Girl Scouts Louisiana East is honoring nine amazing women and their contributions to the community at the 2013 Women of Distinction Awards Dinner on Friday, September 27, from 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center.  Honorary chair is 2012 Woman of Distinction Ann Forte Trappey and sponsors include Valero, Whitney Bank, Georgia-Pacific, and the Louisiana Lottery with additional sponsor opportunities available.  

You are invited to this fundraising dinner and a pre-dinner champagne reception beginning at 6:30 p.m., with proceeds going to support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience in southeast Louisiana. Cost to attend the dinner is $75 per person and may be purchased online, with reserved tables of 10 available at $750. Cost to attend both the dinner and champagne reception is $85 per person. For more information about the dinner, contact Cerise McClendon at cmcclendon@gsle.org or 800-644-7571, ext. 2235.

Program Pathways,

A special thank you to our Program Pathways sponsors who helped may this publication possible. We encourage you to check out the wonderful program opportunities available to you by our sponsors.

 This year's Fall Product Program is October 4-27, with adult learning sessions, beginning September 14.  The Service Unit Fall Product Program Adult Learning Session is Saturday, September 14, at Ascension Parish Library, in Gonzales. Register now!  For new troop leaders, there are four Nut-e Fall Product Program Adult Learning Sessions from which to choose at council headquarters Sept. 17 or 24, or the regional service center in Baton Rouge, or Sept. 19 or 26.  

Be sure to check out the online Activity Link, the nuts & candy product line (16 products ranging from $5 to $8), and all of the wonderful recognitions girls can earn, including a Kindle Fire!

Be sure to register for Juliette's Club, the Council Shops' new Loyalty Program.  With your free membership, you will receive 1 pearl (point) per dollar spent in the shop, exclusive savings in store and any time you shop online at shop.gsle.org, and much more. Just for signing up, you will receive 50 pearls and 100 bonus pearls for completing your profile and signing up for the e-newsletter. At 100 pearls, you will receive 10% off your next purchase!

Are you a Catholic Girl Scout interested in participating in a Catholic Girl Scout religious recognition program?  There are two active Catholic Committees: the Baton Rouge Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting (info.ccosbr.net) which is affiliated with the Diocese of Baton Rouge serving both Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and the Catholic Committee on Girl Scouting, under the direction of the CYO/Youth & Young Adult Ministry Office of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Each year the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting holds several events in Baton Rouge to promote Catholic Scouting. This year the Luminous Mysteries Rosary patch program and a Religious Emblems Counselor Training is Sunday, October 27 at Our Lady of Mercy. For more information contact committee secretary Barbara Sicard at 225-769-7781 or chezsic@bellsouth.net or religious emblems chairman Patricia Mathurin at 225-931-1498.

The Catholic Committee on Girl Scouting which oversees the Catholic religious recognition program for Girl Scouts in the Archdiocese of New Orleans is having a meeting on October 5 which will include religious award registration and religious recognition counselor training. Interested adults should confirm attendance by emailing girlscouts@ arch-no.org or calling Cecilia Matherne in the CYO/Youth & Young Adult Ministry office at 504-227-3221. Questions may be directed to John Smestad, Jr., CYO Director, at 504-227-3223 (direct line.)