National Girls & Women in Sports Day with DU Gymnastics February 10, 2019 2 p.m. Magness Arena 2250 E Jewell Ave Denver, CO 80208 Join us to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day with the DU Gymnastics team! All Girl Scouts, family, and friends are invited to cheer on the team as they take on the University of Oklahoma! The event starts at 2 p.m. and is at Magness Arena (2250 E Jewell Ave, Denver, CO 80208). Girls will also get to participate in a post meet coach’s Q & A! Tickets are $7.00 and can be purchased online with the following steps: Go to denverpioneers.com Select the tickets tab at the top of the page Select promo code button above sports pictures Enter promo code GIRLSCOUTS This is not a drop off event and all girls must attend with a parent, guardian, or troop leader. Questions? Call Max Miller at (303) 871 – 6048. #UniversityofDenver #GSCOevents #Communitypartnerships #Denver #communitypartners #DUGymnastics #NationalGirlsampWomeninSportsDay #MetroDenver

Older Girl Scouts, let’s get ready for your next great adventure: COLLEGE! Join GSCO at Colorado Mesa University on January 26, 2019 from noon – 1 p.m. to answer all your burning questions about your future. The Mesa County College and Career Advisors will cover: College application process Timeline to get you ready Scholarship applications and FAFSA What you can do NOW to prepare Register today before spots fill up! https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/content/girlscoutsofcolorado/en/events-repository/2019/college_prep_western.html Want to make a full day of learning about your future? Attend Secrets to Success in the morning! https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/events-repository/2019/secrets_to_success.html #GSCOevents #oldergirls #collegeprep #GrandJunction #WesternColorado #ColoradoMesaUniversity

Tower Bridge How long have you been associated with Girl Scouts? Since 1979 The Global Action Committee? One year What is your role on the Global Action Committee? Not much Why did you join the Global Action Committee? I would love to help out because I have traveled so much, but not a lot of extra time I can commit. What World Centers have you visited or participated in a session with? Pax Lodge twice, Sangam, and Our Chalet. What is your fondest memory or experience at this center? Meeting other Girl Guides from different countries. Doing a service project. What is one piece of advice you would give to girls wanting to learn about or become involved with Global Girl Scouting? Just do it. Don’t dwell so much on the cost of the trip, you can’t put a price tag on the experience. Want to be involved with the Global Action Committee? Email us at gscoglobal@gmail.com. #GlobalActionCommittee #GlobalGirlScouts #VolunteerNews

Girl Scout Camp is a place for every girl to answer the call to adventure, grow in confidence, and discover the power she has to change the world! For summer 2019, your girl can hike to the top of a mountain, star in an all-camp skit, or steer a canoe. She’ll try new things, push herself, and embrace challenges. Girl Scouts of Colorado has sessions designed for girls entering first grade through seniors in high school at both Sky High Ranch near Colorado Springs and Tomahawk Ranch southwest of Denver. Overnight camp sessions are 3 days, 6 days, or 2 weeks. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Jan. 17 on the Girl Scouts of Colorado website at girlscoutsofcolorado.org. Dozens of sessions and camps are available for summer 2019, including: “Lone Rangers” at Tomahawk Ranch- Girls will learn about the barnyard and have a chance to feed, groom, and love our four-legged friends. They’ll also make crafts, master a line dance or two, roast s’mores around a campfire, learn to rope, and more! “Oopy Goopy Science” at Sky High Ranch – Girls will learn how to launch pop and tea bag rockets, explode watermelons, and make fizzy lemonade to drink. “Pioneers” at Tomahawk Ranch- Older girls will take a trip back to the 1800’s! They’ll cook over a fire and make jams and pies with fresh fruit. They’ll also learn to cure their own jerky, dehydrate fruits and vegetables, make cheese, bread, and butter. “Camp Wondering Water” at Sky High Ranch – Older girls will learn how to survive at a primitive campsite and hone survival skills, such as water purification, orienteering, shelter building, and fire safety. The entire summer camp schedule is posted on the Girl Scouts of Colorado website (http://www.camp.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/). Register early. Some sessions fill in just a few hours! Girl Scouts of Colorado also offers day camp, family camp, and troop camp adventures throughout the state. #daycamp #overnightcamp #SkyHighRanch #GSCOevents #familycamp #troopcamp #GirlScoutCamp #TomahawkRanch #GirlScoutCamp2019

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: How computers read information How networks work What protocols are How computers communicate What malware is Breakfast and snacks will be provided. We encourage participants to plan for a late lunch on their own after the session is over. This is not a drop off event. Adult-to-girl ratios for events must be met. Girls attending with a troop leader should bring a completed parent permission form for a Girl Scout activity that troop leaders will retain for their records. Registration ends: Tuesday, January 8 Questions? Email aimee.artzer@gscolorado.org #GSCOevents #Westminster #STEM #Cybersecurity1Basicsbadge #Communitypartnerships #GirlScoutJunior #GirlScoutJuniors #Junior #cybersecurity #communitypartners #badge #Juniors #MetroDenver #Coalfire #Cybersecurity1Basics

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 to help at the event as well! The cost is $12 per participant. Please follow this link (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050e44ada822a57-cookie) to sign up and we will send you a Square invoice through email. Choose either the morning or afternoon rally. We would love to see you all there! These girls are amazing go-getters and leaders! They have planned this entire cookie rally and service project from beginning to end to help their Girl Scout sisters with cookie business skills and to say thank you to our military. You will see them at the rally playing games, doing crafts, and roleplaying with the girls to get them ready for this year’s cookie season. They will wrap up their time with the girls making those paracord survival bracelets for our military overseas. 40963104_girl_scout_cookie_rally_flyer This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GSCOevents #Westminster #CookieRally #cookies #GirlScoutCookieProgram #MetroDenver #2019GirlScoutCookieProgram

Submitted by Susan Twetten Northern & Northeastern CO Boulder For the second year in a row, Girl Scout Troop 73500 in Boulder volunteered their Saturday morning to clean bikes for Share-a-Gift, which helps low-resource families provide holiday gifts for their kids. The girls cleaned 145 bikes! This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #boulder #NorthernampNortheasternCO #ShareaGift

Submitted by Rebecca Greco Metro Denver Broomfield Brownie Troop 65575 took a field trip to the Apple Store at Flatirons Mall and earned their “Cybersecurity Basics” and “Cybersecurity Safeguard” badges. They learned about the internet and the importance of protecting themselves online. At their next meeting, the Brownies expanded on the things they learned by working together to design castles. The girls had very imaginative ideas of ways to protect their castles and we talked about why it’s important to protect themselves online. We’re excited to dig deeper into cybersecurity when they earn their “Cybersecurity Investigator” badge! This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GirlScoutBrownie #Brownie #STEM #CybersecurityBasics #Brownies #Apple #Broomfield #CybersecuritySafeguardbadge #GirlScoutBrownies #cybersecurity #CybersecuritySafeguard #MetroDenver #CybersecurityInvestigatorbadge #STEMbadges #FlatironsMall #CybersecurityBasicsbadge #AppleStore #CybersecurityInvestigator

Thanks to donors from across Colorado who chose Girl Scouts of Colorado on Colorado Gives Day and helped us raise nearly $21,000!  Missed it?  You can still make a gift here. #ColoradoGivesDay #ColoradoGivesDay2018 #funddevelopment

Submitted by Ariella Wells Northern and Northeastern CO Fort Collins Some of the girls from Troop 70720 gave a few hours of their time the day before Thanksgiving to volunteer at our local food bank. It is one of our regular service projects. It’s a great way to give back to our local community. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #FortCollins #NorthernandNortheasternCO

Submitted by Jessica Spangler Metro Denver Denver Girl Scout Cadette Elizabeth completed the “Think Like a Programmer” Journey with the help of her multi-level troop. She planned a web-site to raise awareness of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to inspire people everywhere to make lifestyle changes that can help solve the problem and protect our resources. First, the girls made a list of local, personal, and global problems computers can solve. They learned about what programmers do and what computers do to solve problems. With input from the troop, Elizabeth chose a community to focus on for her Take Action project: the ocean community of people and animals. She narrowed down all the problems affecting the ocean community to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They used computational thinking by taking a big problem, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and breaking it into steps. They learned how to apply user-centered design by identifying the concerns, interests, and needs of the users of the oceans: humans need healthy food, transportation, medicine, minerals, transportation, and a healthy climate, and sea creatures need a healthy, clean environment to live in. Elizabeth’s solution was to educate and inspire people about the garbage patch,. She considered what might be important to our users: easy ways to take action and step-by-step instructions. Elizabeth used feedback to improve her solution by learning what current ocean clean-up projects tell the public that people can do to help. Elizabeth wanted to reach others to teach them what she learned, so the troop hosted a Call to Action event for the whole community. During the event, troop members and attendees learned about the problem and created artwork to raise awareness and remind them of their pledge to Take Action. Elizabeth came up with the idea to create a website to share information about the garbage patch, so her project would be sustainable. She wanted the website to include information for visitors on how to contact their elected representatives and information on local recycling options. The finished website includes art inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch created by Elizabeth, her troop, and the event guests. It also includes instructions on how to make your own art and pledge to Take Action to ensure our oceans are protected! Please visit the site at https://garbagepatchcalltoaction.myvidmy.com/ and share the link with everyone you know to create lasting change! This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #ThinkLikeaProgrammer #Journey #STEM #oldergirls #Denver #Journeys #ThinkLikeAProgrammerJourney #MetroDenver #TakeActionProject #TakeAction #GreatPacificGarbagePatch

Submitted by Nancy Mucklow Mountain Communities Steamboat Springs At the after school Daisy Club, we have been getting familiar with the 10 parts of the Girl Scout Law. So far, we have earned five Daisy petals. The girls have also earned some “fun patches” for the various places we have toured and visited. A recent session focused on the “respect authority” piece of the Girl Scout Law. We visited the Steamboat Springs Police Department to see how they help our community and how respecting the laws helps all of us. The girls got to sit in the patrol car, turn on the lights, see all the tools needed for the job of police officer, and run a radar “gun.” They met a female officer, who shared her insights about her job. Officer Buttermore was a Girl Scout in Colorado when she was growing up! These Girl Scout Daisies learned how our public service officers lead the way in modeling great behavior. They know that following the rules makes our community a safer place! This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #Daisy #RespectAuthoritypetal #RespectAuthority #GirlScoutDaisy #Daisies #petals #Daisypetals #Daisypetal #SteamboatSprings #GirlScoutDaisies #mountaincommunities #SteamboatSpringsPoliceDepartment