Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

March 30th was a big WIN-WIN day for the Girl Scouts and our military personnel. For the fourth year, Girl Scouts of Nassau County is blessed to partner with DHL Express Global to send Girl Scout Cookies® -- “taste of home” -- to our military personnel serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and the military hospitals in Germany.   This year, some of our Cookies will be going to wounded warriors at the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC.   So far this year, Girl Scouts have sold more than 45K boxes of Girl Scout Cookies® to be shared with our military personnel.   It is a just a small way that we can give back to those who are making the sacrifice of service in the all-volunteer military of this era.   Since the beginning of the Girl Scouts in 1912, we have pledged to serve God and our country, and to make the world a better place.   During  other wars Girl Scouts rolled bandages, collected scrap metal, planted Victory Gardens, sent cards and did whatever they could to support the so...

On Sunday, February 28th five of our Girl Scouts of Nassau County First LEGO teams participated in the Long Island Regional FLL Tournament in Longwood NY – and they certainly did us proud!!!! It was a wonderful experience to see the teamwork they exhibited, the confidence – and competence – with which they dealt with glitches in their robots’ performances and the support they received from our adult volunteer coaches and mentors. The girls interacted with (and were evaluated by) judges in five different categories and still had tons of energy to enjoy dancing to the DJ that played throughout the day! They networked with other teams (41 teams competed), looked for ideas for next year, and reconnected with teams they met at previous tournaments. Check out the awards we received: Robot Performance Award: the team whose robot achieves the highest score from a single round on the competition field. Second Place went to Lego Chicks (Mary Madigan & Ed Sottile with girls from St. Ign...