Splash into summer fun with Girl Scout Camp!
Check out what our camps have to offer on our Camp Information page.
You will also find valuable information in our 2009 Camp Brochure .
What are you waiting for? Get your fun-meter ticking!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Splash into summer fun with Girl Scout Camp!
Splash into summer fun with Girl Scout Camp!
Check out what our camps have to offer on our Camp Information page.
You will also find valuable information in our 2009 Camp Brochure .
What are you waiting for? Get your fun-meter ticking!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Girl Scouts & Microsoft Partner to Keep Girls Safe Online
LMK (“let me know”) is an online safety campaign created in partnership with Girl Scouts of the USA and Microsoft. The campaign includes an interactive Web site for girls, as well as an e-newsletter and web site for adults. Girls can learn how to be stay safe online, while their parents can subscribe to a newsletter, written by girls. The newsletter will help parents gather tips and tools to help keep their families safer online. Girls can visit the web site just for them http://lmk.girlscouts.org.
Parents can find great information at http://letmeknow.girlscouts.org
Monday, May 18, 2009
Congratulations Dakota Barnes!
Congratulations are in order to Dakota Barnes for being named the Youth Citizen of the Year by the Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau and the Hailey Chamber of Commerce. Dakota is a sophomore at Wood River High School and an outstanding Girl Scout, currently serving as a Senior Girl Scout Member on the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council Board of Directors. Not only was Dakota heavily involved in volunteering for the 2009 Special Olympics, but she also volunteers for the Wood River Arts Alliance, the Sun Valley Jazz Festival, Lee Pesky Scavenger Hunt, and the Holiday Basket program, just to name a few. Suffice it to say, Dakota is active and involved in her community.
Below is a video of Dakota accepting the Youth Citizen of the Year Award.
Visit the sunvalleyonline.com here for the link to the whole story.
Below is a video of Dakota accepting the Youth Citizen of the Year Award.
Visit the sunvalleyonline.com here for the link to the whole story.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Leader Appreciation Day
Join us for some cake and goodies, celebrating our leaders!
Do well your part today, the work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers . . .
You have done your part well helping us make tomorrow better for every girl.
Thank you to our volunteers who are making a difference with girls and their communities.
Do well your part today, the work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers . . .
You have done your part well helping us make tomorrow better for every girl.
Thank you to our volunteers who are making a difference with girls and their communities.
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.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
JOIN THE GIRL SCOUTS FOR SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION NIGHTS
BOISE, ID – The majestic songs of birds, visions of chartreuse budding flowers, and the excitement of Girl Scout Summer Camp all signal that spring is here and summer is on the way.
Whether your daughter is a first time camper, or a returning camp veteran, plan to attend the Girl Scout Camp Information Nights, which will be held:
- 5:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Holy Rosary Medical Center, 351 SW Ninth Street, Ontario, OR.
- 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Friendship Square at 610 Reserve Street, Boise.
- 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Grace Episcopal Church at 411 10th Ave S., Nampa.
- 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, April 6, 2009 at the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Idaho Falls office at 320 B Street, Suite 110, Idaho Falls.
- 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Pocatello office at 555 1st Ave S., Pocatello.
- 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Twin Falls office at 143 4th Ave. W., Twin Falls.
The Girl Scout camping season kicks off July 12 and continues through August 14. The Camp Information Nights are for everyone, Girl Scouts and non-Girl Scouts alike. Parents and girls will be treated to a special seminar on how, and what, to pack for their week away in the wilderness. Other topics include affordability, financial aid, food service, health and safety, family/group camp, and the American Camp Association accreditation. Learn what each Girl Scout Camp, Camp Alice Pittenger and Camp Ta-Man-a-Wis, have to offer.
For more information about the Girl Scout camp program contact Sheila Kibler at 208-377-2011, ext. 129 or email skibler@girlscouts-ssc.org. Visit www.girlscouts-ssc.org to view the camp brochure.
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