Girl Scout Sign-up Days
Fun with friends. New adventures. Making a difference. Girl Scout Sign-up Days are open to current members and those curious about joining Girl Scouts. Earn a free patch with hands-on activities, find out what’s new in Girl Scouting, meet Girl Scouts from your area, and kick off an amazing Girl Scout year! Pueblo: Saturday, Sept. 18 Loveland: Sunday, Sept. 19 * Littleton: Saturday, Sept. 25 Downtown Denver: Saturday, Sept. 25* Colorado Springs: Sunday, Sept. 26*
*Special features: CEO Meet and Greet and Mobile Shop Sept. 19, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at The Ranch at the Budweiser Event Center, Loveland Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Empower Field, downtown Denver Sept. 26, 10-11 a.m. at Vibes Stadium, Colorado Springs
Time to “Press Play” on another Girl Scout year!
Renew your Girl Scout membership by September 30 to be eligible for renewal incentives for girls, troops, troop leaders, and service units. There will be weekly drawings for prizes for girls and troop leaders in September and hourly on Girl Scouts New Year’s Eve (Sept. 30). The earlier you renew, the more chances you’ll have to win! Already renewed? You are already entered to win!
Troops can join Club 100 by renewing your troop or recruiting new girls! Troops that reach 100% and have the same number of girl members (or more!) on October 1, 2021, as they did on March 31, 2021, will receive an exclusive reward!
Service units with a 75% or higher renewal rate will be entered to win custom service unit patches for your whole unit!
GSCO announces Mental Health Initiative!
We’ve heard loud and clear from Girl Scouts that they want tools and support to help them take the lead for their own mental wellness, as well as that of their peers and community. To provide this, we have partnered with experts in the field to bring the Sisterhood of Support, a new mental wellness initiative to Colorado.LEARN MORE
Fall 2021 Troop Days at Camp: Sky High Ranch and Tomahawk RanchYou’re invited to visit camp with your troop this fall! At Tomahawk Ranch in Bailey, troops can spend a full day exploring the beautiful camp property and getting to do a ton of fun camp programs! The program day is open to troops of 30 Girl Scouts or less. Tag alongs under parent supervision are welcome too! After your troop reserves and pays for the program day through our property reservation system, you will receive a link to select their full day program choice from tons of fun options like adventure survival, barnyard, camp crafts and more. Cost: $45/ Girl Scout with one free adult per five paying Girl Scouts, includes cold lunch for all guests.
At Sky High Ranch in Woodland Park, troops will choose an activity theme for programing provided by Sky High Ranch staff and also be responsible for some independent program. Troops will be set up in a home base unit for the day where they can do their own activities when not with camp staff and troops will provide their own lunch. Troops can do archery, crafts, team-building, and zip-line for Juniors and older! Base cost for the whole day is $25/troop, plus add on fees per activities selected.
Read our FAQs for more information on registration and other camp policies.
Read all the details on program description and what to expect during the camp.
Outdoor Adventure Club
The Outdoor Adventure Club (OAC) is back this fall with lots of awesome programs for our OAC Explorers (6th graders) and OAC Trailblazers (7th – 12th graders). Girls will have get to try out tons of cool programs like team-building challenges at a high ropes course, geocaching, becoming a warrior woman with self-defense and mindfulness programs, snow tubing, ice skating and more. Check all the event descriptions, registration information and other details on the the Outdoor Adventure Club web page.
The New GSCO Activity Guide is here!GSCO offers a wide variety of programming and training for girls and adults throughout the year. This guide will help you and your girl(s) plan out your year with Girl Scouts and, of course, get excited for everything that is to come.
It’s not too late to participate in the Fall Product Program!
Fall Product Program combines educational activities with money-earning opportunities for troops. Fall Product Program is directed toward family and friends and can be done entirely online through the M2 operating system platform. The program enables troops to earn proceeds by selling magazine subscriptions as well as nuts and candy.
Girls participating develop skills in business ethics, financial literacy, and ecommerce. They learn how to set goals, make individual and group decisions, develop sales pitches, manage troop proceeds, and market their sale.
Sound familiar? That’s because the Fall Product Program introduces girls to the same entrepreneurial skills as the Cookie Program and enhances the development of those skills.
Those skills are more important than ever! Setting goals and problem solving go hand-in-hand with teaching girls how to chart a course and adjust to overcome the bumps along the way.
By participating in the Fall Product Program, troops earn 13% of their magazine subscription orders as troop proceeds, plus $1.05 per nut or candy item for nuts sold. Girls also earn rewards based on their participation in the Fall Product Program and have the option of choosing Cookie Credits as rewards too. Girl who send 18+ emails to family and friends via the M2 platform, and sell $375+ in combined sales (online and/or in-person) during 2021 Fall Product Program, will earn a personalized avatar patch!
There are contests during the program for girls to enter too! Check out our GSCO blog for details.
The Fall Product Program began September 11 and runs through October 25. Girls can start at any time during the program
For more information, go to the GSCO website Fall Product Program page or contact GSCO customer care at 1-877-404-5708.
Highest AwardsAll bridging girls have until Sept. 30 to complete their Highest Awards projects and submit a Bronze and Silver Notification form. After Sept. 30, girls who have bridged to Cadettes are no longer eligible to earn the Bronze Award; girls who have bridged to Seniors are no longer eligible to earn the Silver Award.
Highest Awards training for troop leaders is available on gsLearn! Leaders can take general highest awards training and then specific modules for the Bronze or Silver Award. Gold Award training is always offered for girls to take on their own time through the Google classroom. Visit the Gold Award webpage for the link to take training.
Girl Scouts change the world!
International Day of the Girl is just around the corner! Tune in Saturday, October 9, for a FREE virtual celebration where you can discover how you and your friends can make the world a better place for girls everywhere. You’ll meet some of the 2021 Gold Award Girl Scouts and see that you (yes, YOU) have what it takes to become a Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award Girl Scout. If you’ve already earned Gold, you can look forward to a special session honoring all you’ve achieved. It’s a day of inspiration, sisterhood, and global action.
Register now! Kudos to our event sponsor, The LEGO Group, and to our scholarship funders, the Kappa Delta Foundation and Arconic Foundation for making it all possible.LEARN MORE
Thank you for acting as a Girl Scout ambassador in your community!We’d like to show our appreciation for completing at least three community engagement activities during the fall 2021 membership drive by sending you a Girl Scout bandana. Complete this form to share what you did to represent Girl Scouts in your community and to request your bandana.
Save the Date: Virtual Leadership Summit
Join us on September 18 and 19 for our second Virtual Leadership Summit. This year we will have a special keynote and training on mindfulness in youth from the Mindfulness & Positivity Project! Connect with other leaders from around the state and level-up your Girl Scout knowledge with courses like Bringing Mindfulness into Troop Meetings, Older Girl Scouts Taking the Lead, and Getting Girl Scouts Outdoors. All courses will be on Zoom. Visit the Leadership Summit page to view the schedule. Registration closes tomorrow, so register today!
GSCO Program FeatureNew Badge Try It Out (DBJ): If you haven’t had a chance to try out the new Entrepreneur Badges, now is your chance. In this event, we will showcase an activity from the Daisy Toy Business Designer, The Brownie Budding Entrepreneur, and the Business Jumpstart badges.
Denver: Sept 18, 1-2 p.m.
Grand Junction: Sept 18, 1-2 p.m.
Colorado Springs: Sept 18, 1-2 p.m.
Northern Colorado: October 16, 1-2 p.m.
Art and Emotional Resilience (CSA): Girl Scouts will work their way through a craft designed to help them reflect on and express their emotional state in healthy ways. Girl Scouts will be encouraged but not required to share about their process and to continue to use art as a means to identify and explore their feelings.
Denver: Sept 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Grand Junction: Sept 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs: Sept 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Northern Colorado: October 16, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Check out the calendar of events for all our program listings.
Unable to attend an in-person event? Be sure to check out our digital program offerings through GSCO on the Go! Badge Series, Hang Outs, Know-Hows, and many of our in-person programs are accessible to Girl Scout across the state in this digital space.LEARN MORE
September gsLearn Course HighlightBack to troop means back to meetings! And back to meetings means managing the members of your troop children, families, and co-leaders alike! As we know, when managing groups of people, conflict is bound to happen. So, get prepared to manage conflict by taking 512 Conflict Management course in gsLearn! This can be found on your gsLearn dashboard or in the content library.
We’re hiring!Girl Scouts of Colorado is a great place to work. Join our team and put your Girl Scout knowledge and your skills to work making a difference in the lives of girls. We are seeking creative, collaborative, and customer-centric teammates for a variety of positions! If you fit that mold, check out our openings and get ready to be inspired by girls.
Upcoming Events
Check the events calendar for exciting events in your community. Girl Scouts of Colorado is always planning fun and educational events for girls across the state. Some of these events are highlighted below!
STREAM Girls Saturday, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 2 STREAM Girls gives Girl Scout Juniors and Cadettes the opportunity to earn a special patch as they serve as citizen scientists, anglers, and artists, to build an appreciation for watershed conservation and the environment. This outdoor watershed experience employs STEM-education (science, technology, engineering, math) plus recreation and arts to explore a local stream.
Water Cycle Sunday, Sept. 19 and Sunday, Sept. 25 The Water Cycle is an all-female crew, partially funded by National Geographic, biking 2000 miles from the source of the Colorado River to the sea! Along their journey they will be stopping at points to talk to Girl Scouts about the ins and outs of bike packing and our local Colorado River watershed.
Girl Scout Tree Promise with Colorado State Forest Service Sept. 23- The Closer You Look Sept. 30- Discover Diversity This series is especially designed to help you dive into the Girl Scout Tree Promise.
Hey Google Sept 28 – What is a software engineer? Oct 7- What is a data analyst? Oct 20- What are product specialist roles like?
Learn about STEM careers and what a day is like in that career from staff at Google in Boulder, Colorado.
Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge Oct. 9, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Join us for our annual Girl Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge when representatives from local STEM-focused organizations will lead hands-on activities for Girls Scouts! All Girl Scouts, friends, and family are invited.
Lockheed Martin Lunch Launch STEM Event Oct. 27, 6– 8 p.m. Join us for a VIRTUAL Badge-in-a-Day event celebrating Lucy’s launch. The event will feature a keynote speech from Southwest Research Institute, a STEM activity, and a career panel with Lockheed Martin’s high school intern recruiter.
