Girl Scouts Heart of the South: The Promise - For Girls! Fall/Winter 2015

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Fall/Winter 2015

The Official Publication of Girl Scouts Heart of the South

NATIONAL STAND Any graphic elements that are meant BESIDE New Girls’ Choice to bleed off the page need to be HER Outdoor Badges carried out at least to the red line or announced

COOKIE upgrade

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100% of proceeds from our council shops stay right here in our community helping our girls, supporting our volunteers. Shop local.

Heart of the South Patch Represent your council with this new Heart of the South patch featuring apple blossoms for Arkansas, magnolias for Mississippi, purple irises for Tennessee, and daisies for Girl Scouts. $2

Polyester Fleece Vest Outside beckons and you’ll be ready with this soft fleece vest. With stand-up neck, zipper pockets and contrast trim. Polyester fleece. $24.95 Imported. Available in Charcoal or Raspberry colors.

Girl Scout State Shirts Show your state pride in this council exclusive Girl Scout Comfort Color ™ shirts.

YM-L: $18, AS-XL: $21, A2XL: $24 Imported.

Barbie Loves Girl Scouts Barbie® doll loves the Girl Scouts and is ready to sell cookies for the cause.This keepsake doll wears a Girl Scout-inspired outfit with plenty of Barbie® signature style. $12.99 11 1/2” tall. Doll cannot stand alone. Ages 3+.

Girl Scouts Heart of the South Tumbler Your sweet tea will be the cutest in this council exclusive acrylic tumbler. $6 Available in green. 16 oz.

1/4 Zip Pullover Sweatshirt Get the look. Whether you’re on land or on water, this sweatshirt with embroidered Girl Scout Servicemark is loved from coast to coast. $26.95 Cotton/polyester fleece.

Imported. Available in Navy or Teal colors.

three convenient locations or online at www.girlscoutshs.org/shop Memphis Service Center & Council Shop 717 South White Station Rd. Ste. 2 Memphis, TN 38117

Jackson Service Center & Council Shop 1007 Old Humboldt Rd. Jackson, TN 38305

Tupelo Service Center & Council Shop 1140 West Main Street Tupelo, MS 38801

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HERo Day with the Memphis Fire Department Memphis, TN All About Autumn Lichterman Discovery Day Memphis, TN HealthWorks! Badge Workshop, Tupelo, MS Social Butterfly Junior Badge Workshop, Memphis, TN Autumn Adventure Weekend, Jackson, TN Go Gold Overnight, Camp Fisherville Gymnastics Overnight, Tupelo, MS Ring Riders, Kamp Kiwani Haunted Mansion, Memphis, TN Mississippi State Football Scout Day, Starkville, MS Juliette Gordon Low Birthday Tea, Memphis, TN Free Being Me, Cleveland, MS Fit for Life, Jackson, TN North Mississippi Race for the Cure, Tupelo, MS Day with Your Favorite Guy, Kamp Kiwani Girl Scout Day at the Discovery Park of America Union City, TN Gold Award Training, Saltillo, MS Delta State Football Scout Night, Cleveland, MS Spooky Skate Party, Starkville, MS Family Fun Day, Oakland, TN National Stand Beside Her Week Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday Trail Riders, Kamp Kiwani

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Girl Scout Weekend at Todd Family Fun Farm Dyer, TN University of Memphis Football Scout Night Memphis, TN Hide & Seek Part 1, Camp Tik-A-Witha Wranglers, Kamp Kiwani Pink Palace Camp In Extravagazna, Memphis, TN Gold Award Training, Memphis, TN International Girls Day Teddy Bear Tea, Starkville, MS Gymnastics Overnight, Jackson, TN Start Your Engines Powderpuff Derby, Memphis, TN Daisy Day at the Children’s Museum of Memphis Memphis, TN

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Gold Award Training, Jackson, TN

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2016 Girl Scout Cookie Program Begins!

Girl Scout Cookie Rally, Southaven, MS Girl Scout Cookie Rally, Grenada, MS Girl Scout Cookie Rally, Tupelo, MS Girl Scout Cookie Rally, Jackson, TN

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Gold Award Training, Memphis, TN Zoom, Pop, WOW! Engineering Day Camp Starkville, MS World Thinking Day National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend First Cookie Booth Weekend

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APRIL 2 16 22 29-30

MAY 7 14

JUNE 19-26

Summer Camp Registration Opens!

Second Cookie Booth Weekend Girl Scout Week Girl Scout Sunday Third Cookie Booth Weekend Girl Scout Birthday Girl Scout Sabbath Final Cookie Booth Weekend Scouts Rock! Graceland, Memphis, TN Owl Prowl at the Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN Girl Scout Leader Day Zoo Snooze at the Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN Nano Science Night at the Pink Palace, Memphis, TN All About Birds Lichterman Discovery Day Memphis, TN Girl Scouts Go: Washington, D.C. Trip

Family Fun Day

Sunday, October 25 2-6 p.m. Canale Farms, Oakland, TN Enjoy a day at Canale Farm with wagon rides, games, fishing, football toss, basketball hoops, volleyball, tether ball, horseshoes, big screen NFL match up, moon bounce and more. Buffet dinner served at 4 p.m. $15 per person registration: open - 10/16/15

National Stand Beside Her Week October 25-31, 2015

Ever notice on reality tv how the girls are always pitted against each other, made to compete for a rose, or to be popular at the expense of one of their friends.

Remember the first time you heard “girls aren’t good at math”?

You’re great at math, and science too!

And why is “you’re acting like a girl” considered an insult?

I mean shouldn’t we act like girls? Girls are awesome, right?

Girls are smart, creative, ambitious, innovative and capable! We’re funny. We dream big. And we make the world a better place.

So let’s band together!

Together we can change today’s current culture so that all girls can succeed at whatever they choose to be! No limits. No labels. Just supporting each other.

Join girls from across the country for National Stand Beside Her Week, October 25-31, 2015.

This week is the perfect time to cheer on your best friend.

Encourage your little sister. Say thank you to your teacher. Talk about your dreams with your mom.

A week to end competition and comparison, to create more collaboration and support for one another.

It’s a week to Stand Beside Her.

Ways you can Stand Beside Her:

• Say something positive to a friend.

• Tell your teacher thank you.

• Tell a friend about National Stand Beside Her Week.

• Try something different.

• Post something positive on social media. #StandBesideHer • Read about women who support other women.

• Take the Stand Beside Her pledge online.

• Share a statistic about issues facing girls.

• Be a mentor to a younger girl at school or in your troop.

• Volunteer with an organization that helps women and girls.

• Write a letter to a women who has influenced you.

• Chalk up your school with positive messages. Ask first!

• Slip secret encouraging notes in other girls’ lockers.

• Leave a positive stickey note on the girls’ bathroom mirror.

• Retweet Stand Beside Her messages of encouragement.

• Take a selfie standing beside your best friend.

• Go and talk to the new girl.

• Ask to shadow a female professional you admire.

• Collect clothes, toiletries for a women’s shelter.

• Create your own way to Stand Beside Her! www.standbesideher.org I #standbesiderher GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF THE SOUTH

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Dear Daisy,

I like to wear pants and baseball caps. My mom says I need to wear dresses and skirts, especially to school. I just don’t want to.

What should I do?

Feeling Comfy in Fisherville, TN Dear Daisy is an advice column answered by Oxford, MS Girl Scout Troop 20356 last started in 2013. For the past three years Isabella, Jacelyn, Amy, Melissa and Ken’nia have received and answered questions from around the council solving the problems of prom dresses, to wearing make-up, to first time break ups!

Dear Daisy,

My best friend has a really unhealthy diet. She drinks soda at breakfast. She always complains about being tired. How can I help her?

Healthy friend in Houston, MS

Dear Healthy

You should introduce her to healthy snacks like yogurt or fresh fruit. I’m sure she would like something if she would try it. If she is afraid to try new things then cook something special for her. After she tries it and likes it then you can tell her how healthy it was. Sometimes kids are afraid to try new things, but when they take a chance they are surprised.

Daisy

NEW! Girls’ Choice Outdoor Badges After voting on new badges and selecting the badge designs, girls can now work toward the five new Girls’ Choice Outdoor badges and the new badge materials and guidelines are now available online for the first time ever.

The new Outdoor badges, as voted upon by more than 40,000 girls across the country, include the following.

Brownie: Outdoor Adventurer (a choice of outdoor activities) Junior: Horseback Riding Cadette: Archery Senior: Paddling (canoeing, kayaking, or paddle boarding) Ambassador: Ultimate Recreation Challenge (a choice five

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Dear Comfy

You could make an agreement with your mom that you will dress up at least one day out of the week. The other days you can wear what you like.You could also wear pants and casual shirts and add your favorite accessories to dress it up! Hope this helps!

Daisy

Dear Daisy,

My best friend’s mom is getting married. Her soon to be new sisters are jealous of me. They don’t like it when we hangout.

What should I do?

Jealous in Jackson, TN

Dear Jealous

You should try talking to her new sisters and see what the problem is! Maybe they think that you will take their new sister away from them! Try inviting them to hangouts with ya’ll. If that doesn’t work, it’s their loss of a possible new friend. I bet all of you will end up as friends.

So you may be wondering how these activities were selected.

At Girl Scouts, girls are encouraged to decide which topics they want to explore and how they want to go about it. And the selection process for creating new Outdoor badges was no exception.

Download the new GSUSA began the polling Girls’ Choice process in November 2014 Outdoor Badge for the Girls’ Choice Outdoor guidelines for FREE at badges by inviting girls to vote www.girlscoutshs.org/girlschoice on a diverse option of outdoor badge themes. Once the themes were decided, the next round of votes were cast to pick the activities and new designs.

Exciting right?!

GSUSA partnered with councils across the country for the inaugural year of the Girls’ Choice Badge Selection process and plans to use lessons learned from this year’s pilot to help prepare for additional badge development in years to come.

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The girls did an ecology walk on the beach, which included using a fishnet to discover what the Tybee Island tide washes in, visited the Tybee Island Marine Science Center and took a dolphin cruise!

First African Baptist Church

Girls toured the oldest black church in North America, dating back to 1773, where they learned of its importance to the underground railroad.

Girl Scout Troop 40099 from Jackson, Tennessee had an amazing week in the birthplace of Girl Scouts this summer - all thanks to their hard work selling Girl Scout Cookies!

This seven-day, six-night adventure started on Tybee Island, Georgia, where the 10 girls and their leaders Helen York, Deborah Gompf and Mary Blanton stayed at beachside condos.

A week seems like a long time, but with so much to do in Savannah the girls had a busy schedule visiting Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low’s home and taking a tour of the first headquarters of Girl Scouts . Girls got to see “Girls Writing the World: A Library Reimagined”, a newly curated and installed interactive permanent exhibit. One of the most memorable parts of the tour was the Girl Scout Ambassador tour guide.

“This was a once in a lifetime trip for the girls. They worked so hard to fund this opportunity and I could not be more proud of them. ” said York.

Spending a week in a city so rich in history the troop took full advantage of this opportunity to learn about the past.

Leopold’s Ice Cream Parlor

No trip to Savannah would be complete without a visit to this 96 year old institution of desserts! The girls also dined at The Lady and Sons Restaurant

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The troop visited the First African Baptist Church, founded in 1770 and played an intregal part in the Underground Railroad and the Cathedral of John the Baptist, established in the late 1700’s.

They also visited Laurel Grove Cemetery, the resting place of Juliette, where they sang Girl Scout songs in her memory.

Girls also participated in a photo scavenger hunt around Savannah, taking pictures of the answers, they took a haunted carriage tour, had dinner at The Pirate House and The Lady and Sons Restaurant, enjoyed lots of local shopping and relaxed on the beach.

• Safety features included throughout Sample page showing how customers will be able to purchase Girl Scout Cookies online!

Customers can order cookies by variety or donate cookies through Operation Cookie Care Package

Girls and customers can track their Cookie Program goal progress

Each Girl Scout will create her own custom page with a photo/ video and tell customers more about her goals and what she learns through the Cookie Program.

The Cookie Business badge is displayed once a Girl Scout completes the requirements

Questions? Contact Product Program at ProductProgram@girlscoutsrv.org or 800-845-0787

CALLING ALL GIRL SCOUTS!

Kick off this cookie season with a high energy, activity packed Cookie Rally while you learn how to be successful in the Cookie Program. Success, friendship, learning, stories, cookies–it’s all part of the Girl Scout Cookie season and it’s all Worth Sharing!

COOKIE RALLY DATES january 9, 2016 10 - noon southaven, ms

Girl Scout Cookie Program Gets an Upgrade for 2016!

This annual tradition delivers delicious cookies to the public, while Girl Scouts learn five key skills to success: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—aspects essential to leadership, to success, and to life.

Again this year, girls will be able to sell cookies online through Digital Cookies 2.0, developed by GSUSA and Little Brownie Bakers, and powered by Dell and Visa Checkout. This safe and secure site will allow girls to reach even more family and friends. And these customers will have the ability to purchase cookies online to be shipped (customer pays for shipping and handling) or delivered by the girl (with your parents’ permission).

The 2016 Girl Scout Cookie Program kicks off on Saturday, January 9, 2016. The price of Girl Scout Cookies are still $4 per box , with the gluten free, Toffee-tastics at $5.

NEW! Council CEO Patch

We are excited to introduce the new council CEO Patch that girls can earn when they further the mission of Girl Scouts in their community!

Girls have tons of ideas, but here are some to get you thinking...

• Hang up posters at your school promoting Girl Scouts • Write an article for the local paper about your troop • Get a proclamation from your mayor to declare

Girl Scout Month in your hometown.

• Create your own! The sky is the limit so use your imagination.

Plus, all girls who receive the CEO patch will be invited to special CEO receptions and one lucky member will even be selected to be council CEO for the day!

Request your CEO patch at www.girlscoutshs.org/ceo-patch 8

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january 14, 2016 6-8 p.m. grenada, ms january 16, 2016 10 - noon tupelo, ms january 23, 2016 10 - noon jackson, tn

The Past and the Present Girl Scout BrownieTroop 13044 visited Wesley Meadows Retirement Community in Hernando, MS as part of the A World of Girls Brownie Journey.

They read stories to the residents, made s’mores and swapped stories. Girls also met resident Donna Hall and her daughter Terri Alford. Both women were Girl Scouts and former troop leaders.

“The girls were so excited to swap scout stories with Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Alfrod. Their favorite part was being able to sing a few Girl Scout songs like The Brownie Smile Song and Make New Friends along with the women.”, said troop leader Pannay Guigley.

Hall showed the girls her daughter Terri’s uniform from 1956, as well as a few photos of Terri as a scout and herself as a leader.

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