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Girl Scouts
Membership Update
We currently have 18,505 girl members- we met our goal of 18,000! Troop Leaders: Remember to check eBiz troop management often this time of year to make sure your troop members have re-registered for the 2012 year. Even if they re-register online at home, you will see them here! New Troop Leader Tip: Do Teambuilding Activities with your Troop!
You and the girls and adult volunteers in your troop are a team! As a team this year, you will set goals, make plans to meet those goals, do activities and projects together, and have a lot of fun! In order to work together as a great team, try some teambuilding exercises with your girls. All Aboard For this challenge you will need an item that is foldable and preferably not too slippery. (An old flannel-backed tablecloth works well.) In front of the group, the leader spreads the cloth and explains that when "All Aboard" is called, everyone is to get both feet onto the platform. “All Aboard” is called, everyone is praised and asked to move back off the platform. Fold the cloth in half (or just fold 1/3 under), lay it down, and call “All Aboard” again. This is where they begin to get the picture and begin to cooperate. Continue to make the platform smaller and smaller until safety forces you to stop. Balloon Train Have the girls stand in a line like you would for the bunny hop. Each girl has a balloon and the balloon is placed between your chest and the person in front of yours back. The object is to have the train move around the room without the balloons falling and without use of arms and hands. If a balloon falls they must get the ball back up trying not to let any more fall. This will take teamwork! Human Knot Girls get in a circle & put their hands all together in the center. Girls grab hands without looking at whose hands they are grabbing.... they are "knotted up" and have to untangle without letting their hands go. They can twist their hands but never let go. Turn the Circle Inside Out A circle is formed using all the players. Everyone joins hands and faces the middle of the circle. Everyone closes their eyes and tries to turn the circle inside out so that everyone is facing the opposite direction (outside of the circle) without letting go of each others' hands. (Hint: the solution is that two players hold up their hands and everyone else follows through underneath. Beaded Conversations Give each girl a package of beads (different color for each person). Give everyone a 6-inch piece of string with a heart bead in middle. Divide group into two rows and have them sit facing each other with feet touching. Then have each person carry on a conversation with the person facing you. Tell about yourself. Where you are from, birth date, favorite color etc. Then exchange bead with that person thread it onto you have traded all your color beads (or have one left), and move down line to your right to next person and do the same thing until you have exchanged all your beads. Tie and wear your new bracelet! Hints for Becoming a Great Team:
Service Area Leader Meetings
Most Service Areas meet monthly during the school year and all leaders (01 and 02) are encouraged to attend. If no troop leaders can attend, a member of the troop committee should attend. During meetings, leaders:
There will be Service Area, Council, and community information at the Service Area Leader Meetings. At every Service Area Leader Meeting, there are also copies of forms that leaders use the most (these forms are also in the back of The Source and on the website at www.gsnwgl.org- to be copied as needed). Visit http://www.gsnwgl.org/calendar.html for dates, times, and locations of your next meeting. 2011-2012 Service Area Allocations
Again this year Service Areas will earn an allocation for their Service Area business. Service Areas can earn at least $1.02 per girl and they will have the opportunity to earn up to $1.65 per girl if they meet their goals! This year the Service Area allocations will be distributed in three parts- in October, December and March. In October, Service Areas will receive a larger allocation if they were successful in meeting last year's Family Partnership goal. In December, the size of the Service Area allocation will be based on girl membership on October 31st. In March, the size of the allocation will be based on initial cookie sales. Help your Service Area reach their Family Partnership, girl membership and cookie program goals and you will help the Service Area receive more money for the girls! Contacting Council Staff Members
We have exciting news! We heard your input and GSNWGL is changing our phone system! Instead of the automated system, our calls will be answered by a Customer Service Representative who will be trained to help you with your needs! Here’s what you need to know about this transition: Our 888-747-6945 number will become the main phone line for all calls. Use this number for all calls! Do NOT use the local Service Center numbers- transition to the 888 number immediately. And our sincerest thank you for your continued input- it is important to us that you get the customer services you need in order for you to do your very best for the girls! Marquette Business Office
Since September 1, the Marquette Business Office has been in the Westwood Mall near the J.C. Penny entrance! On Wednesday, October 12 from 5-7 p.m., GSNWGL will be hosting an open house at their new location. Guests can learn more about our exciting 100th year, girls in grades K-12 and volunteers can register, and former Girl Scouts can reconnect by joining GSNWGL’s Alumnae Association! Call 888.747.6945, ext. 6011 if you have questions about this event. Regular Marquette Business Office hours are on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. or by appointment. As always, you can reach any of the Marquette staff by calling 888.747.6945 and using their extensions. A full staff contact list is on our website at http://gsnw.gl/dr. The Fall Product Program has begun!
Starting today, October 7th through October 23rd girls have the opportunity to participate in the 2011 Fall Product Program (Cranberry Valley and Rockwood Service Areas sell November 1-14)! This year’s theme is “Investing in Today = Success for Tomorrow.” The mascot this year is Arlie the Arctic Fox. This program is a fun way to earn startup funds for your troop and cool recognitions for the girls. If you need more information, please call Christin at 888.747.6945 ext. 5511. Here is some information about this year’s program: It’s Fun and Easy! Girls offer their friends and family the chance to order or renew favorite magazines through paper order forms or online with a credit card. When you get started, the first thing you should do is send 12 or more emails to family and friends to order their magazines online. Troop profit ($2.50 per subscription) will only be earned on those magazines sold online from October 7 – 23. Magazines purchased online after October 23rd will no longer earn troop profit. Sell nuts and chocolates! Order your favorite nut and chocolate items ranging from Peanut Butter Dreams to Fruit Slices, Whole Cashews to Chocolate Covered Raisins; plus look for three new items – Blueberry Pomegranate Nut Crunch, Pistachios and Caramel Treasures. Back by popular demand, two decorative tins are featured in this year’s product offerings: a 100th Anniversary Luggage Tin and a school house tin. Troop profit is $0.85 per item. Complete an address booklet and earn the “Together to the Top” patch and giant cupcake paperclip bookmark. Easy way for out-of-town family and friends to participate and order their favorite magazines. Just complete the address booklet with family and friends’ names and addresses. QSP sends the original mailing and one reminder mailing. No one becomes part of mailing list. Troop profit is $3 per booklet. Sales Tips
Safety Tips All registered Girl Scouts may participate in Council-sponsored Product Programs with a completed parent/guardian permission slip. Safety is of the utmost importance for girls and adults. The following guidelines should be followed for personal protection:
Participating in Council-sponsored Product Programs is a fun skill-building activity for girls, please help to keep them safe at all times! For more information, please review the 2011 Fall Product Program Family Informational Packet, email productprograms@gsnwgl.org or call 888.747.6945, ext. 5511. Programs, Projects, & Celebrations
Upcoming Programs
We have some great upcoming programs! Check them out, and make sure you register on time!
Get more information and register at http://www.gsnwgl.org/calendar.html Sack it to Goodwill Council-Wide Service Project
In honor of our 100th Anniversary, GSNWGL is Sacking it to Goodwill! Protect the environment, help neighbors in need, and make the world a better place by participating in a Council-wide donation drive! Throughout the month of October, fill up Goodwill donation kits with used clothing, books, and other household items you no longer need! Find out more at http://gsnw.gl/stg. VOTE! Sack it to Goodwill participants will earn a free participation patch! We have three patch options- vote for your favorite here! Voting ends November 15! Note: When visiting the poll, Facebook’s application Poll Daddy will ask permission to access your basic information. In order to vote, you do need to accept this request. After your vote is counted, you can remove the Poll Daddy application from your Facebook if you like, however, we may be conducting more polls on Facebook via Poll Daddy. Don’t have Facebook but still want to vote? Here are our options: A. Blue patch
B. Green patch w/leaf C. Green patch w/Girl Scout profiles Send your vote to brand@gsnwgl.org and we’ll tally it with the rest! Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday
Celebrate Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday! She was born on October 31, 1860 and Girl Scouts across the country celebrate with a birthday party! Click here for a fun guide to holding a Juliette Low Birthday Party! Other Fun Birthday and Anniversary Events
This is a very special year to be a Girl Scout! On March 12, 2012 Girl Scouting will turn 100! Throughout the year, we will be sharing opportunities to get involved in Council-wide 100th Anniversary celebrations and tips and ideas for activities you can do in your troops and Service Areas to celebrate the 100th Anniversary. Here is a story about Red Cedar Service Area’s 100th Anniversary event: The Red Cedar Service Area recently held a 100th Birthday Party. To conclude the party, they had a friendship circle and a balloon release. Just a few days later, this note came in the mail!: Hello, Just a few lines to let you know that we found the balloon on September 25 about 7:30 am. The balloon was not busted. We picked it up and it wanted to go up again. It was right beside our line fence. It had rained during the night, so we thought that is probably what made it come down. The card was wet, so we dried it. We can hardly believe how far the balloon went so quick! We were wondering what time you let the balloon go. How many balloons went up including yours? And may I ask you one more question? How old are you? Please write back! We live in Seymour, Missouri. Here are some other birthday and 100th Anniversary events to pencil in your calendar:
Learn things from the 1850’s and 1860’s like candle making, quilting, tomahawk throwing, starting a fire by hand, and more! Girl Scouts will have birthday cake in honor of our founder “Daisy” Juliette Gordon Low. Dress up in costume from the era if you can and have even more fun! There will be a concession stand with burgers, hot dogs, sodas, and chips to purchase, as well as a “gift shop.” Cost: $6.00 per person Find out more and RSVP via our Council calendar: http://www.gsnwgl.org/calendar.html
Celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouting! Open to all current and past Girl Scouts and families. Cost: One non-perishable per person to be sent to local food pantry Find out more at http://www.gsnwgl.org/calendar.html Are you planning a Girl Scout 100th Anniversary event or Service Area program? Send the following information to program@gsnwgl.org to get your event on our Council calendar and for promo in Connect and other communication pieces!
Day of Caring
The largest one-day service event in Western Wisconsin saving United Way partner agencies and other nonprofits in our community more than $32,000 in labor costs. United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley has held a Day of Caring event annually since 1995 to raise awareness of local needs and services, and help community members better understand the impact of their donated dollars. So it’s with these ideals in mind that we sponsored a Day of Caring Volunteer Opportunity at the Eau Claire Service Center. The five men and women who make up the WQOW TV-18 Daybreak team helped paint the Program Room after their morning show Friday September 16. We are excited to have these community volunteers assist us in a much needed makeover for that space, and always look forward to opportunities to share the importance of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience! Who knows? Maybe it could lead to a Series Pathway, or more! Long Range Property Plan Updates
Our current project is to search for an architect. The architectural firm will work with our Council to further define the plans to support the program vision. The hope is to have an architectural firm hired by the end of November. Divestiture Updates:
*For properties with acreage listed, we will not sell acreage that will negatively impact our program or our property. Repurposing Updates:
We value your feedback. Please continue to send your questions to meetinggirlsneeds@gsnwgl.org Shopping Bag
Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting News!
Wow, what a great response we have had for the new national program resource, The Girls Guide to Girl Scouting! We have had such a demand for the books that as they come in, we are immediately filing pre-orders and getting them delivered to each of you in the timeliest manner possible. Please continue to contact your Membership Manager or your local Shop Specialist to order your Girls Guides for your troop. We continue to place orders with GSUSA on a regular basis for the Girls Guides due to excitement from our leaders, parents and girls! Make sure you attend your October Service Area Leader Meeting! There will be a Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting Launch Party at the meeting with all sorts of information about the Girl’s Guides! Sweet Treats!
GSNWGL Selected as National STEM Advocacy Champions GSUSA recently selected GSNWGL as a STEM Advocacy Champion! The honor was bestowed upon seventeen councils nationwide by the GSUSA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office. This new national initiate equips and empowers Girl Scout councils to lead efforts at the local and state level to increase girls’ involvement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by addressing and ultimately changing an issue that impacts the lives of girls in our area. Continue Reading… The new Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting books include new faith awards called “My Promise, My Faith” We are proud to offer girls an all-inclusive opportunity to deepen their faith within their family’s place of worship by earning the My Promise, My Faith pins. Girls can also continue to earn PRAY awards like “I Live My Faith” administered through their individual faith communities. Two girls from Girl Scout Junior Troop #4312 in Oconto Falls, WI recently earned their “I Live My Faith” religious recognitions. While earning these recognitions, the girls became more aware of their potential as friends, members of their families, citizens and participants in the community of faith. They learned to more deeply appreciate the place that God and religion occupy in their daily lives. Bishop David Ricken presented the girls with certificates at a mass on September 11 at St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay. Daisy Troop #4478 from Abrams, WI built a float for their community parade. The girls worked hard to build a float that paid tribute to the Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden journey, complete with flowers, a dragonfly, a bumblebee and a watering can! Continue Reading… Protect the environment, help neighbors in need, and make the world a better place by participating in a Council-wide donation drive! Read on for participation information. Continue Reading… …to ensure girls had access to the world and to Leadership Experiences like this?
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