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My First Year as a Girl Scout

GSCO blog

Mar 22, 2021
1 min

My First Year as a Girl Scout

Submitted by Kalise M. Metro Denver Golden This is my first year as a Girl Scout and I am working so hard to be able to go horseback riding this spring or summer. I was a go-getter because I asked my neighbors to order cookies. I was an innovator because I thought outside the box and wrote a note to all my neighbors to order cookies, so I would not get sick. I was a risk-taker because I joined Girl Scouts. I am a leader because I lead by example. We want to hear how your girl

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Dec 10, 2019
1 min

Women in STEM and the outdoors

Julianna “Cosmic” Desiato is a part-time Girl Scouts of Colorado staff member who works with the Outdoor Adventure Club. She is also a senior at Colorado School of Mines in Golden. For her final in a “science communication” class, she wrote a paper about the OAC, why women are discouraged from entering STEM fields, the outdoor industry, and how creating programs that combine the two can do a whole lot of good for girls. Read it here: Science_Communication_Final___Desiato.p

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Girl Scout Engineering Day

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Sep 18, 2019
1 min

Girl Scout Engineering Day

The Society of Women Engineers at Colorado School of Mines is thrilled to invite Girl Scout Juniors to their annual Girl Scout Engineering Day on Saturday, November 2, 2019! At this event, Girl Scout Juniors will explore engineering and design and build simple machines. Activities will meet some requirements for the “Think Like an Engineer” Journey and “Mechanical Engineering: Crane” badge. The cost is $10/Girl Scout and includes an “Engineering Day” patch. Snacks will be pro

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Volunteer Spotlight: Catherine Bendl

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Apr 21, 2019
2 min

Volunteer Spotlight: Catherine Bendl

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Catherine Bendl of Golden in the Metro Denver region is a shining example of the wonderful role Girl Scout volunteers play in the lives of girls and our community. GSCO asked Catherine to answer a few quick questions about her volunteer experience. We hope you find her as inspiring as we did. Why did you become a Girl Scout volunteer? I became a Girl

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GSCO blog

Apr 17, 2019
2 min

Christina Bear’s message to Colorado Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award Girl Scouts

Gold Award Girl Scout Christina Bear is the first recipient of Girl Scouts of Colorado’s Stephanie A. Foote Leadership Prize for Gold Award Excellence. In 2015, Christina earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts, for organizing a week-long technology program for Latino students at Horizons Summer Program at Colorado Academy. Through informal learning in computer and robot programming and mini-science experiments, students were engaged and excited abo

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Volunteer Spotlight: Marie Williams

GSCO blog

Apr 3, 2019
3 min

Volunteer Spotlight: Marie Williams

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Marie Williams of Golden in the Metro Denver region is a shining example of the wonderful role Girl Scout volunteers play in the lives of girls and our community. GSCO asked Marie to answer a few quick questions about her volunteer experience. We hope you find her as inspiring as we did. Why did you become a Girl Scout volunteer? I became a Girl Scout

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Gold Award Girl Scout: Emma Conroy, Golden, “Educational Video called ‘EEGs Made Easy'&#

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Feb 25, 2019
4 min

Gold Award Girl Scout: Emma Conroy, Golden, “Educational Video called ‘EEGs Made Easy'&#

What did you do for your Gold Award project? I created an educational video explaining how to have an EEG (anelectroencephalogramused) to diagnose epilepsy. It is a step-by-step video explaining exactly what happens in a humorous way, so kids aren’t scared by the process. How did you measure the impact your Gold Award project made on your target audience? I know that I reached the 40 people that came to my launch party, 20 people from my diagnostic community, at least 350 peo

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Girls Lead the Way conference at Colorado School of Mines

GSCO blog

Nov 29, 2018
2 min

Girls Lead the Way conference at Colorado School of Mines

Help us spread the word for this year’s Girls Lead the Way leadership conference hosted by the Society of Women Engineers collegiate and professional sections at Colorado School of Mines! During the conference, high school girls (grades 9-12) will interact with current Mines students and faculty in three, hour-long engineering and/or applied math and sciences activities designed to engage students with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors at Mines.

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GSCO blog

Oct 18, 2018
1 min

Girl Scout Engineering Day

Girl Scout Engineering Day Saturday, November 10, 2018 9 a.m. – Noon Colorado School of Mines – Ben Parker Student Center $10/girl Register at: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/content/girlscoutsofcolorado/en/events-repository/2018/girl_scout_engineeri.html Girl Scout Juniors are invited to join Colorado School of Mines Society of Women Engineers for a fun day of science explorations! The morning will consist of several science activities ranging from mechanical engineeri

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Gold Award Girl Scout Zoi Johns named VFW Colorado Scout of the Year

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Jul 17, 2018
1 min

Gold Award Girl Scout Zoi Johns named VFW Colorado Scout of the Year

Gold Award Girl Scout Zoi Johns of Golden was honored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as the Colorado Scout of the Year in June 2018. VFW recognizes the impact scouting has on not only the nation but the world. Zoi told Girl Scouts of Colorado, “Thank you for being a part of my story and my success. THIS is why we do what we do.” Learn more about Zoi’s Gold Award project on GSCO blog: http://gscoblog.org/2017/10/girl-scout-gold-award-project-zoi-johns-golden-project-waterwise

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Gold Award Girl Scouts impact Colorado communities and beyond

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Nov 16, 2017
4 min

Gold Award Girl Scouts impact Colorado communities and beyond

Twenty-five Girl Scouts from across Colorado have earned the distinction of Gold Award Girl Scout, the highest honor in Girl Scouting, after completing take action projects benefiting their local communities and those around the world. Meg Bleyle from Highlands Ranch, Highlands Ranch High School, worked to increase the bee population by teaching children about how people need and depend on bees. Beth Bolon from Longmont hosted a workshop for sixth grade girls to help them imp

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GSCO STEM events this fall

GSCO blog

Nov 15, 2017
3 min

GSCO STEM events this fall

Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison More than 200 Girl Scouts, friends, and family enjoyed Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge on Oct. 14, 2017. Girls met several badge requirements by doing hand-on activities with different STEM organizations and toured the fossils at Dinosaur Ridge. One of the best things about this event is that it is both a Girl Scout and a family event. While the event was geared towards Girl Scouts, there was something for everyone. GSCO would like

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Juniors earn “Animal Habitats” badge

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Oct 5, 2017
1 min

Juniors earn “Animal Habitats” badge

Submitted by Dorothy Morris Metro Denver Golden Girl Scout Junior Troop 63915 earned our “Animal Habitats” badge at Crown Hill Park. Ranger Chris and Ranger Kelly taught us about the many animal habitats in JeffCo’s oldest open space park. Wetlands, tall grasses, trees, water, and marshlands are the homes to many wild animals- right in the middle of the city! We explored the animal sanctuary and saw a coyote den (no coyotes, though. They must have been out hunting for food),

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Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge

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Oct 5, 2017
1 min

Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge

Join us for our annual Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017! It’s also National Fossil Day, so come learn about fossils and celebrate. All Girl Scouts, friends, and family are invited. We’ll have representatives from area STEM organizations with hands-on activities for the girls. The event will start at 9 a.m. and Girl Scouts have until 3 p.m. to complete activities. Troops and families should allow at least two hours to complete activities and plan to

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Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Zoi Johns, Golden, “Project waterwise”

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Oct 5, 2017
6 min

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Zoi Johns, Golden, “Project waterwise”

What did you do for your Gold Award project? In rural Namasale, Uganda, water was scarce. There was no form of clean water in the near distance forcing over 150 children to risk their lives in search of a water source. Girls would travel dangerous lengths in the dark at the risk of rape, just trying to provide their family with the necessity that was not accessible to anyone. My project addressed this issue at the root. In addition to the one tank that was provided to the Glo

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Back to the basics with Daisies

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Dec 8, 2016
1 min

Back to the basics with Daisies

Submitted by Marie Williams Metro Denver Golden Our new Daisy troop is just beginning to learn the Girl Scout Law. At our last meeting, we met Lupe the Lupine and learned about what it means to be honest and fair. Then, we practiced being fair by sharing the special pink star beads when making friendship bracelets! It just takes simple lessons to teach our Daisies how to put the Girl Scout Law into practice. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can

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Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Meredith Greer, Golden, “Sharing and Caring: For Health and Lif

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Mar 9, 2016
3 min

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Meredith Greer, Golden, “Sharing and Caring: For Health and Lif

What did you do for you Gold Award project? My Gold Award Project addressed the hygiene area at the Jeffco Action Center. The Action Center is an organization in Lakewood that provides shelter, food, clothing, and other necessities to people in need. I identified three main problems with the hygiene area: first, a lack of organization and accessibility for volunteers to create kits; second, a lack of supplies to distribute; and third, a need for sustainable organizations to c

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Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Emma Hesse, Golden, “Teen Boutique at the Jeffco Action Center&

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Mar 3, 2016
5 min

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Emma Hesse, Golden, “Teen Boutique at the Jeffco Action Center&

What did you do for your Gold Award project? For my Gold Award Project, the Teen Boutique at the Jeffco Action Center, I worked with the Jeffco Action Center, a local organization that provides various services (including a clothing bank, food pantry and financial services) to Lakewood residents in need. My goal was to help raise the self confidence of teens in need in my school and community by addressing three main issues at the Jeffco Action Center: The lack of personnel

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Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Grace Dorgan, Golden, “The Nature Now Project”

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Mar 2, 2016
3 min

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Grace Dorgan, Golden, “The Nature Now Project”

What did you do for your Gold Award project? For my Gold Award, I addressed the need for free, natural science curricula that gets kids outdoors to foster a love of nature and science. I designed a free, hands-on natural science curriculum for elementary aged students that can be taught anywhere by anyone. I taught this program to urban, underserved, minority students in Denver. I put together an in-depth manual that included all lessons, learning objectives, worksheets, vi

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Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Carrie Bishop, Golden, “Unknown Garden Crevices”

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Feb 25, 2016
3 min

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Carrie Bishop, Golden, “Unknown Garden Crevices”

What did you do for your Gold Award project? For my Gold Award Project, I addressed the need for low water landscaping through adding an educational aspect to the Community Heroes Crevice Garden at the Apex Simms Street Center. In addition to fundraising for and purchasing a bench, I also designed and purchased an educational sign and a website domain (www.communityheroesgarden.com). The website provides information on my Gold Award project, crevice gardening, and information

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