni. vidi. vici. patch, a goody bag, and a t-shirt commemorating this event. See you there!
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HORSEHEADS Boutique will be open Saturdays 9-11 a.m. during cookie cupboard time through March 17! |
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GSNYPENNews
A Weekly E-News Publication | March 13, 2013 |
Photo of the Week!
| Girl Scout Cadette Troop 40936 of Midlakes, on the beach at Camp Yaiewano, listens to the sounds of nature during five minutes of complete silence -- all part of the Cadette Breathe! Journey. Says leader Lynda Wright: " I LOVE this Breathe Journey!!" |
Submit your photos to Kim Dunne. Yours may be selected for our Photo of the Week!
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From the CEO's Desk |
Girl Scout Week! It is Girl Scout week and the beginning of our 101st year as a Girl Scout movement! I hope you take time to celebrate in a meaningful way. For me, there is no greater way to celebrate than through a heartwarming story of the spirit of Girl Scouting in action. So let me share with you a recent experience from one of our dedicated staff members....MORE
Read about famous Girl Scouts who have made a difference, an MSN.com tribute to Girl Scouting's 101st anniversary! |
Cookie Program Extends to March 23/24 |
Booths sales are going so well, we've extended your opportunity to hold them through the weekend of March 23/24! That means more opportunities for girls, troops and service units to win trips or earn discounts for those adventures. MORE. Don't forget to send us photos of your unique ways of selling cookies for our photo contest! Send to Kim!
Girl Scouts of Troop 50302 in Brownville (Jefferson County)
held a cookie drive-through booth in a local store parking lot.
"Cookie Monster" helped bring in the traffic! |
Spring Flings: Adult Learning Ops |
Join us at one of our many Spring Fling events! Many locations and different opportunities for fun and learning for Adults Only at each event! Details
March 23 / Horseheads April 13 / Camp Amahami April 26-28 / Camp Hoover April 27 / Phelps Service Center May 10-11 / Camp Trefoil
June 1 / Whitesboro
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Congrats to Service Units Meeting Goal! |
Calling Girls and Adults of ALL Ages! Current membership shows we are 84% towards achieving our goal with 15,537 girls registered. With plans under way to serve additional girls through camp, series, events, travel and troop pathways, we will achieve our membership goal of 18,500 by August. Congratulations and thank you to those service units who have achieved or exceeded their membership goal to date! See List!
Invite girls and adults who are not involved to take a Journey with Girl Scouts and experience something new and exciting. Share our website gsnypenn.org so that others can view the "Endless Possibilities." |
In Memoriam |
Ruth Probst, a lifelong Girl Scout from Auburn, died last week at the age of 92. Ruth will long be remembered as the local Girl Scout historian. Her obituary pictures her in her Girl Scout uniform. More |
A Gift With Your Boutique Purchase! |
Now through the end of March, spend $50 or more in our boutiques and receive a free stuffed animal! |
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Adult Learning Opportunities
You can register for the courses online! Dates for Spring Flings above! |
March 20
March 27 April 3 |
New Hartford Oneonta Delhi | GSLE Sessions |
Deadines
March 18 March 20 March 27 |
April 11 | Webinar | Extended Trips | April 10 |
June 1 | Johnson City | Facilitating Adult Learning Sessions | May 24 |
April 6 April 6 April 6 May 4 |
Amahami Tioga Center Penn Yan Rensselaer Falls
| Simply Successful Overnight Sessions |
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March 22 March 23 April 24 |
April 6-7 April 26-27 May 4-5 May 10-11 May 11-12 | Amahami Misty Hollow Rensselar Falls Trefoil Yaiewano | Simply Successful Camping | March 22 April 12 April 24 May 1 May 11 |
March 20: noon - 2 pm OR
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Webinars | Service Unit Encampment Enrichment | March 18 | April 17/Noon-2 pm OR April 17/7-9 pm | Webinars | Service Unit Encampment Enrichment |
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March 25
March 28
April 6
April 17
April 23 May 6 |
Phelps
Norwich Tioga Center Scio
New Hartford Watertown | Medic First Aid Skill Sessions |
March 18 March 21 March 30
April 10
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Programs & Events
Be sure to check our Programs and Events page often! If you're interested in these programs/events, register soon and encourage your friends to do so as well! |
New Programs Recently Scheduled |
March 23 Gr 2-3 |
Vestal | Interesting Inventions |
Deadine
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March 23 Gr 2-12 | Johnson City | Roller Derby Day | Deadline March 15 | MORE |
April 3
Gr K-5 | Delhi | It's a Girl Thing | Deadline March 25 | MORE |
April 9
Gr 4-5 | Rome | Take Center Stage | Deadline March 28 | MORE |
April 14
Gr K-12, adults | Trumansburg | Wildlife Walk in Taughannock State Park | Deadline March 31 | MORE |
May 5
Gr K-12, adults |
Ithaca | Wildlife Walk in Robert H. Treman State Park | Deadline April 21 | MORE | April 12-13 Gr K-12 | Syracuse | Wonderworks Overnight Lock-In |
Deadline
March 22 |
MORE | April 24 Gr 6-12, adults | Liverpool | It's Amazing What Girls Today Face! Bullying |
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April 8 | MORE |
May 4
Gr 6-12 | Watertown | Color Your World! | Deadline April 19 | MORE | May 8 Gr 6-12, adults | Liverpool |
It's Amazing What Girls Today Face! Body Image | Deadline April 22 |
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June 3
Gr 4-12, adults | Blossvale | Hunger Banquet | Deadline May 20 | MORE |
May 22
Gr 6-12, adults | Liverpool | It's Amazing What Girls Today Face! Social Media | Deadline May 6 | MORE |
May 18
Gr K-12, adults | Johnson City | MytholoJazz | Deadline April 21 | MORE | June 8-9 Gr K-5 | Binghamton | The DC Jamboree! Overnight at The Discovery Center | Deadline May 27 |
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Deadlines Looming!
Fondant Figures. March 16. Elmira. Deadline March 15. Games Galore. March 30. Victor. Deadline March 16.
Daisy Girls' Night Out. March 27. Johnson City. Deadline March 18. Nature Ambassador and Kitchen Magician. April 1-5. Cazenovia. Deadline March 18. Papermaking with the Papyrus Club. April 1. Syracuse. Deadline March 19. Positive Body Image. April 2. Canandaigua. Deadline March 19.
Red Cross Babysitter's Course. March 23. Oneonta. Deadline March 20. Peter Pan Performances. March 23. Deadline March 23.
Bullying and Helping Hands. April 1. Ilion. Deadline March 25. Brownie and Junior SciGirls. April 3. Lowville. Deadline March 22.
Cancelled due to lack of enrollment.
Time Capsule Dedication. March 16
Hoop Dance. March 16 Hunger Banquet. March 25 School's Out. April 1
The following programs are now FULL. No further registrations accepted.
Save Spend Share. March 14. Endwell Adventure Courses. March 16. Liverpool. Both sessions Junior Detective. March 16. Canton
Engineering Day. March 23. Cicero Animal Tracks & Traces. March 23. Amboy Stream Monitoring. April 20. Geneva Out the Door. Let's Explore. Baltimore Woods. May 4, morning session Tea Party at The 1890 House. May 5. Cortland. afternoon session
Flowers. May 18. Montezuma Girl Scouts Underground. June 1. Howe Caverns
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Don't Miss These Museum Exhibit Celebrating Girl Scouting's 100th Anniversary!
The Discovery Center A wonderful hands-on interactive display. The museum has extended the display's run and will now be open through October 2013!. Binghamton.
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