Submitted by Charity Haviland Metro Denver Thornton Camp Coco is coming! We are hosting a fun camp for Girl Scouts to explore Mexican culture at Magic Sky Ranch November 1-3, 2019. Our girls will lead several stations related to “CoCo,” the movie, and Mexican tradition. Register online at http://girlscouts65792.org by September 29 to secure a spot. Contact Charity Haviland at gstroop65792@gmail.com for questions! 40963104_troop_overnight_camp_at_magic_sky_ranch_1 This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #CampCoco #MagicSkyRanch #GSCOevents #GirlScoutCamp #camp

Submitted by Michelle Pierce Metro Denver Lakewood Girl Scouts of all ages, plus guests, are invited to join us as we celebrate Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday at Roller City Skating Rink! When: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5 – 8 p.m. Where: Roller City: 6803 W Alameda Ave, Lakewood 80226 Cost: $10 per skater Prepay by Monday, October 27. Venmo money to @Kim-Dillard-12 or send checks to Rosewood Service Unit (13050 W. Cedar Dr. Apt. 50 Lakewood 80228). In memo put names first and last initial, so we can validate they have paid when they arrive. Sponsored by Rosewood Service Unit #632 for the Metro Denver region Pizza and cake will be provided at no extra charge. Other food or drink items may be purchased through Roller City. This is not a drop off event. All Girl Scouts must attend with a parent, guardian, or troop leader. Questions? Email unitmanager@rosewoodsu.com. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #skateparty #GSCOevents #JulietteGordonLowsbirthday #Lakewood #JulietteGordonLow #MetroDenver

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 at DryCreekSU622@gmail.com if you have any questions! Visit https://drycreek622.cheddarup.com for tickets! This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #AdventureGolf #GSCOevents #MetroDenver #Westminster

Submitted by Samantha K. Mountain Communities Steamboat Springs Everyone has a place they feel most comfortable; whether this is their home, with their friends, on the sports field, or just a special place. Mine is with my Girl Scout troop. Throughout my life, I have been a quiet person and Girl Scouts has made me reach out of my bounds. My first day of Girl Scouts remains prominent in my memory. It was a sunny afternoon, school had just started and the trees had yet to change. I was in fourth grade, I went to the charter school in north Routt County and had few friends in Steamboat. My mom brought me to the meeting place. Butterflies fluttered wildly in my stomach and I wanted to cry as we approached the meeting. Then the door flew open and a stream of girls flooded out of the building. Immediately, I was engulfed by a swarm of friendly Girl Scouts all my age. They welcomed me into their group like I was the long lost sister they had been looking for. This was my first troop. I learned how to interact with other girls and how to plan and run an event. We were a team, a family. Slowly this troop changed; people left, people joined, but two of us remained- just Grace and I. Grace is one of my best and longest friends in and out of Girl Scouts. Now the troop is Grace, Julia, Annette, and me. All of them make me feel welcome and help the real world can disappear. When I am with my troop, I act with confidence. All responsibility lifts off my shoulders and I am wrapped in a warm blanket of friendship. After each meeting, I leave feeling replenished as if I had a drink of happiness. In this troop, we support each other. Each of us has issues that drag us down every day, but when together we help each other through anything. This is my happy place. They are my second family. Our group works to be the leaders Steamboat Girl Scouts need. We were the ones who brought back events that Steamboat had lost. These events are still happening and it has been seven years. At first, our events heavily relied upon the troop leaders, but now we are running them with minor help from adults. I have learned so much but would have never reached this level of confidence without my Girl Scout troop. Even out of Girl Scouts, we take care of each other and have become better friends because of it. I do not know where my life would be without these amazing people. I do not know who I would be without their influence. The things I have learned have been from not only my troop but Girl Scouts in general. Camp has taught me how to manage myself, events have made me a leader, my troop has made me confident in myself, and my Gold Award project has given me the courage to do the impossible. Everything that has happened in Girl Scouts has made me a stronger, better person. I have become a G.I.R.L.: go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader, and a person I can be proud of because of Girl Scouts. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GirlScoutGoldAward #SteamboatSprings #GirlScoutGoldAwardcandidate #mountaincommunities #GIRLstories

All girls in grades 6-12 are invited to connect with professional women in a variety of career paths at Girl Scouts of Colorado’s second annual Secrets to Success event in Colorado Springs on Saturday, November 9, 2019. Girls will personally engage with more than 20 women leaders in the fields of technology, construction, healthcare, finance, nonprofit administration, entrepreneurship, and more, learning from role models who will help them become our future business and community leaders. This event joins today’s leaders with the next generation, to share their expertise and provide inspiration for success. Register online now: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/events-repository/2019/secrets_to_success_c.html In preparation for this exciting event, we are thrilled to announce some of the amazing women whom girls will be engaging with. Check out this blog post and others to learn about the women participating this year. Sydney Jackson is the morning meteorologist at CBS affiliate KKTV in Colorado Springs. She has been fascinated by weather since a small child and studied meteorology in Missouri before becoming a meteorologist for a station in Columbia, Missouri for four years. She came to Colorado Springs in 2018 and loves the different weather the Front Range offers in contrast to Missouri! Previously, she assisted teaching a college meteorology class, and is excited to see girls consider being a meteorologist as a career. Sydney will be leading one of our Conversation Stations at Secrets to Success on November 9. In this role, Sydney will be telling more than 100 girls about her work, why she loves it, and how she is changing the world with it. Sydney will join more than 20 other professional women who will be networking with girls to have them learn the myriad options open to them for their own future work. We are excited to have Sydney join us for this awesome event! #KKTV #SecretstoSuccessColoradoSprings #GSCOevents #ColoradoSprings #SecretstoSuccess #SecretstoSuccess2019 #funddevelopment #SecretstoSuccessConversationStationLeaders #SecretstoSuccessColoradoSprings2019 #PikesPeak

Submitted by Mandy Boos Metro Denver Thornton Join Troop 66778 for a Fun Day where your Girl Scout Brownie(s) will earn their “World of Girls” Journey! Where: Adams County Fairgrounds Al Lesser Building at 9755 Henderson Rd., Brighton 80601 When: November 2, 2019 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Cost: $8/girl (includes a fun patch and snack) Must Purchase Tickets by 10/18/2019. Ticket purchase: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/the-woods-service-unit-646 What to bring: Water bottle, snack for your Brownie(s) with food allergies, sack lunch (no fridge access), and NEW pet supplies or food for Broomfield FISH. A parent or leader is required to stay with each girl. There will be refreshments and food for purchase. 40963104_brownie_fun_day This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #journeyinaday #Journey #WorldofGirls #GSCOevents #GirlScoutBrownie #Brownie #BroomfieldFISH #WorldofGirlsJourney #Brownies #GirlScoutBrownies #Journeys #Thornton #MetroDenver

Submitted by Kalli Huffman Metro Denver Thornton Join Troop 66742 for a Fun Day where your Girl Scout Daisy (or Daisies) will earn their “Flower Garden” Journey! Where: Adams County Fairgrounds Al Lesser Building at 9755 Henderson Rd., Brighton 80601 When: November 2, 2019 from 9 a.m. – noon. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Cost: $8/girl (includes a fun patch and snack) Must Purchase Tickets by 10/18/2019. Ticket purchase: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/the-woods-service-unit-646 What to bring: Water bottle, snack for your Daisy (or Daisies) with food allergies, and gently-used men’s clothing or new men’s socks/underwear for the Denver Homeless Coalition. A parent or leader is required to stay with each girl. There will be refreshments and food for purchase. 40963104_daisy_fun_day This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #Daisy #Journey #GSCOevents #GirlScoutDaisy #FlowerGardenJourney #Daisies #GirlScoutDaisies #Thornton #MetroDenver

Get excited, Girl Scout volunteers! It is now easier to get the training and tips you need for your best Girl Scout year ever. Our new eLearning platform, gsLearn, is set to launch Monday, September 16, 2019. gsLearn is resource for you to access courses that meet you where you are in your learning experience. This user-friendly platform allows you to take courses on your own time, be engaged in your learning progress, and verify completion of required courses. Log in after September 16 by following these instructions: Go to girlscoutsofcolorado.org. Click on the “MY GS” tab at the top right of the webpage. Use your email and password for your MY GS account. Not sure what this is? Contact us, we can help! Select gsLearn from the options. All troop leadership team members with a 2020 membership will have immediate access to gsLearn. If you are an existing troop leadership team member and have not yet renewed your membership for the 2020 year, go ahead and do so! Once you’ve completed your membership renewal you will receive access to gsLearn. For all other volunteer roles, we are working hard to provide you access and will send a notification with instructions on how to log in soon. You will still see the option to log in from the MyGS tab on our website, however it will redirect you to contact your council to set up your account. If you hold a non-troop leader volunteer role and feel that you need immediate access, please contact us and we can help. Still have questions? Join us Wednesday, September 25, for a Facebook LIVE event! Can’t attend live, but have a question to ask? Email Kendy and we will answer it! You can access the recording of the Facebook LIVE on the GSCO Facebook page under videos. Need an in-person training? Check our training events page! We are excited for our volunteers to have this resource in their toolboxes! See you online! #onlinetraining #VolunteerNews #training #eLearning #gsLearn

All girls in grades 6-12 are invited to connect with professional women in a variety of career paths at Girl Scouts of Colorado’s second annual Secrets to Success event in Colorado Springs on Saturday, November 9, 2019. Girls will personally engage with more than 20 women leaders in the fields of technology, construction, healthcare, finance, nonprofit administration, entrepreneurship, and more, learning from role models who will help them become our future business and community leaders. This event joins today’s leaders with the next generation, to share their expertise and provide inspiration for success. Register online now: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/events-repository/2019/secrets_to_success_c.html In preparation for this exciting event, we are thrilled to announce some of the amazing women whom girls will be engaging with. Check out this blog post and others to learn about the women participating this year. Karole Campbell is an entrepreneur, having founded Madwoman Marketing Strategies in 2013 to assist all sorts of organizations with their marketing, strategic planning, and advertising needs. Her award-winning creative style and innovative methods makes her the go-to person for organizations needing that fresh boost of energy in their marketing and presence. She is involved in multiple local boards and organizations, including those that specifically support and empower women, including Pikes Peak Women and Women Who Get Stuff Done. As Karole says, “[women] have a unique collaborative approach to problem-solving. We develop ‘win-win’ solutions.” Karole’s energy and enthusiasm is well-known in the community; she is active in crossfit and yoga, a paddle-boarder, crazy hiker, a world-traveler, and is the perfect partner to her exuberant Cattle dog, Ruxton. Karole will be leading one of our Conversation Stations at Secrets to Success on November 9. In this role, Karole will be telling more than 100 girls about her work, why she loves it, and how she is changing the world with it. Karole will join more than 20 other professional women who will be networking with girls to have them learn the myriad options open to them for their own future work. We are excited to have Karole join us for this awesome event! #SecretstoSuccessColoradoSprings #GSCOevents #ColoradoSprings #Communitypartnerships #SecretstoSuccess #funddevelopment #SecretstoSuccessConversationStationLeaders #communitypartners #SecretstoSuccessColoradoSprings2019 #PikesPeak

Submitted by Randi Bangerter Metro Denver Highlands Ranch We learned sending a message on a computer network is very complicated. Even short messages must travel through many other computers and networks. They don’t just go to directly to their destination. By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours. #GirlScoutsoftheUSA #GSUSA #STEM #HighlandsRanch #GirlScoutJunior #GirlScoutJuniors #Junior #cybersecuritypatch #cybersecurity #Juniors #MetroDenver #PaloAltoNetworks #patch

State Street Ballet – “Nutcracker” 12/16/16 GranadaTheatre Girl Scouts are invited to take advantage of a discount on orchestra and balcony tickets at the 2 p.m. performance of the State Street of Santa Barbara’s Nutcracker at the Community Concert Hall at FLC in Durango on December 14, 2019! Tickets are $15 per Girl Scout and full price for adults on orchestra and balcony tickets.  Artistic Director Rodney Gustafson holds true to the original classical ballet in this Tchaikovsky masterpiece, creating a traditional “Nutcracker” set in Victorian times and suited for all ages. The ballet will be accompanied by a live orchestra, as the San Juan Symphony is set to perform. To purchase tickets, call the Concert Hall at (970) 247-7657 and ask for Doug Gonzalez. #Durango #GSCOevents #ballet #Communitypartnerships #SouthwesternCO #Nutcracker2019 #StateStreetBalletofSantaBarbara #communitypartners #Nutcracker

Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors are invited to a special “mini teen academy” program at the Denver FBI office on  Friday, November 15, 2019 from 9 a.m. – noon. The traditional Teen Academy program allows high school students an opportunity to get a comprehensive look into today’s FBI. This program will include a panel discussion with female FBI employees,  SWAT demo, tactical demonstration from the Evidence Response Team (ERT), and presentation on cyber safety. Register online now: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/events-repository/2019/fbi_tour_for_seniors.html This is a drop off event. Participants should arrive by 8:45 a.m. to start check-in. Girls will be required to submit a parent permission form, photo release, and indemnity form to participate. Girls ages 18 and older will be required to provide their date of birth, social security number, and full name to comply with FBI policies, and bring a photo ID on the day of the event. Two Girl Scouts of Colorado staff will accompany the group. Capacity is limited to 40 Girl Scouts. Registration will close on Tuesday, November 5 OR when capacity is met. Please be aware that the program is subject to change based on the needs of the FBI. All attendees must have a current Girl Scout membership. Questions? Email aimee.artzer@gscolorado.org. #GSCOevents #oldergirls #GirlScoutSeniors #GirlScoutSenior #GirlScoutAmbassadors #Ambassador #Communitypartnerships #Denver #communitypartners #GirlScoutAmbassador #MetroDenver #senior #FBI