...that the Girl Scout slogan is "Do a good turn daily"?
What was your good deed of the day?
Hurricane Relief
Message From GSUSA
GSUSA has
chosen to lift fundraising restrictions to enable girls to raise money for recovery efforts at the councils impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.
Fundraising efforts for all designated councils are being undertaken with the sole intention to provide impacted girls with membership scholarships. Such scholarships typically cover dues, uniforms, credentials (i.e., insignia worn on uniforms), and other Girl Scout materials. To contribute to these efforts, please visit the
GSUSA Disaster Relief website.
You can give to the fund for all affected councils, which GSUSA will distribute based on need as defined by impacted membership, or you can choose a specific council.
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Join us for an exciting day of fun, networking and camaraderie while you participate in learning opportunities that will enhance your skills and knowledge and assist you in building girls of courage, confidence and character. 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 trainings and learn something new. Registration is required and closes November 4th, so register now!
Donation to Troop/Pass Through
Is there a group or organization that wants to donate to your troop? Please use the Donation to Troop Form. This form is used to track monetary donations to troops. The donation is turned in to the Council office for tracking so we may send a tax deductible letter. The troop will receive the total amount that was turned into Council. Complete this form and return it to the Boise Council office at least two weeks prior to your anticipated date of receiving your check.
Troops on Call
Girl Scouts are in high demand! In order to continue to spread the power of Girl Scouting, we need your troops to help throughout the year with a variety of events, programs and public appearances.
Examples through
out the year include flag ceremonies, planting saplings for Trout Unlimited, handing out cupcakes at Veterans events and more! If your troop would like to be on our Troops On Call list, please fill out the
Troops on Call
form located under
Volunteer Resources
on the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage website, and submit to
[email protected]
Tips for Troop Leaders
Being a Girl Scout volunteer is no easy task! GSUSA has created seven "quick tip" videos for troop leaders on a wide variety of topics:
Controlling the Room
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Veteran's Day
Make sure to go out and show your support of our veterans by participating in your local Veteran's Day Celebration!
Salvation Army
The
Salvation Army needs your help this holiday season! Volunteers are integral to the services they offer. The following volunteers opportunities can be done as a troop or as individuals.
- Packing Holiday Food Boxes
- Sorting Toys for the Toy n Joy Store
- Hosting an Angel Tree
- Adopting a family for Christmas presents
- Hosting a food, toy, hygiene, or diaper drive
If you would like more information on specific dates and times for these volunteer opportunities please visit
volunteer.usawest.org.
CTIA Wireless Foundation Drive Smart Teen Digital Short Contest
The
Drive Smart Teen Digital Short Contest, sponsored by CTIA Wireless Foundation, launches today. Students enter a digital short educating others about the dangers of driving distracted for a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship!
Who: 13 to 18-year-old U.S. residents
What: 15-60 second digital short
When: October 16, 2017 through December 18, 2017
How: Students register, create and submit their digital short online, and may submit multiple entries
Why students should enter early: Each week one winner will be chosen out of all entries received to date, to receive a $100 gift card.
JOANN & Girl Scouts
JOANN and Girl Scouts have a national partnership together! As part of our partnership, JOANN has created an exclusive reward program just for Girl Scouts. You can find out more
here.
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A Message From the GSSSC Store
FREE SHIPPING:
Free shipping will be offered in honor of Veteran's Day November 10th-12th.
STORE & OFFICE CLOSURE:
We will be closed November 8th and November 22nd-23rd for the Thanksgiving.
Fall Hours
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-5pm
- Thursday9am-7pm
- 10am-2pm every second Saturday of every month
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Regional November 2017
Feature Article:
A Message from
Your Program Team
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Knowing Our History and Looking Forward
Greetings from the Program Department. November brings new opportunities for our girls, but I didn't want to forget about the special day that just happened, October 31- Founder's Day and the 153rd birthday of
Juliette Gordon Low, who started the Girl Scout Movement in 1912. It's fitting that Juliette's birthday coincides with the most creative, imaginative, and fun day of the year. She
was a real visionary: someone who dreamed about what was possible and took action to bring her vision to life.
Juliette started the
Girl Scout Movement before many women were able to own property, vote, or even work outside the home. She envisioned a movement that would inspire girls to believe in their abilities, develop leadership skills, and gain the courage, confidence, and character to make their world a better place.
In honor of this, I would like to share a trip back in time, to the early 1900's. The Golden Eaglet is a short video, you can enjoy with your girls, to see how Girl Scouts was already changing things for girls in a big way. If you would like to know how you could help make a change with today's girls, contact [email protected]. We are looking for adults to help with STEM activities, Outdoor Club mentors, Gold Award Committee Members, Juliette mentors, and more. These are all roles that can make a large, positive impact, but with a minimal time commitment.
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NEW Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Gold Award Scholarship Program
Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award qualifies a girl to apply for the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Gold Award Scholarship. 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.
NEW Program Activity/Event Financial Assistance
We are committed to ensuring all girls have the opportunity to
participate in Girl Scouts. In order to remove financial barriers that may interfere, we offer limited funds to help members who would be unable to join in Girl Scout activities* without financial support from the council.
Financial assistance is not a primary source of funding for members or troops. Troops are encouraged to facilitate girl-led financial planning for their activities. However, we understand that sometimes assistance is needed. Financial assistance is based on need and may cover anywhere between 20% and 80% of the program fee. To apply for financial aid for council programming events and activities visit
here
and click on the "Activity Financial Aid" section (picture above) or contact
[email protected]
for application.
Note: this is for council program events and activities only. Service Unit or troop events are not included.
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Warm Hearts, Toasty Toes: November- December
Warm Hearts, Toasy Toes is an annual community service project through our partnership with Icon Credit Union in the Treasure Valley to help those in need during the holiday season.
We invite troops in other areas to support this cause by collecting socks and donating them to your local homeless or crisis shelter.
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. Along with providing guidance, Cookie Captains teach younger Girl Scouts about the 5 Skills of Selling Cookies: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics! 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. More information can be found
HERE!
2018 Cookie Stars Contest
To help promote the upcoming Cookie Season we are asking Girl
 Scouts to finish the phrase "Because of Cookies...". 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!
Trainings: We are offering Jubilation training at Super Saturday's,
Service Unit Meetings and if your troop wants to talk with us, please let us know. We have a lot of girls from all over the state that can come talk to you or your girls about our event.
The first step for registration will open December 1, 2017- Group Leader Registration / Intent to Attend. Here is more registration info:
- 2 adult group leaders will register and pay $50 each. That is your intent to attend completed!
- Additional adults and girl registration will open January 1, 2018
- Adults will pay $50 when they register.
- Girls register January 1, but no payment is due at registration.
- Girl Payments will be after 2018 cookie season so that correct cookie dough can be entered by the group leaders. All remaining girl payments will be after cookie dough is entered.
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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It's that time of year! Recruitment for summer 2018 Destinations is in
full swing. Destinations bring together Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors from all over our Movement for epic adve
ntures filled with nature, culture, service, science, art, and more. This summer, girls can join the crew of the largest wooden sailing vessel in the United States for a Great Lakes sailing adventure, explorethe cultural delights of Southeast Asia on a Destination to Cambodia, or discover another amazing adventure that fits their unique personalities and interests.
Round 1 applications are due no later than
Friday, November 17th
. Scholarships may be available for girls that submit applications by this date. Questions? Contact
[email protected]
Help support a fellow Girl Scout sister working on her Gold
 Award!
No Straw November" is about building awareness of the plastic pollution and how small steps can make a huge impact to our ocean. The cost is $2.00 and includes a tally sheet a special Jr Ocean Guardians No Straw November patch. She will be donating 50 cents per patch donation to go to my Girl Scouts sisters in the San Jacinto Council in Houston. To get more information, click here!
Observe your community in a new way! View your neighborhood through the lens of urban ecology and propose ways to celebrate, heal, repair, or transform the places you care about. Host a Jane Jacobs Walk to talk with members of your community about why your neighborhood is unique. Discover change makers and champions who have made critical observations in their communities, connect with other Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world, and take action in your community by using the power of observation and creative action. For more information,
click here!
P.R.A.Y. GSUSA
While GSUSA is a secular organization, Girl Scouts has always
encouraged girls to take spiritual journeys via their faiths' religious recognition. Girl Scouts recognizes that religious instruction must come from the family and faith community.
P.R.A.Y. encourages collaborations between churches and youth agencies to the advantage of young people. To learn more about this program, visit this website.
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November 14th- Camp T-Shirt Day!
November 14th is Summer Camp T-Shirt Day! Sport your favorite Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Camp T-Shirt and make sure to tag us in your posts on Facebook and Instagram @gsssc!
Want to work at Camp?
Want to work at Camp Alice Pittenger or Camp Ta-Man-A-Wis this upcoming 2018 camp season? It's hard to believe that we are talking about hiring camp staff already! Looking for fun, energetic 18 years + camp counselors! Contact
[email protected] for more information!
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Looking to add something to your The STEM-tastic Program Patch isa brief introduction into STEM: the fun; the facts; and the fantastic! Girls will discover what each letter means, connect with how it impacts them, and take action by imagining how they can use STEM to make the world a better place!
Click here to get the patch requirements, and check out other Council Program Patches.
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