Please join me in welcoming Charity Rosenberry to the GSHPA team. Charity will join the council on Monday, July 14, 2008 as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the finance department, based in the Harrisburg  service center.

Most recently Charity was employed by the American Education Services/Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (AES/PHEAA) as the Director of Financial Reporting. While at PHEAA, Charity oversaw the financial reporting for AES/PHEAA, the PHEAA Student Loan Trust, and three non-profit foundations. She also managed the preparation, review, and distribution of financial statements, Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) forms, federal and state tax filings and management reports and analysis. Prior to joining GSHPA,  Charity’s work experience also included being the Internal Auditor for the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund, Senior Accountant  for Zelenkofske Axelrod & Co., CPA’s, and Accounting Specialist for First Data Merchant Services Corporation.

Charity is a graduate of Penn State University and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. She became a Certified Public Account (CPA) in 2001 and is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

We are pleased to have Charity join our management team and look forward to her help in achieving our mission!

Donna Ventresca

Employment Manager

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania

Beltway Commons

242 Airport Road

Hazleton, PA   18202

570.501.2604  ext 1410

570.501.2321  fax

800-692-7816

www.gshpa.org

Make it a summer to remember! Try camping with Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania.  Visit www.gshpa.org  for additional details.

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Please join me in welcoming Donna Ventresca, Employment Manager, to the GSHPA team.

Donna has 7 years experience in the human resources field.  Her prior positions include HR Manager for Paper Magic, Training Coordinator/Recruiter for Cargill Meat Solutions and HR Recruiting Coach for Lowe’s Regional Distribution Center.  Additionally Donna has worked as an Office Manager for Manpower Staffing and a Sales Manager for L’eggs Products.  Donna graduated from Blue Mountain High School and is a professional member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM).

I know Donna looks forward to being an improtant part of this team!

We are pleased to have Donna join the council and look forward to her help in achieving our mission! 

Welcome Abroad, Donna! 

Donna Ventresca

Employment Manager

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania

Beltway Commons

242 Airport Road

Hazleton, PA.  18202

570-501-2604, ext 1410

570-501-2321, fax

800-692-7816

www.gshpa.org

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The link below will take you to the GSHPA web press release page.  There you will note an important message regarding our new Interim CEO, Shirley Valentine-Attoh:

E. Lee Beard, chair of the board of directors of Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania (GSHPA), announces Shirley Valentine-Attoh, has been named Interim CEO effective July 1, 2008.  Follow the link (in red) below and look for the section that looks like this:

July 2008

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania Announces Interim CEO

March 2008

 

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Posted July 5, 2008: The following is a note from Donna Ventresca, Employment Manager:

Please join me in welcoming Season Hain to the GSHPA team. Season joined GSHPA on July 1, 2008 working as a part time Sales Associate in Retail Operations.  Season will be located at the Harrisburg service center.

Prior to working with GSHPA, Season was employed as the Events Coordinator for The Theatre Museum.  She was also with  Capitol and Museum shops where she was the Retail Operations Manager/Buyer.

Season graduated from Conestoga Valley High School and attended Harrisburg Area Community College.

We are pleased to have Season join the council and look forward to her help in achieving our mission! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome Abroad!

Donna Ventresca

Employment Manager

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania

Beltway Commons

242 Airport Road

Hazleton, PA.  18202

570-501-2604, ext 1410

570-501-2321, fax

800-692-7816

www.gshpa.ogr

Harrisburg Location: {<–click for directions)

(Administrative Office)350 Hale Avenue
P.O. Box 2837
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2837
T: 717.233.1656 or 800.692.7816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a new request from Anne Reitzes:

We need volunteers to become more involved in planning and executing the celebration part of the GSHPA Annual Celebration Day!

Volunteers that are interested in serving on the Annual Celebration Committee (to plan and coordinate next year’s event) should contact Anne Reitzes, Chief Operating Officer, at areitzes@gshpa.org.

Thank you!

Contact: Anne Reitzes, areitzes@gshpa.org, Chief Operating Officer

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Dear Community Advisory Network:

Below is a request from Kate Crowley, kacrowley@state.pa.us  :

Just another reminder (plea!) that I could use any suggestions you might have for additions to our LRPP task group. 

We’re looking for folks who aren’t emotionally tied to any one of our camp properties and who can be open minded about the council’s needs and vision. 

Preferably I’d like someone with email capabilities, who can travel to a meeting from time to time (as well as travel to the properties), and who may have expertise in real estate, market research and the like. 

If you have anyone in mind, please drop me a line and I will get in
touch with them to make the “ask”.

Please contact Kate at: kacrowley@state.pa.us

Thanks.

Dear Friends:

The following is a treat from Jonathan — enjoy!

Summer activities and fun for girls to do!

(Recruitment tool for girls and volunteers!)

You should have received Dairy Queen coupons via mail by now.  If you have not — or if you need more information, contact Jonathan Crouch, jcrouch@gshpa.org.

A new sweet treat and a great time together are waiting for you and your GS girls!

Send in pictures of you and your girls at Dairy Queen for council recognition!

Dairy Queen, an official national licensee of Girl Scouts of the USA, is pleased to declare July 7 to July 13, 2008, Dairy Queen Girl Scout Appreciation Week! To celebrate summer, Girl Scouts and Girl Scout groups are cordially invited to visit a local Dairy Queen between July 7 and 13, 2008, for Dairy Queen’s Girl Scout Appreciation Week. Make it a fun family or Girl Scout group event!

This July, Dairy Queen will introduce a new treat — the Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookie Blizzard. Made up of creamy soft-serve blended with Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookie pieces and a crème de menthe topping, the Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookie Blizzard will be available during July 2008 at participating Dairy Queen locations.

As the featured Blizzard of the Month, the Girl Scouts Thin Mint Blizzard will be advertised on national television and through local radio and print media and promoted on Dairy Queen’s website — DQ.com.

And as a community-oriented company, Dairy Queen and its operators want to help Girl Scout councils take advantage of this summer’s promotion to increase membership and volunteerism and create fun activities for girls — for Dairy Queen Girl Scout Appreciation Week and beyond.

To connect with a DQ in your area, visit Dairy Queen store-locator.

Please contact your local store directly to determine if they are participating in this national program as well as to make arrangements for activities, recruitment tables, programs, etc.

Here are just a few great ideas for how councils can work with Dairy Queen operators to make Dairy Queen Girl Scout Appreciation Week and this partnership a success:

Membership & Volunteerism:
·Work with your local DQ operator to set up a membership recruitment table outside the store. Email Jen Ward, GSVSC’s director of marketing and communications, at jward@gsvsc.org to request incentive coupons for this purpose.

·Work with your local DQ operator to place membership and/or interest indicator forms at the store. Establish collection procedures with the DQ operator or opt for self-mailing forms/postcards.

Fun Summer Activities for Girls:
·Work with your local DQ operator to coordinate “behind the scenes” tours for troops, groups, or day or overnight campers.

·Organize a “Blizzard-making class” with your local DQ operator.

· Invite your local DQ operator to talk with girls about what it takes to own and run a business successfully.

GSHPA will be promoting this special partnership and opportunity to our major media outlets. If you have any questions on how to best leverage this partnership with your local Dairy Queen, would like our assistance in coordinating press efforts in your area, or need more information, please contact GSHPA via www.gshpa.org!

To Contact the Board of Directors:

(There is no gate keeper for this method of contacting the Board)

board@gshpa.org

Snail-mail Address:

Attention Lee Beard / Personal & Confidential

Board of Directors
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
 350 HALE AVE
HARRISBURG PA  17104-1518

 Chair - E. Lee Beard, CPA of Drums

Click here to link to the GSHPA Board page.

The following great news is posted by Jonathan:

On Sunday, July 20, Anne Booske will be presented with her 75 year pin!

 The presentation will take place at the Brethern Village located at 3001 Lititz Pike in Lancaster at 2:00 P.M.

If you would like to attend this presentation, please let Jonathan know so that he can make a group rsvp.

Thank you, contact Jonathan for RSVP:

Jonathan Crouch

Executive Administrative Assistant

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania

350 Hale Avenue

Harrisburg, PA 17105

(717) 233-1656 Phone

(717) 234-5097 Fax

Following is a note from network member Jessica Hopkins on behalf of Education.com; it regards our mission. Enjoy!
 

Hey Rod,

As active supporters of the Girl Scouts, you already know why it’s such a great organization for women and girls. Education.com, an online resource for parents and educators agrees. I wanted to share some more of the excellent benefits that participating in Girl Scouts offers: Click here for: Why the Girl Scouts Matter

Characterized by generations of women pioneering social causes like non-violence and health & fitness, Education.com knows that the Girl Scouts offer so much more to girls than irresistible cookies.

Feel free to share with your troop (and we would love it if you posted on Girls CAN!), and please let me know what you think. Look forward to hearing back!

Best,
Jessica

Jessica Hopkins
360i on behalf of Education.com

The following is a wonderful opportunity for our girls to get creative and experience poetry in motion!

Please help get this out to the Girls Scouts — post and forward:

~ Poetry In Transit seeks a few good writers ~

Poetry In Transit, an award-winning community program, invites your participation.  This year-old project, patterned after London’s successful Poems on the Underground, displays poetry in advertising space.

click for full info: display poetry on buses

From: Elaine.K.Bevivino@jci.com [mailto:Elaine.K.Bevivino@jci.com]

Subject: Invitation to Rainbow Connection 2008

Greetings - I am the volunteer PR coordinator for Rainbow Connection
2008 and this is your official email invitation to Rainbow Connection
2008!!  Attached is an invitation that we would like you to extend to
the Board of Directors for your respective organizations - Girl Scouts
in the Heart of Pennsylvania and the South Mountain Fairgrounds.

Over 20 adults and girls have been working on this event since last
September, and we would love to have you and your fellow Board Members
join us on June  28 to experience this event. 

 
Click here for: Invitation to Rainbow Conection 2008 

Please let me know if you have any questions: Elaine.K.Bevivino@jci.com

 - I hope to meet you all there!

Elaine Bevivino, Elaine.K.Bevivino@jci.com
Volunteer PR Coordinator for Rainbow Connection 2008
Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA
(717) 840-6397

 The Community Advisory Network plays a creative role in connecting Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania with local communities.  

Accept this challenge and help grow our advisory group.  We need you to recruit one person from your region for us.  We count on your knowledge of your regional community in identifying key people we will need to make this board advisory group work.  

• supports the Girl Scout brand and reinforces brand messaging,
• identifies community resources & supports council fundraising efforts,
• links GSHPA with funding sources & opportunities,
• serves as a catalyst to initiate council partnerships & collaborations,
• fosters community relationships to achieve these collaborations,
• assists in making connections with under-served communities,
• identifies community challenges, trends, and strategic issues,
• advocates with local, state, and federal governments. 

We are the eyes, ears, & advocates of the girls we serve.

As the Community Advisory Network, we maintain our membership with of GSUSA and we commit to donate financially to Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania.

Above all, we realize that, Girls CAN!