Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

Junior Troop 917 from Bellmore recently participated in a sign contest sponsored by Hofstra University and won an opportunity to have a Girl Scout Cookie Booth Sale at one of their basketball games. They had a wonderful time!

How you can take part in National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend 2017? Mark your calendars for February 24-26, 2017 and get ready to celebrate another great National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend! ·          Hold a Cookie Booth Sale. A booth sale is when a Troop sets up a table or booth at a public location and displays and sells boxes of cookies directly to customers, allowing them to eat Girl Scout Cookies right away. So get out there and bling your booth! ·         Go door-to-door with your Girl Scout Cookie Order Form . Ask your neighbors if they purchased all of their Girl Scout Cookies? Call your relatives and tell them about your goals for the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Educate your teachers about all that you learn by selling Girl Scout Cookies. They might want #OneMoreBox! ·         Get Social . If you have Facebook or Twitter account, post about Girl Scout Cookies and...

Every day on social media, Girl Scouts are showcasing amazing Take Action projects, exciting Troop adventures and memorable Girl Scout moments. Are you one of those Girl Scouts? Next time you post, try including a Girl Scout hashtag(#) in your post so you can be part of the bigger Girl Scout conversation. #GirlScoutsGiveBack – use when posting pictures or talking about your Girl Scouts giving back to the community through community service projects or Take Action Projects. #GirlScoutsRock – use when posting pictures or talking about Girl Scouts Awesomeness… anything that involves fun, friends and making a difference, this is the hashtag to use. #GirlScoutsForever - use when posting pictures or talking about your Girl Scout sisters and the memories you’ve made. #BlingyourBooth – Is your Troop taking part in the Bling Your Booth contest? Be sure to use this hashtag to show others what your Blinged-out Cookie Booth looks like. #CookieBoss - Showcase your Girl Scout ...

National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is February 27 th through March 1 st ! Girl Scouts and Non-Girl Scouts alike can join in on the fun and festivities on National Girl Scout Cookie Day! Girl Scouts can celebrate with us by hosting a Cookie Booth Sale, a Cookie Walkabout, or simply going door-to-door that day with your Girl Scout Cookie Order Form. Not a Girl Scout, well you can still participate in the day’s festivities. When Girl Scouts sell Girl Scout Cookies®, they are building practical life skills such as Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills and Business Ethics… skills that will help them be successful in life and become the leaders of tomorrow! Here are some ways to take part in National Girl Scout Cookie Day… Hold a Cookie Booth Sale - a booth sale is when a Troop sets up a table or booth at a public location and displays and sells boxes of cookies directly to customers, allowing them to eat Girl Scout Cookies rig...

We often think that because it’s winter, we are stuck inside… well that just isn’t the case. As long as it isn’t too cold and you bundle up for the winter weather, there are many fun and interesting activities you can do in the winter… most of them don’t even need snow. Warning: Fun will happen and a hat, gloves and winter coat are needed.    Outdoor Winter Activities Make your own icicles . Make a tiny hole in a hanging container (you can use a milk container and hang it up), fill it with water and then leave it slowly dripping. This activity was found on For complete experiment instructions, visit: http://www.kidactivities.net/category/Seasonal-Winter-Outside-Fun.aspx Play  tag, or hide and seek . These are great outdoor activities for any weather and snow forts make great places to hide. Watch the sunset . The sun sets much earlier in the winter than it does in the summer. Sit outside and watch the sun set. Does it look different from a summer sunset? ...

We all know that the Girl Scout Cookie Season can be a hectic one… girls (with adult supervision of course) are out there “pounding the pavement” trying to sell as many boxes of cookies as they can to reach their goal.   Cookie Season doesn’t start until January 4, 2014, but what are some things we can do now to prepare ourselves and make January a little easier? 1) Troops should be setting GOALS and discussing plans for their Cookie Proceeds.   What is your Troop going to do with the money you earn from the Girl Scout Cookie Program?   -- Community service?   A Take Action Project?   A camping excursion?   Saving for a "big trip?" -- How many Cookies need to be sold to meet those goals? 2) Okay Troop Cookie Managers… now is the time to attend your Association’s Cookie Manager Training Session. These will be taking place at the end of November and early December. Emails will be going out soon (if they haven’t already) regarding date, time and pla...

Today is National Girl Scout Cookie Day!! For the last couple of days, you have probably been hearing a lot about Girl Scout Cookies, especially this morning.   Well that is because TODAY has been declared National Girl Scout Cookie Day and it is our goal to let the world know that Girl Scout Cookies aren’t just yummy! The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led business in the world, generating $780 million in annual sales and by buying Girl Scout Cookies directly from a Girl Scout, girls learn skills that are essential to leadership, to success, and to life.    National Cookie Day is finally here!!!   Here are just a few things we have going on today in our Council…   Morning Show Appearances : Girl Scouts from Nassau County will appear on Fox and Friends , Good Morning America , CNN, and a few girls will appear on the Couch .     Roaming Reporter :   We have a GSNC Media Girl acting as a Roaming Reporter in NYC in...