...about World Thinking Day?
On February 22 of each year, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from 146 countries celebrate World Thinking Day. (That's one big celebration!) World Thinking Day is a way to celebrate with girls all over the world by doing the same activities. The 2018 World Thinking Day theme is "Impact." Making an impact means having a strong effect on something or someone.
To learn more about World Thinking day and award activities, click here!
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 GSSSC Opportunities |
Make sure to checkout our
website for all activities!
Click date for more information and for registration.
January 27, Brownie Dancer Badge Workshop w/ Ballet Idaho
February 3, Junior Practice with Purpose w/ Ballet Idaho
Highest Awards
For more than one hundred years, Girl Scouting has honored girlswho make a substantial impact in their communities through the Highest Awards program. To receive these awards, girls must successfully plan and execute a measurable and sustainable community service project. Use these tools to earn a Highest Award:
For more information or if your troop or service unit would like to schedule a training on Highest Awards, please contact
[email protected].
Girl Scout Gold Award Training
Gold Award Trainings are open to all girls, 9th grade and older, parents, and advisors, who are interested in learning more about this prestigious award. Requirements and policies will be reviewed, step by step, with plenty of time for questions.
This workshop is mandatory for all girls who wish to propose a Gold Award Proposal Application.
Upcoming dates:
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Gold Award Scholarship Program
This scholarship is awarded based on achievement in Girl Scouting, academics, leadership and service. This award is for girls that have earned the Gold Award and are graduating from high school this spring. For more information and application, please click here.
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Volunteer Outdoor Skills Weekend
Cost:
$50 (+$30 if you take 1st Aid Training)
Who:
Adult Volunteers, Troop Leaders, Parents (adults only)
Join us for an exciting weekend of fun, networking and camaraderie while you participate in learning opportunities that will enhance your outdoor skills and knowledge and assist you in building girls of courage, confidence and character in an outdoor setting. This event is a great chance for leaders to do something for themselves while still impacting their work with girls. Not a troop leader? No problem! This is a great event for any adult in Girl Scouts to receive enrichment training and learn something new.
Register here!
"Short & Snappy's" & Volunteer University
To help our volunteers deliver the best Girl Scout experience to their girls, we have many different training options. Service Unit Leader Meetings are a fantastic place for them to receive some of these trainings. Learning from experienced leaders can be beneficial to all leaders, especially the new ones. On our website (Volunteer Training) we have Short n Snappy's where your troop coach, service unit manager or any experienced leader can offer training, or try showing one of our recorded on-line Volunteer University trainings.
January's Recommended
"Short & Snappy" Trainings:
- Mentoring Awards: Guiding others or teaching something you know makes you a mentor. Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors have many opportunities to help younger Girl Scouts by sharing their skills, passions, and experience.
- SWAPs: Thinking Day is right around the corner and what better time to make SWAPs!
- Traditions: Tradition is what gives us our link to the past. From friendship circles, bridging, World Thinking day and more, Girl Scout traditions help remind girls that they belong to a big powerful sisterhood.
Upcoming 102 Trainings
Click Date for Registration
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Scout Days at Birds of Prey
Scouts are invited to enjoy the World
 Center for Birds of Prey in an open house format that will include; bird presentations, and handouts for rank specific adventures. Only Scouts in uniform will be given discounted prices. The two Scouts days are:
January 27, 2018 10am-4pm
March 17, 2018
10am-5pm
Boise WaterShed Weekends
Go with the flow to the
Boise WaterShed every third Saturday of each month for fun and activities the whole family or troop can enjoy! Here is another fun opportunity:
Date & Time: January 20; 10am-12pm
Title: Boise WaterShed's Snow School Family Day
The morning will include activities and crafts about snow science and winter animal adaptations. At noon, registered participants will ride to the Bogus Basin Nordic Lodge (courtesy of Caldwell Transportation Company). SnowSchool leaders will lead small groups on family-friendly trails. Snowshoes will be provided. Registration and $5/ person payment is required by January 15 to reserve your spot. Space is limited. No groups please. Call 608-7300 or email
[email protected]
. No water renewal facility tour today.
New Partner: Engineering for Kids
Need help with one of the new STEMBadges, or a guest presenter for one of the new STEM Journeys? Our new community partner, Engineering for Kids, may be able to help you out! Engineering for Kids
offers hand-on STEM education to children through real-world engineering problems, and have been able to combine their curriculum with the new Girl Scout badges and journeys. However, they have over 400 programs covering more than the new Girl Scout curriculum, including civil engineering and aerospace engineering! Contact them at
[email protected]
for more information and pricing.
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A Message From the
GSSSC Store
We are offering a
"
Buy One, Get One ½ Off Sale"
on all of our 2017 Camp
Sweatshirts (sizes and quantities limited)! Send us an email at
[email protected]
for more details!
STORE & OFFICE CLOSURES:
January 1st New Years Day
January 15th
MLK
Fall/Winter Hours
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-5pm
- Thursday9am-7pm
- 10am-2pm every second Saturday of every month
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If you have a story or community partner that you would like to share, please email us at
[email protected].
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Treasure Valley January 2018
Feature Article: We're Moving!
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New Year, New Girl Scout Headquarters
You may have already heard that we have secured our new home
and excitedly began the process of relocation on December 29th, 2017. As we make changes to some of the new space, our Retail and Product Teams have decided to stay put on Etheridge with all their goodies, until they can move in one piece. You can still #ShopLikeAGirlScout in our store at 1410 Etheridge Lane Boise, ID 83704 until January 25th, 2018. After that, we will all be under one new-to-us building to continue serving you, the girls and volunteers, that make the world a better place! Phone number and email addresses remain the same, so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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GSSSC New Headquarters
8948 W. Barnes Ave., Boise 83709
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Girl Scout Moving Sale
Saturday, January 13, 2018
1410 N Etheridge Lane
10:00am-2:00pm
As we have started to prepare to move to our new location, we have found many items that will not be joining us and need a new home. Items will include vintage Girl Scout items, office supplies, wooden snowshoes and so much more. This will be during our 2nd Saturday store hours, which will also be having a Moving Sale.
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2018 Treasure Valley Cookie Rally
Thursday, January 11 4:30pm-8pm
Circustrix 1460 N. Happy Valley Rd. Nampa, 83687
Due to limited space for safety, only 200 participants can attend each 1.5 hour session (3 total sessions). Please register your Girl Scout, and any related family members under the age of twelve, and have a signed waiver present the day of the event:
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018 Cookie Stars Contest
Tell us - or better yet, show us - what you've done, what you hope to do, or who you have become "Because of Cookies!" The first 50 girls that create and submit a one minute video, or less, will earn a Cookie Star Patch and all submissions will be entered in to the Cookie Star Contest. We are accepting entries from individual Girl Scouts and troops/groups. There will be multiple individual winners, and 2 troop/group winners.
For more information and how to enter,
click here!
The Cookie Captain Program provides service-oriented Cadettes
 , Seniors, and Ambassadors the opportunity to mentor Daisy and first-time selling Brownie Girl Scouts in the art of selling Girl Scout Cookies. All Cookie Captains receive a patch and certificate; those who complete 20 hours of service earn the Service to Girl Scouting Bar.
Girls must complete a Cookie Captain training, either with their troop or through a council sponsored training.
Girls must complete a Cookie Captain Commitment Form and a Cookie Captain Report form to be eligible for patch, certificate, and pins. More information can be found
HERE!
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Girl Scout Discovery Center Night
January 19th from 6pm-9pm
Girl Scouts of all ages, enjoy and explore with MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition at Girl Scout-Only Night at the Discovery Center! This a Girl Scout only event, please no tag-a-long siblings. Cost is $3 per girl, attending guardian/troop leader is free.This is not a drop off event.To register,
click here!
Save the Date: STEM Day 2018
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 14th for our 5th Annual STEM Exploration Day! You don't want to miss the hands-on fun and earn the 2018 STEM Day patch. We will have new community partners hosting booths this year!
Registration will open February 1st.
Brownie Robotics Workshop
Saturday, February 17th 1pm-2:30pm
Join our community partner, Engineering for Kids, for a fun time exploring the world of robotics! In this fun and hands on workshop, Girl Scouts will be introduced to the concept of robotics and programming. They will use Engineering Design Process to design, build, program and test a robot. Girl Scouts will earn the "Programming Robots" Badge! Click here to register!
Mechanical Engineering Badges Update
Message from GSUSA:
"Due to supply chain limitations, GSUSA is unable to pu
rchase GolideBlox kits for the new mechanical engineering badges. They are creating "unplugged" or "DIY" Mechanical Engineering badge requirements for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. ("Unplugged" or "DIY" means that the activities can be done with common
household objects rather than a special kit.) The new requirements will be available on the VTK by January 31, 2018.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage STEM Program
GSSSC was able to purchase a limited number of of both Daisy & Brownie GoldieBlox kits with generous funding from the STEM Action Center. These will be available for check out by the end of February from all council offices!
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Summer Camp 2018 
Online registration is live on
January 15 at 6am!
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage has moved to an online registration system for camp 2018!
Registration will go live January 15th at 6am and i
t will be first come, first serve for all sessions. Make sure to check out the Camp Brochure so you know what session you want to attend!
If you are not able to register online, please email
[email protected]
to receive a paper registration form.
Host a Camp Chat
Troops who host a "Camp Chat" (camp party/iofo night) between February 1 and April 30 will be entered in to win an outdoor adventure for their troop!
- Contact Courtney, our Camp Manager to schedule your camp chat by email at [email protected]. Courtney will attend via webcam or in person (depending on location and availability) to share information about camp and answer questions.
- Invite friends, neighbors, troop members, and/or relatives to your Camp Chat to learn more about camp.
- Get your Girl Scouts and friends signed up for a session of camp! Troops who host a camp chat and have at least two girls signed up for a session of resident camp by May 31st will be entered into a drawing for an outdoor adventure hosted by GSSSC in Fall 2018!
Outdoor Club Winter Camp
Location:
Camp Alice Pittenger
Ages:
Cadette, Senior & Ambassador
Snowshoe into CAP and spend a long weekend learning about snow science, wilderness first aid, outdoor cooking, and map and compass skills!
We will have 25 openings for girls, so don't wait to register!
We will be looking for 4-6 adults to share the weekend with the girls, along with our fun outdoor staff and volunteers. If interested in volunteering for the event, please contact Courtney at [email protected].
Frozen Fun Challenge
Girl Scouts who complete 20 activities are eligible to buy the patch from the Council Store, and those who complete 30 activities and turn in the completed form will be entered to win a special prize.
Camp Staff Reunion
Cost:
$35 participant (includes lodging and food)
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Who:
Past Camp Staff
Calling all past camp staff! Join fellow past and current Girl Scouts of Silver Sage camp staff for a weekend of memories and fun! Smores, Dutch oven cook-offs, snowshoeing and more are on the agenda for the weekend. Share your camp stories, photos and memories.
Want to work at Camp?
Want to work at Camp Alice Pittenger or Camp Ta-Man-A-Wis this upcoming 2018 camp season? We are looking for fun, energetic 18 years + camp counselors!
Contact Courtney
[email protected] for an application!
Or know anyone with a CDL? Our Girl Scout camps are looking for a fun and safe CDL driver to drive our Girl Scouts to 4-5 fun off-site day trips at Camp Alice Pittenger and a week of driving our Cadette Challenge girls at Camp Ta-Man-A-Wis. Contact Courtney for more information at
[email protected].
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Jubilation: June 8-10, 2018
Location: Filer Fair Grounds
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The
Jubilation Website
will have the
resources and links you will need to register. don't forget to check for updates and more information!
Adult Registration is open. Your group's intent to attend is complete when two adults register and pay.
One adult registers as group leader and will fill out group information like the drivers, estimated girls, arrival time and other group information. The 2nd adult just needs to register and pay as an adult attending. Minimum adults attending with your group is 2.
Girl Registration opens January 1st.
Girls register without paying, but will be required to pay later after cookie dough payment is entered.
 Jubilation 2018 App
The Jubilation 2018 App is available for download and is free. For security, only registered adult participants and girls over the age of 13 can use the app. Using emails provided in Jubilation registration, we will update the app participants weekly and you can begin using the app soon after your register. The app is a great communication tool for participants, group leaders, planning and preparation and during the event will be our communication tool and emergency information tool. It is in the early process of maps and schedules - but as we get more information confirmed, we will update.
Jubilation 2018 Girl Scouts Talent Show!
The Jubilation Committee and MCs are looking for individual girl
or
troop submissions for the Jubilation Talent Show!
If you or your troop will be attending Jubilation next year and want to show your stuff please submit a 3-4 minute video audition no later than March 1, 2018. Click here for complete requirements!
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