Happy New Year's Eve!
We hope you and your family are enjoying this festive holiday season. We celebrate all of the incredible things that 2018 offered in the West Region, and we look forward to all the wonderful activities to come in 2019!
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Girl Scout Day at the Capitol....
A Civic Engagement Success
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Using Their POWERFUL Voices
More than 500 Girl Scouts and their family members from across our Kansas part of the council joined us in late October for the largest event in our West Region...
Girl Scout Day at the Kansas State Capitol!
Girl Scouts learned how their voices matter by rotating stations that included hearing from City Councilwoman Karen Hiller, learning how the Kansas House of Representatives uses the voice vote, casting their own ballot in a voting booth and taking a scavenger hunt to learn about important things throughout the Capitol. These Girl Scouts also took action and brought donations for Veterans. The activities supported these Girl Scouts in earning a couple steps toward their Citizenship badge.
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An Event Like This is Not Possible Without AWESOME Volunteers
Day at the Capitol was such a success because of all those AMAZING individuals who said "YES!" to supporting girls who are learning how to use their voices in a POWERFUL way. We want to thank each and every individual who joined us. These generous individuals included community advocates, committed citizens, teen Girl Scouts, community partners & friends.
One group that joined us and took on every aspect asked of them was
JAG-K
which stands for Jobs for America’s Graduate- Kansas. This is a fantastic program that focuses on getting students ready for after high school life. JAG-K does this by helping the students focus on academics, soft skills, and their confidence. While the students are in this program they will be exposed to real life situation, competition, and post High school Education to where each student can then come up with their own Individual development plan for a successful life. What a FANTASTIC group of young leaders!
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Outdoor Experiences in 2019
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Backpacking at Perry Lake for Cadettes & Up
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Known as the best backpacking trail in Kansas, Perry Lake is the perfect place for a Girl Scout to enjoy a 10 mile backpacking trip! Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors & Ambassadors are welcome on this overnight excursion April 27-28 led by our Outdoor Experiences staff and experienced outdoor volunteers. The only prerequisite we ask is that you have previous hiking experience to endure a 10 mile hike! This is a great opportunity for girls to borrow equipment from the council and see if they enjoy backpacking!
Learn more about this excursion and others...
NOTE: There are a couple for Junior Girl Scouts too!
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Travel the American Southwest
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Our 2019 Outdoor Excursion is June 1-8, 2019 taking Girl Scout Cadettes*, Seniors & Ambassadors on a road trip to the American Southwest! Girls will visit at least five National Parks and monuments, sleep in tents at various campsites and adventure through deserts, canyons, forests and mountains and earn applicable outdoor badges along the way!
Learn more and reserve your spot! (*this trip is for girls entering 7th grade and higher at time of travel)
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Gold Award Advisors Needed
We're looking for outstanding adults to help mentor Girl Scouts pursuing their Gold Award in your area. If you're interested in helping a girl achieve the highest award in Girl Scouting, contact
TracyHull@gsksmo.org for more information.
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A Spotlight on Philanthropists Standing Up for G.I.R.L.s
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Thank you, Konza United Way!
Konza United Way is investing in Girl Scouts and making sure that all girls can join regardless of her family's financial situation. Their generous gift is supporting the cost of membership, uniforms, books, and outdoor experiences for Girl Scouts in the Konza service area. Click here to learn more about financial assistance available for Girl Scouts.
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STEAMing Ahead Thanks to The Women's Fund!
An innovative STEAM-focused Troop in Topeka/SU 701 is being sponsored this year with a special gift from
The Women's Fund. This troop is open to any Girl Scout in the Topeka area, even if they are already in another troop. Meetings are held at 4pm on two Sundays per month. Email Margaret Moore (
margaretmoore@gsksmo.org) for more details. Girls explore science, technology, engineering, arts, and math with hands-on activities sparking their curiosity in STEAM.
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Support Girls in YOUR Community!
Girls right in your community are living their Girl Scouting dreams because of the generous support of donors and volunteers who make this program possible.
As 2018 comes to a close, we currently have 568 girls waiting for funding to become Girl Scouts - and we need you! Your year end gift to Girl Scouts will change the lives of girls in your own neighborhood. These are girls who give back to your LOCAL charities, become your LOCAL leaders and support your LOCAL businesses!
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The Girl Scout Difference & GSKSMO Resources
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Girl Scouts takes the potential of girls, combines it with robust skill-building programming, and adds caring adult mentors and strong female role models. Everything a Girl Scout does centers around STEM, the outdoors, development of life skills, and entrepreneurship,and is designed to meet her where she is now and to grow along with her.
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STEAM
Computer science, engineering, robotics, outdoor STEM & more.
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LIFE SKILLS
Civic engagement, healthy living, global citizenship, communication skills.
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OUTDOOR
Civic engagement, healthy living, global citizenship, communication skills.
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches 5 critical business skills every girl needs to exceed.
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We know your Girl Scouts are working hard on their cookie business! Thank you parents / caregivers for supporting these AMAZING Entrepreneurs every step of the way!!
We also invite you and your Girl Scout to join us for Cookie U on January 19th. We know there have been super Cookie Kick-Offs across the West Region. Cookie U is just another opportunity to help girls earn that Cookie Pin and have a lot of FUN!
See all the details now.
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