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Saturday, December 31, 2016
2016 Year in Review
As Girl Scouts of Nassau County
closes out 2016, we look forward to 2017 and give thanks for the time and work of our volunteers who are the
mainstay of Girl Scouting!
This past year we celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Girl
Scout Gold Award with an extra fancy Gold Award Ceremony for 101 recipients
at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, with Captain Cynthia Robson, Gold Awardee
and a professor at the Academy, as our keynote speaker. In November we concluded our 100th Anniversary
Celebration with our Golden Flight to
Leadership Conference that included noted women as keynote speakers and
panelists. Geared to both adults and
older girls, the Conference provided information and inspiration on the skills
and traits one needs to be a leader.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program once again took the lead from January
through March with our girls mastering the 5
Skills and showing their support for
Operation
Cookie. Camping also saw a slight uptick in the number of girls
participating at Camp
Blue Bay proving that girls love going on adventures in the outdoors…
especially when there is boating involved.
This year’s Annual Meeting brought us a new group of Members-at-Large for our Board
of Directors, and the Delegate body passed six proposals that will allow
our Council to govern more effectively and to be in accord with the New York
State Not-for-Profit Corporation Laws.
The biggest news for GSNC this past
year was the actual start of renovations
on the Girl Scout Service Center at Ring Road in early July. The staff has been temporarily relocated to
325 Duffy Avenue in Hicksville while the building has been gutted to allow for
all-new updates to insulation, room configuration, electrical, HVAC, technology
as well as adding a 1600 square foot extension on the north side of the
building. The first floor of the
building will be almost totally devoted to the needs of our girls and
volunteers with an expanded Girl Scout Shop with attached Volunteer Resource
Center, more meeting space, designated space for Entrepreneurial Programs, and designated
public space for our Living History collection. We expect to be back in our
newly renovated space by late spring 2017.
Also coming in 2017, Girl Scouts of
Nassau County is following the lead of our national organization in
implementing the new Customer Engagement
Initiative [CEI] that will allow us to use
technology and personal connections to better serve our girls, parents and
volunteers. Members will be able to
register and complete applications online for both girls and adult volunteers
and Volunteers will have more program planning and Troop management resources
available to them.
There are so many exciting things
already happening in Girl Scouts that we can’t wait to… see what else 2017 has
in store!
Friday, December 16, 2016
Why Sell Girl Scout Cookies?
You may know that your Troop earns proceeds from Cookies and
girls earn patches and rewards, but did you also know the Girl Scout Cookie
Program teaches girls essential skills that will last a lifetime….and it’s fun?
Every year, Girl Scouts of Nassau County (GSNC) asks our girls and families for
their feedback about the Girl Scout Cookie Program.
What you told us you liked most* about selling Cookies was:
1. It’s fun
2. People love buying Girl Scout Cookies
3. The excitement of striving to reach sales goals
4. Earning rewards and patches
When the Girl Scout Research Institute measured the impact
of the Girl Scout Cookie Program, they found that a majority of Girl Scout
“Cookie Entrepreneurs” are developing the five essential skills of goal
setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Learning
valuable life skills via the Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls become
successful community and business leaders, now and in the future.
*Not surprisingly, what our girls like least about selling
Girl Scout Cookies was the cold and snowy weather!
Friday, December 9, 2016
by girls, FOR GIRLS by Alexa B., Girl Scout Ambassador
“I will do my best to be:
Honest and fair,
Friendly and helpful,
Considerate and caring,
Courageous and strong, and
Responsible for what I say and do,
And to
Respect myself and others,
Respect authority,
Use resources wisely,
Make the world a better place, and
Be a sister to every Girl Scout.”

At the age of seventeen, I have been a Girl Scout for more
years than I have been anything else; nearly thirteen years of my life have
been dedicated to not only my Troop, but also to myself, in the sense that
everything that I’ve done in Girl Scouts has helped mold me into a better
person. And, earning my Gold Award has been an achievement for which I am most
proud because it constantly reminds me that I can accomplish anything I wish to
do. Being in Girl Scouts has given me friendships that will last a lifetime, as
well as skills and strengths that I will take with me into college and into the
workforce when the time comes. Having been a part of a strong, united group for
so long makes me look forward to joining student organizations and civic
organizations in the future. It makes me look forward to finding others who
share my values of service and community.
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