Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors have a chance to try golf and earn badges at a workshops on September 15 and 16, 2018 planned by the Colorado Golf Association. Brownies can earn their Fair Play badge on Saturday, September 15 and Juniors can earn their Practice with Purpose badge on Sunday, September 16. Daisies won’t earn a badge or petal, but will have a workshop specifically designed for their age group on Sunday, September 16. All workshops will be taught by instructors through Colorado Golf Association. Cost is $15 per Girl Scout for all workshops. Badges are included in the cost for the Brownie and Junior workshops. CGA will host the workshops at Common Grounds Golf Course in Aurora. Space is limited and we anticipate these workshops will fill fast, so register now. Registration links: Daisy: https://gscolorado.formstack.com/forms/daisy_day_with_colorado_golf_association_md_09_16_2018 Brownie: https://gscolorado.formstack.com/forms/brownie_fair_play_badge_workshop_with_the_colorado_golf_association_md_09_15_2018 Junior: https://gscolorado.formstack.com/forms/junior_practice_with_a_purpose_badge_workshop_with_the_colorado_golf_association_md_09_16_2018 Questions? Contact Aimee Artzer at aimee.artzer@gscolorado.org. #Communitypartnerships #Aurora #communitypartners #GSCOevets #MetroDenver #golf #ColoradoGolfAssociation

Gold Award Girl Scout Bailey Stokes of Buena Vista is the 2018 recipient of the Johanna Farrar Girl Scout Memorial Scholarship. She earned her Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts, earlier this summer for creating a nature program that will be sustained by teachers in her community. Johanna Farrar’s husband and children started this scholarship in 2015 to celebrate all of her accomplishments, particularly those within the Girl Scout community. Born in London, England and raised in a small village on the south coast of England, Johanna was a Girl Guide in her childhood. She was also the youngest ever to have achieved the Queen’s Guide Award at that time, the English equivalent of the Girl Scout Gold Award. After earning a software engineering degree from Loughborough University, Johanna moved to New Jersey to work for Bell Labs. In 1985, she accepted a position with FedEx in Colorado Springs, where she met and married Gene Farrar in 1990. Johanna and Gene lived and worked in the Colorado Springs area, moving to Monument in 1992 when their oldest daughter, Hannah, was born. In 1995, after their second daughter, Rachel, was born, Johanna retired from a successful career as a Technical Advisor at FedEx for an even more successful and rewarding career as a dedicated full-time mother. Johanna introduced her daughters to Girl Scouts at the first opportunity and became a local leader in Monument, then again after relocating to Buena Vista. When Johanna first arrived in Buena Vista, she learned Girl Scouts had all but disappeared in Chaffee County. Johanna believed so strongly in the values and skills that Girl Scouts develops, it became a passion to reestablish Girl Scouts for girls in the high Rockies. Known to many of her friends as the “Engergizer Bunny” because of her seemingly never-ending energy and indomitable spirit, Johanna provided the leadership and drive to rejuvenate Girl Scouts in the valley. Now, for the first time, there are troops for all ages.  Additionally, Johanna loved the outdoors, including skiing, hiking, biking, mountain climbing, and especially gardening – passions she loved to share and instill in young women. #alumnae #GoldAward #JohannaFarrarGirlScoutMemorialScholarship #HighestAwards #GoldAwardGirlScout #ChaffeeCounty #BuenaVista #TakeAction #alumnaenews #mountaincommunities

Submitted by Helmi Sandifer Metro Denver Morrison We would like to cordially invite you to a weekend at The Princess Academy where girls and princess become something new. For all of those Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies wishing to become princesses, then your wish has been granted. Come join Senior Troop 61053 at The Princess Academy in the Nation of Tomahawk Ranch, November 2-4 2018. Cost: $100 per girl $35 per safetywise adult – The number of adults required to chaperone your troop (see Chapter 7 of Volunteer Essentials) $100 per extra adult Hosted by: Senior Troop 61053 When: November 2 – 4, 2018 Where: Nation of Tomahawk Ranch Why Girl Scouts should attend? Daisies and Brownies will have fun learning to become princesses through different activities. Some activities may include steps for completing badge work. How people can sign up? See our troop website for more information: https://sites.google.com/view/gstroop61053/home This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GSCOevents #GirlScoutCamp #TomahawkRanch #Morrison #MetroDenver #camp

The 2018 Pike’s Peak Leadership Summit is Saturday, August 25 at Sand Creek High School in Colorado Springs. This is your opportunity to connect with other volunteers and take a variety of enrichment classes for new and experienced leaders, such as Engaging Families; Troop on a Shoestring Budget; Event Planning; Tips and Tricks: Clique Proof Your Troop; Proficiency Badges and Journeys (PB&J); as well as essential program level 101’s, Daisy/Brownie, Junior, and Cadette and Older Girl; and Multi-level 101. Participants will enjoy a catered lunch with a chance to share ideas with fellow leaders. Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors can participate in leadership enrichment courses to expand their skills and knowledge to prepare them for their future in Girl Scouts and beyond. Girls will sign-up for the entire day.  This is a FREE leadership development opportunity! Girls should bring a sack lunch and light snacks will be provided. Sessions include Gold Award, Highest Awards and Take Action, Taking Ownership of Your Girl Scout Experience, Let’s Go on an Adventure, Using Your Leadership Skills for Change, “Selling” Your Girl Scouts Experience. Read class descriptions and register for the older girl classes here: http://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/events-repository/2018/older_girl_leadershi.html Connect with other Girl Scouts in grades 6-12 at these exciting events! Register Now: http://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/events-repository/2018/leadership_summit_in.html #VolunteerNews #GSCOevents #ColoradoSprings #LeadershipSummit #PikesPeak

From Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA As the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, I have the best job in the world because I get to travel across the country, talk about Girl Scouts all day, and tell everyone about all the awesome things girls are doing. I also get to meet some incredible Girl Scouts—true go-getters, innovators, risk takers, and leaders—and see firsthand their G.I.R.L. spirit and ingenuity in action. I recently met Ellie, an amazing Girl Scout from our California’s Central Coast council, when she came to visit GSUSA in New York, and wow did she impress me. A freshman in high school who has earned her Silver Award and is currently working on her Gold Award. Ellie told me about how she was trying to get a job, but she didn’t have any work experience yet and the job she was trying to get required a resume. So she decided to build her resume around all the skills she’d cultivated over the course of her ten years as a Girl Scout. That’s right—Girl Scouts enabled this G.I.R.L. to have a readymade resume. Talk about go-getting and innovating! In her resume, Ellie talked about how at Girl Scouts she learned effective leadership and communication skills, and that through the cookie program she built entrepreneurial and business skills while selling up to 500 boxes of cookies a year. She also listed her work as a Program Aide at a Girl Scout summer camp for three years, leading groups of kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade girls. And she detailed her Silver Award Take Action project, for which she organized and created “Barton Boxes” of art supplies that she donated to the Red Cross for children affected by the 2017 hurricane. She got the job and has already been promoted! I was so inspired by Ellie’s story, and it really drove home for me what Girl Scouts does for today’s girls—just as it did for me when I was a young Girl Scout. Girl Scouts builds the complete girl, offering her activities and experiences that will ensure she can thrive in whatever path she chooses to pursue. Girl Scouts learn how to solve problems, they learn teamwork, they learn the power of collaboration. They learn how to identify and seize opportunities. How to be prepared so they can create their own luck. And how to persevere—to create a plan, to regroup when things go off-course, to learn from failure and try again. It’s enterprising and ambitious Girl Scouts like Ellie who make me so excited and hopeful about the next generation of girls who will lead us into the future. We are in great hands. #CEO #GirlScoutsoftheUSA #GSUSA #entrepreneur #SylviaAcevedo #leadership

Girl Scouts of Colorado is partnering with Gusto, a Silicon Valley- and Denver-based technology company, to teach girls entering 10th, 11th, and 12th grades what it’s like to write code that solves a real world problem! Gusto will host a group of girls for three (on November 16, 2018 and April 12 and June 28, 2019) four-hour (from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) “jam with software developers, product managers, and designers” sessions with lunch included. In each session, girls will get a taste of an average day as a developer – from creating a feature to finding and fixing bugs in the code. Over the three sessions, we’ll go through a design sprint to define a problem to tackle with software and design a solution. We hope to inspire a future cohort of computer scientists! Interested? Apply by October 1: https://gscolorado.formstack.com/forms/gusto_job_experience_opportunity Questions? Contact Emily Speck, girl experience manager, emily.speck@gscolorado.org #Gusto #GSCOevents #STEM #Denver #MetroDenver

Submitted by Rose Rundell Pikes Peak Colorado Springs Join us for an amazing night at the Cave of the Winds on Friday, August 24, 2018 or Saturday, August 25! Girl Scouts are going to have the time of their lives. Please come full of energy and ready for an adventure. 1) Cave tour 2) Bat room /maze 3) Wind Walker Challenge Course 4) Panning for gold 5) Stalactite Slide 6) Lazar show on canon walls 7) Movie – with popcorn Everyone will receive a custom Girl Scout patch along with a grab and go continental breakfast. — **There is no age restrictions for the Wind Walker challenge course, however everyone will need to be at least 42″ tall to go with an adult or 48″ tall to go alone, and must also securely fit the harnesses. When registering please let me know if a Girl is shorter then 42″. We will provide a fun craft for her to do instead. Please plan on arriving at 5 p.m. to check-in. Everyone needs to be cleaned up and out of the building by 7 a.m. All groups must provide girl-adult ratios $50 if sleeping outside of the Cave – Open to everyone $55 if sleeping in the Cave — older girls. Daisy (K-1) Brownie (2-3) Junior (4-5) Cadette (6-8) Senior (9-10) Ambassador (11-12) Adults/Volunteers The address of Cave of the Winds is 100 Cave of the Winds Rd, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 For more information or to register please email Rose at froggerrr@hotmail.com. 40963104_flyer_6 This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GSCOevents #ColoradoSprings #sleepover #PikesPeak #CaveoftheWinds

Submitted by Cassidy C. Metro Denver Highlands Ranch Hi! I’m Cassidy and my troop would love to have Girl Scout Brownies come and start their new school year by attending our workshop. Earn your “Brownie Fair Play” badge and learn about golf! The First Tee of Denver and Troop 62967 will host a “Brownie Fair Play” badge workshop at Aqua Golf in Denver (501 W Florida Avenue, Denver, CO 80223) on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Come join Girl Scout Ambassadors and girls from a local high school golf team to learn about the great sport of golf. Have fun, learn about The First Tee of Denver, and some golf basics and then go try your skills at mini-golf. The “Brownie Fair Play” badge will be earned and pizza will be served! Cost will be $10 per Brownie and includes the badge, mini-golf, and pizza/drink. Adults are free unless playing mini-golf. Mini-golf is $5 per adult. Space is limited to 30 Girl Scouts and is open to Brownies only. Please sign up to secure your spot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4da9aa2d6-brownie Leaders and parents, please plan to attend to maintain GSCO troop safety ratios.PLEASE no tagalongs. Reservation is not set until payment is received. Payment can be via PayPal to catandcass@aol.com or check can be sent to Cathy Christian c/o Troop 62967 10138 Astorbrook Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80126. Check should be made out to Girl Scout Troop 62967 Questions can be sent to catandcass@aol.com. I have been a member of both Girl Scouts and The First Tee since kindergarten. I’m not a great golfer, but I love the sport. I’ve been on my high school golf team for the past two years. I have a lot of fun at practice and at the tournaments with my teammates. I’ve had one moment of glory…I did a hole-in-one at a high school tournament this spring! I would like to have other girls try the sport and see if it’s something they would like to do. Golf is a life-long sport and an amazing skill. There are many opportunities open to girls that play golf. The First Tee of Denver offers classes for all skill levels and they have leadership and scholarship opportunities for older girls. I’ve been fortunate to go to two national leadership conferences sponsored by The First Tee. Take a risk, try something new and come have a good time. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #GSCOevents #GirlScoutBrownie #Brownie #Brownies #HighlandsRanch #GirlScoutBrownies #MetroDenver #golf #TheFirstTee

Submitted by Shelby, Girl Scout Ambassador, Troop 177 Oklahoma City Our Girl Scout troop stayed at Hamp Hut in Garden of The Gods for a week this summer and it was so fantastic for the girls! We were thrilled to stay in the heart of the park where we could enjoy all the trails, horseback riding, and become Junior Rangers. We went to all the suggested attractions, including Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, where we got to feed the giraffes, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Cave of the Winds, and so many more amazing places! During our stay at Hamp Hut, we realized that there were some appliances that needed to be replaced. We couldn’t find a service project while we were in Colorado, so we decided to donate a new teapot and toaster instead. Now, when another troop decides to come in and enjoy themselves, they have a toaster and teapot to enjoy as well! We really appreciate the hospitality of Girl Scouts of Colorado and we are honored to use part of our cookie money as thanks to them. This week was an amazing experience for our troop, and I’m so glad we had the opportunity to stay at this Girl Scout cabin. We hope many other troops will come and enjoy it too! This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too #GardenoftheGods #gscoproperties #OklahomaCity #travel #HampHut #PikesPeak

Submitted by Kaylie Showers Metro Denver Denver World renowned cellist and activist Yo-Yo Ma will be kicking off his international tour in Colorado with a performance at Red Rocks. On August 2, 2018, he will be visiting several Denver neighborhoods, culminating with a celebration in Mariposa from 3 – 6 p.m., where he will take part in a community conversation and artistic performances. This event will bring together non-profit service providers and community members who are already hard at work in their Colorado neighborhoods. “This is Home: A Denver Day of Community Action,” hosted by local youth empowerment non-profit Youth on Record, the Colorado Governor’s Office, Denver Housing Authority, and The Music District, will feature live performances, free appetizers and drinks, and interactive art exhibits. This is the first time this exhibit has been done and we are the first stop on his international community tour. Our goal is to bring together a diverse group of providers and participants to share, explore, learn, and grow. Follow this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-is-home-yo-yo-ma-tickets-48394553412 to RSVP for yourself and any participants you plan on attending with you. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too #GSCOevents #Denver #YoYoMa #MetroDenver #ThisisHome

Submitted by Natalie Phillips Northern & Northeastern CO Loveland My name is Natalie Phillips and I am working with Dr. Jen Welter, gold medalist and the first female NFL coach, in partnership with the NFL Alumni, to bring a Grrridiron Girls flag football camp to Northern Colorado on Sunday, August 12, 2018. It is for girls ages 6-18 and we have in-kind donations from Scheels in Johnstown, as well as Freddy’s Burgers in Loveland. The MileHigh Blaze, a semi-pro women’s tackle football team, will also be helping out. Here is the Eventbrite link for registration and more information on Jen Welter: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jen-welters-grrridiron-girls-flag-football-camp-northern-colorado-tickets-48005967140 I met Jen Welter initially at a UN Foundation Girl Up Leadership Summit over a year ago and since then, have been connected to her and had the opportunity to hear her speak and inspire business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as young kids in her multiple football camps. In addition, she released her first book, Play Big, in October 2017 and has been on a speaking circuit and book tour with multiple media outlets. She is incredibly inspirational and I am SO excited for her to agree to bring her camp to Colorado and we are lucky enough to be able to run it in Northern Colorado at Mountain View High School! Please visit her website www.jenwelter.com for more information about Jen and her multiple camps. This story was submitted using the Share Your Stories form. You can share your Girl Scout moments, too. #Loveland #GSCOevents #NorthernampNortheasternCO #GrrridironGirlsflagfootballcamp #NFL #football

A new Girl Scout year is just around the corner! Whether making new friends, riding horses, building robots, traveling, or just having fun, she’ll find her place with Girl Scouts of Colorado. Troops rely on volunteer support for girls to have the best experience possible. While troop leaders are committed to provide the primary guidance and support, all families are asked to give what they can. GSCO encourages caregivers to become volunteers to ensure girls get the most out of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Parents, friends, and other family members can provide time, experience, and ideas. For resources, check out the Girl Scouts of Colorado Family Guide. Girls who have family support and participation in their Girl Scout adventures are more likely to stay in Girl Scouts. Consider volunteering four hours this year for her! We are asking for your promise of 4 hours per family per year – 4 HER.  Learn more about the 4 Her Promise. #4HerPromise #FamilyGuide #VolunteerNews