November is a month filled with promotions. What used to be shopping on Black Friday led to Cyber Monday and now you can shop amazing deals virtually the entire month long. With all this spending, why not welcome a chance to give back? #GivingTuesday is a global movement […]
Today and today only, Girl Scouts of Western New York is hosting a council-wide Join-a-Thon! We’re inviting girls and adults from our nine wonderful counties to start their Girl Scout adventure today between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. To sweeten the deal, we have some incentives: We literally […]
When talking about what Girl Scouts is all about, people usually have misconceptions about our main area of focus. Most will argue it’s cookies and crafts while others will assume it’s STEM based on all the news coverage of our programs. It’s true we’re about one thing, but […]
For the second time in 2018, we’re holding a Join-a-Thon! If you’ve been on the fence about joining or know someone’s who’s interested, today’s the day because we have some fantastic incentives for those who join Nov. 14 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Stay tuned.
Girl Talk is a quarterly publication that highlights stories from around the council, whether it’s about girls, adults, programs, or partners! For our late fall publication, we highlight the amazing volunteers behind Skills and Chills, specifically Nancy Grimes, as well as our Women of Distinction event, our Cybersecurity […]
In Girl Scouting, our mission doesn’t end at building girls of courage, confidence, and character. We empower them to take it one step further and help make their world a better place. For Troop 30143, the difference they want to make is related directly to one of their […]
November is a month built on being thankful and we take that seriously at Girl Scouts of Western New York. We’re one month into our new membership year, and we want to thank all of our new leaders! Throughout the month, we’re celebrating our new leaders with fun […]
We followed up our camp theme contest with another camp-related question: What do you think the new lodge at Camp Piperwood should be called? After reviewing more than 100 entries, we selected Friendship Circle Lodge, suggested by volunteer Jody Brege! Congratulations to Jody for her excellent suggestion! Friendship […]
Earlier in October, we asked all our membership for camp theme suggestions for 2019. Not only did membership hear the call, they delivered! After reviewing nearly 200 incredible suggestions, our committee selected: Thank you to Ariana DiNezza, a Brownie, for your excellent suggestion! Ariana’s entry will be featured […]
Register for our semi annual L.E.A.P. volunteer training by this Friday, October 26! This November 3, we’re inviting all our volunteers to attend the event at either our Buffalo, Lockport, or Rochester Service Center. It runs from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Paula D’Amico, TV news producer will […]
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