Girl Scouts Heart of the South - The Promise Magazine - for G.I.R.L.s, Fall/Winter 2017

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Girl Scouts Y’all Long Sleeve Shirt Youth $17, Adult S - XL $19, 2XL-4XL $21

She Believed She Could So She Did Long Sleeve Shirt Youth $17, Adult S - XL $19, 2XL-4XL $21

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FUN PATCHES Halloween Fun Patch $1.25 Halloween Fun Girl Scouts Fun Patch $1.50 Juliette Low Fun Patch $1.25 Food Drive Fun Patch $1.25 Toy Drive Fun Patch $1.25

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She Believed She Could So She Did Water Bottle $8

Girl Scouts Heart of the South Stainless Tumbler $10

Outdoor Skills Spectacular with Charms Fun Patch $7

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

Jackson Leadership Center & Trefoil Trunk 1007 Old Humboldt Rd. Jackson, TN 38305

Tupelo Leadership Center & Trefoil Trunk 1140 West Main Street Tupelo, MS 38801

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Daisy Think Like a Programmer Award Badge Daisy Outdoor Art Maker Badge Daisy Buddy Camper Badge

DISCOVER WHAT’S NEW! It’s an exciting time for Girl Scouts!

Brownie Cabin Camper Badge

Brownie Showcasing Robots Badge

Brownie Race Car Design Challenge Badge

Combined with existing STEM and outdoor programs, as well as programming that addresses life skills and entrepreneurship, these new Journeys and badges help girls empower themselves to take the lead like a Girl Scout as they accomplish amazing things.

JOURNEYS Engineering | Think Like an Engineer Girls learn how to think like a designer by participating in hands-on design challenges and completing a Take Action project.

DAISY THROUGH JUNIOR Computer Science | Think Like a Programmer Girls participate in interactive computational-thinking activities to learn how programmers solve problems. Girls also complete a Take Action project. DAISY THROUGH JUNIOR

Junior Think Like a Citizen Scientist Award Badge

Junior Designing Robots Badge

Junior Eco Camper Badge

Cadette Primitive Camper Badge Ambassador Survival Camper Badge

Outdoor STEM | Think Like a Citizen Scientist Girls learn the scientific method by undertaking a citizen science project that involves making observations, collecting data, and working with scientists to receive feedback on research and findings. Girls also complete a Take Action project.

DAISY THROUGH JUNIOR OUTDOOR JOURNEY Outdoor Anchored by the Troop Camping badge, this new Journey will deepen girls’ outdoor skills through badges that lead to a Take Action project and inspire girls to take an interest in environmental stewardship.

DAISY THROUGH AMBASSADOR BADGES Engineering | Robotics Girls design their own robots after learning how they’re built and programmed. “Unplugged” activities allow girls to earn badges without buying kits.

DAISY THROUGH JUNIOR Engineering | Mechanical Engineering Girls complete hands-on engineering activities, such as building and testing roller coasters, race cars, and jumping robots.

DAISY THROUGH BROWNIE Girls’ Choice | Troop Camping This year, girls from across the United States had the chance to vote for their favorite badge category and topic. And the winner is…Troop Camping!

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New Daisy Badges Two new Daisy badges, Outdoor Art Maker and Good Neighbor, give Daisies a chance to get in on the creativity other Girl Scouts already enjoy and discover all about their school, city or town, and state!

Council Calendar View complete event details, register and more online at www.girlscoutshs.org/calendar Events subject to change. Please visit online calendar for up-to-date event information.

KEY Girl Scout Daisy Girl Scout Brownie Girl Scout Junior Girl Scout Cadette Girl Scout Senior Girl Scout Ambassador Girl Scout Volunteer Family Event

OCTOBER 2017 Day With Your Favorite Guy Sat., Oct. 28 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN My Best Self Sun., Oct. 29 University of Memphis Kappa Delta House International Girl’s Day Spooktacular Sun., Oct. 29 University of Mississippi Kappa Delta House Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday Tues., Oct. 31 Nationwide NOVEMBER 2017 MEGA Fun Fri., Nov. 03 Lindenwood Life Center, Memphis, TN G.I.R.L. Event presented by AutoZone Sat., Nov. 04 The Landers Center, Southaven, MS Play It, Sing It Training Wed., Nov. 08 Girl Scout Leadership Center, Memphis, TN Pink Palace Museum Girl Scout Camp-In Fri., Nov. 10 - Sat., Nov. 11 The Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN She Can Do Anything!

Sun., Nov. 12 Union University Kappa Delta House Girl Scout Gold Award Training Sat., Nov. 18 TBA International Girl’s Day Celebration Sun., Nov. 19 Mississippi State Kappa Delta House DECEMBER 2017 CEO Meet and Greet (by invitation) Tue., Dec. 05 Girl Scout Leadership Center, Memphis, TN GRAMMY Museum Girl Scout Day Sat., Dec. 09 GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, Cleveland, MS JANUARY 2018 HealthWorks! Senses & Simply Meals Badge Program Sat., Jan. 13 HealthWorks!, Tupelo Girl Scout Cookie Kick-off Sat., Jan. 13 Girl Scout Leadership Center, Memphis, TN Girl Scout Cookie Kick-Off Sat., Jan. 20 Wesley United Methodist Church, Tupelo, MS Girl Scout Cookie Kick-Off Sat., Jan. 20 Girl Scout Leadership Center, Jackson, TN FEBRUARY 2018 World Thinking Day Thurs., Feb. 22 Worldwide National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend Feb. 23 - 25 Nationwide MARCH 2018 Girl Scout Sunday Sun., March 11 Nationwide Girl Scout’s Birthday Mon., March 12 Nationwide Girl Scout Shabbat Fri., March 16 Nationwide Girl Scout Sabbath

Sat., March 17 Nationwide APRIL 2018 Troop Camping Sat. Apr. 06 - 08 Camp Tik-A-Witha, Van Vleet, MS Scouts Rock at Graceland Sat., Apr. 07 Graceland, Memphis, TN Pony Riders Sat., Apr. 07 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN Ring Riders Sat., Apr. 07 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN Teen Camporee April 13-15 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN Volunteer Leadership Summit Sat., Apr. 21 Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS Heart of the South Annual Meeting Sat., Apr. 21 Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS Heart of the South Volunteer Recognition Luncheon Sat., Apr. 21 Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS Girl Scout Leader’s Day Sun., April 22 Nationwide Trail Riders Sat., Apr. 28 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN Cowgirls Sat., Apr. 28 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN Zoo Snooze Sat., Apr. 28 The Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN Camp Open House Sun., Apr. 29 Camp Tik-A-Witha, Van Vleet, MS MAY 2018 Me & Mine May 4-6 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN G.I.R.L. Celebration May 5 Hutchison School, Memphis, TN Camp Open House Sun., May 06 Kamp Kiwani, Middleton, TN Let’s Explore: East Tennessee May 31 - Jun 03 Great Smoky Mountains National Park JULY 2018 Girl Scouts Go: Savannah & Tybee Island

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Girl Scout Leadership Center, Memphis, TN

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2018 Destinations Wildlife, Geysers & Mountains: A National Park Adventure Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Sailing Lake Erie: Tall Ship Sail School Cleveland, Ohio Camp Fury Tucson, Arizona Escape to Iceland Iceland Biking Denmark and Sweden: Cycle the coast and castles of Scandinavia Denmark

Girl Scout Destinations are the ultimate adventure for individual girls ages 11 and older! With different trips every year, there’s something amazing for everyone.

Pack your bags full of life-changing experiences and make friends from all over the country as you travel with Girl Scouts from different states.

With destinations, you can: • Explore the Galápagos Islands • Become an Aerospace Career Explorer • Learn the ins and outs of Broadway with leading directors, • composers, and producers • Sample life at a World Association of Girl Guides and GirlScouts Center in London, India, Mexico, or Switzerland And much more...

By participating in destinations, you’ll experience the Girl Scout leadership keys to: Discover Destinations are your passport to new adventures and a new you. As you zipline though rainforests or navigate amazing new landscapes, you’ll find an inner strength you didn’t know you had.

Catching Waves in Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica & Panama Service Challenge Costa Rica Scuba & Sea Turtle Adventure Bocas del Toro, Panama Greece – Sea Kayaking Kefalonia and the Ionian Islands Greece Space Academy Advanced Space Academy Huntsville, Alabama Rainforest, River, & Reef Costa Rica Hollywood Dreamin’ Hollywood, California Wilderness Adventure Photography Yosemite, California Horseback Riding Mongolia: An adventure through the land of Genghis Khan Mongolia Channel Islands Adventure Expedition Ventura, Santa Cruz Island

Connect As you traverse the Golden Gate bridge, rock climb the Appalachian Mountains or mingle with legislators, you’ll work towards a common goal with girls your age.

You’ll also become fast friends with girls who share a unique experience with you.

Germany – Castles in the Sky Munich, Germany

Take Action Going on a destination will inspire you to step even further outside your comfort zone—and take action to make the world a better place. Whether you’re inspired to educate others about your experience or motivated to solve problems in your community, destinations will take you to places you’ve never been before.

San Juan Islands Kayaking San Juan Islands, Washington

North Country Rock-N-Wilderness Duluth, Minnesota Camp HERO Madison, WI

Majestic Alps: France, Switzerland and Italy Chamonix, France Happy Trails Equitation Challenge Armuchee, GA Sea Turtle Retreat San Jose, Costa Rica Mexico: Mountains to the Sea Cuernavaca, Mexico Get Ready for Galapagos!

Ecuador Mediterranean Adventure: Greece, Italy & Spain Florence, Italy Belize – Land and Sea Belize

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above: Girls pose with Taylor Swift at Madame Tussauds Nashville Wax Museum

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“A Lil’ Bit of Country a ock ‘n’ Ro ll: of R a Lil’ Bit n” Destination A Southern Traditio

Emilie Hutcheson, Director of Outdoor Leadership Experience Girl Scouts Heart of the South, in conjunction with Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, hosted a national Destination trip over the summer focusing on Tennessee’s rich musical history! The “Little Bit of Country. Little Bit of Rock-n-Roll” trip allowed girls from across the country to tour state treasures from east Tennessee to the Mississippi River, and everywhere in between.

Starting in Pigeon Forge girls got to visit Dolly Parton’s Dollywood and Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show, then traveled south to Chattanooga to take in the Tennessee Aquarium and Ruby Falls.

above: Girls discoverd the origins of Country Music at the Country Music Hall of Fame

Girls then headed northwest to the home of country - Nashville, TN! “Music City” gave the girls the opportunity to learn about the genre’s history and early pioneers at the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame. The girls boot scooted, listended to live music, and attended a song writers’ workshop. The highlight in Nashville was getting to record their own ballad in studio.

Traveling back west to the “Home of the Blues and the birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll” girls arrived in Memphis! Full of music history, girls got to tour Elvis Presley’s Graceland, and Sun Studios, learn about history at the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, tour the world famous Gibson Guitar Factory, and take a day trip to the Memphis Zoo. This week-long trip allowed girls from California to Maine got to experience the sounds, history and legends of Tennessee.

above: Group selfie on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

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Let’s Explore: Huntsville Girls from across the council kicked off their summer with a trip to the Moon Myra Collins, Chief Girl Experience Officer It was apparent at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama that this was going to be an experience of a lifetime. Sitting under the massive belly of a full-scale space shuttle girls received their orders for the mission at hand. We were no longer “girls”, but were now all Space Academy Trainees ready to start our mission.

Girls would train and practice just like the astronauts in order to successfully complete the mission aboard the International Space Station.

As trainees girls were able to experience zero gravity in the Multi-Axis trainer and gravity chair, hone team building skills, get creative by building and launching a model rocket, and work on leadership skills to bring the team safely back to Earth.

During our time girls got to experience first-hand the future of space travel and train to solve technically challenging anomalies in order to complete our own space mission.

Once our mission was completed teh group was able to tour the museums and learn all about the history of the United States Space program. Several former employees of the Space program were on hand to tell of their out of this world experiences.

Girl Scouts learned about Kathleen Rubins, PH.D., a NASA Astronaut, and Girl Scout alumna. As a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class, she completed her first spaceflight on Expedition 48/49, where she became the first person to sequence DNA in space! She spent 115 days in space and conducted two spacewalks.

Girls wrapped up the trip by earning their wings presented during graduation of all the trainees. As graduates, they were challenged to keep exploring new opportunities no matter where in the world, or beyond, they may lead.

Explore!

Let’s

Let’s Explore trips are short, regional trips designed for Girl Scout Juniors to venture out beyond their city. Visiting places like St. Louis, Atlanta and other regional destinations gives girls the experience of travel and seeing the world thorough a safe and supportive experience.

Make plans to join us on our next trip, Let’s Explore: East Tennessee May 31-June 3, 2018!

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Ready for a Trip?

TWO NEW TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCED! Girls love to travel, and being a Girl Scout gives her the opportunity to explore the world. Girl Scouts Heart of the South offers two unique travel series designed for Girl Scouts.

The Let’s Explore travel series are short, regional trips designed for Girl Scout Juniors to venture out beyond their city. Previous Let’s Explore trips have included Let’s Explore: Rocket City in Huntsville, AL. Through the Girl Scouts Go travel series girls get to visit locations all around the world during weeklong trips that are designed for Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. Previous Girl Scouts Go trips have included Girl Scouts Go: To the Capitol in Washington, D.C. and Girl Scouts Go: Sun and Service to Costa Rica.

Both Let’s Travel and Girl Scouts Go trips are announced a year or more in advance so girls can save their money, participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program and host other fundraising activities.

We are excited to announce our 2018 trips! Find out more information online at www.girlscoutshs.org/travel

Let’s Explore: Great Smoky Mountains

Gatlinburg, TN May 31-June 2, 2018 Kick-off your summer with a weekend road trip to the Great Smoky Mountains! This all-inclusive trip gives Girl Scout Juniors the opportunity to explore scenic east Tennessee.

Girls will get to learn about the 520,000 acre Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and take in some of the breathtaking views. This weekend also includes some of the area’s most popular attractions including Dollywood and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Trip Highlights: • Great Smoky Mountains National Park • Ripley’s Aquariam of the Smokies • Ripley’s Believe It or Not! • Dollywood • Dollywood Splash Country • Downtown Gatlinburg

Girl Scouts Go: Birthplace to Beach

Savannah and Tybee Island, GA June 2018 Girls will get an exciting look into the history of our remarkable founder, and take in the beauty of the Eastern Seaboard in this week-long, all-inclusive trip to Savannah, GA! A tour of Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace will help girls discover the unconventional life of Juliette “Daisy” Low - the first Girl Scout. Girls will get to tour Daisy’s childhood home, play her favorite games, and look closely at how she challenged expectations for women in her day to become a confident leader.

In addition to the birthplace, we’ll explore the beautiful and historic city of Savannah, and head over to Tybee Island to enjoy fun in the sun!

Trip Highlights: • Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace program and tour • Savannah Riverboat Cruise • Tybee Island Dolphin Tour • Tybee Island Marine Center • Tybee Island Beach • Oatland Island Wildlife Center

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She’s earning badges, trying new things, and giving back in her community with Girl Scouts.

Show your support for her by joining the Man Enough to be a Girl Scout Network.

When you become a member, you show her that you beleive in what she is doing, and support her in growing her courage, confidence and character, so she can make the world a better place.

Girl Scouts Heart of the South created its Man Enough to be a Girl Scout campaign in an effort to involve more fathers and male role models in the lives of our girls.

Your investment makes possible critical, life-changing, girl-led programming, while also supporting your girl during a critical time in her life and development—a gift that will continue to benefit girls and our community for years to come.

Makes ag holiday reat gift!

Your $75 membership includes:

• Man Enough to be a Girl Scout men’s raglan shirt • Man Enough to be a Girl Scout fun patch for your daughter.

• Two tickets to the Daddy & Daughter Cook-Out. Additional tickets available for purchase. Date to be announced.

• VIP ticket to the Man Enough Network tent at the G.I.R.L. Event, November 4, 2017.

• Monthly emails highlighting opportunities for you to get involved with your Girl Scout.

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Purchase a Man Enough Membership www.girlscoutshs.org/manenough

FOUR WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED TODAY!

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Go to an Event

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G.I.R.L. Event, Nov. 4 GRAMMY Museum Day, Dec. 9

Support Her Goals Cookie Booths, Feb. 24-March 18 Red Wagon Saturday, March 3

Fall Product Program

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Every dollar raised stays right here in our council to provide quality council events, provide training for volunteers, maintain three camp properties and provide service to our members.

The 2017 Fall Product Program kicked off in September with the exciting addition of two new product categories- organic seeds and drinkware!

This short, fun and engaging program is a great way for girls to learn important life skills and to earn money for their Girl Scout activities early in the troop year. The Fall program allows girls and their troops to earn money for their upcoming year, as well as treat customers to big savings on magazines and delectable nuts, candies and chocolates.

The nuts and candy are delicious and designed specifically for the Girl Scouts, and the magazine program is a great opportunity to renew existing subscriptions or suggest friends and family try out that new magazine they’ve been considering while supporting Girl Scouts. The To Remember This is a creative way for people to highlight special pictures on cups or calendars, posters or cards.

New this year are the designer tumblers and waterbottles, along with the organic veggie growing kits! There really is something for everyone!

One of the most important elements of the program is the opportunity for girls to set and achieve goals while earning money for troop activities. Like the iconic Girl Scout Cookie Program, the Fall Product Program teaches important life skills including goal setting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.

With girls able to take orders in person, or online, the Fall Product Program is an easy and fun way to fund your Girl Scout adventures!

Shout out to last year’s top sellers!

2016 Fall Product Top Sellers 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Cykiah House

$1,998 sold

Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 30093 Greenwood, MS

Danielle Johnson

$1,915 sold

Girl Scout Senior Troop 20268 Tupelo, MS

Allyson Beecham

$1,381 sold

Girl Scout Senior Troop 40009 Henry, TN

Sophia Dow

$1,319 sold

Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 10007 Memphis, TN

Seqouri Glenn

$1,291 sold

Girl Scout Daisy Troop 40099 Milan, TN

Any Girl Scout is eligible to participate! Ask your troop leader for more information or visit www.girlscoutshs.org/fallproduct GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF THE SOUTH

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JANUARY 6 Calling All Cookie Bosses It’s so much fun to run your own business and make your own decisions. With Girl Scout Cookies, you can start today. How will you and your friends spend your cookie money? What could you do? How could you help others? Set your goals and work hard. You can do it!

Grab a grown-up and set up your Digital Cookie 2.0®* account. This fun, easy-touse tool helps you superpower your sale and go beyond the booth with online and mobile channels that make it easy for cookie fans near and far to support your sale and ultimately—your success.

Plus, on your very own personalized cookie site, you get to play interactive games, watch videos, enjoy printable activities, take fun quizzes and more—all while taking your cookie sale to the next level.

Girls who used the Digital Cookie in addition to traditional sales, sold more cookies and reached their goals faster - so amazing.

Launch your cookie business at a Girl Scout Cookie Kick-Off event! We have three opportunities for you to come learn all about cookies, goal setting, creating a budget, marketing and more! They’re free and totally fun.

KEYS TO SUCCESS: • Create your Digital Cookie account and email family and friends about purchasing cookies to help reach your goal.

• Attend a Girl Scout Cookie Kick-Off • Make plans to host a Girl Scout Cookie Booth with your troop starting February 23 during National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend.

• Participate in the all-new Red Wagon Saturday on March 3.

• Enter GSUSA’s Top Cookie Pro for a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to NYC and appear on a Girl Scout Cookie box!!

*Digital Cookie 2.0 was developed by GSUSA and Little Brownie Bakers, and is powered

by Dell and Visa Checkout. This safe and secure platform allows girls to sell Girl Scout Cookies online.

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Cookie Calendar JANUARY 6 Girl Scout Cookie Program Begins JANUARY 13 Cookie Kick-Off, Girl Scout Leadership Center Memphis, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

JANUARY 20 Cookie Kick-Off Girl Scout Leadership Center Jackson, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

JANUARY 20 Cookie Kick-Off Wesley United Methodist Church, Tupelo, MS, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

JANUARY 26 Initial order due to Troop Cookie Manager Girls continue taking orders FEBRUARY 16-22 Cookies are delivered to Service Units FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 18 Cookie Booths, door-to-door, cookie walkabouts, etc.

MARCH 2 Half payment of initial cookie order due to Troop Cookie Manager MARCH 3 Red Wagon Saturday MARCH 9 Digital Online Cookies “Girl Delivery” option ends MARCH 19 Remaining cookie balance due to Troop Cookie Manager APRIL 30 Cookie Pro contest deadline JUNE 2 C.E.L.E.B. Event, Golf and Games, Memphis, TN

Cookie Entrepreneurs Leaping Extreme Bounds (C.E.L.E.B.s) are girls who sell 800+ boxes and they were invited to attend an allinclusive, and very exclusive, C.E.L.E.B. event at the Memphis Zoo in May! 303 girls were eligible to attend in 2017.

The C.E.L.E.B. Event is the highlight of the cookie season with unique activities, yummy treats and a day of celebrating their success. Put your goal at 800 boxes and join us at the 2018 C.E.L.E.B. Event will be June 2, 2018 at Golf and Games in Memphis, TN.

Congratulations to Girl Scout Daisy Troop 10381 from Cordova, TN for being the council’s Troop 100 winners!

In celebration of 100 years of Girl Scouts selling cookies, close to 5,000 troops participated in the GSUSA Cookie Troop 100 Challenge. Way to go, girls!

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COOKIE KICK-OFFS 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Our go-getting troops set their goals and told us how they planned to put their cookie money to good use.

They earned their Cookie Business badge and asked 100 new customers to buy cookies. And to make things extra fun, troops blinged their booths and shared photos of their creativity!

Troop 10381 won $100 toward thier awesome Take Action or service project.

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JANUARY 13 Girl Scout Leadership Center Memphis 717 S. White Station Rd., Suite 2, Memphis, TN 38117

JANUARY 20 Girl Scout Leadership Center Jackson 1007 Old Humboldt Rd., Jackson, TN 38305

Wesley United Methodist Church 2010 Main St, Tupelo, MS 38801

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Encourage her to step up today to show everyone how the world’s largest girl-led entrepreneurial program helped her be a barrier breakin’, challenge crushin’, lead takin’ cookie pro!

BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, GIRLS GET A CHANCE TO: Unlock this awesome, limited-edition Cookie Pro 2018 patch

Be featured on our iconic Girl Scout Cookie box

Girl Scouts of the USA

COOKIE PRO 2018

Travel to NYC for an all-expenses-paid Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneur Experience, where girls will talk business with GSUSA leaders and be recognized as a Top Cookie Pro 2018

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Who can participate?

Registered Girl Scout Cookie sellers from participating councils How do girls enter?

By completing their very own Cookie Pro Resume Survey online and submitting it along with a photo

FUN FACT: 200 million Girl Scout Cookie boxes are distributed each year to more than 50 million cookie buyers!

Her cookie pro submission should include things like: Cookie badges she’s earned and skills she’s learned What she’s done or plans to do with her cookie earnings Best selling tips for crushing cookie sale goals like a PRO!

girlscouts.org/cookiepro Entry details and official contest rules will be available September 1, 2017.

Entries accepted January 2, 2018, through April 30, 2018.

One entry per girl from participating councils.

The GIRL SCOUTS® name, mark, and all associated trademarks and logotypes, including the Trefoil Design, are owned by Girl Scouts of the USA.

Pictured: Girl Scout Junior Morgaan B. from Troop 13351 and GSHS CEO Melanie Schild

TOP FIVE COOKIE SELLERS Marissa Webb

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Juliette Gordon Low Pearl Award and Luncheon

Girl Scouts who sold 2017 + boxes of cookies were invited to a special lunch with the council CEO Melanie Schild where she personally presented each girl with her rewards.

4,807 boxes

Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 13255 West Memphis, AR

2nd

Caitlin Archibald

Zolandra Yarbrough

3rd

3,074 boxes

Girl Scout Senior Troop 10266 Memphis, TN

3,059 boxes

The 2017 Girl Scout Cookie Program saw 46 girls who qualified for this honor.

Girl Scout Senior Troop 13343 Memphis, TN

4th

Kaitlin McDade 2,914 boxes Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 10068 Memphis, TN

Makayla Tolbert

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2,618 boxes

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Girl Scout Daisy Troop 10339 Lakeland, TN

Girl Scout Troop 13137

t o h s p a n s 2018 rewards

204+ initial order boxes Theme Long Sleeve Shirt

36+ boxes 2018 Theme Patch

400+ boxes Hatching Turtle Plush

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Girl Scout Troop 23009

3rd

Girl Scout Troop 13921

104+ boxes Tagalong Turtle

650+ boxes Bluetooth Turtle Speaker

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1, Y AR U BR FE S N PE O N IO AT TR IS G RE P CAM

We live in a world of screens—smartphone! laptop! TV! tablet!—and sometimes you just want to get away from it all. We get it. That’s why you can focus your Girl Scout experience on getting outdoors.

You’ll develop the kind of outdoor skills it’s hard to get anywhere else.

Skills like building a campfire, pitching a tent, and canoeing across a lake.

Hey, how about adding some horseback riding, rock wall climbing, and archery to the mix? Round things out with a ropes course, some whitewater rafting, and maybe a two week-long equestrian session, and you’ll find out how much fun it can be to unplug and explore the world around you.

Our all-inclusive overnight camps are designed with Girl Scouts in mind and offer a variety of activities that include aquatics and equestrian programs, archery, culinary and creative arts, highadventure travel, and a whole lot of campfires, songs and s’mores.

Plus, several of our sessions will help you earn badges and Girl Scout awards!

Girl Scouts Heart of the South offers two resident camps, Camp Tik-A-Witha in Van Vleet, MS and Kamp Kiwani in Middleton, TN. Both camps are American Camp Association accredited.

Come check both out this Spring at a Camp Open House: Tik-A-Witha Open House Sunday, April 29, 2018 2-4 p.m.

Kamp Kiwani Open House Sunday, May 6, 2018 2 - 4 p.m.

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Save your spot with a $50 deposit and pay the balance with your Passport Bucks!

SAVE $10

WHEN YOU REGISTER IN FEBRUARY

2018 Session Sneak Peek Older Girl Options

Kamp with your girl!

Kamp Mamas! (Mini Session w/ Mom) Kamp Kiwani Grades 1st - 3rd Cost: Girl $200/Adult $100 Sidekicks (Mini Session w/ Mom) Kamp Kiwani Grades 4th - 6th Cost: Girl $200/Adult $100 Camp with your girl during Kamp Mamas or Sidekicks! Enjoy allinclusive summer fun, swimming, crafting, canoeing, s’mores and campfire songs right beside your daughter.

Earn Badges!

Nailed It! Kamp Kiwani Grades 6th - 8th Cost: $400 per person Calling all makers, creators and doers!

This camp session lets you hammer it out and build it up while you work on your Woodworker Badge. Girls will use their woodworking skills in a service project at Kamp Kiwani!

Wonders of Water Camp Tik-A-Witha Grades: 2nd - 3rd Cost: $400 per person Splash into an awesome summer while learning how to play and love water. Between swim lessons and aqua exploration girls will learn how to care for one of our most valuable resources, and enjoy water! Campers will earn portions of the Wonders of Water Journey!

Ultimate Survivor! 7 day session Kamp Kiwani Grades: 7th - 12th Cost: $450 per person Girls will spend the week learning outdoor skills from knot-tying to fire building, and compete in challenges to test their knowledge. Teamwork and determination are two musts to be named the Ultimate Survivors!

Girls can earn portions of the Cadette Primitive Camper Badge, Senior Adventure Camper Badge, Ambassador Survival Camper Badge!

EXTREME Adventurer 7 day session Camp Tik-A-Witha Grades 7-12th Cost: $450 per person This high adventure, career exploration will help girls develop leadership and collaboration skills!

Highlights of this session are an overnight campout with a signature night time ropes course, and camping under the stars! Girls can earn portions of the Cadette Primitive Camper Badge, Senior Adventure Camper Badge, Ambassador Survival Camper Badge!

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3rd Annual

If she can see it, she can be it.

The 3rd Annual HERo Day with the Memphis Fire Department helped girls unleash their inner G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ At this high adventure career exploration day over 150 girls got to challenge themselves and their thinking by exploring career options typically thought to be reserved for males.

Getting to meet female firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, flight nurses, and top ranking female officials, girls were encouraged to explore a career in fire or emergency medical services.

“Find your passion and don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t be anything you want to be. The glass ceiling has been shattered for you. ” said City of Memphis Director of Fire Services Gina Sweat. Sweat is a good example for girls as she is the first female fire director for the City, and is among a handful of female fire directors across the country.

The day also gave girls the opportunity to overcome fears, and build self-confidence.

Rappeling off a 5-story tower scares most, but Jenny, a Girl Scout Senior, faced her fears with each step she took.

“Looking down from the top there was no way I thought I could do it, but the girls in my troop and the firefighters kept encouraging me. I just went for it! I am so proud of myself for actually doing it.”

In addition to the rappeling, girls got to experience simulated firefighting environments, try on protective gear, tackle a lifesaving obstacle course, feel the power of a charged fire hose, take a tour of the Hospital Wing, discover how 911 calls are dispatched, and witness search and rescue dogs in action.

Girls rotated through 10 hands-on stations each designed to let them experience different options available to them while meeting female firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, flight nurses, and top ranking female officials.

Thank you to the City of Memphis Fire Services, Tennessee Task Force One, Hospital Wing, City of Memphis Office of Emergency Management, Memphis Firefighters Association IAFF Local 1787, and the 100+ volunteers who made this day possible.

The G.I.R.L. Agenda Powered by Girl Scouts is a nonpartisan initiative to inspire, prepare, and mobilize girls and those who care about them to lead positive change through civic action. The multi-year effort celebrates the Girl Scout legacy of civic engagement programming—which now includes a new badge for girls as young as five—and will provide girls and adults with tools to be catalysts for change who strengthen their communities and the world.

Civic action is all about working to make a difference for the common good. For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts has supported girls by offering resources that prepare them to lead, lift their voices, champion their views, and be advocates for the issues and ideas important to them. When it comes to improving society, every person who identifies with the G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ Agenda has a role and a responsibility.

The G.I.R.L. Agenda makes it simple and rewarding to access free civic engagement resources derived from Girl Scout programming to prepare all G.I.R.L.s to do the following and more: • Advocate for positive change in their communities. Cassandra, a 17-year-old Ambassador, has been fighting to end child marriage in New Hampshire.

• Stand up against everyday injustices. Muslim Girl Scouts in California educate their community by holding an annual Open Mosque Day to combat Islamophobia.

• Challenge unfair policies and champion causes. Oregon Brownies spoke up to help pass a law that protects good Samaritans who rescue kids and animals left in hot cars.

• Mobilize communities to donate or volunteer for causes. In Ohio, a multi-level troop advocated for firefighters, prompting a local store to donate new furniture to the firehouse.

• Engage in letter-writing campaigns to advocate for change. A Junior troop’s letter-writing campaign led to improved safety measures for kids who walk to school.

• Create and support petitions: Troop 30245’s petition helped pass a law banning tobacco use in its town parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields.

• Call or meet with public officials and community leaders to educate them about important issues. Girl Scouts from across Connecticut came to the state capitol to meet with their legislators and discuss their disappointment about the lack of pay equity.

• Participate in parades and marches. Girl Scouts placed flags at more than 5,000 grave sites at the East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery prior to marching in their local Memorial Day parade.

• Support businesses with shared beliefs. Linnea, a Gold Award Girl Scout, set up a shop in her small town featuring fair-trade products from companies that donate profits to causes like improved healthcare, clean water, and better education.

By making age-appropriate resources based on our proven programming accessible to all, and by providing tools to influence policy issues affecting girls, the G.I.R.L. Agenda will give hundreds of thousands of girls and adults tangible ways to take civic action on topics of their choosing, expanding the reach of civic engagement resources beyond Girl Scouts’ 2.6 million members. Because when we take small steps together—across generations—we ignite a larger, lasting effect on our world.

To advance the G.I.R.L. Agenda, and for tips on how to lead positive change through civic action, visit www.GIRLagenda.org.