from the ceo and board chair
Margaret Serrano-Foster, Board Chair and Tamara Woodbury, CEO
Dear Friends, Congratulations to everyone participating in this year’s cookie program. Your efforts resulted in this year becoming the largest cookie sale in the history of our Council. What an accomplishment! As of now, the unofficial cookie tally is 3.2 million packages of cookies sold! And all the cookies sold over 3 million will help fund two cabins at Camp Sombrero. You helped make that goal a reality. From the engaging cookie rallies to creatively overcoming inventory challenges, you all worked very hard for this success. Yes, there were frustrations and things we learned along the way with the new direct sale model. But this unprecedented result is due to the dedication, commitment and extra efforts made by you – our volunteers and parents to support our girls. You have our great admiration and sincerest appreciation. Our camp directors are excited for summer camp and look forward to welcoming your daughters. Many girls will apply their credits from the cookie sale to a summer camp experience. There are more than 80 different program sessions being offered at our residential camps. So whether your daughter wants learn something new or improve an existing skill, there’s a camp session for her. Most of our summer camp sessions are designed for individual girls, not girls in troops. If whole troops or entire families want to go camp, we offer a few special troop and family camp sessions. When a girl goes to camp by herself, or with one buddy, she will have a rich experience in a caring, safe environment. She’ll make new connections with girls her own age and find new opportunities to grow and challenge herself. If you know a girl who wants to go to camp, but isn’t a Girl Scout, remind her it’s just $15 to join. At the Gold Award ceremony at the end of March, we recognized 26 young women who earned this prestigious award. They applied their leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills, along with a good dose of determination and persistence, to complete their project which positively impacted a local or global community. We are very proud of you! Our thanks also go to the girls’ advisors and families for their important contributions in supporting these young women. Girl Scouts DO change the world. With love,
Tamara Woodbury, CEO
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The Listening Post // SPRING 2014
Margaret Serrano-Foster, Board Chair
Girl scouts–arizona cactus-pine council
The Listening Post spring 2014
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