our role as advisors:
August 19, 2008
The Community Advisory Network:
Plays a creative role in connecting GSHPA with local communities.
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 GSHPA.
Above all, we know that, Girls CAN!
Community Advisory Network fun!
July 8, 2008
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!
Contact the Board of Directors
July 7, 2008
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.
75-Year Girl Scout Is Commended
Posted on: Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 09:01 CDT
Anne Weaver Booske, of Lancaster, was honored recently by Girls Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania and Foxfire House for 75 years of involvement with Girl Scouts.
Booske was commended during a ceremony last month at Brethren Village Retirement Community, where she lives.
Since she became a Girl Scout at age 10, Booske has remained involved with Girl Scouts as a volunteer or staff member.
For many years, Booske also volunteered at Foxfire House, a homestead at Camp Furnace Hills near Denver, where Girl Scouts learn about frontier life.
(c) 2008 Intelligencer Journal. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.
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
The following comes in from Jonathan Crouch, Executive Administrative Assistant:
Community Advisory Network is invitede to Amanda Steinke’s Gold award ceremony in Lancaster on Saturday, May 17th.
Click here for Amanda Steinke’s Gold Award Invitation
If you would like to attend, please let Jonathan know and he will call in an RSVP.
Thanks,
Jonathan Crouch, jcrouch@gshpa.org
Executive Administrative Assistant
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
350 Hale Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 233-1656 Phone
(717) 234-5097 Fax
Gold Award Recognition process
May 5, 2008
the following comes from Anne M. Reitzes, M.Ed., areitzes@gshpa.org:
Hello,
I know you have expressed interest in the Gold Award Recognition process. I would like to invite you to serve as a member of the Gold Award Scholarship Review Committee. It involves reviewing applications and selecting the Gold Award Scholarship winners.
Committee members should plan to review copies of the applications then attend one Gold Award Scholarship Review Committee Meeting. Copies of each application will be available to you prior to the Gold Award Scholarship Review Committee Meeting so that you may become familiar with this year’s applications, then we will come together as a group to select this year’s scholarship winners. It is necessary that we have our final selections decided by the end of May, so that the girls may be recognized at the June 8th Gold Award Celebration. Invitations to the June 8th Gold Award Celebration will be sent to you.
I would like to gather a bit of info from each of you to ensure that the process meets your needs. Please get back in touch with me as soon as you are able to, but no later than May 9th with this information:
1) Would you still be interested in participating this year in the Gold Award Scholarship Review process?
2) Would you prefer that our group meets in the evening on May 28th or May 29th?
3) Would you prefer that we meet in the Harrisburg area or Pine Grove area (around exit 100 on 81)? These locations seem to be the most centrally located for those interested in this process.
We have received quite a few applications for this year’s scholarships. Are you prepared to be extremely impressed by the caliber of the applications? Each time I participate in this process, I am more amazed than the last time! I look forward to serving on this committee with you.
Sincerely,
Anne
Anne M. Reitzes, M.Ed.
Chief Operating Officer
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
York Service Center, GSHPA
1600 Mt. Zion Rd
York, PA 17402
717-757-3561 x1236
800-692-7816 x1236
a few fun events in Luzerne County
April 15, 2008
Creative works include sketches by David Castro, a student at Coughlin High School; oil landscape paintings by Henry Rodriguez of Wilkes-Barre; watercolor paintings and charcoal sketches by Rod Gereda of Kingston; and, acrylic paintings by Alina Tellez-Bueno, who is temporarily residing in Scranton. Made of a variety of materials, including cardboard, acrylic paint and fabrics, Hector Tellez of Scranton creates “Catrinas,” which depict four scenes of traditional Mexican festivities, including the “The Day of the Dead.”
Artists will discuss their work during a gallery talk from 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 25, in the Widmann Gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., as arranged. The Widmann Gallery is located in the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, between North Franklin and North Main streets.
For more information, see the Experiencing the Arts Calendar at www.kings.edu or contact Dr. Beth Admiraal, assistant professor of political science, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5754.
The performance is free and open to the public.
The 20-member band, led by Sem’s Lower School music teacher Robert Lugiano, will perform music by Bill Chase, Larry Neeck, Peter Blair and others. Selections to be performed include “Get it on,” “Groove Machine,” “Takin’ the Plunge,” “Super-sized,” and more. The program will feature Sem seniors Hannah Roman, Jacob Cole and Oliver Williams as soloists.
For more information call the Wyoming Seminary Public Relations Office at 270-2190.
Preparatory School, 154 Centre Street, Freeland, 7 p.m.; Call the school at 570-636-1108 for tickets and information.
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ARTS GRANTS FOR YOU!!!
In case you missed it, check our last newsletter for information on a FREE workshop that will teach you everything you need to know about getting a grant for YOUR creative project!
DON’T MISS OUT! ATTEND THE WORKSHOP ON APRIL 29TH, 6pm – Miller Conference Room, 2nd Floor of the Henry Student Center, Wilkes University.
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The time is NOW to reserve your spot for our bus trip to the Roberson Museum in Binghamton for “Visions of the Susquehanna” DON’T WAIT!!! Reservations are coming in for our bus trip to the Roberson Museum in Binghamton for Visions of the Susquehanna – 250 Years of Paintings by American Masters. Here’s what you need to know:
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encourages the girls to not quit Girl Scouts
April 15, 2008
Greetings All,
I’m probably going to knock a hornets nest off a tree with this post.
I hope GSCM (Girl Scouts of Central MD) is monitoring the e-mails of this
group, because I am about to unload. I just returned from a Venturing
event this weekend with my daughter’s Venturing crew. The success of
that event, just reaffirms what I have been observing over the past 7
years of leading a girl scout troop. (the past 4 of which has been at
the Cadette/Senior level).I think GSCM is failing our girls (and families– particularly when
it comes to including Dads) miserably when it comes to providing
periodic adventure and outdoor events for girls 14-18 which includes
male (as well as female) role models.My daughter is a 1st year Senior Girl Scout and a Venturer (she joined
a Venturing crew 1 year ago). I just tuned over the leadership of my
Cadette/Senior troop to a Co-leader and the GS troop is in good shape.
My daughter has decided to continue as a Juliette (for some personal
and medical reasons). The interesting thing that I’ve noticed and am
grateful for is, that Venturing really encourages the girls to not
quit Girl Scouts and helps them work toward completing their Gold
Award. My daughter was about ready to quit GS because she wants to
teach younger girls outdoor skills, but her male Venturing Advisor
encouraged her to stay with GS. In fact VENTURING provided her with a
way to earn more leadership hours toward her Gold Award, through a
program at a local elementary school called “ACCESS” which is a
program to introduce scouting underprivileged kids at area schools.
She in essence was a den
chief for Cub Scouts at an under performing school (normally an adult
position).She would have done the same to introduce girls to girl scouting, had
there been an ACCESS program for GS and I know that ACCESS must exist
for young girls. When a little girl saw Krista in her Venturing shirt
doing ACCESS with the 14 kindergarten- 1st grade age boys she asked
her, “Isn’t there a meeting for little girls too?”We just returned from a weekend just north of Pittsburgh from a
Venturing Quest. The event was well run, well organized, and provided
adventure and co-ed fellowship for the kids involved. (Archery, Trap
shooting, pistol, hatchet throwing and climbing and rappelling)– The
Girls loved the hatchet throwing the best!.I would estimate that of the 200 youth attending (there were nearly 350
total participants, with over 125 being adult advisors), about 70 percent were
girls and 30 percent boys. Of that 70 percent girls attending about 50
percent were former girl scouts and the female Venturing Advisors were
former or “soon to be” former girl scout leaders who were just
frustrated with Girl Scouts and the feeling that Girl scouts actually
makes Girls more dependent because the organization is so risk averse.After seeing this event as compared to GS council events; I am
convinced that Venturing is the Gold Standard for girl run/boy run
programs. There are a lot or things that the GSCM can learn from the
Baltimore Council or National Capital region of Boy Scouts. There are
many things that the Boy scouts (especially Venturers) do right and
Girl Scouts do wrong. The biggest thing, and most positive thing, I saw was the
involvement of FATHERS at this Venturing Quest!
Girl Scouts needs to involve fathers more and GET OVER its aversion
to anything Boy Scout organized and pick up a few pointers. Either
that or I predict will lose (its older girls) to Venturing in droves.This event was well balanced. What impressed me most was the girl/boy
run Area wide elections to determine the girl/boy leadership of the
area (MD, Delaware and PA). The girls learned to work with the guys
(which is what life is about anyway) and in many cases (especially the
climbing wall and repelling) the girls out-did the guys. You can’t
flirt when you are climbing a 150 ft tower. In short, I think the
Venturing serves to dispel a lot of gender
stereotypes for both the boys and girls. Most importantly, there was
a mix of good male and female role models to teach the Venturers. (75
percent male advisors — fathers; 25 percent female advisors)
This summer, my daughter and her crew are going kayaking/camping down
the Delaware River, stopping at the various scout camps. The girls and
guys of the crews are doing most of the organizing and planning and
the Adult advisors are there to do just that advise, counsel and
consent.My point in this lengthy e-mail is that a representative needs to
actually participate in one of these Venturing events to learn how to
keep older girls in Girl Scouting. The Venturing business model works
and works well. It only has been around for 10 years, and I think it
will overtake Girl Scouts for older girls unless GS USA recognizes
it’s competition and learns from it.Take Care,
Donna
advisory talents available
April 15, 2008
Adult learning:
Pat Hogg,
Alumni Engagement:
Karen Shustack,
Annual Meeting planning
Artistic:
Maureen McGuigan, Rod Gereda, Marty Brown,
Communications/Marketing:
Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Jeanne Lowing, Laurie Tomsho, Joyce Avila, Karen Shustack,
Community contacts and networking:
Liz Dellinger, Ellie Beaver, Laura Muia, DrueAnne Schreyer, Rod Gereda, Marilyn Morgan, Connie Pheiff, Jeanne Lowing, Pat Hogg, Marty Brown, Karen Shustack,
Conflict Resolution:
Rod Gereda, Laura Muia, Flora Poulos, Connie Pheiff, Laurie Tomsho, Joyce Avila, Karen Shustack,
Environment:
Marty Brown,
Finance management:
Liz Dellinger,
Flexible schedule:
Flora Poulos, DrueAnne Schreyer, Marilyn Morgan, Connie Pheiff,
Fund raising:
Liz Dellinger, Ellie Beaver, Connie Pheiff, Laurie Tomsho,
Girl development:
Pat Hogg,
Goal setting:
Rod Gereda, Flora Poulos, Connie Pheiff, Marty Brown,
Gold Award recognition:
Pat Hogg, Laurie Ann, Marilyn Morgan, Joy Dougherty, DrueAnne, Flora H. Poulos, Mary Beth Fisher, Jo DeMarco, Rod Gereda, Connie Pheiff, MaryAnne B. Heeter, Karen Shustack,
Human Resources experience:
Laura Muia, Pat Hogg, Karen Shustack,
Innovative:
Karen Shustack, Rod Gereda, Connie Pheiff,
Interpersonal:
Karen Shustack, Rod Gereda, Laura Muia, Flora Poulos, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Joyce Avila,
Leadership development:
Karen Shustack, Rod Gereda, Laura Muia, Flora Poulos, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg,
Listening:
Flora Poulos, Marilyn Morgan, Rod Gereda, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Karen Shustack,
Lobbying:
Rod Gereda,
Long range vision:
Rod Gereda, Flora Poulos, Laura Muia, DrueAnne Schreyer, Connie Pheiff, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho,
Management:
Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Marty Brown, , Karen Shustack,
Nonprofit governance:
Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg,
Personnel Policies:
Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg,
Pluralism:
Flora Poulos, Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Joyce Avila, Marty Brown, Karen Shustack,
Presentation:
Ellie Beaver, Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho, Joyce Avila,
Problem Solving:
Rod Gereda, Laura Muia, Flora Poulos, Connie Pheiff, Jeanne Lowing, Jeanne Lowing, Pat Hogg, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho,
Program:
Flora Poulos, DrueAnne Schreyer, Pat Hogg, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho,
Property:
DrueAnne Schreyer, Laurie Tomsho,
Public Relations:
Laura Muia, Connie Pheiff, Karen Shustack,
Public Speaking:
Laura Muia, Rod Gereda, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Laurie Tomsho, Joyce Avila, Karen Shustack,
Publications:
Robert’s Rules of Order:
Pat Hogg,
Singing:
Flora Poulos, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho,
Strategic planning:
Laura Muia, DrueAnne Schreyer, Rod Gereda, Marilyn Morgan, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho,
Technology:
DrueAnne Schreyer,
Travel: Girl Scout related,
Flora Poulos, Connie Pheiff, Marty Brown,
United Way experience:
Ellie Beaver, Laura Muia, DrueAnne Schreyer, Marilyn Morgan, Mary Malone, Mary Jane Saras, Jo DeMarco, Cindy Lombard, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Laurie Tomsho, Karen Shustack,
Volunteer Management:
Ellie Beaver, Flora Poulos, Rod Gereda, Connie Pheiff, Pat Hogg, Marty Brown, Laurie Tomsho,
other:
Girl Scouts, their own pinewood derby?
April 11, 2008
Oak Ridge — After spending the last six years watching her brothers create wonderful handmade cars with their dad, and race them with everyone cheering on, Allison Borrelii finally asked her mother why the Girl Scouts didn’t have their own pinewood derby. This was the inspiration for a Daddy Daughter Pinewood Derby that the girls hope to make an annual event. Allison’s mother, Andrea Borrelli, leader of Troop 185, including Allison and 18 other fourth-grade girls at Paradise Knoll School in Oak Ridge, immediately began planning the event.Awards winners were:
Every troop with children from their elementary school was invited. Enthusiasm for this new event was great, and the registrations poured in. It was decided that the refreshments stand at the event would benefit the Paradise Knoll School Playground, which is in need of replacement. Troop 294 volunteered to bring baked goods, and other parents offered to bring supplies. Shop Rite donated a voucher to purchase hot dogs, buns and more. Lakeland bank sent a donation as well. Indianapolis 500 race car driver and Girl Scout patron Sarah Fisher sent autographed posters for each girl.
For speed, 1st place went to Amanda Seugling; 2nd Place to Kaitlyn Klosz, and 3rd place to Grace Lemanowicz.
For style, the winners were: Fastest Looking, Dakota Vigh; Most Original, Rachel Lyons; Most Colorful, Lindsey VanNortwick; Sportiest, Lauren Peterson; Spirit of Girl Scouts: Allison Borrelli; and the crowd’s favorite, which looked like a pinball machine, was created by Katie Villalobos.
One of the highlights of the event, which was held on March 30 at the Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Parish Hall, was when Sam Burlum and his teammate Tommy Vigh Jr. of Tommy Vigh Jr. Racing arrived with their 1981 Ump Dirt Car Street Stock Camaro, which races at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y. The girls climbed in and the cameras came out.
In all, 41 racers attended the derby and had a very exciting time.
