Girs Scouts of Ohio's Heartland e-Newsletter
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Volume 2 Issue 5 | May 2011
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Supporting Ohio's Military Families
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Campbell snagged a photo withFirst Lady Michelle Obama during an event honoring military families held in Columbus April 14.
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Girl Scouts from throughout our council brushed shoulders with Washington, D.C.’s leading ladies, when First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden visited Columbus April 14.
Washington’s First and Second ladies visited the state’s capital to help kick off the annual Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families – a free, traveling USO tour based on Sesame Workshop's award winning Talk, Listen, Connect initiative. They also were there to talk about their new Joining Forces campaign, a national initiative to support and honor military families on a local level.
Girl Scouts joined the cheering crowd gathered at Veterans Memorial in downtown Columbus to see the concert-style event, which included the Jonas Brothers, alongside military families and their supporters. Crawford County Girl Scout Cadette Sarah Campbell wore her Girl Scout uniform to the event and caught First Lady Michelle Obama’s attention.
Obama briefly stopped to talk to the 10-year-old and her mother after the event and even posed for a picture. “First Lady Obama told her she was proud of her for being a Girl Scout and that it was a good thing she was doing,” said Sarah’s mother, Linda Campbell.
The opportunity to see influential women in action drew the Campbells to the event and it even inspired Sarah with some ideas for a Silver Award project, Linda added.
“It was about meeting First Lady Obama and seeing what an influence Sarah can be if she puts her mind to it.”
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Miss Smith Goes to Washington
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 Girl Scout Sidney Smith spent time with her family and sharpened her interviewing skills as she toured Washington, D.C. and worked on her American Patriotism Project Award during her spring break. While there, she met with U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio’s 15th District and interviewed a member of his staff for one of the badge tasks.
Sidney, a Girl Scout in Worthington Cadette Troop #2118, and her family arranged a visit to the Congressman’s office as one of several tasks she needed to complete to earn her Girl Scout American Patriotism Interest Project Award. Smith conducted interviews with several of the Congressman’s staff members to learn about careers in government agencies. Despite the demands of a busy political climate, the Congressman made time to meet with Sidney to talk about her project and give her a signed copy of the U.S. Constitution.
“I felt really appreciated that he would take the time to talk to me,” Sidney said. Sidney’s experience “wound up being an unforgettable real life lesson in American politics and government,” her mother, Deneen Smith said.
Sidney will receive her American Patriotism Interest Project Award merit badge at an upcoming ceremony!
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Party Like it's 1912!
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 On Saturday, April 16, the first ever Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Spring Xpo event was held at the beautiful Camp Ken-Jockety. Nearly 200 adults, girls, volunteers and staff braved rough weather conditions to “Party Like it was 1912” during the Girl Scouts 100th anniversary-inspired event. Participants enjoyed hands-on activities from badges earned in the early 1900s. It also featured a special visit from “Miss Daisy,” who delivered an excellent closing in addition to patiently signing autographs and posing for pictures.
Spring Xpo combined girl programming and adult learning opportunities.
“This joint effort by our council’s Adult Development, Indoor Program and Outdoor Program was just the beginning of outstanding collaborations to come,” said Adult Development Director Cyndee McCaskey.
Special thanks to event project managers Lindsay Collett and Sarah Burris and the many staff members and volunteers who helped make the Spring Xpo the great success it was!
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Crafting for a Cause
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 Girl Scouts along with Fairfield County area businesses and organizations made Lancaster’s annual Family Fun Fair a huge success! The event, which is hosted by the Fairfield Association for the Education of Young Children, was held on April 9 at Rising Park in Lancaster. The organization advocates for the needs of all young children in Fairfield County and their families. Girl Scouts from Lancaster Junior Troop #1133 taught visitors how to make beaded Girl Scout Law bracelets; each bead represents a Girl Scout Law. What a great way to support National Child Abuse Prevention Month!
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Talk about Creative!
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 Girls from throughout our council did an amazing job decorating wagons and vehicles for our First Annual Girl Scout Cookie Walkabout held March 12. Inspired by the girls’ creativity, we couldn’t help but host a friendly decorating contest! More than 30 Service Units and 55 troops submitted entries! For a list of the contest winners plus tons of pictures, visit our website at www.gsooh.org and click on “Cookie Walkabout Contest Winners” in the drop-down menu under Product Sales.
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Girls Scouts in Action
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 Newark Girl Scout Brownie Troop #2958 visited Arlington Care Center on April 16 to deliver a little pre-Easter cheer to residents. While there, the girls gave homemade Easter crafts, sugar cookies and Easter cards to residents. “This was the first time many of the girls had ever been to a care center and they really enjoyed seeing how happy the residents were when they handed them their Easter goodies,” said Troop Leader Janelle Gordon. |
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Girls from the Crawford County Girl Scout Service Unit delivered Girl Scout cookies to the National Guard 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield in March. Girls who helped hand out the special delivery included: Alyssa Pine, Sydney VanMeter, Sarah Campbell, Sadie Moss, Ciera Pfeifer, Leira Satterthwaite, and Brianna Church.
Girl Scout Cadette Troop #1537 donated 192 boxes and the troop also delivered 35 boxes from Girl Scout Troop #1900.
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 Girl Scout Cadette Troop #2362 and multi-age Troop #50331 planted pinwheels in the name of healthy, happy children April 13. The troops planted pinwheels at the Franklin County Family Services building on West Mound Street in downtown Columbus April 13th. The Pinwheels for Prevention campaign is a national movement to make the public more aware of the issue of child abuse prevention. Each pinwheel represents a child who has been abused. April is recognized as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The troops are members of the Westhill-Greenglen Service Unit.
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 Girls in Upper Arlington Daisy Scout Troop #2954 recently earned their green “Use Resources Wisely” petals. The girls participated in activities to learn the impact of overuse of resources and how they could minimize their impact on our planet (using less, recycling, reusing). In addition, the girls learned that about 300 million pairs of shoes are thrown into landfills in the U.S. while about 300 million children in the world go without shoes.
With that in mind, the girls participated in a Soles4Souls shoe drive. Each girl brought in a pair of her gently used shoes for donation to Soles4Souls. They collected 20 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls to distribute worldwide!
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Girl Scout Journeys
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We’d love to hear from you and help you spread the word about your troop’s good deeds! Send us digital photos (jpeg format) and information about your community activities for this newsletter and if we feature your story, we’ll send the girls a fun P.R. patch as a thank you.
Submit stories and digital photos to Khalila Perrin, editor: kperrin@gsohiosheartland.org or contact the editor at 614-487-8101 ext. 8851 or 800-621-7042.
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©2011 Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council
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