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For Immediate Release
Contact: Lynn Jager, (520) 405-6008
lynn@thejagers.com
New Brownies First Camp
Out
TUCSON, Ariz. (April 6, 2007) – Brand new Brownie Troop 753
took six of its girls for an overnight camp out at the
Hacienda. The girls completed three Try-Its: Ready Set Go
Camping, Art to Wear, and Girl Scout Ways. The troop came up
with more than 20 ways to use your bandana! The girls set an
awesome fire that cooked hot dogs and marshmallows and kept
them warm for traditional Girl Scout songs and a discussion
on how to be prepared for trips, accidents, unpredictable
weather, and emergencies. Other activities included making
troop shirts, bird feeders, animal masks, macramé bracelets,
and went on a short hike.
Ranger Roy taught the girls about cleaning up and preserving
nature. He awarded them with a patch for their visit. The
troop has volunteered to spend some afternoons with Ranger
Roy to help clean, weed, and preserve the Hacienda facility.
The troop took six Brownie girls: Madison Pritt, Savannah
Ash, Maggie Emory, Cydney Cole, Moriah Kingerly, and Jocelyn
Mashburn; two Cadet junior leaders: Kerissa Eslick and
Randilyn Jager; two co-leaders: Lisa Eslick and Lynn Jager;
and a real fun mom: Brandy Ash.
For the girls that had never been away from home before,
they are ready to go again. This time for Camp on Your Own
at Whispering Pines on Mount Lemmon for TWO nights in
August.
Posted 3-19-07
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Debbie Rich:
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GIRL SCOUTS BRING HOME THE GOLD
Tucson,
Ariz. —
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the
highest award that a Girl Scout 14-18 may earn during her
Girl Scouting career. Someone once described the Girl Scout
Gold Award as being what you really want to be remembered
for in Girl Scouting. For many, the leadership skills,
organizational skills, and sense of community and commitment
that come from "going for the Gold" set the foundation for a
lifetime of active citizenship.
The Gold Award project is the culmination of
all the work a girl puts into "going for the Gold." It is
something that a girl can be passionate about—in thought,
deed, and action. The project is something that fulfills a
need within a girl's community (whether local or global),
creates change, and hopefully, is something that becomes
ongoing. The project is more than a good service project—it
encompasses organizational, leadership, and networking
skills.
Southern Arizona Girl Scouts completed
projects that had significant impact throughout Southern
Arizona. Casey Caylor promoted literacy in the community by
holding book drives and book fairs that benefit the Reading
Seed program and Reach Out and Read. Cassandra Allen saw a
need for warm clothing for the students a Ft. Lowell
Elementary School; she conducted a clothing drive and
distributed the sweaters to students during recess and after
school. Stephany Holcomb, Emily Scobie, Samantha Swartz,
Jacquline Braunels and Amber Bellafiore worked together to
write and produce a book for middle school students that
address self esteem, peer pressure and the changes teenage
girls face. Tiffany Acciani focused on the plight of
hospitalized children; she created a performance and
distributed Teddy Bears to kids in the hospital. Rebecca
Classen and Jennifer Gust wanted to making lasting
impression on the community; they designed and created a
mural on an exterior wall of the Tucson Autism Alliance
building. Heather Polzin’s project was entitled “Blankets
for Babies”. The 26 handmade blankets were presented to
uninsured mothers for their newborns. Elizabeth Nicholson
used her tech savvy to create a website for Prince
elementary school. Kyla Knutson was moved to help the
homeless after talking with the staff of Bethany House she
decided that their greatest need was for food. She conducted
a food drive at her church.
Four girls from Sierra Vista will also earn
their Gold Awards. Melissa Richards, Nicole Gates and
Jennifer Lotts adopted senior citizens at the Bonita Vista
apartments for the holidays. The Girl Scouts provided the
residents with everyday items that they needed but could not
afford.
In Yuma County, Katie Hitchcock designed and
created a sensory trail in the Wetlands Park in Yuma.
The Gold Awards will be presented at 3pm,
Sunday March 18, 2007 at the Hacienda Program Center 3101 N.
Sabino Canyon Road.
These seventeen Girl Scouts are tomorrow’s
leaders recognizing needs in the community and taking action
to face the challenges and create programs with lasting
impact.
Posted 3-19-07
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Debbie Rich:
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THE
ANGEL’S BUILD FOR GIRL SCOUTS
Tucson, Ariz. —
Sahuaro Girl Scout Council is the honored recipient of a
gift from Angel Charity for Children. At the March meeting
of Angel Charity Board of Directors, the Board approved
funding in the amount of $82,355.63 for SGSC to build the
“Angel Cabin” at their Whispering Pines program center on
Mt. Lemmon. The Cabin will accommodate girls with physical
and sensory disabilities for overnight camping. The cabin
will help Girl Scouts honor the dignity of young girls with
disabilities to advance their independence and connect with
their peers.
“We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the
Angels”, said Gail Gurney, CEO of SGSC. “It has been a dream
of ours since the Aspen Fire to rebuild our sleeping cabins
and accommodate children with special needs.”
The Angel Cabin will be built with ramps,
railings and adequate space for wheel chairs. Girls with
special needs will advise SGSC on their needs as the cabin
in being built. The Board of Directors of SGSC has decided
to open the cabin, free of charge, to all community partners
who serve children with special needs.
“The decision is our way of modeling the Girl
Scout promise and law to all those in the community”, said
Susan Villarreal, Board Chair of SGSC. “We believe Girl
Scouts are like the Angels, learning to be leaders and
productive compassionate citizens.”
The Angel Cabin is scheduled to be built in
late summer with the hopes of opening to girls for fall
camping.
Posted 9-21-06
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CONTACT:
Debbie Rich: 319-3168
Linking Girl’s to the Sky
Tucson, Ariz. —
Linking Girls to the Sky is collaboration between the
University of Arizona and Sahuaro Girl Scout Council (SGSC).
The project is funded by a grant from NASA. The program
encourages and equips girls and young women to pursue
science, technology, engineering and math.
Astronomy Camp for Girl Scout
adult leaders will be held from Friday, September 22 through
Sunday, September 24th, 2006.
Attendees include
18 adult leaders from 9 states and 11 Councils, 3 Sahuaro
Girl Scout Council trainers, 4 UA astronomy graduate
students, 4 PhD astronomers and Dr. Alison Nordt, mechanical
engineer from subcontractor Lockheed-Martin The project is
led by Dr. Don McCarthy, PhD, Astronomer and professor at
the University of Arizona.
It is the long-term goal to provide an Astronomy Camp
experience for adult leaders from all 317 GSUSA Councils and
to disseminate the associated materials and activities for
the thousands of troops throughout the country. Dr. McCarthy
seeks to develop a long-term relationship that directly
benefits Girl Scout troops not only in general science
education but also specifically in the
astronomical/technology concepts relating to the Hubble
Space Telescope's successor known as the James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST).
Dr. McCarthy explains, “With NASA funding, we
are bringing Girl Scout adult leaders to our Mt. Lemmon
Observatory where infrared astronomy began. The site is
located at the summit of a 9200 foot mountaintop north of
Tucson,
Arizona. It is a unique environmental site and is often
called a "Sky Island." Participants have access to several
60-inch telescopes and associated equipment. The group takes
over the observatory and does hands-on astronomy with real
telescopes and equipment at night.”
Observing projects include astronomical photography,
spectroscopy, electronic photometry, CCD imaging,
participation in basic physics experiments, computer
simulations and developing skills in navigation by the sun
and stars. During daytime hours, leaders undertake a variety
of hands-on projects in science and engineering, measure
solar activity, interact with professional astronomers on
modern research topics and hike the Solar System to scale in
the unique mountain environment. Participants will return
from Mt. Lemmon to the SGSC Hacienda Program center on
Sunday at noon and then proceed to the Kitt Peak National
Observatory Lab to view sunset at 6:18pm and moonset at
7:21pm.
The mission of SGSC is to build girls of courage, confidence, and
character, who make the world a better place. The goals of
SGSC are to serve girls ages 5 to 17 through a wide range
of contemporary programs that reflect the unique needs and
interests of girls living in Southern Arizona; to provide
preventative strategies that help girls succeed in school
and life; to empower girls to reach their full potential; to
give girls a voice in the community and their own lives; to
provide access to programs to girls in need; to support a
diverse adult leadership; to develop effective community
collaborations; and to remain fiscally sound to ensure that
Girl Scouting is available to girls long into the future.
www.sahaurogsc.org
Posted 8-29-06
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Debbie Rich: 319-3168
GIRL SCOUTS BRING HOME THE GOLD
Tucson, Ariz. —
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award that
a Girl Scout 14-18 may earn during her Girl Scouting career.
Someone once described the Girl Scout Gold Award as being
what you really want to be remembered for in Girl Scouting.
For many, the leadership skills, organizational skills, and
sense of community and commitment that come from "going for
the Gold" set the foundation for a lifetime of active
citizenship.
The Gold
Award project is the culmination of all the work a girl puts
into "going for the Gold." It is something that a girl can
be passionate about—in thought, deed, and action. The
project is something that fulfills a need within a girl's
community (whether local or global), creates change, and
hopefully, is something that becomes ongoing. The project is
more than a good service project—it encompasses
organizational, leadership, and networking skills.
Southern
Arizona Girl Scouts completed projects that had significant
impact locally and globally. “Going for the Gold was the
culmination of my Girl Scout experience. I never would have
had the confidence and courage to develop the project
without the skills I had learned as a Girl Scout. Traveling
to Zambia and meeting children and villagers was an
experience of a lifetime,” said 18 year old Courtni Ellis
whose Gold Award project took her to Zambia, where she
created and facilitated a Hygiene Education program for
children. 18 year old Megan Lamb’s project took her to the Sudan
as she created an education program about the suffering
going on in that country. Seventeen year old Samantha Gdovin
developed an ongoing blanket donation project for St.
Elizabeth’s of Hungary Clinic. Susan Hollis shared her
knowledge of astronomy by planning and creating a new
astronomy presentation for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum,
to ensure that the program would continue she trained junior
docents to present the information to visitors. 16 year old
Sarah Kellet of Sierra Vista Arizona created a resource
library for students at Sierra Summit
Academy. Christina Douglas, 17 year old of Douglas,
organized people in her community to repair a damaged nature
trail at Cave Creek. Sarah Laszok also had the environment
in mind when she organized her community to remove
barbed-wire fencing along a portion of the San Pedro River.
Megan Murphy and Torres Zayoni both focused on the health
and welfare children when they planned and facilitated their
Gold Award projects. Megan provided children’s book and
bookcases to hospital waiting rooms. Zayoni created a
program to distribute comfort bags to children who have
suffered trauma. Bags were distributed through the Douglas
Fire and Police Departments, the Child Protective Services,
the Border Patrol, and the Victim Witness Program. Marisa
Trevino facilitated a World Thinking Day to teach local Girl
Scouts about the world, leadership and giving back.
These
ten Girl Scouts are tomorrow’s leaders recognizing needs in
the community and taking action to face the challenges and
create programs with lasting impact.
Posted 8-21-06
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Debbie Rich: 319-3168
JOIN GIRL SCOUTS!
IT’S A BLAST
Tucson, Ariz.— It is time to register for Girl Scouts. Troops are
forming throughout Southern Arizona. Girl Scouts is a girl centered volunteer based
prevention program that is all inclusive, serving
girls of every ethnic, religious and economic
background as reflected in our community. Girl
Scouts provides girls 5-17 with opportunities to
develop leadership skills through discovery,
connection and action. Girl Scouting is not just
something to do it is who you are. Girls discover a
strong sense of self strengthening values while
gaining practical healthy life skills. Girls connect
with others forming caring relationships while
embracing diversity and promoting cooperation and
team building. Girls take action and are empowered
to identify and solve problems and advocate for
themselves and others while making a difference in
the community.
Girl Scouts needs volunteers to help meet the
growing need for Girl Scout programs throughout
Southern Arizona. “Traditionally
we look to parents, moms in particular to lead the
troops, but with today's demands on parents, the
abundance of single family homes and the need to
work long hours to make ends meet, parents are not
always available to volunteer”, said Susan Sweeney
Membership Manager for SGSC. “We need to reach
non-traditional volunteers in an effort to meet the
growing need for Girl Scouting”, she continued.
SGSC is actively recruiting college students, young
adults, mature adults, career women and business
owners to volunteer with the over 13,000 girls
served by Girl Scouts.
21 year-old college student Veronica Celis says, “I
am currently attending college to become a teacher,
therefore, Girl Scouts is a way of helping little
girls. Being a volunteer gives me the satisfaction
that I am helping young girls to believe in
themselves, to reach out for their goals and to
learn the importance of sharing ideas to solve
problems (work as a team). The satisfaction that
you get when you see a smile in the girls faces is
unexplainable... I would highly encourage others to
be part of this experience!!! You will grow and
expand as a human being. Not only that, but you will
be making a difference in someone’s life”. 44
year-old plumbing contractor and Girl Scout troop
leader Meta Jon Elliot has been a life long Girl
Scout progressing to First Class Girl Scout and
continuing to volunteer as a college student and in
her adult life. Meta adds, “The best thing I can say
is that the experiences, training and leadership
skills that I acquired in my own Girl Scout
experience has basically prepared me for the wider
world and gave me confidence. Today I want to give
that back.”
SGSC provides convenient online training for
volunteer as well as ongoing training support. Troop
volunteers can set their schedule to meet their
needs. SGSC is currently seeking women and men of
all ages to become volunteers.
The mission
of SGSC is to build girls of courage, confidence,
and character, who make the world a better place.
The goals of SGSC are to serve girls ages 5 to 17
through a wide range of contemporary programs that
reflect the unique needs and interests of girls
living in Southern Arizona; to provide preventative
strategies that help girls succeed in school and
life; to empower girls to reach their full
potential; to give girls a voice in the community
and their own lives; to provide access to programs
to girls in need; to support a diverse adult
leadership; to develop effective community
collaborations; and to remain fiscally sound to
ensure that Girl Scouting is available to girls long
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