Download - the connection Fall 2014-Winter 2015
the connection Quarterly Newsletter of Girl Scouts of Eastern SC Fall 2014-Winter 2015
Fall 2014-Winter 2015 | Girl Scouts of Eastern SC | 800-868-9911
the connection: Girl Scouts Of Eastern SC Sandy Ridge
AVE THE DATE: 2015 Mary Dean Brewer Women of Distinction
Contents
Because of You (Camp) 1
“Be a Friend First” 2
Digital Cookie, Digital Age 2
Save The Date MDB WOD 3
Donate securely with PayPal
376 people attended 2014 Sandy Ridge summer programs, which
includes summer resident camp, Troop Adventure Camp, and
Weekend Camps (Mom and Me, Dad and Me, Family Camp) 36 girls
were able to receive financial aid worth $4,655 for an opportunity to
take part in the full Girl Scout outdoor experience.
Summer Camp registration for 2015 begins February 22nd. and
utilizes the online registration system that we pioneered last year.
A favorite of the girls is the zipline which is 350 feet across the lake,
10 feet high at the start and 3 feet at the end. This past year
volunteers cleaned up stick and brush and cleaned cabins and
buildings. Painting cabins was scheduled but the weather did not
cooperate.
Please mark your calendars for the Sandy Ridge clean-up weekend
May 29th - 31St. Open House is May 30th.
The wish list for Sandy Ridge is at
http://www.girlscoutsesc.org/donate/wish-list.html#camp
January, 25, 2015
the connection Quarterly Newsletter of Girl Scouts of Eastern SC Fall 2014-Winter 2015
The BFF Program
Digital Cookie (A New Age and New Flavor)
2
along that stress Being a Friend FIRST.
Sandie has been successful in placing this program in nine schools throughout our council area via Guidance counselors as an addition to their existing programs. She says it is soon to be eleven school placements and even more (hopefully) to follow. Sandie says, “With BFF, in this past year we have touched the lives of 245 girls and it’s a growing program: THAT is truly rewarding.”
Ien Sandie, Girl Leadership Experience
Specialist is the coordinator of the
“BFF” program. The “Be A Friend
First” program is a Girl Scouts initiative
that works within schools to target
middle school-age girls. This age group
has proven to be the most susceptible
to bullying.
The BFF program is the only program
of its kind to attempt to pre-empt and
prevent the bully problem amongst
girls before it starts. The program
teaches conflict resolution skills and
problem-solving approaches to getting
I Can’t Wait
As society becomes busier, volunteer
numbers have dropped off. There is so
much competing for our time and
attention, we have fewer volunteers.
Nationally, over 35,000 girls are on a
waiting list to be placed with a leader or
a troop. Please know that you don’t
have to be a mom to be a volunteer.
YOU can be male, female, a parent,
uncle, aunt, sister, neighbor, friend. Girl
Scout volunteers come to us from all
demographics and levels of experience.
What does a Girl Scout volunteer look
like? Just like you: because THEY...
CAN’T Wait….
20% of girls say they have been bullied in middle school. More than 70% have seen bullying.
When bystanders intervene, bullying stops within 10 seconds 57% of the time.
Cookie rallies were held all throughout council. Participation was great and there is so
much exciting cookie news to share. GSESC is a participant in “Digital Cookie” which is a
new online sales platform. There is not one general website for cookie fans to shop
from: Rather, each Girl Scout creates her own e-commerce site and is responsible for
her own marketing and sales. Online cookie customers MUST be invited via email link to
shop from the online “digital cookie” system “store”. Girl scouts are still taking order
the old-fashioned way by paper order form. The digital component is designed to offer
another layer of technology and enterprise but not to REPLACE the way that so many
are accustomed to ordering their girl scout cookies.
Some Girl Scouts are making business cards with QR codes to their websites. They will
also be utilizing the cookie finder app during booth sales starting in February. For
people who cannot (or don’t want to) wait for spotting the familiar booth setups at the
familiar places, girl scouts say you should make fast friends with a girl scout and get on
her email distribution list. For those who do not know a Girl Scout or have trouble
locating one, Product Program Specialist Stephanie Walsh can help connect cookie
seekers with cookie sellers. Her phone number is (843) 300-0262 and she is available
via email at [email protected].
Our council has two of the three advertised “new flavors”: a gluten-free cookie,
“Toffee-Tastic” and an oatmeal raisin cookie, “Rah-Rah Raisin” which us something to
cheer about.
Call 1-800-868-9911 to volunteer
opportunities
Email [email protected] for a list of volunteer opportunities. If you have time and the spirit to share with our girls, we have a place for YOU!
the connection Quarterly Newsletter of Girl Scouts of Eastern SC Fall 2014-Winter 2015
2015 Mary Dean Brewer Women of Distinction
nside Story Headline
3
2015 MDB Woman of Distinction Nominee Dawn Corley
Save The Date Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina’s 2015 Mary Dean
Brewer Women of Distinction event will be held March 19,
2015, at SiMT in Florence, SC. This event celebrates women
from our 21 county service area, who make strides within their
professional and personal lives, share and support efforts in
the community and offer girls and young women an example
of what they, too, can achieve. Anyone can nominate a woman
for the WOD honor. She must reside in our 21 county council
area (who was or is a Girl Scout.)
Dawn Corley, antique and silver expert also known as “The
Charleston Silver Lady” is one of the nominees for 2015. She
has been featured in national magazines and conducts over
200 lectures a year. She was a Girl Scout growing up in her
native Charleston and has been a good friend and supporter of
GSESC. She is known as much for her generosity with her
donations of time and talent to charities and community
organizations as she is for her expertise in the antique and
silver world.
Advance tickets will be available online and by calling our
Florence office.
Anyone can
2014 Mary Dean Brewer
Woman of Distinction
Honoree Dr. Jan Crowe
Dr Jan Sallas Crowe,
veterinarian and small burins
owner was one of the honoree’s
for 2014. She was nominated for
her lifelong commitment to Girl
Scouts of Eastern SC and for her
community service. She is
known in her local community
for her mentoring and
shadowing programs.
Pictured below 3rd year veterinary student
Court Leigh Watson from Tuskegee College
of Veterinary Medicine.
the connection Quarterly Newsletter of Girl Scouts of Eastern SC Fall 2014-Winter 2015
P
P
.
Keep Calm and Paddle On
Girl Scouts of Eastern SC
7951 Dorchester Rd North Charleston, SC 29418 800-868-9911 [email protected] Girl Scouting Builds Girls of Courage, Confidence and Character On the web at www.girlscoutsesc.org
Check out our mobile website
http://m.girlscoutsesc.mobi
4
Planned Giving: Another way to share your legacy with the Girl Scouts of Eastern SC is through planned giving. To find out more about this form of giving, contact Grants/Development Manager Pat Baxley at 843-656-9750
THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE HOME COMMUNITY FUND OF COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SC, GSESC WAS ABLE TO PURHCASE TEN MANIKANS FOR USE IN CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING.
When asked what the girls should do, Juliette
responded "What do the girls WANT to do?"