On Saturday, Sept. 25, 15-year-old Tessa Baker’s family gathered to watch as GSUSA’s Medal of Honor was pinned to her Girl Scout uniform. In a brief ceremony at Empower Field, Girl Scouts of Colorado CEO Leanna Clark lauded Tessa’s quick-thinking in an emergency situation. The Medal of Honor is given to a Girl Scout who has shown presence of mind (a clear and calm head) and true Girl Scout spirit in an emergency. Tessa learned she had earned the medal in June after she was nominated for her reaction to an incident in her math class in February. In February, Tessa jumped into action when a classmate appeared to be having a seizure during an algebra lesson. As the teacher pressed the emergency call button, the student began to fall out of her desk. Tessa ran to help. Her math teacher wrote in the nomination: “Everyone else was in shock. She (Tessa) knew we needed to lay the student on the floor, so the fall wouldn’t cause an injury. I moved the student to the floor with Tessa’s help. I don’t think I could have done it all by myself. I was so happy to have Tessa in that class. Tessa was so calm and collected. She was also very knowledgeable about what to do in such a situation.” Watch a video of Tessa’s introduction and acceptance speech below. We apologize for the audio issues and background noise! #MedalofHonor

Submitted by Ariella Wells Northern & Northeastern CO We are back again! Bringing you another virtual Daisy Journey event! What : 3 Cheers for Animals When : November 13, 2021 Time : 1-4 p.m. MST Who : Daisies (kindergarten and 1st graders) Cost : $15 PER girl. Please don’t register entire troop under one girl Register here.

Every year, SWE hosts Girl Scout Engineering Day, a half-day outreach event for Girl Scouts Juniors where participants are exposed to different areas of STEM. This year’s theme is “Waving Hello to STEM.” The world is in a sense “swarming” with waves as they come from the sun, your house, and underground. Engineers use waves to build safe, efficient, and specific infrastructure. Without waves energy could not do anything, waves are a defining feature of this universe, so it is important engineers understand every wave and every aspect of them. The Girl Scouts will learn all about waves, tidal waves, sound waves, light waves, and seismic waves through fun hands on activities. Girl Scout Engineering Day prepares participants to: Define introductory science, engineering, and mathematics concepts Demonstrate their interest in STEM with continued active engagement in STEM-type classes, and extracurricular activities Apply their learning to future hands-on experiences to complete the Girl Scout STEM badge. The event will take place November 13, 2021, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Mines campus  in Friedhoff Hall in Green Center, 909-1011 15th St Golden, CO 80401. Register for the event. If you have any question or concerns, you can email Evelyn Cook at evelyncook@mines.edu. Download the event flyer. #GirlScoutJuniors #STEM

It’s not too late to get started! Girl Scouts have not missed their chance to earn the much loved avatar patches, including the personalized patch, plus other cool rewards – by selling nuts, candies, and magazines. There are contests that they can enter too – a drawing for a giant plush penguin and a magazine contest  with special rewards! Girl Scouts can get started by simply clicking the link to go to the M2 site to log-in.  Click here for instructions and tips on how to get started too! Not only can girls earn the personalized patch during the fall, but they will also have a chance to earn the S’mores Club patch , for participating in both the Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookie Program, when they meet the reward criteria. Go to the Fall Product Program page  for more information about the program, fun activities, family guides, tip sheets, and permission form. The Fall Product Program is going strong now and ends on Oct. 25, 2022. Get started today!

The Woods Service Unit is hosting a Rededication/Investiture ceremony followed by Pancake Social on Oct. 9 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Location, Adams County Fairground 9755 Henderson RD, Brighton CO 80601 $10 per person $12 w/Fun patch Register Questions, email: troop65757@gmail.com Download the event flyer. #investitureceremony #rededication

Have you heard about the Lucy launch, a first-of-its-kind mission for NASA to explore Jupiter’s elusive Trojan asteroids?!? Over here at Girl Scouts of Colorado we are VERY excited for this deep-space exploration and have partnered with Lockheed Martin to dive into the science behind it. On Wednesday, October 27, from 6– 8 p.m., Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassadors are invited to this exciting event to hear from scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, complete a STEM activity about solar power, and participate in a career panel to learn about Lockheed Martin’s High School internship program. Each registered Girl Scout will be sent a STEM activity kit to complete the solar power activity and a fun patch from Lockheed Martin. Registration is limited to 50 Girl Scouts and closes October 8. Sign-up today to secure your spot!

Use the Troop Excellence worksheet as a guiding light and planning tool for a successful Girl Scout year ahead. The Troop Excellence Patch Worksheet is a list of activity ideas and a way to track your progress. When your troop has completed all 10 elements, complete the Troop Excellence form and receive a FREE patch for every Girl Scout! The ideas within each activity on the worksheet are just suggestions. You’re welcome to substitute any of them with another activity that accomplishes the goal. Be creative! Get started today! Troop Excellence Activities: Welcome families to Girl Scouts Show girls they belong to a big sisterhood Guide girls to develop as leaders Empower girls to take action in their communities Support girls to build skills through badges Expand girls’ view of the world Celebrate with ceremonies and traditions Use a girl-led approach Encourage girls to earn and learn through the Fall Product and/or Cookie Programs Inspire girls to continue to grow through Girl Scouts Troop Excellence Worksheet Troop Excellence Form This patch is only available to Girl Scouts of Colorado members. #Troop #TroopExcellence

As of Dec 2021 we have added another free 500 patches! After completing the program complete this form for your patch. #sisterhoodofsupport

Sage and Willow, from Pagosa Springs, visited Lathrop State Park to celebrate Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend. They had a blast trying archery out for the first time, going for a nature scavenger hunt along the lake, and participating in a Leave No Trace program. #2021GirlScoutsLoveStateParksWeekend #Brownie #Daisy

The multi-level troop in Fort Lupton planned out their fantastic float for the City’s annual Trappers Day parade that celebrates the City’s pioneer, Lancaster Lupton. The Girl Scouts used chicken wire and tissue paper to create the sides of the float. The base of the float is the Fort Cookie trailer that is used each year during cookie season. We contacted the Girl Scout Museum to obtain vintage uniforms to represent the history of Girl Scouts. The theme of the parade was Pioneers of the Past, Present, and Future. The girls were excited to show off the 110 year birthday of Girl Scouts on the float. Their float was awarded the Mayor’s and Civic award ribbons to proudly display during the parade. #7NorthernampNortheasternCOFtCollins

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! 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! 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. >>Download the Activity Guide here. It’s not too late to participate in the Fall Product Program! 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 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! 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 Save the Date: Virtual Leadership Summit 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 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. #2021VolunteerView

The 2021 Fall Product Program kicked-off on Saturday, Sept. 11! Girl Scouts, along with troop and service unit fall product volunteers, can join the S’mores Club by participating in both the Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookie Program and meeting the criteria outlined below. During the Fall Product Program, Girl Scouts learn all aspects of running an online business by using the M2 platform. M2 makes the experience girl friendly, with an easy-to-navigate dashboard where they can create a video, set their goals, create custom messages for their customers, create business cards, and the most popular feature, create their own avatar – which girls love! Girls earn program rewards too. Custom Converse shoes were the S’mores Club reward last year – and they are back by popular demand! Girl Scouts and product program volunteers will also earn the popular S’mores Club patch with their avatar on it too, by meeting the criteria outlined below. S’mores Club Qualifications GIRLS: If you send 21+ emails and sell 21+ items during the 2020 Fall Product Program and 400+ packages during the 2021 Cookie Program, you get: A pair of custom Converse shoes and a S’mores Club avatar patch TROOPS: If the troop sells $550+ in *combined sales during the 2021 Fall Product Program, they get: An exclusive booth selection opportunity for the 2022 Cookie Program And – If the troop has a 400+ packages per selling girl average during the Cookie Program, the Troop Fall Product Manager and Troop Cookie Manager are eligible for volunteer rewards. A pair of custom converse shoes and a personalized S’mores Club avatar patch for the TFPM and TCM** For a quick reference, check out the S’mores Club flier and share it with girls and adults in your troop and service unit. If you have questions, read our S’mores Club FAQ or contact inquiry@gscolorado.org. Please note the following: *Combined sales means, sales either made through the girls’ online storefront and/or orders taken with the order card – any combination of sales. The troop per selling girl average (PSGA) is calculated based on the total number of packages a troop sells, divided by the number of selling girls in that troop. New this year – the troop fall product manager (TFPM) and troop cookie manager (TCM) are eligible for volunteer rewards if their troop meets the reward criteria outlined, and the TFPM and TCM must also take Fall Product and Cookie Program training, send support emails to families through M2OS and/or DOC, and fulfill all other TFPM/TCM responsibilities and expectations of volunteer role (see TFPM and TCM job descriptions). **If the TFPM and TCM are the same person, only one reward will be given. IMPORTANT!  TCMs must create an avatar in M2 before the end of the Fall Product Program. TCMs must submit their TCM volunteer agreement and coordinate with TFPMs to gain access to M2 (TFPMs can add them to M2) to create their avatar for the S’mores Club patch. If TCM’s do not create an avatar in M2, they will not receive a patch. New this year – Attending product program training and fulfilling key volunteer responsibilities is also the criteria for service unit fall product manager (SUFPM) and service unit cookie manager (SUCM), to earn the S’mores Club patch and custom Converse shoes. ( See SUFPM and SUCM job descriptions) The reward for adult volunteers is for troop or service unit participation only. Rewards are given to volunteers at the discretion of Girl Scouts of Colorado. Juliette caregivers will not receive the custom Converse shoes, personalized patch, or an exclusive booth selection opportunity. However, Girl Scout Juliettes can qualify for the S’mores Club and receive the custom Converse shoes and the S’mores Club patch by participating in both the Fall Product and Cookie Programs and meeting the girl requirements. Girl Scouts of Colorado wants to hear how your girl is using her Girl Scout skills by taking initiative, caring for the community, and Girl Scouting at home. She can send in her story here. #2021FallProductProgram #20212022SmoresClub