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Jun 8, 2021
1 min

Girl Scout Gold Award project: Igniting Adventure Event

Submitted by Corinne R., Girl Scout Gold Award candidate Metro Denver Westminster As a capstone piece of my Gold Award project, I created Igniting Adventure event to teach girls outdoor skills that can be used in the wilderness. The skills the girls will be learning are: outdoor hygiene, water purification, orienteering, tent set up, shelter building, camouflage, outdoor cooking, fire building, packing, and Leave No Trace. This camp is for Juniors and Cadettes. It is a three

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Girl Scout Launches Website for Gold Award

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May 11, 2021
1 min

Girl Scout Launches Website for Gold Award

Submitted by Anna H., Girl Scout Gold Award candidate Metro Denver Westminster Hello everybody! My name is Anna and I am a Girl Scout Ambassador working on my Gold Award. My project is on bird conservation. My goal is to make the world a more bird-friendly place. I’m excited to announce the launch of my project website, https://www.conservebirdsathome.org! On my website, you will learn: How to protect birds from windows How to let cats safely outside while not hurting bird po

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Bird-Friendly Gold Award Project: Learn How to Save Our Feathery Friends

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Mar 25, 2021
2 min

Bird-Friendly Gold Award Project: Learn How to Save Our Feathery Friends

Submitted by Anna H., Girl Scout Gold Award candidate Metro Denver Westminster Hello everyone! My name is Anna, and I am an Ambassador currently working on my Gold Award. I have some free, educational webinars that Girl Scouts and their families can attend! My project is on making the world more bird-friendly. With the forces of habitat loss and human-related dangers such as domestic cats, bird populations are declining at alarming rates. My goal is to educate high schoolers

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Girl Scout Day at Butterfly Pavilion

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Nov 10, 2020
2 min

Girl Scout Day at Butterfly Pavilion

This program is hosted by Butterfly Pavilion. Please email all questions to mcopan@butterflies.org. Girl Scouts are taking over Butterfly Pavilion on November 14, 2020 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Earn your Brownie Bugs badge or Daisy Make the World a Better Place petal. Register now: https://butterflies.org/event/girl-scout-day/ Due to COVID-19, registration is limited to ensure safety and maximize fun! Girl Scout Day tickets will allow up to 20 guests for each time slot. For the fi

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Uniform to Uniform in Westminster

GSCO blog

Mar 5, 2020
1 min

Uniform to Uniform in Westminster

Submitted by Amanda Brown Metro Denver Westminster The girls did a cookie booth and invited the firefighters who were shopping to check out their cookie booth. They bought two packages of cookies and loved the sales skills the girls learned. These Girl Scouts also earned the Uniform to Uniform patch! Learn how to earn yours: http://gscoblog.org/2020/01/uniform-to-uniform-patch-for-the-2020-girl-scout-cookie-program/ #UniformtoUniformpatch #Westminster #2020GirlScoutCookieProg

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Letterboxing with Brownies

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Oct 23, 2019
1 min

Letterboxing with Brownies

Submitted by Rebecca Knight Metro Denver Westminster The Brownies from Girl Scout Troop 60493 recently earned their “Letterboxer” badge. They searched for one letterbox and had so much fun planting two other letterboxes! They want to share their clues with you, so your Brownies can earn their “Letterboxer” badge too. Follow this link to atlasquest.com and share the adventure: https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=310459 This story was submitted using the Share Your St

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Girl Scout Day at the Butterfly Pavilion

GSCO blog

Sep 25, 2019
2 min

Girl Scout Day at the Butterfly Pavilion

Girl Scouts are taking over the Butterfly Pavilion on Saturday, November 9, 2019 for a special day just for you! Join GSCO for a day of fun activities, crafts, and live animal encounters that will help you meet all the steps for your Brownie “Bugs” badge, Brownie “Eco Friend” badge, or Daisy “Make the World a Better Place” petal! Cost: Individual adults: $12 (members $5) Individual Girl Scouts: $8 (members $5) Children under 2: FREE The Butterfly Pavilion is happy to offer gr

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Fall fun at Adventure Golf

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Sep 17, 2019
1 min

Fall fun at Adventure Golf

Submitted by Shauna Hodges Metro Denver Westminster Service Unit 622 is hosting a fall rally and fun day September 22, 2019 at Adventure Golf! Tickets are still available and we’ll have fall prizes for everyone to see and fall rally activities too! Tickets must be picked up between 1 – 3 p.m., if you purchase ahead, but Unlimited passes are good all day! Ticket prices are: Unlimited Fun Pass – $25, Unlimited Mini Golf Pass – $12, Single Round of Golf – $6. Please email us a

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End of Girl Scout year bash at Urban AIR

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May 6, 2019
1 min

End of Girl Scout year bash at Urban AIR

Submitted by Jordan Cadena Metro Denver Westminster Please join us at our end of the Girl Scout year bash at Urban AIR on May 23, 2019 from 4 – 8 p.m. All Girl Scouts, friends, and family will receive ultimate access to the ropes course, ninja warrior course, trampolines, and much more for only $19.99! We will be giving all leaders and girls who are in uniform a free cupcake! Urban AIR is located in Westminster at 7025 W. 88th Ave. This story was submitted using the Share You

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Volunteer Spotlight: Shauna Hodges

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Apr 5, 2019
3 min

Volunteer Spotlight: Shauna Hodges

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Shauna Hodges of Westminster 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 Shauna 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 was a Girl Sco

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Brave Games: Wet, wild, water Edition

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Mar 6, 2019
1 min

Brave Games: Wet, wild, water Edition

Submitted by Denine Dains Northern & Northeastern CO Boulder Join us for “Brave Games: Wet, wild, water edition” day camp June 10 – 14, 2019 from 9 a.m. -3:30 p.m. at Boulder Valley Church of Christ (270 76th Street, Boulder 80303). Our camp offers girls entering grades K-5 a traditional camping experience, emphasizing Girl Scout traditions, songs, archery (Brownies and Juniors), camp cooking, camp games, crafts and wet, wild, water fun. Daisies will be completing their Outdo

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Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame

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Feb 15, 2019
2 min

Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame

Submitted by Mikayla Geeve Metro Denver Westminster I learned about women who are part of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. I researched these three women: Lily Nie, Marion Downs, and Jill Tietjen. Lily Nie helped Chinese babies from orphans and brought them to America to be adopted. She did this because foreigners could not adopt Chinese children. Marion Downs was able to change the world by giving babies hearing aids, so that they could learn and read at the same time that

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GSCO blog

Feb 13, 2019
1 min

2019 Best Cookie Video contest: Genevieve’s cookie video

My Name is Genevieve and I am a Girl Scout Brownie. This is my second year selling cookies and my goal is 1,000 packages of cookies so I can go to Mermaid Camp. I am working really hard doing booth sales and going door-to-door, so I can earn enough Cookie Credits so that I don’t have to mow lawns to help pay for camp! Watch my video here: https://youtu.be/cq9ysodK2cw To enter this year’s “Best Cookie Video Contest,” just email your video, along with a brief story and your coo

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Cybersecurity 1: Basics with Coalfire

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Dec 10, 2018
1 min

Cybersecurity 1: Basics with Coalfire

When: Saturday, January 12, 2019 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Where: Coalfire 11000 Westmoor Cir Westminster, CO 80021 Girl Scout Juniors are invited to work with cybersecurity experts at Coalfire to earn their “Cybersecurity 1: Basics” badge! The “Cybersecurity 1: Basics” badge will be provided at the event. Girl Scouts: $5 Adults: FREE Register online: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/content/girlscoutsofcolorado/en/events-repository/2019/cybersecurity_1_basi.html Girls will learn

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GSCO blog

Dec 10, 2018
1 min

Cookie Rally to help our military

Submitted by Rebecca Knight Metro Denver Westminster The girls from Troop 60493 have put together an awesome cookie rally and service project for the military on January 12, 2019! Held at the Westview Rec Center in Westminster, girls will work on their cookie selling skills and earn a financial literacy or cookie business badge (DBJ-badge not included). This year, we will also make paracord survival bracelets for our military overseas as a service project. CSA’s are invited t

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Girl Scout Day at the Butterfly Pavilion

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Oct 16, 2018
2 min

Girl Scout Day at the Butterfly Pavilion

Saturday, November 3, 2018 9 a.m. – 5 p.m 6252 W 104th Ave. Westminster, CO 80020 Register at: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/content/girlscoutsofcolorado/en/events-repository/2018/girl_scout_day_at_th_988795276.html Mark your calendars for one wild time! Girl Scouts are taking over Butterfly Pavilion on November 3 for a special day! Join us for a day of fun activities, crafts, and live animal encounters that will help you meet all the steps for your Brownie “Bugs” badg

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Oct 15, 2018
2 min

Juliette Low’s Skate City birthday celebration

Submitted by Jordan Cadena Metro Denver Westminster Please join Service Unit 646 in celebrating Juliette Low’s birthday at Skate City in Westminster on October 23, 2018 from 6 – 8 p.m. Admission is $5 and skate rental is $2.50, which will both be paid at the door. If you’d like to purchase a glow in the dark Juliette Low patch, you can do that at the craft table for $2. The girls will also have the opportunity to skate, play games Juliette Low would have played, create a “fla

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May 30, 2018
1 min

Wild Stories troop camp

Submitted by Marcia Roe Metro Denver Westminster Join Troop 1359 for an adventure filled weekend at Magic Sky July 20 – 22, 2018 with Max from Where the Wild Things Are, The Little Prince, Merida, and many more. The stories are just the start to the stories and camp memories we will make this weekend because the best stories are those we live ourselves. $70 for GSCO girl members $50 for GSCO safetywise adult members Payments https://troop-1359.cheddarup.com Questions? Contac

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Volunteer Spotlight: Marcia Roe

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Apr 24, 2018
2 min

Volunteer Spotlight: Marcia Roe

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Marcia Roe of Westminster in the Metro Denver region volunteers with the Outdoor Adventure Club, in addition to leading a troop of older girls, running a day camp in the summer, and helping lead the Peak to Peak service unit. She is also a shining example of the wonderful role Girl Scout volunteers play in the lives of girls and our community. GSCO as

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Brownies deliver cookies to Hometown Heroes

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Apr 5, 2018
1 min

Brownies deliver cookies to Hometown Heroes

Submitted by Sandra Scofield Metro Denver Westminster/Arvada Brownie Troop 66532 chose first responders as their Hometown Heroes to receive Girl Scout Cookies this year. Each girl took one of the local fire and police stations. We delivered Station 5 their cookies and they spent two hours answering all of her questions and giving us a tour of the station and all the equipment. They were grateful and so are we for all that they do to keep our community safe! This story was sub

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