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Connections ♦ Community Development Newsletter

A quarterly newsletter about Girl Scouts in your community.

Spring 2010 

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Inside this issue:

  • The Outdoor Experience - Going from Good to Great
  • Helping to Mold the Gold
  • Circle of Friends
  • Unique Program Opportunities
  • Newly Minted CEOs (Cookie Entrepreneur Officers)

Winter 2009 

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Inside this issue:
  • Business Plan results unveiled
  • Introducing the Circle of Friends
  • Celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the 1959 senior Girl Scout Roundup!
  • How Girl Scouts are making a difference through community service projects
  • From Chief Cookie Officer to Chief Executive Officer

Fall 2009

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Inside this issue:

  • Annual kickoff event jump starts new troop year!
  • Leadership update from President and CEO Jane Ransom and Board Chair Kate Crowley
  • Summer camp recap
  • How Outreach programs are helping girls across the Council
  • A family tradition passed down through generations at Camp Archbald

Summer 2009

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Inside this issue:
  • A message from Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania's new President and CEO, Jane Ransom
  • 2009 Girl Scout Gold Award Recipients
  • A look at what Girl Scouts are doing in your community
  • Summer camp preview

 

Be Connected ♦ Volunteer Newsletter

A monthly newsletter for leaders, service unit managers, and lifetime members.

 

2010 Newsletters

» July 2010 - Girls honored at the 2010 Girl Scout Gold Award Ceremony, Summer Camp update, plus a list of scheduled Camp Farewell Events. Plus, we need troop leaders for the upcoming troop year!

» June 2010 - Updated business plan moving forward with great results, updated guidelines for bridging awards, Girl Scout nights with local baseball teams, plus, still time to join us for sleepaway camp!

» May 2010 - Customer Service Core Values. Wrap up of the 2010 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognitions. SU best practices as you start thinking about the 2010-2011 troop year. Camp open houses this month!

» April 2010 - Task force work begins. New way of work pilot underway. New online store live.Girl Scout voices survey. Program updates. Local Girl Scout pioneer, Florence Pyle, passes away.

» March 2010 - Flooding forces closure of Camp Lycogis. Direct cookie sale is underway. Girl Scout Gold Award webinars.

» February 2010 - Thinking Day - ending world poverty and hunger. Free shipping on online purchases extended.

» January 2010 - GSHPA charter renewd. Newly minted CEOs - Cookie Entrepreneur Officers - ready for success! 2009 Edition of the Blue Book now available. Girl Scout Gold Award advisors needed.

2009 Newsletters

» December 2009 - Overview of the business planning results available, plus online shopping resumes in January.

» November 2009 - In this issue: business plan update, Girl Scout Gold Award spotlight, program and membership updates.

» October 2009 - Last month, we shared our plans to take our Council through an accelerated business planning process. Soliciting feedback from both the girls and the volunteers has been a key ingredient throughout the preliminary stages of this process. We are extremely excited by the overwhelming response we received and wanted to take this opportunity to share a snapshot of some of the findings with you.
 

Pathways to Her Future ♦ Parent Newsletter

A bi-annual newsletter for parents of Girl Scouts.

2010 Newsletters

Spring 2010 -  Explanation of Girl Scout pathways. Summer Camp 2010 information - sign up now! Early bird spring registration for next troop year.
 
 

GSHPA Annual Report ♦ Helping Today's Girls Become Tomorrow's Leaders


2009 Annual Report
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GSHPA Annual Report

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania - helping today's girls become tomorrow's leaders. We thank all of our volunteers, our supporters, our staff and, most importantly, our girl members for your collective efforts to not only move our Council toward a better financial direction, but also to maintain the spirit of fun and adventure that has always made Girl Scouts the premier leadership organization for girls in the heart of Pennsylvania, in the nation and in the world. Check out the highlights from 2009.
 

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