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Council Shop News
Council Shop Sale, July 14-18
The Council shops (including the online shop) are having a semi-annual blowout sale, July 14-18, with EVERYTHING 20% off in the store, including clearance items!  Use SUMMER as the code for online shopping. 
Product Sale News
Select next season's Cookie Rewards!
Girls! Cast your vote for the 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Program Rewards.  You earn them, so it's only right you select them as well!

Voting ends July 31. You can only vote once, so please choose carefully!

Fall Product Sale Dates
Mark your calendars now with the dates of our 2014 Fall product sale! The council's fall product sale to friends and family will be October 3-26, with delivery of nuts and candy November 17-21.

Service Unit Fall Product training is September 13.  The Fall Conference (which includes Cookie training) is November 8.
Membership News
Renew your Membership for another year of fun!
It's time to re-register your Girl Scouts and troops for the upcoming membership year! Leaders are encouraged to re-register their troops online, via the council's eBiz link on the council website using their troop debit cards, personal credit/debit cards (reimbursed from troop funds) and to pay with cookie proceeds. Leaders will be able to select all their girls at once and
pay in one transaction.

Girls may register as individually registered
Girl Scouts. For online registration questions,
please contact our help desk at helpdesk@gsle.org.
Four girls selected to participate in Girl Scout Leadership Institute

 

Four Girl Scouts from southeast Louisiana have been selected to participate in the 2014 Girl Scout Leadership Institute (GSLI) in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 16-18. They are Rachael Tullier, Baton Rouge (representing Region 1); Rebekah Travis, New Orleans (representing Region 2), Madeline Monlezun, Covington (representing Region 3), and Morgan Ruoss, New Orleans, (representing Region 4).


The Girl Scout Leadership Institute brings together girls who are recognized as leaders in their councils to connect and take action on matters that touch the future for girls and for the Girl Scout Movement. The event runs concurrently with the Girl Scouts 2014 National Council Session/53rd Convention.


This year's theme - Girls Change the World - has never been more true. Girls will choose among seven issues and design related projects that will enable them to go out and make a difference in their communities. This year's issues are teen violence, healthy relationships, basic needs (such as hunger, poverty, homelessness, and natural disaster relief), inclusion/diversity, self-image/body image, education, and the status of women.

Camps complete ACA Accreditation

Girl Scout Camps Marydale, Whispering Pines, and Covington successfully completed their American Camp Association (ACA) accreditations last week! Every three years our camps undergo a thorough review process, to ensure we consistently achieve the highest standards in the areas of personnel, program, site administration, and health care. 

 

Great job to Angela Arneal and her team, and our three camp rangers, Rangers David, Jason, and Mike! 

Moms & Masks at Mardi Gras World

 

Our Program Pathway Sponsor, Mardi Gras World, has planned two fun Moms & Masks events for Girl Scouts and their mothers (fun for the whole family) on Tuesday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. or Thursday, July 31, from 2 to 4 p.m.  You'll get to tour Mardi Gras World with its famous Float Den, watch a 15-minute HD movie, enjoy a slice of king cake, before making your very own mask in the Mask Making workshop. The tour also gives girls the opportunity to earn the History of Mardi Gras patch.

 

The fee is $35 per person.  Call or email Mardi Gras World at 504-527-0392 or info@mardigrasworld.com to reserve your spot by Friday, July 25.

 
July Employee of the Month

Girl Scouts Louisiana East is excited to announce Gina Sledge as its Employee of the Month for July 2014! Gina has been the Graphic Designer and Council Photographer for GSLE for 6 ½ years, working out of the council's regional service center in Baton Rouge.

 

Staff members are nominated for Employee of the Month by other employees, with criteria based on work performance, going beyond the call of duty and helping other departments, working positively with others, and showing true dedication and professionalism in representing Girl Scouts here in southeast Louisiana.

 

Please join us in recognizing Gina for her dedication and strong work ethic, enthusiasm, eagerness to help others, and for exemplifying the mission of Girl Scouting at Girl Scouts Louisiana East. Congratulations, Gina!

 

We'll be adding a Volunteer Spotlight to our monthly council eNews this fall!

July-August Activities

Check out the website calendar to see what July-August program events have been planned. 

 

July 8-10 - Camp Aspire Day Camp (all ages), Jefferson
July 14-18 - Days of Discovery Day Camp (all ages), Thibodaux
FULL July 21-25 - Down in Da Parish Day Camp week 1 (all ages), Chalmette 
FULL July 28-August 1 - Down in Da Parish Day Camp week 2 (all ages), Chalmette
July 29 or 31 - Moms & Masks at Mardi Gras World (all ages), New Orleans 
August 10 - Program Aide Training (grades 6-8), Baton Rouge
August 22-24 - Wrangler/Spur Training Weekend (age 12 and up), St. Francisville
August 23 - Wrangler/Spur Program Orientation (age 12 and up), St. Francisville
August 24 - Timber Lake Gliders Kayaking Club Training and Orientation (grades 6-12), Independence 
August 30, Sept. 6, 20 and 27 - Saturday Art Workshop (grades 4-5 from Iberville Parish), Plaquemine 
 
The website calendar is being revised this month to allow events to be downloadable to your outlook calendar as well as events being added and updated, so may at times be incomplete and/or in a state of flux. We apologize for the inconvenience and will complete the updating as quickly as possible. 
 
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Save the Date for Service Unit Team Trainings
Service Unit Team Trainings have been scheduled to include: Service Unit Administrator, Service Unit Recruiter, Service Unit Consultant, Darkness to Light, Volunteer Process and more.

Please save the date for these trainings:

Saturday, August 9 - GSLE Regional Service Center, Baton Rouge

Saturday, August 16 - GSLE Council Headquarters, New Orleans
Annual Family Giving
The Annual Family Giving Campaign is back!

Join us on Saturday, August 23 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Council Headquarters in New Orleans as we celebrate the success of the 2014 Annual Family Giving Campaign and kick-off the 2015 year.

We will have pizza, raffles, and roundtable discussions led by volunteers on ways to reach your Service Unit Giving Goal. All Service Unit Giving Captains and Service Unit Administrators are expected to attend. Please register online by August 20.

For girls in grades 4-5 in East Feliciana, Iberville parishes
Saturday Art Workshops scheduled for August & September

Girls in grades 4-5 in East Feliciana and Iberville parishes are invited to work with professional artists to get in touch with their artistic side and learn new painting skills during Saturday Art Workshops being offered this August and Sept.

 

The program fee is only $10 for one or all workshops, but girls must be residents of the parish in which it is provided.  The workshops are supported by grants from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. All art materials, snacks and drinks are provided, but girls should bring a bag lunch. The program fee will allow participants to take home a finished work of art after each session.

 

 Click here for additional information and the registration form for Iberville Parish workshops (Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, 20, 27)

 

Click here for East Feliciana Parish workshops (Sept. 13 and 20. 

 

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