Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

It’s hard to believe, but Thursday starts August! Being Girl Scouts, who are always prepared, prepare yourself for the upcoming month with… Girl Scouting in August.    August 4 th celebrate National Sisters' Day by sending out cards to your closest friends and Girl Scout sisters. Consider having your Cadettes, Seniors or Ambassadors form friendships with younger Girl Scouts by having them teach the art of friendship bracelet making. In the end, the girls can trade their friendship bracelets as a way to show their bonds!   Additionally, encourage your girls to make new friends this year, which will earn them their “Make New Friends” fun patch. Remember, just as Vi, the Daisy flower friend teaches us, be a sister to every Girl Scout.  Talk to your Cadettes about exploring the world of financial literacy and math skills involved in the home décor and fashion industries at our program Designer Division, Stylish Subtraction, and Fashionable Fractions . From August...

This week, Girl Scout Juniors have been exploring fun ways to interact with music and sound. Using wireless tablets and laptops, girls have been creating, recording, manipulating and synthesizing sounds, to create their own songs, remix and sound collages.  Today is the last day of the program and tonight the girls will be presenting their music creations to their friends and families.   Thank girls for making the GSNC Service Center so musical and Good Luck tonight!

"What you do for your family and your community, you do for the world, because the world is, after all, made up of families and communities like yours." -Junior Girl Scout Handbook, 1963 Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Part of making the world a better place is taking part in community service, after all, according to the Junior Girl Scout Handbook, 1963 Edition , “what you do for your family and your community, you do for the world.” This summer, Girl Scouts of Nassau County is challenging you to perform community service with GSNC’s Summer Service Challenge . But, what types of community service are out there for you to do?   Try some of these popular community service ideas that other troops in Nassau County have enjoyed. Beach Clean Up - Just picture it, your Girl Scout Troop is at the beach flying kites, when all of a sudden, someone steps on a half eaten sandwich… how much fun is that...

It was definitely a day of smiles for the girls who attend GSNC Summer Fun Day Camp ’s Sports Spree Games week. Today, 1-800-flowers’ Summer of a Million Smiles program and Paws Unite People joined together to visit the girls at the Summer Fun Day Camp at Wantagh.   Paws Unite People taught the girls the basics of dog and cat care, like one of the most important parts of pet ownership is showing your pet love.   The grinning girls were then able to pet and play with the dogs that came to visit the campers…. This was definitely where the Summer of a Million Smiles team saw the most smiles.   At the end of the program, 1-800-flowers team members gave each of the girls Pup-cake in Bloom™ arrangement.

Since 2009 GSNC Troops have been digging down, into the dirt as part of the Girl Scout Gardeners Program by at The Farm at Oyster Bay. Both girls and adults learn how food goes from seed to table. They plant seeds, weed, do pest control, and harvest the organic vegetables grown. Once harvested, all the produce gets donated to local food pantries. Last year, the farm donated over 1,200 lbs! Here is a little salute of what is happening currently with the GS Gardeners at the Farm at Oyster Bay. Hey Guys,  Just wanted to share what I did at The Farm last week. Well first of all, I had an awesome time! The best part was when we were weeding; we had a competition, juniors (me) vs. daisies. The competition was whoever pulled the most weeds and made the largest 'weed pile' won. My 2 friends and I (the juniors) won. We also planted corn and pumpkin seeds. Afterwards, we went inside, drew pictures and wrote about what we did. We all got ice pops. Then sadly, we had to go...

On Friday, July 12, Girl Scouts from GSNC’s Media Girl Unit attended Build-a-Bear Workshop ’s Grand Reopening at Roosevelt Field Mall. While there, Girl Scouts built stuffed bears that would be donated to children at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children . Hear Junior Girl Scout Keely’s experience with building a bear for St. Mary’s.  Today, I went to Build-a-Bear workshop with my Girl Scout friends for their Grand Reopening. I made a bear for St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children. I hope that my bear makes them smile!  This was my first time ever going to Build-a-Bear…I LOVED it. We got to chose a bear and add a heart to the bear. We made sure the bear was smart, strong and fast and was just like us! We then stuffed the bear at the stuffing machine. After the bear was stuffed, we washed the bear in the bath tub and then we dried it with the blow dryer. When we were all done, we hugged the bear and put it in the bin to donate to the kids at St. Ma...