Friendship Fest 
Planning is underway for our 4th annual Friendship Fest - our largest fundraising event of the year!
 
One hundred percent of net proceeds from this event will benefit local Girl Scouts in support of our mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character.

Our current sponsors:
  • Allied Business Solutions
  • BizPrint
  • Boise State University College of Engineering
  • CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
  • D.L. Evans Bank
  • DataTel Communications
  • Elam & Burke Attorneys at Law
  • HP
  • Homewood Suites
  • Icon Credit Union
  • Insure Idaho LLC
  • Washington Trust Bank
For more information about this fun event,  click here.
If you would like to become a Friendship Fest sponsor, contact: 
Joanne Taylor, Chief Development Officer at  jtaylor@girlscouts-ssc.org
Cookies +  Milk
With the overwhelming success of lasts year's Cookies + Milk charity, we were ecstatic to once again partner with the United Dairymen of Idaho  campaign to benefit the Idaho Foodbank, and Albertson's. 

Can we beat last years record of 9,800 boxes of cookies donated to the Idaho Foodbank? With the United Dairymen's match, we can provide up to $10,000 in milk to Idaho's food insecure population.  Find out more here.

Photo credit Boise State University

STEM Matters
Thanks to an invitation from the Idaho STEM Action Center, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage hosted an informational booth with a catapult building station at the 2017 STEM Matters Celebration. This event showcased STEM and computer science projects from students, community members, and companies. Over 150 students attended, as well as state legislators, and members of the public.
Program Update: 
Boise State Engineering and Science Festival
More than 70 Girl Scouts attended the Boise State Engineering and Science Festival, held on February 4th. Featured were more than forty different activities, as well as other things to see and do, including a visit with NASA Astronaut, Steve Swanson.

Girl Scouts received a 3D printed pin to commemorate the event!


Happy Campers
Letter to Camp Directors from Troop 522 in Duck Valley

Thanks to the generous support of people like you, 83 low-income girls had an amazing experience at camp last summer. 

Camp scholarships, or "Camperships," provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience to Girl Scouts at Camp Alice Pittenger and Ta-Man-A-Wis.

With your help, we can give even more girls a summer to remember.

Progress at Camp Alice Pittenger 
Thanks to you, Camp Alice Pittenger is going to look much different this spring! Some of our staff donned protective eye wear to get a sneak peak at our Shower House in production at Nashua Builders.

In-Kind Shower House Contributors:
Nashua Builders 
AEI Construction
Kesler Contruction, Inc.
Electrical Engineering Company 
Tikker Engineering
Structural Edge Engineering
TRW Architecture, Chartered
Express Appliance
Best Bath Systems
OK Gravel Works, LLC 
Paige Mechanical Group
#LikeAGirlScout
Rebecca Gerritsen is a savvy cookie seller. But for her, the program is more than selling cookies;  it's a means to  achieve her goals. She wants to become a chemist, to find a cure for cancer and other diseases.  To read more about how Rebbecca works hard #LikeAGirlScout visit:  https://goidaho.com/rebecca-gerritsen/



Gold Award Recipient
Anne Nygard used her passion for running to help refugees in our community. As a  high school cross country and track  runner, Anne knew that athletes only wear their running shoes for a certain amount of miles. So, she organized a team called Running for Refugees to collect used shoes and redistribute them at a running clinic. She was asked to attend  the Human Rights Day Celebration and speak  about her program  during the legislative session.
Your Generous Contributions:
Thank you to the following organizations and foundations for their generous support:
  • A1 Plumbing $1,500 for Shower House Campaign
  • AT&T $2,000 for STEM Program
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill $247 for programs and activities
  • Dick's Sporting Goods $250 for Camp Program
  • Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation $2,500 for Girl Scout Leadership and Educational Program
  • Idacorp Ada/Elmore Employee Giving $1,020 for programs and activities
  • Idaho Power Co. $5,000 for Camp Program
  • J.R. Simplot Foundation $2,500 financial assistance for low-income girls in Eastern Idaho
  • Nampa Kohl's donated $1,500 to local troops in November and December
  • Micron Foundation $3,500 for STEM Program
  • Roger's Northside Garage $1,500 for Shower House Campaign
  • Rotary Club of Twin Falls Foundation $950 financial assistance for low-income girls
  • Pfizer Foundation Volunteer Program $1,000 for local troop activities
  • St. Luke's Regional Medical Center $10,000 2017 Community Health Improvement grant for Outdoor and Visions Program
  • The Nagel Foundation $10,000 for Visions Program
  • The Whittenberger Foundation $5,000 for Visions Program
  • Valley Corvettes $1,000 for Shower House Campaign
  • Payette Lakes Progressive Club $2,500 for Shower House Campaign
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