GSSSC Recently Awarded $10,500 in Grants

GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL RECENTLY AWARDED $10,500 IN GRANTS
The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council (GSSSC) recently received four grant awards totaling $10,500 from The Whittenberger Foundation, the Caldwell Community Foundation, Idaho Community Foundation, and the Idaho Women’s Fitness Celebration Foundation. Funding from these foundations will go toward much needed youth development programs for girls living on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation (on the Idaho-Nevada border), at Farmway Village (outside of Caldwell), and in the Treasure Valley.

GSSSC Receives Grant from The Whittenberger Foundation
The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council received a $5,000 grant from The Whittenberger Foundation. Funding will help bring the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience troop program to girls on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and send these girls to the American Indian Scouting Association Conference in Pocatello, Idaho during the 2009 summer. The Duck Valley Indian Reservation sits on the Idaho/Nevada border and is home to approximately 2,300 Shoshone-Paiute people. GSSSC has provided quality, sustainable youth programs and opportunities for girls to connect with positive mentors on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation for 15 years.
GSSSC Receives Grant from The Idaho Community Foundation

The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council received a $1,000 grant from The Idaho Community Foundation.
Funding will help bring the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience troop program to girls on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and send these girls to the American Indian Scouting Association Conference in Pocatello, Idaho during the 2009 summer. The Duck Valley Indian Reservation sits on the Idaho/Nevada border and is home to approximately 2,300 Shoshone-Paiute people. GSSSC has provided quality, sustainable youth programs and opportunities for girls to connect with positive mentors on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation for 15 years.

The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization composed of over 370 individual funds, pooled together for efficient management. Total assets are more than $72 million. Since its inception in 1988, ICF has made charitable distributions totaling more than $31 million.

GSSSC Receives Grant from The Caldwell Community Foundation
The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council received a $2,500 grant from the Caldwell Community Foundation. Funding will go toward providing Girl Scout programs at Farmway Village, a migrant farmworker community on the outskirts of Caldwell. Girls will participate in leadership activities and will have the opportunity to travel during Summer 2009 to a location in the Pacific Northwest.

GSSSC Receives Grant from the Idaho Women’s Fitness Celebration Foundation
The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council received a $2,000 grant from the Idaho Women’s Fitness Celebration Foundation to help fund youth development programs in the Treasure Valley. Funding from the Foundation will go towards special programs like College 101, where girls take a tour of a college campus with volunteer mentors from the local Sorority); Visions, an in-school/after-school program that helps girls transition to “teenage-hood” successfully – with confidence and self-esteem; and Science & Technology Day at Micron, where girls learn engineering and science in a fun-filled environment.

Poster Contest

The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council and the Teen Advisory
Committee are hosting the first annual Girl Scout Cookie Poster
Contest. Girl Scouts of all ages are encouraged to explore their
creativity and design a poster with the medium of their choice.
Suggested themes are listed below. Individual girls and/or troops
can enter to win. Winners will be judged by the Teen Advisory
Committee for creativity. One winner per grade level will be
chosen. Winning posters will be reproduced and distributed
Council wide. See official rules below.


Rules
Each poster must be on 8 ½ x 11’ paper (no lined paper).
Each poster must have attached registration form included.
There will be one winner per grade level.
Posters are due February 1, 2009! (This is the last final date to have the posters turned in.)
You may use any medium you like, but posters will need to lie flat in order to be scanned for reproduction.

Name:___________________________
Troop Number:____________________
Grade Level:______________
Address:_________________________
Phone Number:____________________

Check which theme you choose for your poster:
( ) Imagine if . . . we could change the world with cookies.
( ) How do you eat your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?
( ) Other, please explain the theme of your poster________________________________

Please mail or bring all posters to:
Attention: Teen Advisory Committee - Poster Contest
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council,1410 Etheridge Lane, Boise, Idaho 83704

Official entry form here.

Girl Scouts + Idaho Steelheads **date changed

***DATE CHANGED

Friday, February 13th, 2009 at 7 pm
(Doors Open at 6:30 pm)
Join us for a night packed with excitement!
Girl Scouts, family, and friends are all invited to enjoy the
Idaho Steelheads vs. Fresno Falcons game on January 16th.
Tickets for adults are $13 and youth tickets (16 and under)
are $11.

Registered girls will automatically be entered in a drawing
to drop the first game puck and for a zamboni ride.
Tickets must be ordered by February 9th, 2009 and are
subject to availability.

To order tickets contact:
Tickets need to be purchased through the Girl Scout Council
Office at 1410 Etheridge Lane, Boise, Idaho.
Phone: (208) 377-2011 Fax: (208) 377-0504
www.girlscouts-ssc.org

After tickets are purchased you will need to pick them up
from will call the night of the game.


Click here for ticket purchasing form.

CRAZY CHEMISTRY FUN WITH “DR. PICKLESTEIN,” BARBARA MORGAN, AND THE GIRL SCOUTS

BOISE, ID – Join the Girl Scouts for a night of crazy chemistry concoctions and space odysseys with Henry “Dr. Picklestein” Charlier, Boise State University Chemistry Professor and Barbara Morgan, Endeavor astronaut at the BSU Student Union in the Barnwell Room from 7:00-9:00 pm on Tuesday, December 9th located at 1910 University Drive in Boise.

Charlier has participated in a science community outreach for over 14 years. This year he is aiming to reach 2000 students with his science program, sharing the wonder of science with people of all ages. He is especially interested in sharing this opportunity with girls and young women. “Females are underrepresented in science and I am committed to do my part to help reach a balance in the sciences,” said Charlier. By inviting the Girl Scouts to this event he knows he can reach a larger number of girls and young women to share his love of science with. Barbara Morgan will also be on hand to share her experiences with NASA and to answer questions. Of the evening’s activities Charlier states, “I am hoping that this will really prove to be an inspiration to the girls in attendance.”

Admission is $5 at the door (Girl Scouts may use cookie bonuses). For more information call Debbie Love at 208-377-2011 ext. 104.

Girl Scouts Welcome New Member/Marketing Specialist

Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council announces that Stephanie Richardson has been hired as our membership/marketing specialist for Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Power, Franklin and Oneida counties.
Stephanie has had a successful career as a business owner of Countryside Interiors in Pocatello and has worked in sales and marketing for many years. She has a B.B.A. degree in marketing from Idaho State University.

Ms. Richardson will be working to increase volunteer participation in Girl Scout programs and work with current volunteers to increase the number of girls returning each year. Girl Scouting has many cutting edge personal growth programs to assist girls of all backgrounds and provide opportunities for girls to practice new skills and be exposed to new experiences and contribute to the communities in which they live. She will develop specific marketing approaches for Girl Scout programs in the community and will plan and implement strategies for the cultivation, recruitment and retention of girls and adults based on a current knowledge of data on demographics, membership trends and community resources.

The Girl Scouts is in need of adult volunteers. Girl Scouts works to build girls of courage, confidence and character and relies on community members to lead programs. There are many opportunities that provide programming beyond traditional troops to help girls build self-esteem and self-worth. Contact Stephanie if you would like to hear more about volunteer opportunities at 208-234-9076.

Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council is located in the new Idaho Food Bank building at 555 South 1st, in Pocatello.