Submitted by Jaime Ayala Metro Denver Arvada Troop 66515 collected 740 packages of Girl Scout Cookies throughout the season. 50 were delivered to each of the 10 schools that the girls attend to thank the custodians and teachers for helping keeping them safe throughout the pandemic. The other 240 were taken to Community Table food bank. We want 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. #Arvada #2021GirlScoutCookieProgram #cookies #GirlScoutCookies #GirlScoutCookieProgram #HometownHeroes #MetroDenver

Space is still available for the Outdoor Adventure Club’s Camp-in-a-Day event at Meadow Mountain Ranch on May 22 or 23, 2021! This event is open to any Girl Scouts in 6th – 12th grade to register individually. The cost is $40 /girl. Grants are available and girls can also use Cookie Credits for this. Register now: https://girlscoutsofcolorado.wixanswers.com/en/article/outdoor-adventure-club-registration-faqs Spend the day at Meadow Mountain Ranch getting ready for the summer camping season! Work through parts of the new Outdoor Skills patch, earn the spring segment of the Nature Trail patch, shoot a bullseye on the archery range, and perform your best camp skits around the fire circle. The Outdoor Adventure Club (OAC) is a GSCO staff-led program for older Girl Scouts offering monthly high adventure activities such as mountain biking, rock climbing, white water rafting, and skiing. Visit the Outdoor Adventure Club website for more information. Questions? Learn more here or email inquiry@gscolorado.org. We want 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. #OutdoorAdventureClub #GSCOevents #OAC #OutdoorAdventureClub2021 #MeadowMountainRanch #outdoorprogram #gsoutdoors

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Victoria Gigoux of Grand Junction in the Western Colorado region is a shining example of the wonderful role Girl Scout volunteers play in the lives of girls and our community. GSCO asked Victoria to answer a few quick questions about her volunteer experience. We hope you find her as inspiring as we did. Why did you become a Girl Scout volunteer? I originally became a leader so I could spend time with my kids. I work fulltime, but I was able to leave a little early to take 90-minutes each week with my (at the time) Kindergarten and first grade daughters.  A year later, I had another little girl, so here I am 12 years later as a volunteer with three girls who are still active Girl Scouts. Those two little girls are in 11th and 12th grade this year, but with a fifth grader, I’m not going anywhere anytime soon! Tell us about your different volunteer roles as a Girl Scout. Troop Leadership Leader in two troops, 12214 and 10065, covering Daisies through Ambassadors Cookie Manager Region One/Service Unit Currently Service Unit Co-Manager for Western Slope, having been here once before Service Unit Treasurer for several years President’s Cabinet Cookies and Cocktails Event Lead Statewide Committees Currently, at-Large member of Board Governance Committee Previously, MCC, having also served as MCC rep to the Board of Directors for four years Previously, Volunteer Awards review committee What have you learned as a Girl Scout volunteer? How much time do you have?  Kidding… Truthfully, I’ve learned that I love doing this way more than I ever imagined I would. What started out as about two hours a week of spending quality time with my own kids has become such a huge part of who I am. I love volunteering with this organization at every level. I have formed my very best female friendships as a result of working with my truly amazing co-leaders. I have grown networks in my community as a result of my time on the service unit, on statewide committees, and working closely with GSCO staff. I have gained 120-ish (I lost count) new “daughters” over 12 years of being a leader, each I care for as much as my own children. I have learned I would be where I am in life or who I am as a person without each of these relationships. I feel, quite by accident, I am a mentor. I have learned my passion in life is relationship building and fostering girls and women as leaders. What do you hope girls have learned from you? When I talk about my Girl Scouts, I like to say, “if any one of *my* (because, of course, they are ALL mine!) girls come to a crossroads in life and hears my voice in their head, then I’ve done my job.” To me, this means I hope they’ve learned whatever is most valuable to them in life, whether it be self-confidence, making good choices, trying new things, being kind to others, never giving up….whatever!  If there is a choice and they don’t know where to go or what to do, I hope they always know they have someone in their life who always had their back, was always cheering for them and wishing for the very best life had to offer. I hope they know there is always time to do what you love, to spend with those you value, and give back. I also hope they realize I mean it when I call them “mine” because I am invested, long term, in each of them. If they ever need someone to turn to, I am always just a message away! Want to nominate a volunteer for Girl Scouts of Colorado to spotlight? Please email Public Relations Director AnneMarie Harper at annemarie.harper@gscolorado.org. #2021VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerNews #volunteerspotlight #VolunteerAppreciationMonth #GrandJunction #VolunteerAppreciation #WesternColorado #2021VolunteerSpotlight

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Barbara Light in the Metro Denver region is a shining example of the wonderful role Girl Scout volunteers play in the lives of girls and our community. GSCO asked Barbara to answer a few quick questions about her volunteer experience. We hope you find her as inspiring as we did. Why did you become a Girl Scout volunteer? I am the mother of five, with only one daughter. I have very fond memories of being a Girl Scout when I was a girl and wanted those opportunities for her. When my very shy girl became interested, I knew she was going to have a great time. We searched for a Girl Scout troop and had luck getting enrolled. At first I wanted to let her do this on her own, to explore without me, to find some independence. With having so many brothers, I wanted her to have a space where she could grow, find her voice, and have “girl time.” When one of the very nice starting troop leaders needed to move on, after only a few months of our joining, I couldn’t let that be the end. I decided to step up and fill the leader spot. It is one of the most rewarding decisions I have ever made. It is a huge bonding experience for my daughter and me, as well as, all the friends we have gathered on the way. Tell us about your different volunteer roles as a Girl Scout. I am a troop leader and service unit fall product manager. I believe in Girl Scouts and will help where I can. I have volunteered for cookie distribution day and helped at day camp programs. What have you learned as a Girl Scout volunteer? I have loved watching not only my daughter, but all the girls in my troop build confidence and grit. I know I have also grown in my leadership skills and I probably learn as much as the girls. It is quite a difference to know how to do something yourself and teach someone else to do it. It also takes quite a bit of courage to step back and let them do it for themselves. What do you hope girls have learned from you? I hope my girls learn that they are never done learning; that they have a voice and are capable of great things; that if they have a goal and work out the steps, they can achieve their passion. I hope they keep the attitude that they don’t have to be the expert, but are still willing to try. I hope they learn they are allowed to be silly sometimes. I hope they lift others with encouragement and always remember they have a whole sisterhood that has their back. Want to nominate a volunteer for Girl Scouts of Colorado to spotlight? Please email Public Relations Director AnneMarie Harper at annemarie.harper@gscolorado.org. #2021VolunteerAppreciationMonth #202VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerNews #volunteerspotlight #VolunteerAppreciation #MetroDenver #2021VolunteerSpotlight

Girl Scouts of Colorado is celebrating extraordinary volunteers throughout the state in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month. Tricia Whitehouse in the Metro Denver region is a shining example of the wonderful role Girl Scout volunteers play in the lives of girls and our community. GSCO asked Tricia to answer a few quick questions about her volunteer experience. We hope you find her as inspiring as we did. Why did you become a Girl Scout volunteer? I wanted to become a Girl Scout volunteer to encourage girls to grow and become courageous, strong women who make the world a better place. I also became a Girl Scout volunteer because of the impact that Girl Scouts made in my life when I was younger. I had been a Girl Scout member for approximately seven years. I started as a Brownie and continued through to a Cadette. Unfortunately, our troop disbanded at that time and without the internet; I didn’t know that I could have gone on further independently or I would have. It has always been somewhat of a regret that I wasn’t able to continue on to get my Gold, Silver, or Bronze Awards because our troop leaders never taught us about those achievements in Girl Scouts. Now, I realize that I can still make a difference as an adult volunteer to inspire girls to become leaders in the world around them. Tell us about your different volunteer roles as a Girl Scout. My primary role I serve is as a co-leader for our Girl Scout Daisy troop of 12 first graders. I have been a co-leader since our troop was established. I have also served as our troop’s fall product program manager during those years. Last year, I began volunteering as our service unit’s fall product program manager along with another leader’s assistance, Meri Fish. We made an amazing team together. My newest role I serve in our service unit is as an outdoor coordinator. What have you learned as a Girl Scout volunteer? There are many things that I have learned as a Girl Scout volunteer. I have enjoyed watching our girls grow to discover their potential, gain confidence, develop new friends and relationships, and take action to make the world a better place through Girl Scouts. I have also learned more about myself in my leadership role that I can carry over into my professional career. It encourages me to grow and develop my own skills as a leader and in the varying roles I serve in the service unit. It has also given me more confidence in being a role model. I have learned that being a part of a leadership team that works so efficiently together, provides our troop with fun new adventures, surprises, and memories throughout their Girl Scout experience. Finally, I feel the most important thing I have learned is that Girl Scouts can truly accomplish amazing things with the help of volunteers who support them. What do you hope girls have learned from you? I hope they learn by my leadership example how to be kind, considerate, inclusive, and respectful of others. Secondly, I hope the girls will learn how to make a positive impact on those around them by using tools they have and will learn throughout their Girl Scout experience. I want our Girl Scouts to have the opportunity to experience everything that Girl Scouts has to offer them. I hope they learn that they can do anything they want to accomplish if they empower themselves with the skills needed to excel and values to succeed and reach their fullest potential. I hope I effectively guide and inspire them that they have the courage, confidence, and character to overcome any challenge they may face and to be their own advocate for their dreams and ideas. I want to continuously encourage them to shape their Girl Scout Leadership Experience as they grow and progress through Girl Scouts. So, in their future endeavors, they will develop into strong leaders who continue to use these skills throughout their life to make a difference in the world. I hope our Girl Scouts learn that they always will have a safe place to come with any care, concern, and ideas.  Finally, I hope they learn that they are an important part of my life and they make my world a better place being in it. Want to nominate a volunteer for Girl Scouts of Colorado to spotlight? Please email Public Relations Director AnneMarie Harper at annemarie.harper@gscolorado.org. #2021VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerNews #volunteerspotlight #VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerAppreciation #MetroDenver #2021VolunteerSpotlight

Hello from the Girl Scouts of Colorado History Center in Loveland! Happy National Volunteers Month (April), National Volunteers Week (April 18-24), and Girl Scouts Leader’s Day, also Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day (April 22)! This is a time to honor and thank ALL our outstanding volunteers, whether they are leaders, full time, part-time, or episodic. National Volunteer Week was first held in 1943 in Canada and was established by the United States government in 1974, occurring annually in the third week of April. It was made official worldwide in 1990. April became National Volunteer Month when President George H. W. Bush’s 1000 Points of Light campaign in 1991 (created as an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization to encourage and empower the spirit of service) merged with the National Volunteer Center Network Today. These holidays are organized by Points of Light, now the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. Americans volunteer 8.8 billion hours annually and with such a massive amount of time donated for the greater cause, all non-volunteers owe this month to celebrate 30-days of appreciation to volunteering efforts. Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) proclaimed Girl Scouts Leader’s Day on April 22, 1982 to recognize the volunteers who serve as role models to millions of youth each year. They selected the date of April 22 because it falls near National Volunteer Week each year. That day in 1982 a flag honoring Girl Scout leaders was flown over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Girl Scouts has honored, thanked, appreciated its volunteers in many ways since its founding by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. Originally, the highest award in Girl Guiding, the Silver Fish, first appeared in 1911 and then for a short time in Girl Scouting.  Only three American women were awarded the Silver Fish – Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts USA; Anne Hyde Choate, Juliette’s goddaughter and the second president of Girl Scouts USA; and Helen Storrow, donor of Our Chalet. Today, Girl Scouts of Colorado has special awards for adult volunteers such as the Rising Star Pin and  President’s Award. GSUSA National awards are the Volunteer of Excellence Pin, Appreciation Pin, Honor Pin, Thanks Badge, and Thanks Badge II. The GSUSA special award for global-minded volunteers is the Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Medal. (See https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/for-volunteers/volunteer-appreciation.html for more information.) One of our treasured GSCO History Center volunteers, JoAnne Busch, has received the Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Medal for her global Girl Scout volunteer efforts. Girl Scout Leader’s Day is the time for girls to show their leaders and community volunteers their gratitude for all that they do for their troop and service unit. One former GSCO leader (actually, she is again now a leader of her granddaughter’s troop!) remembers a volunteer appreciation tea party when each volunteer took home the teacup and saucer that their tea was served in. It is stored along with many special mugs and cups at the GSCO History Center. Another leader remembers her girls decorating her lawn and trees with blue ribbons (the Girl Scout way of “TP-ing” someone’s house!)  She also recalls her troop making signs recycled from used campaign signs (using resources wisely, of course) and hammered them on leader’s lawns. See photo below. Below are a few treasured leaders thank you gifts. The Gold Oscar was a volunteer appreciation from Northern Colorado Girl Scouts. Creativity and crafty was the norm! The Girl Scouts of Colorado History Center was started and still operated by dedicated volunteers (men and women).  Below is a photo of a few of them being honored for their efforts at the 2017 Women of Distinction (Thin Mint) Dinner in October 2017. It is so important to thank, recognize, honor, and appreciate Girl Scout volunteers. Today, with the ease of searching on the internet there are many crafty creative ideas to do this. And there is always the good old fashion way to simply hand write a note of thanks. Our committee of volunteers works hard to preserve and protect our Girl Scout history. Each year they volunteered between 1400 to 1800 hours at the History Center! They look forward to gathering again in person and sharing their passion for GS History with you and your girls. If you have Girl Scout special volunteer stories, gifts or memories, please share here as well. ​Email the GSCO History Center at gscohistory@gmail.com. We want 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. #VolunteerNews #VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerAppreciationMonth2021 #NationalVolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerAppreciation

Girl Scout Leaders and Families – From our conversations, trainings, surveys, and other touch points, we have heard loud and clear that you are concerned about the mental well-being of your Girl Scouts and youth in your life. On May 10, 2021 we are bringing together some experts from both the clinical and non-clinical side of mental health to answer your questions and provide some information to help. Join us from 6:30- 7:30 p.m. for Conversation Starter: Speak Out About Mental Health as we talk with Debra Boedlt, deputy director, and Matt Vogl, executive director and co-founder, at National Mental Health Innovation Center, University of Colorado Medical Campus. Register now: https://gscolorado.formstack.com/forms/conversation_starter_speak_out_about_mental_health_webinar_05_10_2021 If you have a specific question that you would like to ask our speakers, submit it with your registration. You can also ask a question during the conversation. By completing registration, you are telling us you will be joining the conversation live on May 10 at 6:30 p.m. Please mark your calendar and join on time. We will be recording the conversation so you can watch in the future. Please do not register if you are planning to watch the recording. Questions? Email inquiry@gscolorado.org. We want 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. #GirlScoutingatHome #GSCOevents #mentalhealth #NationalMentalHealthInnovationCenter #GirlScoutsatHome #UniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicia #ConversationStarter #UniversityofColorado

GSCO asked Katie to answer a few quick questions about her volunteer experience. We hope you find her as inspiring as we did. Why did you become a Girl Scout volunteer? Growing up in a small town in western Ohio, I was a Girl Scout from Kindergarten through high school (Girl Scouts of Appleseed Ridge), and my Girl Scout memories are some of my fondest from childhood.  Our troop loved to camp together, sleeping in covered wagons and old, drafty cabins at Camp Myeerah, learning to cook outdoors, exploring the ravines lined by slate rock creeks, singing and laughing around the campfire, and eating more red licorice than a person should consume in a lifetime. My mom (Carol Hone) and Donna Bidlack were our troop leaders, and I’m still so thankful that they made Girl Scouts possible for us, allowing the freedom and providing the support for us to develop our independence and confidence.  I wanted that same positive, supportive, growth-oriented Girl Scout experience for my daughter and the other fabulous girls in her grade. Becoming a Girl Scout volunteer allows me to give back and create those Girl Scout possibilities for them, just as Donna and my mom did for us. The group of girls who grew together as troop sisters during those formative years are all still friends today, and even though we’re now spread across the country, we keep in touch via social media and get together whenever we can, celebrating big life milestones, welcoming new babies into the fold, grieving together through tough times, and cherishing each other’s long-time love and support. Tell us about your different volunteer roles as a Girl Scout. I serve as co-leader of Troop 16190 in Basalt for our troop of fourth grade Juniors that formed when the girls were in first grade. We now have 12 girls in the troop, and we can’t wait to be back together in person when it’s safe to do so! As a former middle and high school choir and band director and now the Director of Education for the Aspen Music Festival and School, I love to plan curriculum and lead groups of kids, so I take care of the activities and meeting-leading for our troop, while my fantastic co-leader and troop volunteers handle our finances and cookie program management. I’ve also recently taken on the role of co-service unit manager for Service Unit 111 (Aspen, Basalt, and Carbondale). What have you learned as a Girl Scout volunteer? First, I’ve learned to be even more thankful for my mom and Donna (my troop leaders from childhood), as it is SO much work to do this well, and they were masterful, making the Girl Scout leading process look totally enjoyable and effortless. Oh, if we only knew!  But more than that, even as an experienced educator, I’m thankful that the 12 girls in our troop have helped me reconnect with some of the most important elements of being a teacher-leader. I learn so much as a Girl Scout volunteer because our girls are constantly teaching me how to be a better educator, mom, and member of our community. I see their willingness to ask each other and me for help and support, and it reminds me that it’s okay to be vulnerable and reach out to others for assistance.  I see their enthusiasm and adorable naïveté, and it reminds me to seek the positivity and disregard the little negative voice in my head that tells me “it can’t be done.” I see their curiosity and bright-eyed wonder, and it reminds me of how important it is to find the child-like magic in everyday moments. I see their flexibility and openness, and it reminds me that sometimes it’s important to leave my curriculum plan behind and make time instead to just talk, bond, and allow everyone to be heard and feel understood. In my four years of working with these girls, they’ve already taught me so much, and they’re only 9 and 10-years-old! I can’t wait to see what comes next in our adventures together. What do you hope girls have learned from you? Above all, I hope our girls have learned how important it is to be KIND to one another. In the 15 years that I’ve been teaching elementary, middle, and high school students, I too often see just how vicious girls can be to one another, and it breaks my heart. At our very first parent meeting when we were forming our new troop, I told the group of parents gathered there that my number one goal was to lead these girls to the realization that being benevolent and supportive was so much more powerful than tearing other girls down, and I design every single thing that we do with that mission in mind.  I hope our girls have learned that singing classic camp songs is one of the most fun, uplifting things we can do together (they love it!) and that the music we make together is more beautiful than what we could create alone. I hope they’ve discovered that they can tackle big projects and big problems, and that they have the power to do important things and produce meaningful change.  And finally, I hope they’ve learned that forming a sisterhood with each other is truly joyful and that those friendships are to be cherished, just as I still cherish my own Girl Scout sister relationships formed back in troop meetings and drafty cabins, through hikes and songs and laughter to last a lifetime, all those years ago. Want to nominate a volunteer for Girl Scouts of Colorado to spotlight? Please email Public Relations Director AnneMarie Harper at annemarie.harper@gscolorado.org. #2021VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerNews #volunteerspotlight #VolunteerAppreciationMonth #VolunteerAppreciation #WesternColorado #2021VolunteerSpotlight

We can’t think of a better combination or a better reason to celebrate than Girl Scout Leaders Day AND Earth Day falling on the same day! Girl Scout volunteers are known for their love of the outdoors and their environmental stewardship. You are bold, tenacious, dedicated, caring, resourceful, resilient, strong, and downright amazing. We see you out there making the world a better place! That’s why on this Girl Scout Leaders Day, we invite you to join us in honor of Earth Day in a bold tree-planting initiative. Girl Scouts is joining forces with the Elliott Wildlife Values Project and American Forests. We’re setting out to plant, protect, and honor 5 million trees across the country in five years. Not only is that great for wildlife, it’ll also help ease the effects of climate change. That’s BIG! For the fourth year, Girl Scouts of Colorado has made a donation to the Restoring Colorado’s Forest Fund to plant thousands of trees in areas scarred by wildfires. This annual gift has been our way of saying ‘thank you’ to our amazing volunteers for the work you do guiding girls as they grow through Girl Scouts. This year, we’re more excited than ever because our gift of trees is perfectly timed to kick off the national Girl Scout Tree Promise. You have already planted seeds for the future with your Girl Scouts; now, gather your girls, inspire your community, do your part to protect and preserve the planet – ready, set, plant! Join us tonight for a live, virtual kickoff event with Danni Washington! Get started planting, protecting, and honoring the trees in your community now! Make Your Tree Promise Track Your Trees As a special thank you, GSUSA is offering a 10% discount at the national online shop, use code Volunteer2021 through April 30, 2021. You are the heart and soul of Girl Scouting, and we’re grateful for all you do. If there’s ever anything we can do to help, any way we can offer support, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re on your team! Watch a special htank you from all of Girl Scouts of Colorado here! #VolunteerNews #VolunteerAppreciationMonth #GirlScoutLeadersDay2021 #VolunteerAppreciationMonth2021 #GirlScoutLeadersDay #EarthDay2021 #VolunteerAppreciation #RestoringColoradosForestFund #EarthDay

Girl Scouts of Colorado thanks Commander Suzette Freidenberger of the Grand Junction Police Department for participating in our “Meet an Expert” program on April 8, 2021. Missed the program? Listen or watch now on our Meet an Expert playlist on YouTube. More than 25 Girl Scouts from across the country joined the program to lean about police operations and the roles and responsibilities of a commander. Commander Freidenberger started off the session with a tour of a police car and a show-and-tell of everything she wears on her when she is in uniform. She also told the girls all about her experience in training and rising through the ranks in the police department and becoming a commander in 2020. After her presentation, she answered questions from the girls such as, “What is your favorite case you’ve worked on?”, and, “In your opinion, what is the silliest law in Colorado?”. Commander Freidenberger even spoke to the girls about what it is like being a woman in a male-dominated career and what girls who are interested in law enforcement can do today. Girl Scouts who participated in the live session or listen to the recording can purchase their “Meet an Expert” patch online: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/en/about-girl-scouts/gsco-shop.html. Don’t forget to check out upcoming “Meet an Expert” sessions on our events calendar! Questions? Email girlexperience@gscolorado.org. We want 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. #GirlScoutingatHome #GrandJunction #GirlScoutsatHome #Meetanexpert #GrandJunctionPolice

Submitted by Emily Sage Northern & Northeastern CO Loveland Brianna and Rachel from Troop 71020 started planning their Silver Award project while the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires were burning in northern Colorado. This inspired them to help with the fire recovery efforts. First, they designed “Colorado Strong” T-shirts and sweatshirts which they sold to raise funds to support their project. In December, they used some of their money to purchase needed items for the disaster response collection center to help fire victims in need during the holidays. They used to rest of their proceeds to purchase more than 300 trees through the Colorado State University “Restoring Colorado’s Forests” program to assist with spring replanting efforts. To make their project sustainable, Brianna and Rachel developed a troop meeting plan for Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors to learn about fire safety and prevention. The meeting plan can be used for virtual or in-person meetings. Their meeting plan is available at: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rdd3-IfRidYb6rQHqk-WBJhSmmrzIlp69EU-SS1naBc/edit?usp=sharing If you are interested in purchasing a T-shirt or sweatshirt, so Brianna and Rachel can purchase more trees to help with reforestation, please email troop71020@gmail.com for more information. We want 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. #HighestAwards #Loveland #SilverAward #CameronPeakFire #NorthernampNortheasternCO #GirlScoutSilverAward #SilverAwardGirlScouts #TakeAction #EastTroublesomefire

Submitted by Amanda Johnson Metro Denver Denver The Girl Scout Brownies of Troop 65750 chose to honor the heroes at Children’s Hospital Colorado as their Hometown Hero this year. These ten Brownies from Denver’s Central Park Neighborhood delivered 202 packages of cookies and made six blankets to give to patient families. When choosing a Hometown Hero, these Brownies saw two types of heroes at Children’s. First, the healthcare heroes who have been working especially hard during the pandemic, and also the patients and their families who are receiving life-giving care. They were particularly inspired by the Child Life Department at Children’s that works to help children feel comfortable at the hospital. The Brownies hope to return to Children’s Hospital Colorado in the future as Girl Scout Juniors to take a tour and learn more about this important community resource. We want 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. #2021GirlScoutCookieProgram #Denver #cookies #GirlScoutCookies #GirlScoutCookieProgram #ChildrensHospitalColorado #HometownHeroes #MetroDenver