Member Essentials – 6/9/20

Dear GSWNY Members, We have a few updates related to COVID-19, the Buffalo Service Center and a new training session. COVID-19 UpdateGSWNY formed a COVID-19 Task Force in March devoted to safety guidelines which is currently developing a plan for moving forward with in-person programming and council operations […]

Girl Scouts of WNY announces Nicole Spiegel as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout

irl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Nicole Spiegel of East Amherst, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Spiegel’s Gold Award was titled Daycare Project and focused on increasing literacy and availability of literature at a local daycare. For her project, she built a Little Free Library and picnic table, plus planted trees to establish a reading space. She finished her project through the distribution of digital literacy information during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Girl Scouts of WNY announces Rachel Bernstein as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout

Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Rachel Bernstein of Honeoye, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Bernstein’s project, creating a sign and benches for a community garden, involved first contacting the Conservation Board as well as her high school’s Green Team. Together, they worked out the details and ended with a successful project that raises awareness for the garden itself, as well as involvement opportunities for the community.