Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

GSNC's 2013 Invention Convention Encourages Girl Scouts to Think Outside the Box (or Maybe with it!) As They Create Objects Out of Recycled Materials. Brownies Show Off the Chair They Created Last Friday night (February 22), a crowd of over 100 people gathered at the Cradle of Aviation Museum for Girl Scouts of Nassau County's first Invention Convention for Girl Scout Brownies. The girls came ready to DISCOVER more about the world around them, to CONNECT with other girls, the Museum and GSNC volunteers and staff on some cool ideas, and then to put those Discoveries and Connections together to TAKE ACTION by creating their own musical instrument and chair made from recycled materials. Girls also participated in an exercise where they designed and built a space station on Mars or the moon. All of the activities were in the halls and galleries of the Museum, where the girls were surrounded by marvelous inventions at every turn! A Brownie Listening to Her Mu...

World Thinking Day and the History Behind the Day that Girl Scouts and Guide Guides Around the World Celebrate.  Every year, on February 22, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all over the world celebrate World Thinking Day.   We honor our sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts by taking the time to give thanks for our international friends and to remember that Girl Scouts of Nassau County isn’t the only group of Girl Scouts out there; that we are part of a larger community of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides. But, what is the history behind World Thinking Day ?  In 1926, at the 4th International Conference, held right here in New York at the Girl Scouts of the USA's Camp Edith Macy , Girl Scout and Girl Guide delegates chose February 22nd as Thinking Day with the thought that there should be a special day to “think” about our sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; circling the globe with a chain of thoughts of international friendship and world peace.   The date...

Girl Scouts of Nassau County Girl Scouts Give Girl Scout Cookie Sales Tips Recently, we asked a group of Girl Scouts who participate in the Girl Scouts of Nassau County Chorus to create a video on Girl Scout Cookies . This is what they decided to do… During the 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Booth Sale Kickoff, three Girl Scouts from the Girl Scouts of Nassau County Chorus asked other Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Volunteers what tips they had for selling Girl Scout Cookies.   The answered they received included: Be Confident Always Be Polite Smile Let people know that Girl Scout Cookies are more than just a treat! Get the Customers Attention Set Goals and Discuss those Goals with Your Family Know Your Product Tell Customers the Price Say “Hi” Click here to find Girl Scout Cookies Near You! 

My Day Interviewing at National Girl Scout Cookie Day!!!   By Abby A. (the Girl Scout Cadette doing the interviewing... I'm also on the Tagalongs Box) On Friday February 8, 2013, I went into the city to be a roving reporter for National Girl Scout Cookie Day .   Unfortunately, it was the day we were expecting a blizzard.   My day began at about 5:30 in the morning.   That was when the car came, but I woke up at 4:34 in the morning. Our first stop was Fox & Friends .   The new Girl Scout Cookie Truck was there and they interviewed us in the truck.   My sister was also there, along with a Girl Scout troop from Brooklyn.   They were going to work the first cookie truck stop.   They were really nice.   After Fox & Friends, Regan (the other Girl Scout Roving Reporter... she's a Girl Scout from Greater New York) and I started interviewing people on the street. We met Anna Maria Chaves, Miss Teen Kansas, two Brooklyn N...

Random Acts of Kindness! Image Credit: The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation We are Girl Scouts!   We spend our time learning new skills, making others smile, and volunteering our time to help others… those words “to help people, at all times..” are in our Girl Scout Promise .   But, have you ever thought that simply doing a Random Act of Kindness could go a long way to making someone smile and helping to make their day a whole lot brighter?    This week, February 11-17, is Random Acts of Kindness Week !   Go out into the world and take part in Random Acts of Kindness.   Buy a cup of coffee for the person in line behind you. Smile at the people who walk pass you on the street. Let someone go ahead of you in line at the cafeteria. Draw a smiley face on a post it and leave it on the desk for the person in the class after you. All these kind acts will make other people smile.     I am challenging every Girl Scout to t...