It's Cookie Time!
The 2016 Girl Scout Cookie Program kicks off on January 15 and we are ready to see our favorite cookies back in the spotlight!

This year, Walk-About Week is January 16-24During this week in particular, girls will be canvassing local neighborhoods on foot, selling cookies and working on their cookie marketing skills. Be sure to keep a lookout for those brightly decorated wagons filled with your favorite cookies! Girls who participate in Walk-About Week will receive a special patch. For additional details about the week and how your troop can earn an ice cream party, please click here

P2P will once again promote the BUY 5 program. Any customer who buys five or more boxes of cookies in one transaction will have his/her name entered into a drawing to win a year's supply of cookies (52 boxes). Multiple entries are accepted so a customer can receive an entry for every five boxes purchased. One winner from each service center area will be chosen at the end of the sale. 

Operation Sweet Treat will be coming back for its sixth year, with a goal of collecting 28,000 boxes of cookies and 1,000 letters of encouragement. This council-wide service project shares a little bit of home with our soldiers serving in the United States and overseas. Parent information about the service project is available, as well as an Operation Sweet Treat order card attachment

And as always follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for special cookie promos throughout the sale!

Camp Registration Opens January 15!
Who is ready for summer camp? It may still be a few months away, but registration goes live in 10 days! Registration will officially open at 6 a.m. on Friday, January 15 so be sure to check out your favorite camp session now at www.camplikeagirl.org. 

We will be counting down to January 15 on social media with some of the great programs being offered this summer so be sure to follow us!

And keep a lookout for the 2016 campbook, arriving in your mailboxes soon!
Want to Be a Cookie Volunteer?
Would you like to be involved with the Girl Scout Cookie Program? We have an easy way to do just that- volunteer at our Hickory Service Center cookie cupboard! It's as simple as filling out a little paperwork and helping troop leaders load the cookies into their cars. 

You can sign up for two-hour shifts and dates run Tuesday, January 19- Friday, March 4. To sign up for a time slot, please click here. Questions can be directed to Ellen Ball.


Save the Date: Annual Meeting 
Our board of directors welcomes your feedback for the upcoming Annual Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 2016 (time TBD) at the Monticello United Methodist Church in Statesville. Please e-mail your ideas to the question below by Monday, January 11.
 
What discussion / activity / idea would attract you to attend this year's Annual Meeting?
Troop Spotlight
Do you have troop news to share? We would love to hear it. To be featured in the Troop Spotlight and on our social media, send your photos and captions to Sarah Robinson
Girls Compete in STEM Competition
The Investigators FIRST Lego League team recently won first place for Research Presentation at the FIRST Lego League Qualifier. The team will be competing in the state finals this month!
Troop Completes Journey
Girl Scout Brownie Troop 2876 is working on the It's Your Story-Tell It Journey and recently got to meet local author Meredith Migliorato, who wrote the book "Fickle, Fickle Melinda McPickle."
Troop Goes Caroling 
Girl Scout Troop 02729 spread some Christmas cheer over the holidays by caroling at Grace Heights in Morganton.
Troop Donates to Holiday Charity
Girl Scout Troop 02051 helped make Christmas a little brighter by participating in the Toys for Tots program during the month of December.  Each girl donated new toys to support this great cause.
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