Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

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 100 th 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 100 th 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 bulk of Girl Scouting occurs in Troops and groups that meet regularly.   Troop Leaders, parents and Association volunteers set the path for our Girl Scouts to pursue Journeys and badges that intro...

Girl Scouts of Nassau County Salutes Our Community Partners GSNC has hundreds of community partners, including every public school district, most private and religious schools, local colleges and universities, other not-for-profit organizations, as well as government and corporate supporters and many small businesses. This is the second in a series of articles that will focus on some of our partner organizations.   DHL, Operation Cookie and a Commitment to Community For more than a decade, DHL has partnered with the Girl Scouts of Nassau County to ship 600,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies—that adds up to literally ten million cookies!— to service men and women across the world through Operation Cookie. A worldwide leader in shipping and logistics, DHL has made social responsibility a key piece of its strategy. By leveraging its core competency—international shipping—DHL makes an impact across the globe by connecting people and coordinating the smooth delivery of innumer...

Operation Cookie 2014 Over the past 8 years Girl Scouts of Nassau County , with the help from DHL Express , has packed and shipped over 400,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies ® to our servicemen and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and surrounding areas. This year, as part of Operation Cookie , more than 60,000 boxes of cookies were not only delivered to those serving overseas, but also delivered to our local Marine Base in Garden City and the Coast Guard at Jones Beach . Well… we are excited to say, “The Girl Scout Cookies have arrived to their destinations.” Some of those men and women based in Afghanistan were astounded at the generosity of the Nassau County Girl Scouts and DHL. They thank everyone for their continued efforts to support them while on the other side of the world. Great Job Girl Scouts! You make us proud!

On April 17, 2014, Girl Scouts of Nassau County and representatives from DHL Express launched the 9th Annual Operation Cookie by preparing to ship a variety of over 1 million Girl Scout Cookies® to U.S. military serving around the world.   Operation Cookie is a premiere Girl Scout community project which provides the opportunity for the local community to purchase Girl Scout Cookies to be donated to military personnel, local veterans’ facilities and other organizations. Representatives from DHL Express joined the Girl Scouts in preparing 60,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies for shipment. Because DHL Express is donating its shipping services, GSNC is able to distribute the boxes to U.S. military in oversea to places like Bahrain and Afghanistan. A BIG Thank You to all those who support Operation Cookie... the people who donate cookies to Operati on Cookie, the Girl Scouts who sell cookies for Operation Cookie, the volunteers who support the girls and DHL Express f...

Operation Cookie Send-off #2 Last week, those Girl Scouts who sold at least 100 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies for Operation Cookie celebrated at the Marine Base on Stewart Avenue in Garden City with a special send-off of Cookies going to local New York National Guard and Military Reserve units (those who helped during Super Storm Sandy).   We were greeted by Sergeant Moreno and other members of the team at the Marine Base.   She told the girls about the work that goes on at that location.   We were joined by representatives from our Operation Cookie partners, DHL Global, who assisted in sending Cookies to other locations.   (We could not have Operation Cookie without DHL!) Hooray for DHL! A BIG HOORAY and THANK YOU to the many Girl Scouts who go the extra miles to make Operation Cookie a major feature of their own Cookie Program efforts! Some girls ask customers to just add one more box for the soldiers when they take orders or at their booth sales. ...

Girl Scouts Are Proud to Take Part in Girl Scouts of Nassau County's 2013 Operation Cookie Send-off Event, Where Tens of Thousands of Boxes of Cookies Begin Shipment to Military Personnel Serving Overseas . By Cassie R, Guest Writer Over the past 8 years, Girl Scouts of Nassau County(GSNC) with the help from DHL has shipped over 300,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies ® to our servicemen and women in Bahrain, Afghanistan and surrounding areas.  These Girl Scout Cookies® come from community members who purchase cookies for our Troops rather than for themselves through our program, Operation Cookie. Last Thursday, March 28, 2013, Girl Scouts of Nassau County, in partnership with DHL, hosted their annual Operation Cookie Send-off, where GSNC and local media, police and government officials waved good-bye and wished safe travels to the first major shipment of Girl Scout Cookies® which would be transported to military bases overseas.  These cookies were donated with the inten...

2012 was a happening year for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County and the Girl Scouts of the USA!   There were so many fun things ... and there were challenges. GSNC's Troop 2012 One of the most heralded days of the year was March 12th, when we celebrated our 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting in the USA. In honor of the 100 years, Girl Scouts of Nassau County started the day pre-dawn so that we could hold a Sunrise Ceremony.   We continued the day with an Open House, welcoming all Girl Scouts and their families to the opening of a Time Capsule from the 85th Anniversary!   It was exciting to turn 100!   There were so many exhilarating ways to celebrate throughout the 100th year ... Girl Scouts of Nassau County the turned the Nassau County Dome Lighting Green, started Troop Nassau Violets,   welcomed a few baby girls who were born on March 12th into Troop 2012, and dedicated the Juliette Gordon Low Park.   Girl Scouts from Nassau County also part...