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Adult Camping Weekend
Friday, August 14 - Sunday, August 16
at Camp Tweedale
Don’t miss a weekend of Girl Scout fun designed for every adult who is a Girl Scout at heart. This is your opportunity as a Girl Scout alumna to come together and participate in great activities, dine on delectable home cooked cuisine, and “make new friends but keep the old.”
In a word, it’s all about FUN! Download the registration form. For more information please contact Missy Johnson at mjohnson@gsep.org or 215.564.2030, ext. 1020.
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Fax or mail in your completed Registration Form or register online through E-Council. Financial Aid is also available.
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GSEP 2009 Annual Meeting a Success
Thank you to all who attended our second Annual Meeting. Click here to download the Annual Meeting program which includes this year's Slate. If you were not able to attend, you may click here to read the Governance Report that was given by Andrea R. Kramer, Board Chair, click here to see the CEO Report given by Ann Meredith, click here to see the Financial Report given by Donna-Marie Daday or click here to download the Adult Recognitions Ceremony Program. If you attended, please take a moment to fill out the online evaluation by clicking here. Your feedback is important to us.
Girl Scouts Online and in the News
MSNBC ran a story about how we've retooled and shifted priorities from teaching crafts and homemaking skills to teaching more practical things centered around community service and careers. See the video clip.
 Also highlighted was the new web site called LMK. It's all about teaching girls internet security and is a product of the partnership between Girl Scouts and Microsoft.
The campaign includes an interactive Web site for girls, as well as an e-newsletter and web site for adults. Each month, the all-girl editorial board explores a different internet safety topic online and then shares what it learned in the e-newsletter, which is distributed to adults the following month.
Earth Day Service Project
It is with great excitement that we share the success of our 1st annual GSEP Green Project, sponsored by Exelon Power. GSEP set goals of 2,500 participants and 10,000 hours to make the world a better place. Over 4,000 Girl Scouts (both girls and adults) and 600 non-Girl Scout volunteers rolled up their sleeves and put in 16,000 hours of service between Saturday April 18th and Sunday, April 26th. If you were a registered participant of the GSEP Green Project and have completed your evaluation survey, your patches are available to be picked up at the location you indicated in your survey responses.
A message from our sponsor:
Exelon is committed to constantly improving our environmental performance. We believe we have a duty to be a positive presence in the community where we do business, and that corporate citizenship enhances shareholder value. Our support of GSEP's Green Project is clearly aligned with this corporate philanthropic philosophy.
Honoring women of courage,
confidence and character
whose leadership makes
the world a better place.
Held in the spring to honor the time of our beginning ninety-seven years ago, our three awards ceremonies capture the past, present and future of the Girl Scout mission in a unique way. At each ceremony, which is hosted entirely by our Girl Scouts, hundreds of corporate, civic and philanthropic leaders honor their peers for their extraordinary leadership and community service.
In Philadelphia:
The 23rd annual Take The Lead event held March 24 in Philadelphia at the Four Seasons Hotel raised a remarkable $275,000, exceeding last year’s total. Some 400 people were moved by the program which honored four women leaders. Ann Meredith also announced that Kristen Hughes, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania and a Gold Award Girl Scout would receive the organization’s first Girl Scout fellowship. To see photos click here.
In Berks County:
The 13th Annual Take The Lead event held on March 10 in Reading, was a resounding success with nearly 300 in attendance including current and former honorees, corporate sponsors, community supporters and friends of GSEP. Closing with a $75,000 fund raising total, the evening surpassed the goal! The audience was moved by Girl Scout presenters who introduced each of the five Take The Lead award winners. For photos please click here.
In the Lehigh Valley:
April 30, 2009
The 11th Annual Take The Lead event held on April 30th at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Fogelsville, PA raised an astounding $110,000. The audience was inspired by the speeches given by the Girl Scout Presenters and honorees. To see photos click here.
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GSEP Graphic Standards Manual
All Girl Scout products and communications materials, and the images and phrases featured on them, serve to enhance Girl Scouts’ brand voice and mission. We need to be clear and consistent about the messages we convey. Everyone in Girl Scouting has a role in protecting the Girl Scout name and
marks against unauthorized, inconsistent and unlicensed use to ensure that we speak with one voice. This manual should be used as a guide. If you need master artwork or have any questions as to the application of these policies, please contact Jenny Kontos, Senior Designer, at jkontos@gsep.org or Rosemarie Jones, Creative Director, at rjones@gsep.org
Help Us Get Out the
Word About Girl Scouts
Do You Have A Story? Do you know of an extraordinary Girl Scout, troop, staff member or volunteer who should be in the news? Is there an upcoming event the GSEP community should know about? If so, we would love to hear your suggestions for possible use by news media or GSEP publications. Please send any story ideas, with any and all details, including contact information for the person, troop or event, to Noreen Shanfelter, Director of Communications at nshanfelter@gsep.org.
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Help the Veterans History Project
Is your troop interested in helping to preserve veteran's stories? The Veterans History Project uses volunteers to help collect personal accounts of American war veterans so future generations can benefit from their stories. Congressman Sestak's office is supporting these efforts, and invites Girl Scout troops to attend a workshop in Delaware County on July 7th, led by an oral historian trained by the Library of Congress. Click here to see the flyer with more information.
Stay connected through the
Girl Scout Alumnae Association
The GSEP Alumnae Society welcomes all current and former Girl Scouts including alumnae from Delaware County, Freedom Valley, Great Valley, Greater Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania Councils! And we welcome Pennsylvania transplants–a wide Girl Scout network awaits you! Please click here to register today.
New GSEP "Girls Empowered" Video
A new film produced by Council was unveiled at the Annual Meeting. It communicates our mission of teaching girls to lead with courage, confidence and character, and most importantly it stars our girls!
Windows Media File
(6MB .wmv file for Windows)
Quicktime Movie
(22MB .mov file for Mac)
If you have a comment or are interested in getting a copy of the DVD, email rjones@gsep.org with your name, service unit number and address.
2009 Girl Scout Gold Awards
87 girls received their Girl Scout Gold Awards with projects that aided communities from Coatesville to Kennett Square, Reading to Pennsburg, Wyomissing to Guatemala. The Gold Award is the highest honor that is conferred on a Girl Scout. Often three to six months or more in the making, the community project must be approved by a Gold Award committee and meet a pressing community need. Graduating Seniors and Scholarship Award recipients are also honored at these ceremonies.
Click here to see the Program.
Click here to see photos from
Sunday, April 26th, at The Drexelbrook.
GSEP is Committed
to Customer Service
The Customer Relations department has been hard at work listening to our volunteers and our staff and addressing the issues that you are experiencing. We are excited to share with you our list of “coming attractions". We are busy working on the following projects and will be unveiling them very soon:
- Field Data Entry (membership registration)
- Improved Functional Directory
- Improved Phone Messaging System
- FAQ List
- Website Improvements
- Registration Process Improvements
- Improved Communication
We hope you had the opportunity to stop by our Customer Relation information station at the Annual Meeting on May 30. For those that did stop by, thank you for taking the time complete our brief questionnaire which entered you in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to any GSEP Shop. The winner of this prize is Melody Wu. Congratulations! If you need customer service assistance, have an issue that is unresolved, or a frustration you'd like to share, please contact Mary Novak, Customer Relations Manager, at 610.791.2411, ext.1530, or by email at mnovak@gsep.org.
After 75 Years, We Still Love Them
In 1932, a group of entrepreneurial Girl Scouts in Philadelphia persuaded local utility companies to sell home-baked cookies in their store front windows. In 1934, they engaged a baking company to produce them—and they were a hit. Two years later, councils around the country followed. The rest is delicious history. Approximately 250 people – from the general public, Girl Scouts, their leaders, staff, and volunteers, as well as parents, family, and friends, descended on the National Constitution Center on Sunday, March 1st to celebrate byplaying cookie games and eating a 75lb. Girl Scout cookie. Click here to see photos.
Want to see the winning acts? They are all available for viewing on facebook–join today and ask to be part of the GSEP group page. There you’ll find 350 other girls, parents, and leaders, sharing a common bond–interest in Girl Scouting.
For more information on Camp, visit our camp pages.
Stay Connected, Change a Girl's Life
As Girl Scout Alumnae, you know firsthand how transformative a positive program can be in a girl's life. Whether you are currently active with Girl Scouts or not, you can stay connected through the National Girl Scout Alumnae Association. Signing up only takes a moment, and is free.
www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/alumnae
Tag You're It!
Show your support of Girl Scouting by being among the first to order a Girl Scout specialty plate. Help us raise our brand awareness in the community and generate income for our Council. Download the flyer and application and get yours today!
Birthplace Visit
See Troops' 7870, 73649 and 7193 Savannah Trip Report. It catalogs their visit to Savannah, Georgia, the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, from June 28 to July 6, 2008.
Council Event Calendar
Click here for a look at upcoming events.
If you want to add an event please contact lrudinski@gsep.org
Research Results
The results of GSUSA’s groundbreaking research as a re-affirmation of the Girl Scouts’ core leadership development model and mission, and insights from CEO Ann Meredith on the survey, has appeared on more that a dozen news web sites including Forbes, Pittsburgh Business Journal and Marketwatch. Read the report.
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