Gold Award Girl Scout Reagan Dalton, from Monterey, California, sought to bring awareness of the increased risk of sex trafficking in California. According to the National Center for Missing Children, online sex trafficking had doubled in 2020 compared to the previous year due to increased time online and social isolation during the pandemic. Dalton says … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Reagan Dalton and Emily Ho
Gold Award recipient Anika Shetty Empowering young voices to lead our future generations has been a core value of Girl Scouts since its founding in 1912. Today, we are thrilled to see Girl Scout Gold Award recipients Anika Shetty, Daphne Maskrey, and Felicity Gonzalez take a modern approach to this longtime mission by creating virtual … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Anika Shetty, Daphne Maskrey, and Felicity Gonzalez
APRIL IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH & GIRL SCOUT LEADER APPRECIATION DAY IS APRIL 22 April is National Volunteer Month, and April 22 is Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day, there’s no doubt that our amazing Girl Scout volunteers deserve a standing ovation! For all they are and all they do, we hope you’ll join us in … Continue reading NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH/GIRL SCOUT LEADER APPRECIATION DAY
GIRL SCOUT WEEK IS MARCH 6 - MARCH 12! Starting with Girl Scout Sunday and ending with Girl Scouts’ 110 birthday, Girl Scout week is an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a Girl Scout and a time when we shout our Girl Scout pride from the rooftops! In celebration of this … Continue reading GIRL SCOUT WEEK 2022
Our World, Our Equal Future, The Environment and Gender Equality? On February 22 of each year since 1926, World Thinking Day is a way to celebrate with girlsall over the world by doing the same activities around a shared theme, a day of international friendship. The 2022 World Thinking Day theme is Our World, Our … Continue reading World Thinking Day 2022 “Our World, Our Equal Future, The Environment and Gender Equality”
CHANNEL YOUR INNER ENTREPRENEUR The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurship program in the country, full of opportunities for girls to gain important knowledge they can use all their life. Girl Scouts who participate in the Cookie Program learn important business skills like goal-setting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. … Continue reading 2022 COOKIE PROGRAM KICKOFF
When Volunteer Service Manager, Ariel Torres, returned to work eight weeks after giving birth, baby Owen joined her, making him the fourth baby to participate in Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast’s Infant at Work Program. Through this new program, employees who are new mothers, fathers, or legal guardians are allowed to bring their infant … Continue reading Meet Our Tiniest Girl Scouts
Do you know a Girl Scout volunteer who always goesabove and beyond? Take a moment to think about how Girl Scouts would change if there were no volunteers. What would that environment look like? Volunteers are an essential resource for all Girl Scouts success, which is why volunteer appreciation is so important. Volunteers give their … Continue reading VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION
Mental health problems can affect many areas of students’ lives, reducing their quality of life, academic achievement, physical health, and relationship satisfaction. Seventeen-year-old Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, Edyn Stepler, recognized the severity of this situation and was inspired to take action by creating the campaign and art project, Walkway of Wisdom. “The aim of … Continue reading Walkway of Wisdom – Edyn Stepler
Art is a therapeutic activity that is important to the health of all, but Gold Award Girl Scout, Lauren Watmore, recognized that there were few opportunities for seniors to showcase their work. Inspired by her grandmother who started painting in her 70’s, Lauren created The Golden Renaissance, an online art gallery for senior citizens to … Continue reading THE GOLDEN RENAISSANCE – LAUREN WATMORE
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