Introducing Confidence Crates—a brand-new subscription box for new members from the Girl Scouts of Western New York (GSWNY)! Confidence Crates were created especially for girls in grades K-2 to boost their creativity, problem-solving skills, and imagination and to help welcome them to Girl Scouts. Read to find out how to sign your girl up to receive them!
For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts has been impacting girls’ lives. To girls like Shelby, it doesn’t matter if they’re part trendsetter, part change-maker, part athlete, part engineer, part artist, or part go-getter, because they know who they are and where they want to go next. Shelby […]
October was the first month of our new membership year and it flew by (because of all the amazing activities!). Now, we’re in one of our favorite months, New Leader November! Okay, so maybe we add the ‘new leader’ part, but we love celebrating our new troop volunteers […]
[The following was submitted to GSWNY from Troop 20173. To have your troop story featured, email communications@gswny.org] Members of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 20173 are learning to push themselves to conquer their fears, and are having fun while they do it! After selling more than 2,000 boxes of Girl […]
Deciding what activities for your girl to be a part of can be challenging considering all the options. This is especially true come summer with different camp opportunities and ways for them to spend their free time. You want what’s best for your girl, and so do we, […]
April is one of our favorite months of the year because it’s a special time to thank the everyday heroes in the lives of our Girl Scouts – our volunteers! While we love and appreciate them (and you!) every day, April is a special time to show our […]
As competition for your girl’s time heats up, it’s easy to dismiss Girl Scouts as not being right for her. Your girl isn’t the girly-girl type, so she wouldn’t enjoy an organization where that’s a big deal. She’s more of a tomboy, so she likely wouldn’t have a […]
The 2018 midterm elections gave women a reason to celebrate: out of the 266 women who ran for office, nearly half of them won their seats for a record-setting number of women in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Even better? Of those elected to the 116th […]
Our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place is more than just words; we see it in action. Girl Scouts throughout Western New York continually live out our mission. Consider Jaylah’s story, the Girl Scout pictured above. As a […]
Girl Scouts is more than just an activity for your girl. It can have life-changing effects on who she becomes and what she believes she can achieve. Take Maria’s story, for example. Maria’s journey with Girl Scouts began in Puerto Rico, when she joined as a Daisy. Five […]
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