2022 August Newsletter

August Monthly Newsletter

Issue 8 | The Power of Girl Scouts

Girl Scout Mission Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

The Girl Scout Program Grounded in the Girl Scout Promise and Law, Girl Scouting is an experiential, cooperative education program that promotes girls’ personal growth and leadership development. Partnering with caring adults, girls design fun and challenging activities that empower them and raise their voices within a local, national, and global sisterhood.

August Monthly Newsletter

In This Edition

Girl Scout Promise

Girl Scout Mission, Promise, and Law...... 2

On my honor, I will try:

Contact Us ................................................. 3

to serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.

Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

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Upcoming Events ...................................... 4 2022-2023 Product Program ................... 5 2023 Girl Scout National Convention ...... 6 Girl Scout Spotlights ................................. 7 110 Years of Girl Scouts ............................. 8 A Sweet Announcement ........................... 9

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Upcoming Events

Register For Your Local State Park

Billings Montana - HDQ Chief Plenty Coup State Park

Central Montana Spring Meadow Lake State Park

Girl Scouts Love State Parks 2022 September 10th - 11th Every year, Girl Scouts explore the natural wonders found across our country during the Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend. Girl Scouts nationwide, along with their troops, friends, and families celebrate our shared love of the outdoors.

Southwest Montana Traveler’s Rest State Park

Southeast & Southwest Wyoming Curt Gowdy State Park

Southcentral Wyoming Boysen State Park

Northwest Montana Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend is on September 10 and 11 this year. Grab your backpack and head out to your local state parks for self-guided tours, family hikes, watersports, stargazing, special events, and more!

Check out www.gsmw.org/events to register for GSLSP events occurring all across council! Don't forget to start filling out your Girl Scouts Love State Parks Passport downloadable HERE.

Lone Pine State Park

Northeast Wyoming Keyhole State Park

Northcentral Montana First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park

Southcentral Montana Lewis and Clark State Park

Castle Rock Open House Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Camp Castle Rock Open House scheduled for Saturday, August 27th, has been postponed until summer 2023. We will keep you updated once a new date has been selected.

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2022-2023 Product Program 2023 Cookie Rewards Want to be an insider and get a sneak peek of the 2023 Cookie Rewards?

We need your help to decide what items will be part of the 2023 Cookie Program Rewards lineup. Please complete the survey by August 15th.

Name our Hawaiian Monk Seal!

Vote for what we should call our seal mascot for the 2022 Fall Program.

Share this information with your Girl Scouts and you can vote too! All votes must be entered by August 31st. Her name will be announced during our Fall Kickoffs in September.

Fall Kickoff Training, Paperwork, and Agreements ‘Go Bright Ahead’ and mark your calendars for our Fall Kickoff Training! Each Troop must have at least one volunteer attend training.

Register for a date and time below.

Training Webinar Registration: Troop Fall Kickoffs: September 13th at 7pm OR September 15th at 12pm Juliette’s Fall Kickoff: September 13th at 6:00pm Service Unit Fall Kickoff: September 8th at 7pm Fall Paperwork will be arriving to your mailbox between the end of August and beginning of September. Paperwork is sent to the listed Troop Product Manager. Troop Product Agreements are due August 5th. If you have not yet completed an agreement, they are required for leaders to be added to M2OS and Smart Cookie, our new Cookie Program Software.

Pssst...Stay tuned for a special cookie announcement in September!

All New Girl Scout Badges GSUSA just launched 16 new badges, Click your girl's level below to check them out.

Daisy

Brownie

Junior

Cadette

Senior

Ambassador

Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Program Survey Coming in January of 2023, GSMW will host council-wide programs, both in-person and virtually, just for our older Girl Scouts. To start the program planning on a Girl-Led trajectory, we would like to ask our Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors to complete a simple survey. The survey is meant to gauge interest in a variety of program topics. Girls will also get a chance to voice their personal interests. Choose from art, design, community service, college readiness, STEM career topics, or VOICE your own choice.

Older girls, take the CSA Program Survey!

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2023 Girl Scout National Convention

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Here’s the Basics:

Pricing Details

Registration is through GSUSA and below are milestones and key dates leading up to the 2023 Girl Scout Convention:

Milestones

Key Dates

Early Bird Registration

July 20th - September 30th

Full Price Registration

October 3rd - June 30th

National Council Session

July 18th - July 20th

Phenom by Girl Scouts

July 20th - July 22nd

Register Now for the 2023 GSUSA National Convention Girl Scouts from across the country and around the world and those who believe in our mission gather every three years for convention. The 2023 Girl Scout convention will be taking place July 18–22, 2023 at Walt Disney World® Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. It consists of two events over the course of nearly a week: 56th National Council Session 56th National Council Session is the national business meeting being held July 18–20 where delegates from every council across the nation and USA Girl Scouts Overseas meet to discuss, debate, and vote on issues important to the Girl Scout Movement and elect national leaders for the next triennium.

Phenom by Girl Scouts Phenom by Girl Scouts consists of exciting experiences in the Expo Hall and other fun and enriching programming from July 20–22. Meet special guests, attend the National Bridging ceremony and Gold Award celebration, take part in amazing activities and demos in the Expo Hall and much more.

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Spotlights Highest Award Spotlight

R.J. Schoen The PERIOD Project Gold Award Girl Scout

GSUSA has announced Gold Award Girl Scout, R.J. Schoen, of Casper WY, as one of our GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship recipients!

For their Gold Award project, they addressed the issue of period poverty and stigma at their school and in their community. To do this, R.J. partnered with the national organization PERIOD to establish a PERIOD chapter in their high school. The PERIOD chapter created a safe space for students to collaborate and advocate for change for themselves and others as well as continue the work R.J. has started.

They hosted workshops with educators on how to address period poverty in the classroom which has opened up many conversations about period poverty.

R.J. also lead their PERIOD chapter team by organizing period product drives, workshops, and social media content.

R.J. was the recipient of the $2,000 GSUSA Gold Award scholarship!

Alumna Spotlight Betsy currently works as an environmental consultant in Spokane, WA where she helps clients understand and comply with complex environmental regulations. Betsy has experience with wastewater permitting, storm water management, and spill prevention but has the most experience with air quality permitting. Her favorite projects usually involve air dispersion modeling, which is used to predict concentrations of a pollutant.

Betsy’s Girl Scout experience led her to become an Environmental Engineer.

Betsy Speare Girl Scout Alumna Evironmental Engineer

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110 Years of Girl Scouts 110 Years of Girl Scouts In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low (Daisy) founded the Girl Scout Movement with 18 girls who wanted to make the world a better place and believed they could do anything they put their minds to. At the time, women in the United States could not vote and were expected to stick to strict social norms, but that didn’t stop Daisy. She encouraged girls to embrace their unique strengths and create their own opportunities. That small gathering ignited a Movement that continues to this day – one where every girl can unlock her full potential, find lifelong friends, and make the world a better place.

As Girl Scouts celebrates 110 years, we ask for your support in the amount of $110* to help girls continue to break down barriers, specifically within the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce pipeline. Even though women have come a long way, there is still a huge gender disparity of women working in STEM professions. Be sure to read Betsy’s story, this month’s featured alumna.

Donate Here!

Your gift of $110 will bolster girls’ interest in STEM and provide equal opportunities to all girls, no matter her socioeconomic status, geography, race, or ability. Your contribution (individually or as a troop) will directly support the Mobile STEM Learning Center, a cargo style van fully equipped with exciting technology and educational materials to provide STEM education to girls throughout Montana and Wyoming, specifically rural and reservation communities.

Join Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming as we celebrate 110 years and support the next generation of dreamers, doers, problem solvers, and change makers. *A monetary donation of any kind is greatly appreciated. We are also in need of several items that could be purchased from our Amazon Wish List.

Summer Outdoor Challenge Time is almost up to complete the GSMW Challenges! Do them with your troop, with your family, or even by yourself.

1. Download the challenge document 2. Track your progress 3. Come back here to submit the form below to earn your fun patch

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A Sweet Announcement A Sweet Announcement Fun Fact: Did you know that the Girl Scouts have two different bakeries that are in charge of producing the cookies we all know and love? We have some exciting news! This upcoming Cookie Season, Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming have partnered with ABC Bakers. We are excited to have our Girl Scouts sell new cookies you’ve been asking for like LEMONADES and all your favorites flavors too! They will be sold at $5 and $6 a box.

Check out the announcement and some FAQs!

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Annual Financial Report Thank you to these troops for turning in complete Annual Finance reports!

It is time to get your Troop and/or Service Units annual financial report submitted!

Please contact your MEM if you have questions or accounting@gsmw.org for additional assistance.

*REMEMBER: Bank accounts are subject to closure if we cannot ensure they are in compliance with GSMW and GSUSA’S financial policies, which includes submitting your year end financial report and appropriate documents.

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