gsoh Winter 2014/2015
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Girl Scout Convention 2014 Oh, What a Week!
Every three years, Girl Scouts from throughout the U.S. and beyond gather at the National Council Session and Convention to rally around our Girl Scout Movement. Here, Girl Scouts celebrate the strides we’ve made and chart our future. The 2014 Girl Scout Convention took place in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 16-19. Six girls represented our council, plus several staff members and volunteers. Everyone came back energized and ready to share the event’s theme, “Discover, Connect, Take Action: Girls Change the World.” Check out some of our photos from the 2014 Convention. Columbus, Ohio will proudly host the next convention in 2017! See you in C-bus!
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sound bites Alumnae Spotlight: A Leader for Life Hillary Tate has been in Girl Scouts since the first grade. Now, she is graduating from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Architecture and two minors in city and regional planning and German. Girl Scouts helped her gain leadership experience that she has used in every aspect of her life. Now, she is president and founder of Campus Girl Scouts, connecting with the troops of GSOH and reminding young women that Girl Scouts is for all ages. Hillary’s passion for Girl Scouting makes her a role model girls are sure to remember.
Have You Re-Enrolled Your Kroger Plus Card?
Please remember to enroll or re-enroll your Kroger Plus Card so you can raise funds for GSOH, while continuing to earn your own Kroger Plus points and rewards! Please go to www.kroger.com/communityrewards.
Did You Know?
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to our council when you shop via www.smile.amazon.com. Try it out as you shop during the holidays this year!
SAVE THE DATES! Discover. Connect.
Cookie Program
Saturday, January 10 - Saturday, March 22
Take Action!
Walkabout Week & Girl Scout Week
We have a great story and we’re sharing it on social media, and on our blog — Beyond the Badge and our e-blast — Glimpse of the Girl. Connect, share, and advocate for GSOH! gsoh.org/beyondthebadge gsoh.org/about/glimpse-girl
Sunday, March 8 - Saturday, March 14
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Sunday, March 8 - Saturday, March 14
Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Week State of the Girl
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 25, 2015 GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO’S HEARTLAND
Congratulations to Our 2014 Holiday Card Contest Winners Each year during the holiday season, the GSOH staff sends cards to the many community partners who support our Council. The theme was “Happy Holidays from Girl Scouts” and we asked girls from all over our 30-county region to participate. We were impressed with the amazing artwork that we received and selected three winners this year: Reagan, Girl Scout Junior Troop 1570 (left) Alexa, Girl Scout Junior Troop 2053 (right, top) Emma, Girl Scout Brownie Troop 2558 (right, bottom) A special thanks to everyone who contributed and we look forward to next year’s competition. Happy Holidays!
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“I Can’t Wait to Re-Register” Rewards Program
The spring “I Can’t Wait to Re-Register” Rewards Program was a success for troops! We hope you all consider re-registering early this next year as well, so you can earn great incentives! Below were the results:
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1,116 more girls participated than in 2013 Exceeded adult volunteer goal by 381 705 troops received a $5 discount off a program 168 troops received a free night at one of our council camps
In addition, incentive drawings awarded were:
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20 volunteers received a free First Aid/CPR certification course 20 volunteers received a free Troop Camp Certification course 50 troops received a $50 gift card to the Andersons General Store 1 troop received a $100 gift card to our Girl Scout Shops 2 troops received a voucher for a free Pick-a-Program for their troop
With fun and useful incentives like these, why wouldn’t you re-register early? Mark your calendars for May 1, 2015 to get in on all the rewards!
B A R S 20th ANNIVERSARY
Celebrating a Milestone 20 Years in the Making GSOH’s Girl Scouts Bonds Beyond Bars turned 20 in October! Community leaders, including long-time program champion Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown, and other community supporters joined us for a special anniversary celebration November 1 at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. More than 100 attended the event and NBC4 aired the story. What a great way to celebrate a program that our council was the first to pilot in 1994! Here’s to another 20 years of trailblazing and building bridges.
Girls Can Get Even More Outdoorsy in 2015! Girl Scouts have been earning badges for more than 100 years. And coming this fall 2015, they’ll have new ways to explore their interests in the great outdoors! That’s when four new Outdoor Badges will be added—one each at Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior levels! Girls will take the lead on deciding which new badges will be created. First, they will vote on which Outdoor content area they’re interested in: Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Environment, or Outdoor Survival. Once GSUSA has a majority vote on the content area, girls will vote on the actual badge topic (for example: Hiking, Camping, Trail Blazing, etc.), based on their grade level. The big reveal of the fall 2015 Girls’ Choice badges will happen on March 12, 2015! We can’t wait to see what the girls come up with! Stay tuned for the announcement on our council’s Facebook and Twitter pages this spring.
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Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council, Inc. 1700 WaterMark Drive Columbus, OH 43215-1097 614-487-8101 800-621-7042 614-487-8189 (fax) gsoh.org President and Chair of the Board: Laura Warren Chief Executive Officer: Tammy H. Wharton Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that serves Adams, Ashland, Coshocton, Crawford, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Knox, Licking, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Richland, Ross, Scioto, Union, Vinton, Wayne and Wyandot counties. Girl Scouts is a member of the United Way/United Appeal system.
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What do hearty oatmeal cookies with plump raisins and Greek yogurt-flavored chunks and rich, buttery cookies full of golden toffee bits have in common? They are our two new flavors — Rah-Rah Raisins and Toffee-tastic. They’ll be debuting during this year’s Girl Scout Cookie Program, along with the familiar favorites, including Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-does, Trefoils and Savannah Smiles. The program runs January 10 through March 22.
SAVE THE DATE! THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 OSU FAWCETT CENTER
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New Season, New Cookies!