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Girl Scouts in 1920 from a 4x5 in glass negative. From the National Photo Company
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Untitled: Girl Scouts Learn Financial Literacy
By Leigh Wilk January 6, 2012
Most often when you ask any Girl Scout what they want to do with their money, They answer they will give is “save it.” Girl Scouts are taught from day one to save for college, careers and homes. The Girl Scouts of American have 13 financial…
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My Gold Award ceremony in 2010!
Versfelt, age 20, who has Down Syndrome, was one of 10 young women and girls chosen to represent the different levels of Girl Scouting on the flower be-decked float that was part of yesterday’s big parade. Each float rider was selected based on their Girl Scout history, accomplishments and achievements in community service, according to a Girl Scout website.
2012 is Year of the Girl
In a move designed to focus national attention on girls and the issues they face, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has declared 2012 the Year of the Girl: a celebration of girls, recognition of their leadership potential, and a commitment to creating a coalition of like-minded organizations and individuals in support of balanced leadership in the workplace and in communities across the country.
The announcement comes as GSUSA assumes new leadership under CEO Anna Maria Chávez and prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2012, using this important moment in its history to launch a major initiative to change the landscape for girls and young women. The initiative, which also includes the largest fundraising and advocacy campaign dedicated to girls’ issues in the nation’s history, will be formally announced in January and will extend well beyond the Year of the Girl in 2012.
“The Year of the Girl is only a beginning,” said GSUSA Chief Executive Officer Anna Maria Chávez. “We can’t transform American leadership in a year, but we can transform expectations in a year. We can transform awareness in a year. We can set in motion a generational change, and make certain that a baby girl born in 2012 will experience her life in a new and vastly different world. Only Girl Scouts, with its scale and time-honored place in society, can launch this initiative. If not us, who? If not now, when? When girls succeed, so does society. We know that together, we can get her there.”
This declaration serves as the foundation for Girl Scouts’ broader, multiyear, multipronged effort to break down societal barriers that hinder girls from leading and achieving success in everything from technology and science to business and industry.
During the Year of the Girl, local Girl Scout offices nationwide will mix celebrations of the organization’s 100 years as the premier leadership experience for girls with efforts to create a sense of urgency around girls’ issues.
“Girl Scouts is at the forefront of building girl leaders, GSUSA National President Connie L. Lindsey said. “We embrace the opportunity we have to develop the next generation and future generations of leaders that understand the interconnectedness of the global community. Our girls will understand that they matter. And when they dream their future, they see a world of shared leadership: where the values of courage, confidence, and character really do make the world a better place.”
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“When you educate a boy, you educate an individual. When you educate a girl, you educate a community.” -African Proverb
Happy Holidays From Anna Maria Chávez and Connie L. Lindsey
Girl Scouts of the USA’s CEO Anna Maria Chávez and National Board President of Girl Scouts of the USA Connie Lindsey wish everyone out there Happy Holidays!
MissRepresentation
Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.
In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors.
Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.
The film Miss Representation exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
In response we created MissRepresentation.org, a call-to-action campaign that seeks to empower women and girls to challenge limiting labels in order to realize their potential.
We are uniting individuals around a common, meaningful goal to spark millions of small actions that ultimately lead to a cross-generational movement to eradicate gender stereotypes and create lasting cultural and sociological change.
Top-Selling Girl Scout travels to Wisconsin factory
Girl Scout Dakota Gregory on a factory tour with Mark Beveridge, Vice President of A.L. Schuzman
Murrieta, Calif. - For 12-year-old Dakota Gregory, Girl Scouts is not just about earning badges and attending troop meetings. It’s about getting to know interesting new people and experiencing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that wouldn’t be open to her any other way.
Last year Dakota was the top fall product seller for Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council, selling $1,700 in nut and candy items. In recognition of her amazing accomplishment, the Council flew Dakota and her mom Dani to Waukesha, Wisconsin in August to visit the actual factory where the nuts and candies are made.
Because of her uniform, Dakota Gregory is invited to join the captain in the cockpit on her flight to Wisconsin
Because she was wearing her Girl Scout vest on the plane, Dakota immediately caught the attention of the pilot, who invited her to join him in the cockpit. The captain put his hat on her head, and invited her to take his seat. He talked with her about flying and explained what different buttons and gauges were for. She was impressed to learn that pilots had to retrain and re-qualify all the time in order to meet airline safety standards. The captain also talked about the fact that there are more men than women in his profession and how hard it is to be away from your family so much of the time. It was a wonderful experience that came about all because her Girl Scout uniform.
Dakota Gregory and Vice President Mark Beveridge outside of the A.L. Schuzman nut factory
Finally they arrived at the first of the two factories owned and operated by A.L. Schuzman. They were met by the Vice President, Mark Beveridge, who took Dakota and her mom on a tour to show them from start to finish, all that goes into getting a simple can of nuts. Dakota was invited to push the big red button that set the assembly line in motion.
She was able to observe the nuts making their way down the line and see the machinery that roasts the nuts in peanut oil. Mark described the men who monitored this process as “artists” and explained how they are able to tell what needs to be adjusted just by the color of the nuts coming out.
Dakota Gregory learns how a can of peanut clusters is made on the assembly line at the A.L. Schuzman factory
Next was the packing line, which was dominated by a gigantic tower of silver cans with no labels or bottoms. Instead, the safety seal top of the can acted as the bottom during the filling process. After each can was filled, the plastic top and can bottom were then added and the labels were glued on. The cans of nuts were then packed into flats to be stacked onto pallets for shipping. At the end, Mark presented Dakota with one of the finished cans of nuts as it came off the line.
Last, they visited the chocolate factory. The aroma—even outside the factory—was simply delicious. Dakota and Dani were able to watch pecan clusters being made, and the long tubes carrying chocolate from giant vats made them feel like they were in Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory. They were fascinated by the careful, multi-level process that very slowly cooled the chocolate to the correct temperature.
Throughout the trip, Dakota and Dani learned more about the history of the family-owned company that has been in business since 1921. They were surprised to learn from Mark that many of the employees had been working there for 20-30 years. He explained that it was a small community and that the employees were proud of their jobs and thought of each other as family. There was very little turnover.
He noted that Ashdon Farms, the fundraising sales division of the company, has the newest employees. The division is actually growing and creating new jobs both here and abroad thanks in part to the sales generated by Girl Scouts! It was a fantastic example of how Girl Scouts affect change not only in their local communities but on a national and global scale as well.
Dakota loved every minute of her time at the factories and felt immensely proud that Girl Scouts plays such an important role in generating jobs as well as making a difference in her own community.
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio builds girls of courage, confidence and character who help make the world a better place. To find out how you can get involved with Girl Scouts, call 1-800-400-GIRL (4475) or visit us online at http://gssgc.org.
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A few highlights from National Convention!
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