Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

A Proud Moment for #ZimmCasters and the Girl Scouts of Nassau County By Marisa Drago and Marissa Kelly This year was the 100th Gold Award Ceremony for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, and we were lucky enough to cover the event in our new role as #ZimmCasters ! When we were presented the opportunity to attend, we weren’t sure what to expect. We were Girl Scouts when we were younger, so we knew a bit about the organization, but never made it far enough to earn the prestigious Gold Award. We were excited to attend the ceremony and learn what the award was all about.  The two of us are currently interning at Zimmerman/Edelson Inc (Z/E) , a public relations firm that has the Girl Scouts of Nassau County as a client. This summer, as part of our season-long intern project, we were tasked with becoming “ZimmCasters.” This means we must challenge ourselves by becoming reporters and social media handlers for Z/E and several of its clients. As #ZimmCasters, we wanted to experimen...

Senior/Ambassador Troop 836 Volunteered Time with the Navajo Nation! By Senior/Ambassador Troop 836 Senior/Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 836 from Rockville Centre had an amazing time volunteering in the Navajo Nation.   We spent 7 days in Tuba City, Arizona helping, learning and laughing.   We had been planning for a “big” trip for 5 years, but it wasn’t until the beginning of this year that we decided to go to the Navajo Nation.   We participated in Mags&Munchies , sold Girl Scout Cookies , ran activity days and hosted a tag sale all to raise money towards our goal. The cost of our trip was $1,381 per girl, so we wanted to raise as much money as possible to off-set the cost of the trip… in the end we ended up earning about $800 from the different money earning opportunities in which we participated. We planned our trip through Amizade Global Service Learning. We volunteered in the St. Jude's Food Bank and Garden in Tuba City where we stocked shelves, rep...