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.
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:
Community Advisory Network member Catherine Shafer
March 3, 2008
The following is from The Times Leader, Monday, March 03, regarding The Service for Peace Award. Community Advisory Network member Catherine Shaffer’s firm, cds creative, is being recognized for service to the community.
Service award to be presented to cds creative
WILKES-BARRE: cds creative, inc., Forty Fort, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2008 David Frey Community Service Award for its various community services and its annual create-a-thon, a 24-hour annual blitz of free professional services dedicated to non-profits.
The marketing services provided during the create-a-thon have included items such as fundraising campaign plans, logos, Web sites, posters, print ads and strategic branding plans. The clients of these nonprofit agencies benefit in an exponential manner and provide crucial services to the community.
The Interfaith Resource Center for Peace and Justice presents this award to an individual, or group, whose actions have contributed, either by direct support of the mission of The Peace and Justice Center, or by making a contribution to the community and to the civic or corporate cause of peace and justice.
The award will be presented at the group’s annual award dinner on April 14. Contact the Peace and Justice Center, 570-823-9977, for more information on the Peace and Justice Center’s Annual Award Dinner.
Just one more small example of Girl Scouts doing good work in the community!
Community Advisory Network in action!
February 5, 2008
Thanks to the Girl’s Can Advisory Network, Sister Miriam Stadulis, director of the McGlynn Learning Center of Boulevard Homes in downtown Wilkes-Barre has received assistance in re-establishing a GS Troop at the Learning Center.
Girl’s Community Advisory Network
January 28, 2008
Welcome to Girls CAN!
This is our blog for any advocacy work for our Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania.
Please feel free to start blogging!
click for: advisory talents available
FYI
Girl’s Community Advisory Network
(Girls CAN!)
By region; Bear Creek, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Camp Hill, Chambersburg, Drumore, Forty-Fort, Harrisburg, Hanover, Hazleton, Hummelstown, Huntington Mills, Jonestown, Kingston, Lancaster, Lebanon, Leola, Mechanicsburg, Middletown, Montrose, Moscow, New Cumberland, New Freedom, Plains, Scranton, Spring Mills, State College, Stroudsburg, Sugarloaf, Tobyhanna, Waynesboro, Wilkes-Barre, Winfield, York.
Lee Beard, GHPA Board President, (Ex-Officio)
Shirley A. Valentine-Attoh, ICEO, GSHPA, (Ex-Officio)
Cindy Garren, cgarren@gshpa.org Major Gifts/Community Relations Dir., (Ex-Officio)
Amy Martin-Rineer, scoutrineer6@comcast.net
1568 SLATE HILL RD
DRUMORE PA 17518-9724
717-399-5276 / 717-548-2262
(Project & Training Management Specialist / Lancaster County, Hans Herr SU)
Barbara Thompson, bat1@psu.edu
1385 Carriage House Road
Middletown, PA 17057
(717) 948-6297 / (h) 717-939-3455
Barbara Wilson, Barbara.wilson@fandm.edu or bjew06@yahoo.com
Franklin and Marshall College,
731 College Avenue,
Lancaster PA 17603
717-291-4321
(c) 717-572-0907
Barb Showers, barbk@lmf.net
174 NORTHCREST ACRES
LEBANON PA 17046-8380
717-228-2061
Carol D. Deem, cdd@dflworkforjustice.com
Deem, Farney & López Law Offices
590 CENTERVILLE RD
LANCASTER PA 17601-1306
(717) 892-3900 / (717) 892-3901 (fax.) / www.dflworkforjustice.com.
Carol Freer, MD, freerc@hanoverhospital.org
2155 YOUNGS RD
HANOVER PA 17331-9456
(h) (717) 632-2131/ 717-637-3177 x4357
CAROLYN WARMAN, (emeritus), cfwarman@leadershipyork.org
Executive Director / Leadership York
39 East King Street / York, PA 17401
(w)717-846-5323 / (f) 717-846-5353
Catherine Shafer, (emeritus),
Catherine@cdscreative.com, cdscatherine@gmail.com
cds creative
#306
512 Northampton Street
Edwardsville, PA 18704-4547
570-288-5313 / (h) 570-283-2363 / (f) 570-283-8503
Cindy Lombard, clombard@pa.metrocast.net
1101 E. Fifth Street / Berwick, PA 18603
759-9465 / (h) 759-3548
(United Way experience)
Colleen McAuliffe, cmmcauliffe@comcast.net
4510 Mance Dr, Harrisburg PA 17112
(h) 717-652-0359 /(c) 717-574-0823
Connie Pheiff, connie@pheiffandsome.com
Pheiff & Some, Inc. / 194 E DORRANCE ST
KINGSTON, 18704-5204
570.287.1836 / (f) 570.287.2385
www.pheiffandsome.com
Donna Willard, donna.willard@comcast.net
14406 Tower Road
Waynesboro, 17268 / (717) 794-0146
DrueAnne Schreyer, drueanne@yahoo.com
108 S NIXON RD
STATE COLLEGE PA 16801-2311
(h) 814-231-1300 / (c) 814-280-3762
Elaine Meyers, eam21@psu.edu
(h)570-327-8960 / 814-865-6712 (c) 570-971-9860
Eleanor (Ellie) Beaver, ellie@ccunitedway.org
Executive Director, Centre County United Way
2790 West College Avenue, Suite 7
State College, PA 16801
(814) 238.8283 / (f) (814) 238.5067
(United Way experience 22 years+)
Ellen M. Kessler, M.S. emkessle@hacc.edu
Associate Professor, CIS/WEB
Room 334D, Main Building
HACC, Lancaster Campus
1641 Old Philadelphia Pike
Lancaster, PA 17602
Flora H. Poulos, florap@hydrosoft.net
18 Blaine Ave, / Leola, PA 17540 / (717) 656-7304
Gerry Hart, kahart@epix.net
P.O.Box 97 / Huntington Mills, PA 18622
(570) 864-2499
Jeanne Lowing, jlowing@ina-inc.com
Director of Marketing & Sales
Information Network Associates, Inc.
1360 Fox Hollow Drive / Harrisburg, PA 17113
717-939-2112 / (w)717-599-5505 / 717-599-5507 (fax)
Jo DeMarco, foxyjo@ptdprolog.net
24 Ellis Turner Road / Bloomsburg PA 17815
(h) 389-9323 / (United Way experience)
JOYCE M AVILA, cafe@ptd.net
2378 WINDING WAY
TOBYHANNA PA 18466-3725
570-350-5956
Joy Dougherty, joy.dougherty@morganstanley.com
401 GURTNER RD
NEW CUMBERLAND, PA 17070-2863
(h) 717-938-8069 / (c) 717-329-5177
Karen Best, kdbest@pa.net (board legacy)
30 TIMBER RD
MECHANICSBURG PA 17050-4505
(h) 717-766-7986 / (c) 717-319-0629
Karen Shustack, karen.shustack@wachovia.com
1245 CHARCOAL RD
HARRISBURG PA 17112-9476
(h) 717-469-7477 / 717-234-2881 (c) 717-215-4290
Kathy PHILLIPS, dkphillips@sterlingfi.com, (board legacy)
Sterling Financial
PO Box 38, Mail Code 294-692
East Petersburg, PA 17520
(h) 717-239-0877 / 717-735-5833
(finance board legacy)
Kathy Swope, swope@ptd.net
48 OAKWOOD DR / WINFIELD PA 17889-9723
(h) 570 523-3336 (c) 570-971-3336 (f) 570-523-3359
LAURA MUIA, lmuia@guard.com
102 RAILROAD ST
ARCHBALD PA 18403-2017
THE GUARD / 16 S RIVER ST BOX A-H
W-B PA 18703-0020 / 570- 825-9900. ext. 5010
(United Way experience)
LAURIE ANN TOMSHO, laurietomsho@kings.edu
133 N RIVER ST
WILKES-BARRE PA 18711-0800
570-208-5856 / (h) 570-760-0325
“Liz” Elizabeth Dellinger, EDelling@sovereignbank.com
(h and preferred) Lizd623@comcast.net
Vice President / Commercial Banking Group Sovereign Bank
(h) 207 Mountain View Drive / York, PA 17404
(h) 717-848-1293 / (c) 717-891-6165
717-771-9455 / (f) 717-852-1046
(community contacts /networking/finance management/fund raising)
Lynn Nehila, lnehila@pplweb.com
Home: 2337 Pittston Blvd.
Bear Creek Township, PA 18702
PPL Electric Utilities,
Supervisor Susquehanna Region
Transmission and Distribution Operations, Williamsport
(570) 368-5344, (h) (570) 823-7117
Manisha Nahar, manisha.nahar@gmail.com
24 Kyra Way
Plains PA 18705 / 570-824-2238
(board legacy PW)
Marilyn Morgan, palpin03@yahoo.com
16 Cruser St, Montrose, PA 18801
Executive Director of the Susquehanna County Literacy Program, Montrose
(570) 401-6035 (c) (570) 278-9027
(United Way experience, Susquehanna County UW board member)
Marion Alexander, Mcalex3029@aol.com
16 WAGNER ST
HUMMELSTOWN PA 17036-9113
(H) 717-566-3029 (board legacy)
Martha (Marty) Lynn Brown, martybrown@comcast.net
983 WOODRIDGE BLVD
LANCASTER PA 17601-2265
(h) 717-299-7115 (c) 717-201-1499
(CRC legacy)
MaryAnne B. Heeter, mabh@ptd.net
RR 1
BOX 4199
STROUDSBURG PA 18360
Senior Consultant
Farr Healey Consulting, LLC
570-992-7992
Mary Beth Fisher, mbfish01@comcast.net
120 Yellow Breeches Dr
Camp Hill PA 17011 / 717-972-1289
Islands in the Sun Cruises and Tours
Mary Jane Saras, LCSW, mjsaras@epix.net and maryjane@ceoptions.com
134 Valley View Drive / Sugarloaf, PA 18249
(h) 570-788-5639 / 570-636-3858 / (c) 570-401-6319 (United Way experience)
Mary Malone (co-chair, Grand Poobah), mrm101@ptd.net
101 St. Charles Drive
Hazleton, PA 18201 / (h) 570-455-4628 / (c) 570-401-7868
(United Way experience)
Maureen McGuigan, poetic_stage@yahoo.com
618 Crown AVE / SCRANTON, 18505
570-815-1280
Meredith Rogers,
137 Spruce Lane
Spring Mills, Pa. 16875
814-280-0055
Mindy Inners, innersmail@comcast.net
3983 Little John Drive
York, PA. 17408
(h) 717-792-5526
(legacy, CEO selection group and CRC)
PAT HOGG, pkhogg@yahoo.com
11380 WHITE OAK RD
NEW FREEDOM PA 17349-8529
717-741-0839 cell 717-309-3756 / (h) 717-235-3695
Regina Peters, ReginaPeters@comcast.net
4 Mosswood Road, RR#2
Moscow PA 18444
Council on Education and Culture
100 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503
(h) 570-842-4490
(c) 570-357-4480
Rodrigo “Rod” Gereda (co-chair, co-Grand Poobah), geredas@aol.com
65 FIRST AVE
KINGSTON PA 18704-5711 / (570) 283-5083
Sandi Caspersen, sandicaspersen@yahoo.com
1006 Cherry Hill Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815 / 570-387-0850 / (c) 594-6309
Sharon Carbaugh, scarbaugh4@verizon.net
115 SWATARA CIR
JONESTOWN PA 17038-9719
717-865-4891
“Sue” Susan and David Mummert, smummert@innernet.net
376 BRIAR LN
CHAMBERSBURG PA 17202-3143
(h) 717-263-5880
Tony Ross, tony@uwp.org
President / United Way of Pennsylvania
17 South Market St /
Harrisburg, PA 17601 / 717-238-7365
(United Way experience)
Girls CAN! 