The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage were highlighted in the Better Business Bureau's Integrity Counts segment on June 20, 2009 on the Fox 12 show Business at its Best. Find out why the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council were one of five businesses recognized.
Here is the link to the news story. (The segment begins at 17:58 in the video.)
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Food Banks are a Little Sweeter
Local food banks are cashing in their chips…their Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, Thin Mints, and Tagalongs, that is.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council, in partnership with J. R. Simplot Company, is donating 2,500 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to various agencies in Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, and Boise.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council is grateful to the J. R. Simplot Company for their support of Girl Scout programs in southern Idaho. This donation is a true reflection of the generosity and compassion that exists within our community.
“What I love about the cookie program is that it allows girls of all ages to set age-appropriate goals, work together as a team, and feel a sense of accomplishment,” said Shelli Rambo Roberson, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council CEO.
The Girl Scout Cookie program offers Girl Scouts the opportunity to earn money for camp, attend workshops, go on destination travel experiences, or help others in her community. By selling cookies girls learn communication skills, customer service, planning, and leadership. Every year, Girl Scouts offer the community the option to donate their purchased Cookies to the Gift of Caring service project. Cookies that are donated to this campaign are distributed to other community non-profits and military personnel serving overseas.
“[We] are so proud of our cookie program which teaches team-building, money management, goal-setting, marketing and servitude. These are life-long skills that will serve girls as they develop into leaders,” said Shelli Rambo Roberson.
For more information on this event, contact Paige Weber at (208) 377-2011 ext. 126
About the Idaho Foodbank:
The Idaho Foodbank distributes food through its network of 215 partner agencies statewide, including local rescue missions, church pantries and soup kitchens. As it enters its 25th year, the Foodbank system has provided 76 million pounds of food to hungry Idaho families since 1984. Its vision is that no one in Idaho will go hungry.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council, in partnership with J. R. Simplot Company, is donating 2,500 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to various agencies in Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, and Boise.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council is grateful to the J. R. Simplot Company for their support of Girl Scout programs in southern Idaho. This donation is a true reflection of the generosity and compassion that exists within our community.
“What I love about the cookie program is that it allows girls of all ages to set age-appropriate goals, work together as a team, and feel a sense of accomplishment,” said Shelli Rambo Roberson, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council CEO.
The Girl Scout Cookie program offers Girl Scouts the opportunity to earn money for camp, attend workshops, go on destination travel experiences, or help others in her community. By selling cookies girls learn communication skills, customer service, planning, and leadership. Every year, Girl Scouts offer the community the option to donate their purchased Cookies to the Gift of Caring service project. Cookies that are donated to this campaign are distributed to other community non-profits and military personnel serving overseas.
“[We] are so proud of our cookie program which teaches team-building, money management, goal-setting, marketing and servitude. These are life-long skills that will serve girls as they develop into leaders,” said Shelli Rambo Roberson.
For more information on this event, contact Paige Weber at (208) 377-2011 ext. 126
About the Idaho Foodbank:
The Idaho Foodbank distributes food through its network of 215 partner agencies statewide, including local rescue missions, church pantries and soup kitchens. As it enters its 25th year, the Foodbank system has provided 76 million pounds of food to hungry Idaho families since 1984. Its vision is that no one in Idaho will go hungry.
Monday, June 29, 2009
In the News . . .
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council in Pocatello made the news with their Mom & Me Tea Party.
Here is the link to the story http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10606977
Here is the link to the story http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10606977
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Girl Scouts Meeting with Inmates at PWCC
KIDK in Pocatello highlights the Girl Scouts Behind Bars program. Please see the link below for video and the story.
http://www.kidk.com/news/42934147.html?video=pop&t=a
Story by Wes Horrocks of KIDK
POCATELLO - A new Girl Scout troop is being organized in Pocatello, and unlike most troops they'll spend one day a month at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center.
The girls are part of a program called Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, and will actually be at the prison to spend time building relationships with their moms. Tami Romriell, Assistant to the Warden and organizer of the program said, "I've been working on this since last year."
Six inmates and 10 girls, ages five to 16, are involved in the new program.
At Saturday's first meeting the girls and their mothers learned to trust through a blindfolded Easter egg hunt. Romriell said, "I wanted to make sure as much as possible that they were going to be good mothers when they got back."
But the inmates and their daughters aren't the only ones benefiting. People assigned to care for the girls are also happy about the new program. "For many of them this is their daughter that's up here, that's incarcerated. So they certainly want their daughters to be better," said Romriell.
The program follows a handbook designed to help mothers and their daughters reconnect.
Stephanie Richardson, Marketing and Membership Specialist with the Silver Sage Girl Scouts Council said, "We're really trying to get them to communicate again, build trust back up again."Romriell added, "Just a lot of different activities that help that bond become stronger again."The idea for the special girl scout troop started in Maryland in 1992. Now 40 councils across the country are involved. Richardson said, "Even if we only teach them one skill they can build on that, and we've made a difference."
And organizers are excited to watch everyones progress. "I actually totally forgot I was up at the women's prison," said Richardson.
Eyewitness News will continue to follow this troop in the future and let you know how they're doing.
Also, troop leaders are looking for community volunteers to help out with the new program.
http://www.kidk.com/news/42934147.html?video=pop&t=a
Story by Wes Horrocks of KIDK
POCATELLO - A new Girl Scout troop is being organized in Pocatello, and unlike most troops they'll spend one day a month at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center.
The girls are part of a program called Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, and will actually be at the prison to spend time building relationships with their moms. Tami Romriell, Assistant to the Warden and organizer of the program said, "I've been working on this since last year."
Six inmates and 10 girls, ages five to 16, are involved in the new program.
At Saturday's first meeting the girls and their mothers learned to trust through a blindfolded Easter egg hunt. Romriell said, "I wanted to make sure as much as possible that they were going to be good mothers when they got back."
But the inmates and their daughters aren't the only ones benefiting. People assigned to care for the girls are also happy about the new program. "For many of them this is their daughter that's up here, that's incarcerated. So they certainly want their daughters to be better," said Romriell.
The program follows a handbook designed to help mothers and their daughters reconnect.
Stephanie Richardson, Marketing and Membership Specialist with the Silver Sage Girl Scouts Council said, "We're really trying to get them to communicate again, build trust back up again."Romriell added, "Just a lot of different activities that help that bond become stronger again."The idea for the special girl scout troop started in Maryland in 1992. Now 40 councils across the country are involved. Richardson said, "Even if we only teach them one skill they can build on that, and we've made a difference."
And organizers are excited to watch everyones progress. "I actually totally forgot I was up at the women's prison," said Richardson.
Eyewitness News will continue to follow this troop in the future and let you know how they're doing.
Also, troop leaders are looking for community volunteers to help out with the new program.
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