Friday, December 21, 2012
Trefoil Project to Support Connecticut Girl Scouts
Read our Council's blog to learn about the Trefoil Project to Support Connecticut Girl Scouts.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Living the Girl Scout Promise and Helping Others
Girl Scouts Host Toys for Tots Drive
Nearly 200 Girl Scouts who reside on the Peninsula in Hampton Roads participated in the seasons’ Toys for Tots drive. They collected 672 toys to donate to the Marine Corps program. To help promote the drive and get more girls involved, the Peninsula service units held a friendly competition with the prize being bragging rights. On Saturday, December 15, Corporal Emily Hutchins, the Newport News Marine Corps event coordinator for Toys for Tots, was on site at the GSCCC Peninsula Service Center to accept the donations for distribution. She left with a van filled, from stuffed animals and baby dolls to toy cars and trucks.
“We have over 2,000 families that we are helping this year, each one with two to five children," she said. "We try to make sure that each child gets a couple of toys and that each family gets a board game or two. Collection drives like these have a great turnout. The Girl Scouts did a super job."
Some Girl Scouts troops budgeted money from their fall product sale proceeds to go shopping for the Toys for Tots drives. Other girls got their families involved and came to drop off toys with their parents and siblings.
This is just one of the many community service project efforts area Girl Scouts have been involved with over the past few months. From making hundreds of toiletry kits for children and donating them to the Hurricane Sandy victims to helping the Salvation Army with their gift program, Girl Scouts were eager to help others.
Nearly 200 Girl Scouts who reside on the Peninsula in Hampton Roads participated in the seasons’ Toys for Tots drive. They collected 672 toys to donate to the Marine Corps program. To help promote the drive and get more girls involved, the Peninsula service units held a friendly competition with the prize being bragging rights. On Saturday, December 15, Corporal Emily Hutchins, the Newport News Marine Corps event coordinator for Toys for Tots, was on site at the GSCCC Peninsula Service Center to accept the donations for distribution. She left with a van filled, from stuffed animals and baby dolls to toy cars and trucks.
“We have over 2,000 families that we are helping this year, each one with two to five children," she said. "We try to make sure that each child gets a couple of toys and that each family gets a board game or two. Collection drives like these have a great turnout. The Girl Scouts did a super job."
Some Girl Scouts troops budgeted money from their fall product sale proceeds to go shopping for the Toys for Tots drives. Other girls got their families involved and came to drop off toys with their parents and siblings.
This is just one of the many community service project efforts area Girl Scouts have been involved with over the past few months. From making hundreds of toiletry kits for children and donating them to the Hurricane Sandy victims to helping the Salvation Army with their gift program, Girl Scouts were eager to help others.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Samoa Soiree Joins Facebook
GSCCC’s signature event now has its own Facebook page! Like Samoa Soiree on Facebook for all sorts of updates! You will find photographs from Samoa Soirees in the past, announcements about participating restaurants this year (expect some new Peninsula restaurants!), silent auction sneak peeks and other behind the scenes updates. If you have attended the Samoa Soiree in the past, we’d love to have you share your experiences on our page! Also, keep a lookout for contests throughout the upcoming months!
You can also join the Samoa Soiree event page on Facebook and share it with your friends!
You can also join the Samoa Soiree event page on Facebook and share it with your friends!
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