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Girl Scout Council of Greater Long Beach
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Girl Scouts Through the Generations
As many of you know, 2007 marks the 95th birthday of the Girl Scout movement.
Our council would like to celebrate those families who have 3 or more generations of Girl Scouts in
their family (Girl, Mom, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother). Families will be profiled in various
marketing materials and celebrations. If this is your family or perhaps one of the girls in your
troop fits this profile, please contact Myrna Pappas at
mpappas@gscglb.org.
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Highlights from 2006
67 couples enjoyed the Girl and Guy in your life event “The King and I”. Girls and their guys
enjoyed a delicious dinner, created their very own crowns, and danced the night away!
75 girls attended our Winter Camp each day which was held during the holiday break. The girls had fun creating and eating tasty treats, lots of fun crafts, and making new friends.
On Saturday January 6th, the older girls learned how to make safe and informed decisions, dialogued about a variety of issues including violence against women, safe dating, and harassment. The day ended with a lesson on self-defense. Many thanks to Deputy Dan Castaneda from the Lakewood Sheriffs Department who assisted in facilitating the discussions, and to Melinda Elmer who led the instruction on Self-Defense.
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It's Cookie Time!
Did you know? The Girl Scout Cookie Program is America’s leading business and economic literacy
program for girls. Here are a few facts to spread around about Girl Scout Cookie Sales:
Approximately 200 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold each year, and proceeds benefit girls
in their local communities.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program has helped Girl Scouting become the best leadership development program
for girls. Girls also learn important entreprenurial skills like teamwork, marketing and goal setting.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program enables girls to build business and career opportunities by expanding
their network – connecting with a wide variety of people and customers in many communities and places
of work.
This year all varieties of Girl Scout cookies are now zero trans fat per serving.
All Cookie Program forms are now available on our website.
Do you have grown-ups who help their daughters meet their selling goal? Be sure to download the newly
created Cookie Goal Flyer
to hang up at work, place of worship, etc.
Important Dates to Remember:
Pre-Orders Begin: January 20
Cookie Warehouse Day: February 24
Store Sales Begin: March 2
For more important dates and interactive forms, visit the
Cookie section of
the website.
Did You Know? A Proud Legacy
Girl Scout Cookie Program celebrates 90 Years this year! The Girl Scout Cookie Program launched in 1917 in
Muskogee, Oklahoma, where the Mistletoe Troop baked and sold cookies in its high school cafeteria
as a service project. In 1922, The American Girl magazine published by Girl Scout national
headquarters featured a cookie recipe together with estimated costs and suggested pricing.
In 1936, Girl Scouts of the USA began licensing a commercial baker, and in 1937 more than
125 Girl Scout councils took part in the cookie program. Thin Mints – the most popular Girl
Scout cookie variety – made its debut in 1951 as "Chocolate Mints."
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Troop News
Troop #1 Third Grade Brownies were planning their bridging and flying up ceremony. One of our
requirements was to create a poem to read at the ceremony. This acrostic was created the by the
girls. We brainstormed words to go with each letter of the word BROWNIES. There were several
suggestions made, the girls then voted for the one they liked best. They were very proud of the
results. The girls learned how fun it is to work together and they experienced the democratic
process in action. Each girl wrote their letter and drew a picture depicting their word. Their
cards went into their personal scrapbooks to admire for years to come.
- Sheila Roth and Kris Carter, Leaders of Troop #1
Best of Friends
Responsibilities
Open Arms
Winner
No one left behind
Involved
El Ranchito
Spirit
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Looking for a Few Good Mentors
Are you one of many seasoned leaders? Our council is looking for assistance in mentoring some of
our new troop leaders. Do you remember your first year as a leader? Your first meeting with twelve
little girls looking up to you as if you had all of the answers and were going to lead them on this
Girl Scout adventure? The time commitment is minimal for this program. You will just need to commit
an hour or so a month to share your knowledge, ideas, expertise, and a listening ear. We will
partner you with a new troop leader in your area and/or level. Please contact Vickie Dynice at
vdynice@gscglb.org. Perhaps you are one of our new leaders
and would like to have a mentor? Please contact Vickie and she will partner you with one of our
seasoned volunteer leaders.
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Needed: Event Venues
We’re looking for inexpensive sites to hold future Girl Scout events like sleep-overs and other
larger indoor events (dances, dinners, etc). We would need an indoor location to hold about 100-200
people. Tables, chairs, kitchens and sound equipment are usually a huge plus, but not required! If
you know of a place we could contact that can provide us with a hall or large room, please email
Vickie.
We’re also looking for ideas for venues for next year’s Cookie Rally, which takes place in late
January. This site would need to be able to accommodate anywhere from 300 – 700 people and since
it’s in January, it would need to have some type of shelter. Email
Vickie if you have any ideas!
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Ice Dogs!
Our annual “Night out with The Ice Dogs” raised over $2,400! The Board of Directors would like to extend their sincere thanks and gratitude to the Service Units for donating such beautiful baskets for the Silent Auction and to RoxAnn Batovsky and Kelsey Hutchinson for serving on the committee.
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Summer Camp
The Resident Camp Book for 2007 is now available on the website. Signups for Resident camps begin February 1st. The new GSCGLB Summer Camp book for 2007 will be available at the beginning of February and signups for those camps begin March 19th. |
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this to be one of the ones you read and refer to. Please take a moment to provide us feedback on the types
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