Submitted by Tiare Santistevan Northern & Northeastern CO Fort Collins Girl Scouts are invited to CSU’s Equine Experience Time to Ride workshop on November 3, 2018! Girl Scout Juniors can work on the requirements for the “Horsemanship” badge. Girls will learn grooming, handling, horse body language, riding, and more. Classes may be indoor and outdoors depending on the weather. Please wear horse appropriate clothing, including long pants and closed shoes, preferably boots with a heel. Additional helmets and boots will be available for riders. Riding Time: 9 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Must choose a riding time slot for each Girl Scout. Four girls per group. Cost:$ 20/Girl Scout Registration deadline: October 27, 2018 Registration includes permission, liability, and photo release forms, which will be emailed to the required email. Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e49a4a62aaaf85-csutime This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #Horsemanshipbadge #GSCOevents #ColoradoStateUniversity #Horsemanship #NorthernampNortheasternCO #GirlScoutJunior #GirlScoutJuniors #Junior #EquineExperience #CSU #equine #horses #badge #Juniors #CSUsEquineExperienceTimetoRide #FortCollins

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 engineering to chemical engineering. Through completing all the activities at the event, girls will earn a Girl Scout Engineering Day patch and work toward the requirements for Junior level badges (badge information coming soon). 40963104_gsed2018-flyer #Golden #SocietyofWomenEngineers #GSCOevents #STEM #Communitypartnerships #GirlScoutJunior #GirlScoutJuniors #Junior #communitypartners #ColoradoSchoolofMines #Juniors #MetroDenver

Every Girl Scout is part of a special group of girls that stretches not just across the United States, but around the world. Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), which includes 10 million girls in 150 countries. All those girls, in all those countries, are working to make the world a better place. Throughout the year, girls have the opportunity to work together and participate in Girl Scout programming that relates to different global issues affecting women and girls. This toolkit describes nine international days and is designed to help volunteers engage with Girl Scouts on these global days of action. What Is Global Girl Scouting? Global means relating to the whole world. A global organization is worldwide and international, and from our very beginning, the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Movement has been international in nature. In 1909, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts in the United Kingdom, held the first Boy Scout rally at a park in London called the Crystal Palace. As they gathered, a group of girls marched onto the Crystal Palace and demanded to be able to participate. Seeing the passion and commitment of these girls, Baden-Powell turned to his sister Agnes Baden-Powell to begin the Girl Guide/Girl Scout Movement. Soon after, groups started in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, and South Africa. A few years later, in 1912, Juliette Gordon Low met Baden-Powell and discovered her life’s purpose in Girl Scouting. She founded three troops of Girl Guides in London and Scotland before returning to the United States to found Girl Scouts of the USA, and start the first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912. From that first meeting of 18 girls, Girl Scouts pushed boundaries—welcoming girls across class, cultural, and ethnic lines to ensure all girls, including those with disabilities, had a place to grow and develop their leadership skills. They played basketball. They hiked, swam, and camped. They learned to read the world around them for instance, earning badges by studying a foreign language or learning to tell time by the stars. Girl Scouting continued to expand its reach to more and more girls, with the first Girl Scout troops launching outside the United States in China, Syria, and Mexico. Lone Troops on Foreign Soil (now called USA Girl Scouts Overseas) registered its first Girl Scout troop in Shanghai, China, with 18 girls in 1925.6 Today, Girl Scouts of the USA includes 2 million Girl Scouts in 92 countries around the world. Juliette Gordon Low said it best when she declared, “Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding can be the magic thread which links the youth of the world together.” For over 100 years, the Girl Scout and Girl Guide Movement has brought girls together in a global sisterhood to make the world a better place. There are many ways for girls to engage with this global sisterhood throughout their Girl Scout experience. Whether it is exploring global issues through a Girl Scout Journey, earning their Global Action award, or traveling with a Girl Scout Destination, girls can engage with global issues at every program grade level. This toolkit—for learning about or taking part in nine global action days—is a resource for councils and volunteers to help girls connect to our global Movement and to the issues that affect girls around the world. Stay tuned for more blog posts about the Global Action Toolkit! Information such as how to use the toolkit and how to celebration each Global Action Day is coming next. You can access the entire Global Action Days Toolkit under the Global Girl Scout section of Anytime Activities: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/content/girlscoutsofcolorado/en/events/anytime-activities.html Questions? Email gscoglobal@gmail.com #GirlScoutsoftheUSA #VolunteerNews #GlobalGirlScouts #WorldAssociationofGirlGuidesandGirlScouts #GSUSA #WAGGGS #GlobalActionToolkit

Submitted by Alex Erkenbeck Metro Denver Denver Mile High Freedom Bands invites Girl Scouts to attend their matinee performance of “Clue on the Spooky Express” on October 27, 2018 at 3 p.m. 30 tickets are available at http://bit.ly/MHFBTickets (select the 3 p.m. performance) and use code GirlScout18 at checkout.  Please note: this offer is for the 3 p.m. performance. The 7 p.m. performance is intended for adults age 21 and older. Clue on the Spooky Express Saturday, October 27, 2018 3 p.m. Historic Grant Avenue 216 S Grant St Denver, CO 80209 This is Freedom Winds’ 8th annual Spooktacular performance! This year, their intrepid heroes are going on a train ride, but what happens when someone doesn’t make it off the train?! We’ll all find out together because you, the audience, will get to cast your vote for how this story ends! Freedom Winds is the symphonic wind and percussion ensemble of Mile High Freedom Bands. This group performs four major events each season with repertoire that includes traditional concert band music, contemporary pops literature, and collaborative performances. Events include the annual Halloween production Spooktacular! Spooktacular!, the kickoff to Denver’s PrideFest Melodies of Pride, and traditional band concerts in the winter and spring. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #Halloween #GSCOevents #ClueontheSpookyExpress #Communitypartnerships #Denver #communitypartners #MetroDenver #MileHighFreedomBands #FreedomWinds

Submitted by Sharon Manning Northern & Northeastern CO Longmont Troop 73392 is hosting Tour of Nations on March 17, 2019 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds exhibit building in Longmont. The theme for World Thinking Day in 2019 is “Celebrating 110 years of Adventure.” Join the adventure by hosting a country from the WAGGGS website or visiting the event as a tourist. Several countries have already been chosen, such as Australia, Greece, Holland, and Colombia , so gather your Girl Scout sisters and start planning! For more information, please visit the GSCO website/event calendar or contact Sharon Manning at sharon_colorado@msn.com for a  flyer. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GSCOevents #WAGGGS #NorthernampNortheasternCO #Longmont #WorldThinkingDay2019 #TourofNations2019 #TourofNations #globalaction #WorldThinkingDay

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” 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 That’s just $20 for adult and child individual, $10 for member adult and child! TROOP RATE: We are happy to offer group rates for troops if you meet the following criteria: There are 10 or more guests in your group You pay for the entire group with one payment Basic troop pricing is: Adults: $10 Children (2-12): $6 Under 2: Free, as always Girl Scout Day includes: Access to all indoor and outdoor exhibits! Girl Scout self-guided scavenger hunt (which can tick off many steps!) A full schedule of programs, all centered around bugs, science, and making our world a better place! Several stations with crafts, snacks, activities, and discussions set up throughout the Pavilion for groups to explore at their own pace — all based on the Brownie “Bugs” badge or Daisy “Make the World a Better Place” petal! A certificate for having attended Girl Scout Day at Butterfly Pavilion! Vendors with more games, crafts, activities, and giveaways! There will be no timed classes this year, so more Girl Scouts can attend. However, your experience will meet all steps necessary to earn your Brownie “Bugs” badge or Daisy “Make the World a Better Place” petal. Questions? Contact Marissa at mcopan@butterflies.org or (720) 974 – 1877. #Daisy #petal #MaketheWorldaBetterPlacepetal #GSCOevents #Westminster #GirlScoutBrownie #Brownie #Bugsbadge #GirlScoutDaisy #Brownies #Communitypartnerships #Daisies #GirlScoutBrownies #communitypartners #GirlScoutDaisies #badge #MetroDenver

Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors are invited to celebrate International Day of the Girl and learn about the practices and traditions of other cultures around the world through various fun and creative activities while emphasizing the importance of inclusivity by educating acceptance and understanding of our differences. Sunday, November 11, 2018 11:45 a.m. – 2 p.m. Kappa Delta House 412 W Laurel St. Fort Collins, CO 80521 Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18-YWp9r_n95th2BrjjszhJ39OYcTy8gG8CKPILXoghU/viewform?usp=drive_web&edit_requested=true Please email phiepsilonvpcs@gmail.com if your Girl Scout has any food allergies. Questions? phiepsilonvpcs@gmail.com #GSCOevents #ColoradoStateUniversity #KappaDelta #NorthernampNortheasternCO #Communitypartnerships #communitypartners #FortCollins #InternationalDayoftheGirl

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 “flat Juliette” to send to other troops, and meet other Girl Scouts! Skate City also has food available for purchase and skate trainers are first come, first-served. No registration is necessary, just show up, ready to party!! Address: 200 W 121st Ave. Westmister, CO 80234 When: October 23, 2018 Time: 6 – 8 p.m. Admission: $5 Skates: $2.50 Fun Patch: $2 – Advanced purchase here: https://thewoods646.trooptrack.com/share/pages/38339)\ Juliette Low is the founder of Girl Scouts! “A true visionary, Juliette brought girls of all backgrounds into the out-of-doors, encouraged them to prepare not only for traditional homemaking, but also for possible future roles as professional women—in the arts, sciences and business—and for active citizenship outside the home. More than 100 years later, her vision has grown from the original 18 girls to 3.7 million today, with more than 59 million girls, women and men who have belonged to Girl Scouts over the years.” Fun fact: “One of Juliette’s special skills was standing on her head. She stood on her head every year on her birthday to prove she still could do it, and also celebrated nieces’ and nephews’ birthdays by standing on her head. Once, she even stood on her head in the board room at National Headquarters to show off the new Girl Scout shoes.” 40963104_juliette_low_s_birthday_party_ This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GSCOevents #Westminster #JulietteLowBirthday #JulietteLow #MetroDenver #SkateCity

From Sylvia Acevedo, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA I’m so excited about Girl Scouts of the USA’s new Space Science badges for Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors, funded by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate through a multi-party collaboration led by the SETI Institute. GSUSA developed each badge with support from the SETI Institute’s subject matter expert partners from the University of Arizona, ARIES Scientific, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and with the participation of Girl Scouts of Northern California. Daisies who earn their Space Science Explorer badge examine the sun and moon and look at the night sky. Brownies who pursue their Space Science Adventurer badge dig into the solar system, the phases of the moon, and the constellations, and then share their findings. And Juniors who tackle their Space Science Investigator badge research a planet and develop models that explain celestial motion, the three-dimensional nature of a constellation, and the size and scale of the solar system. I get so excited thinking about how many girls across the country are right now discovering a passion for space and astronomy just as I did as a young Girl Scout, thanks to Girl Scouts and our incredible partners at NASA! So on behalf of the entire Girl Scout Movement, I want to congratulate NASA on 60 years of discovery, innovation, and incredible, visionary work. And here’s to the next 60! #spacescience #GirlScoutsoftheUSA #spacesciencebadges #GSUSA #STEM #SylviaAcevedo #badges

Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:05 p.m. Budweiser Events Center 5290 Arena Circle Loveland, CO 80538 The Colorado Eagles will host their annual Girl Scout Night on Saturday, November 3 vs. the Tucson Roadrunners at 7:05 p.m. Don’t miss your chance to see the new AHL team with this great offer! Details: Specially priced tickets for only $18 each (a savings of $9 per ticket) First 200 to purchase tickets will receive a new Colorado Eagles patch Special experiences include a photo on the ice after the game and player autographs for the largest troop in attendance $1 per ticket sold will go back to the Girl Scouts of Colorado. * Patch vouchers can be redeemed at Guest Services during the game. Your tickets will be left at Will Call under the name used during checkout unless otherwise specified. Please include your troop number in the comments section to be seated with your group. Questions? Contact Sean Linfield at 970-686-SHOT (7468) or slinfield@coloradoeagles.com. Register at: https://eagles.isportstix.com/order/group/SCOUTNIGHT18/ #COEaglesHockey #Loveland #GSCOevents #NorthernampNortheasternCO #Communitypartnerships #communitypartners #BudweiserEventsCenter #hockey

What did you do for your Gold Award project? For my Gold Award project, I worked with Mrs. Kassib, a health teacher at Summit High School, to create a lesson plan to educate health students about food allergies. I taught six classes using the lesson plan I developed and I also led epi-pen training after I had finished my lesson. To make my project accessible to a broader community, I created a video, using the lesson plan, and posted it on YouTube. How did you measure the impact your Gold Award project made on your target audience? I measured my project’s impact on my target audience by having the students take a Kahoot, an educational tool used to check the student’s knowledge while making it a fun game for the students. It was a fun way to motivate them to listen, and it also let me see how well they understood my presentation. At most, the students got two wrong out of ten questions in each class period. How is your project sustainable? How will your project continue to impact after your involvement? My project will be continued to be used in Summit High School’s health program where they will show the video I created and use some demo epi-pens I donated to train students. I also created a video that was put on YouTube. I shared the link on all my social media networks, so people could always access it and continue to share the video. What is your project’s global and/or national connection? While small, the national link is through YouTube and social media. Because social media is widely used, both nationally and globally, my project will be seen by people outside of my community. Those people will then be able to share the video with their friends and they can share them with their friends and so on. What did you learn about yourself? I learned that I like to take on all the responsibility and do everything myself, which isn’t the best way to get projects completed. So, I learned how important delegating can be when you have a big project or are working with a group. I also learned that teaching and leading a class made me feel so accomplished. I learned how to speak in front of groups better than I could before, and because of that, I felt accomplished. How will earning your Gold Award impact you in the future? In the future, I will be more likely to take up leadership roles. I feel more comfortable leading a group effectively. Because I feel more comfortable overall leading, I will take up opportunities to lead. The more I lead the more my leadership skills will grow. Because I strengthened certain leadership skills on this project, I will be able to strengthen other leadership skills that may not have been as strong on this project, like my communication skills. Why do you feel the Gold Award was an important part of your Girl Scout experience? The Gold Award helped me to realize more about myself, like little habits that really slowed down my project. It was important because it used all the little bits of information and skill I had learned throughout all my years of being a Girl Scout. I then had to apply all those to my project, and it felt as though everything came full circle. How did earning your Gold Award help you become a G.I.R.L. (go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader)? The Gold Award helped me to become an overall better leader. It helped me to step out of my comfort zone to talk to people whom I normally wouldn’t as well as push me to stand up in front of 20 or so children per class and talk for an hour. It also pushed me to think of creative solutions to problems that I normally would have let stop me from completing a project. **IMPORTANT NOTE: This blog represents only a small fraction of the hard work, dedication, and requirements that go into earning a Girl Scout Gold Award. It is simply a brief summary, which is meant to inspire Girl Scouts to Go Gold in the future. For more information on earning your Gold Award, please email highestawards@gscolorado.org. #GoldAward #HighestAwards #Breckenridge #SummitHighSchool #foodallergies #TakeAction #mountaincommunities

Girl Scouts of the USA’s CEO conference is coming to Denver in November 2018 and Girl Scouts of Colorado needs a troop to perform a flag ceremony! At least four Girl Scouts are needed, and we can easily accommodate a larger group. The troop should be experienced in performing a flag ceremony and comfortable leading the Girl Scout Promise and Law and Pledge of Allegiance in front of a large audience. The flag ceremony will be on Thursday, November 15 between 8 and 8:30 a.m. We understand this is a school day and that may be a problem for some girls and their families. However, this is a wonderful opportunity for girls to strut their stuff in front of every Girl Scout council CEO and board president from across the country. Interested? Email community partnerships manager Aimee Artzer at aimee.artzer@gscolorado.org. #flagceremony #GirlScoutsoftheUSA #GSUSA