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Happy International Women’s Day!
Last year, Girl Scouts of the USA & CARE launched 'The Power of Girls' initiative to help mobilize girls around important global issues, including the critical role that girls' education and leadership play in addressing poverty. The initiative puts girls at the heart of a conversation about the most important issues of our time.
In Tribute to a Great Public Servant
This week, Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania, joined with military leaders, business professionals, community groups, legislators, and neighbors of Representative John P. Murtha to honor his life and mourn his passing. Mr. Murtha served as a great supporter of Girl Scouting, beginning with when his wife Joyce, served as a troop leader for her daughter, Donna. Throughout the years, they provided breast cancer awareness programs to girls and always found the time to invite their friends and contacts to support our organization. The Congressman always showed a special interest in our girls and in their achievements.
Does Your Daughter Know She’s Beautiful?
It’s alarming how many results pop up on a Google search for “media influence on girls body image”. How tween and teen girls feel about their bodies is influenced by numerous factors, from friends and family to media online and offline to even their religious beliefs. Even though most girls are not negatively affected by these factors, on a typical day they do consider their looks (clothes, hair, body) from sometimes, to all the time. One piece of advice that girls believe could positively affect other girls is for them to accept and be proud of themselves.
The 2010 Gift of Caring to Haitian Relief Efforts
For many years, Girl Scouts across the country have used Girl Scout Cookies to show their appreciation for men and women in uniform or to support those in need. We’ve given customers, who may not want to buy cookies for themselves, the opportunity to purchase cookies as a donation.
Survival Skills for Today's Girls
Girl Scouts has a long-standing commitment to the well-being of girls and serves nearly 40,000 girls throughout western Pennsylvania. For almost 100 years, Girl Scouts has been engaged in girls’ lives and is a resource and expert on their growth and development. To advance our mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place, Girl Scouts seeks to work with volunteers, parents, program providers, and community partners to arm girls with the survival skills they need to succeed in four issues of particular interest to us:
Coming Attractions for 2010!
I’ve just taken a sneak preview of S’MORE Magazine’s spring-summer issue; and it’s definitely filled with all the good things in Girl Scouting.
Giving from the Heart
I know a former Girl Scout who wouldn't have had the opportunity to explore her own potential if it hadn't been through a Girl Scout in-school program. While others may have given up on her, Girl Scouting taught her the importance of believing in herself, knowing that she could make a difference in the world.
2009 Fall Town Hall Meetings Q&A
Latest Information on GSWPA Program and Property Study
The survey results are in and you have spoken! The program study is nearing completion and preliminary recommendations are being finalized by the marketing, program, and property research task groups. The recommendations will determine the marketing and program strategies the council will employ to ensure that our girl members receive the programs that they want. The results of the program study and property response will be presented in forums to gather feedback and suggestions from our membership at the following locations:
Taking Action to LiveHealthy LeadHealthy
Dove, a brand of the Unilever Group, is launching a new campaign to continue communicating the importance of building positive self-esteem in girls. The purpose of the campaign, entitled, “Thank You for Making a Difference,” is to show the positive effects self-esteem programs have on girls, and to thank consumers for making a difference. Dove is partnering in the campaign with three charitable organizations who have programs designed to build and support girls’ self-esteem—Girl Scouts of the USA, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Girls Inc.
