Click on the stories below to read the latest news releases and media alerts from GSHPA.
» 2013 Cookie Rally and Cookie College: Nearly 1,700 Girl Scouts from across the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania (GSHPA) Council kicked off the Girl Scout Cookie season with a brand new campaign 'This Is What A Girl Can Do!' at five locations throughout our 30-county service area. (January 5, 2013)
» Healthy Promise: Teaching Girl Scouts to Eat Well and Be Active: GSHPA kicked off the council-wide health initiative, Healthy Promise, at Central York High School in York on October 20. Girls got to climb a rock wall, practice their footwork with the team at Soccer Shots, and refine their skills with athletes from the York College Spartans. The grand finale was a concert by the nation’s only rock star nutritionist, Jill Jayne, who got the crowd moving with her musical performance “Jump with Jill!”
(October 20, 2012)
» GSHPA's New Healthy Promise Initiative is Part of Healthy Kids' Summit: GIANT Food Stores hosted a Healthy Kids’ Summit Tuesday, September 25 at the Susan P. Byrnes Healthy Education Center in York to educate the community about what can be done to alleviate the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania’s very own executive vice president, Ann Goropoulos-Hughes joined fellow panelists to discuss the growing epidemic of childhood obesity along with local, regional and national efforts to address one of the fastest growing health threats facing today’s young people.
(September 25, 2012)
» GSHPA Celebrates Past, Present and Future Girl Scouts with Special 100th Anniversary Celebration in Hershey: GSHPA is proud to announce the celebration raised $90,000! The net proceeds from the evening will be put toward GSHPA’s Inspiring Generationscampaign to raise $5 million by September 30, 2013 so we can continue to provide a place for girls that accepts them for who they are and encourages them to accomplish anything they want to do.
(September 5, 2012)
»Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania receives $10,000 from Wells Fargo Bank: GSHPA received a $10,000 sponsorship for two upcoming 100th anniversary events being held in Hershey and Wilkes-Barre next month. Low income girls will be supported through part of the sponsorship, which will be put towards financial aid to assist with participation costs. The rest will go toward development of area Girl Scouts camps.
(August 30, 2012)
» Annual Volunteer Kickoff - Bridging to the Next Century: More than 160 Girl Scout volunteers gathered at Camp Small Valley in Dauphin County to kick off the next century of Girl Scouting.
(August 11, 2012)
» Celebrating Girl Scouts' Highest Honor - Congratulations to the newest recipients of the coveted Girl Scout Gold Award. On Saturday, June 23, 2012, 72 Girl Scouts from the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania (GSHPA) council joined the ranks of many honored young women by receiving their awards.
(June 23, 2012)
» Outstanding Volunteers Recognized at GSHPA's Fifth Annual Meeting - Congratulations to all volunteers who were recognized with awards for their hard work and commitment to helping today’s girls become tomorrow’s leaders.
(April 28, 2012)
» GSHPA Chief Financial Officer, Susan Kreidler, to receive the 2012 CFO of the Year “Turnaround Specialist” Award.
(March 28, 2012)
» Don't miss Girl Scouts: Shaping a Century - a half-hour PBS special focused on Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, which will air on PBS stations throughout our 30-county footprint.
(March 20, 2012)
» Former Girl Scout Camp Transferred to State - Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of State Parks signed a deed today that transfers ownership of Camp Gi Sco Ha, a former Girl Scout camp, to DCNR effective immediately.
(March 14, 2012)
» 100th Anniversary Luncheon at Governor's Mansion - Leaders from Pennsylvania’s three Girl Scout councils gathered today at the Governor’s residence to kick off Girl Scouts’ Centennial Celebration throughout the state.
(March 2, 2012)
» Looking for Girl Scout Cookies nearby? There's an app for that! It’s Girl Scout Cookie time again and customers can find Girl Scout Cookie sales nearby using the free Cookie Locator mobile app – now updated to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting.
(February 6, 2012)
» Candy Wrapper Recycling Project a Huge Success! - Girls and troops from all across the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania Council came together to help collect candy wrappers for GSHPA’s "Every Wrapper Counts" recycling effort as
part of the Forever Green environmental programming initiative.
(February 6, 2012)
» Girl Scout Cookie Rallies & Colleges Across the Council: Nearly 1,800 Girl Scouts from across the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania (GSHPA) Council kicked off the Girl Scout Cookie season for the 100th year of Girl Scouting by attending the Cookie Rally and Cookie College events held in each of the five regions throughout our 30-county service area.
» Improving the Outdoor Experience for GSHPA Girl Scouts! Board approves plan to improve facilities and programming at each of GSHPA's seven camp properties!
(November 14, 2011)
» Troop Pennsylvania Investiture Ceremony: Women members of the Pennsylvania state legislature came together in the Rotunda of the Main Captiol Building in Harrisburg to help Pennsylvania’s three Girl Scout Councils kick off the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting by becoming honorary members of Troop Pennsylvania.
(October 18, 2011)
» Volunteer Kick-Off Celebrates Start of Girl Scouts' 100th Year: Nearly 200 volunteers joined GSHPA staff at Camp Small Valley in Dauphin County to kick off the 100th Girl Scout year at this year’s Annual Kick-Off event.
(August 13, 2011)
» Radio Disney's Kicking Daisies help Kick-Off GSHPA's Forever Green Initiative: 1300 Girl Scouts attended the event of the year to kick start an 18 month initiative to help the environment.
(May 21, 2011)
» Technology Allows More GSHPA Members to Experience the 2011 Annual Meeting: This year, for the first time, the annual meeting was facilitated via videoconferencing technology, which allowed more members from various areas throughout our council to attend the meeting without making a long drive to one central location.
(April 30, 2011)
» Girl Scouts Hit the Rink with the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins: 200 people spent the day learning about health, exercise and maintaining an active lifestyle from the experts.
(April 2, 2011)
» Girl Scouts Go Pink with the Penn State Lady Lions: GSHPA leads the way for 350 breast cancer survivors as they were honored at the Pink Zone 2011 basketball game.
(February 27, 2011)
» Second Annual GSHPA Cookie College a HUGE Success! Girls are encouraged to launch their own "Cookie Business" using specific goal setting, social media and marketing tactics.
(January 8, 2011)
» GSHPA Mourns Passing of Long-time Friend of Girl Scouting, Bev Walker.
(November 23, 2010)
» Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania Learn Valuable Lessons at Annual Governor's Conference for Women: Junior and Senior Girl Scouts travel to Pittsburgh for inspiration and empowerment.
(November 19, 2010)
» Operating Plan for 2010-2011 Girl Scout Year Unveiled at Annual Kickoff: Kick-off to the 2010-2011 Girl Scout year began August 14 at Camp Louise near Shickshinny, PA. Nearly 200 volunteers participated in a full day of workshops, trainings and networking. Click here for Q&A from the event. Thanks to everyone who made it a huge success!
(August 25, 2010)
» York Mayor Inspires Girl Scouts at Bridging Ceremony: Mayor Kim Bracey speaks to more than 80 Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania about the importance of staying in school and making good life choices.
(June 8, 2010)
» Business Plan Improvements: Business plan improvements continue at GSHPA with thriving Task Force work and a successful new way of work pilot. Also several dates are set you should know about.
(June 7, 2010)
» Business Plan Update: Implementation of the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania’s business plan recommendations continues! New Task Force work begins, new way of work pilot underway and new online store goes live!
(March 31, 2010)
» Cookie Advisory: Certain Lemon Chalet Creme cookies do not meet quality standards. This is NOT a recall and cookies do NOT pose any health risks.
(March 5, 2010)
» The Outdoor Experience - Going from Good to Great: Girl Scouts of all ages agree that camping and the overall outdoor experience are and always will be a Girl Scout tradition. The business planning process has reconfirmed the value of this long-standing tradition and the lasting impact it has had and will continue to have on so many. This same process has also strengthened and solidified our council's commitment to making sure that it continues to be an integral part of our future.
(March 4, 2010)
» World Thinking Day 2010: "Together we can end entreme poverty and hunger" is the 2010 World Thinking Day theme. Check out the World Thinking Day Resource Guide for ways to integrate the three keys to leadership into a World Thinking Day project.
(February 22, 2010)
» Retail Improvements Continue: Free shipping extended, new store hours, online shop improvements coming soon!
(February 19, 2010)
» Flooding Forces Closure of Camp Lycogis: Because of extensive damages caused by flooding in January, Camp Lycogis located in Hillsgrove, Sullivan County is closed indefinitely.
(February 16, 2010)
» Free Shipping on Retail Purchases Extended: Free shipping on all retail purchases has been extended and will be applied to all orders placed through February 28, 2010.
(January 29, 2010)
» Business Plan Update: Overview of businss planning results. Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania continues an accelerated business planning process to put our council on firm financial footing while not losing sight of our long standing tradition of developing the leadership and self-esteem of girls, the business plan continues to roll out in strategic stages. Read highlights of our most recent and/or next steps.
(January 13, 2010)
» Newly Minted CEOs at Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania! More than 130 Girl Scouts successfully completed Girl Scout Cookie College.
(January 9, 2010)
» Girl Scout Cookie College Helps Girl Scouts Build Entrepreneural Skills: A GSHPA program in partnership with Susquehanna Bank to help girls in grades 7-12 learn marketing tips, goal setting and public speaking.
(January 6, 2010)
» Business Plan Improvements to Retail Operations Unveiled: Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania makes key improvements to retail operations based on business planning process feedback.
(November 30, 2009)
» Business Plan Overview: Overview of businss planning results. Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania continues an accelerated business planning process to put our council on firm financial footing while not losing sight of our long standing tradition of developing the leadership and self-esteem of girls, the business plan continues to roll out in strategic stages.
(November 2009)
» President Obama Signs Girl Scout Commemorative Coin Act: President Barack Obama signed the Girl Scout Commemorative Coin Act authorizing the minting of 350,000 silver dollar coins.
(October 29, 2009)
» Business Plan Update: Thank you to all who participated in focus groups and/or online surveys as GSHPA works toward building a solid business plan that will help put our Council on solid financial footing and create a path by which we can best align our mission with the needs and interests of the girls we serve. We encourage more feedback.
(October 9, 2009)
» Michelle Obama Becomes National Honorary President of Girl Scouts: The First Lady continues a tradition dating back to 1929.
(October 8, 2009)
» PA Governor's Conference for Women A Huge Success for GSHPA: A select group of Girl Scouts were chosen from a pool of nominations to attend the 2009 Pennsylvania Governor's Conference for Women.
(September 17, 2009)
» A Family Tradition of Girl Scout Camp: How a New York woman created a family tradition at a Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania summer camp program.
(August 21, 2009)
» Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania Kick Off Troop Year with Fun in the Sun! Spirits were as high as the temperature on Saturday, August 15 as more than 200 service unit team members, other volunteers and camp and council staff gathered at Camp Small Valley in Halifax for the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania 2009-2010 troop year kick off celebration.
(August 15, 2009)
» Creativity Flows through City Fire Hydrants: Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania go "buggy" beautifying Harrisburg, one brush stroke at a time.
(August 11, 2009)
» Farewell to a Lifelong Girl Scout: A look back at the life of Ginny Denn, who was a Girl Scout for more than 70 years!
(August 6, 2009)
