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Written GSCCS on July 18, 2012 in What Girl Scouts Taught Me |
Gold Award honorees, Nicole and Andrea, were recognized recently at the 2012 Clovis Hall of Fame. Nicole’s Gold Award project in 2011 provide the history of World War II internment camps in California, while Andrea’s project in 2010 was A Summer Full of Food. They were joined by Girl Scouts Hannah and Lidia, who handed out flowers to the ladies who attended this commemorative...
Post by: GSCCS | Posted on: July 18, 2012 | In: News |
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On July 10th, we hosted a media training event for our Super Sellers Secret Society Honors or SSSSH Girls. The SSSSH girls are our top earning Girl Scouts. To reach the secret society girls need to sell a minimum of 1000 Girl Scout cookie boxes. When they reach this goal they earn the right to be on the GSCCS media team! 24 SSSSH girls traveled from Visalia, Oakhurst, and Madera to attend the...
Written GSCCS on July 18, 2012 in Troops |
Girls from Troop 394 traveled to Washington DC, June 6-June 11 touring the Nation’s Capital and participating in the largest gathering of Girl Scouts EVER. Over 250,000 Girl Scouts from around the world gathered on the National Mall, Saturday June 9, 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA. Every USA Girl Scout Council was present and Troop 394 represented Girl Scouts of...
Written GSCCS on July 18, 2012 in Volunteers |
Guest Blog Post by : Claire from Troop 437 Troop 437 was working on their  Cadette GS Way badge, and they were to honor a Girl Scout volunteer. Troop 437 does not  know Christie personally, but she serves us indirectly through her SU Product chair position. To get to know her, each Girl Scout from Troop 437 did a phone interview with at least one person who knows Christie. Most of the...
Written GSCCS on July 18, 2012 in Travel |
Summer is here and Troops are out and about in our amazing Central Valley having a blast this summer. Troop 844 at the Rockin Camp El-O-Win. They had professional stylists do their hair & make-up, performed in a lip-sync, air-band contest & won a “Grammy” for 1st place. They also went to Wild Water Adventure Park in Clovis for the Splash Off!...
Post by: GSCCS | Posted on: July 18, 2012 | In: Travel |
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Eloise Golden and Alison H attended the Girls World Forum in Chicago, Illinois as representatives for Girl Scouts of Central California South. Below is the day to day activities at the Girls World Forum. Guest Blog Post by: Eloise Golden, Girl Scout Alumna 7/11/2012 (Wednesday) We arrived in Chicago today to join several hundred young women – Girl Scouts and Girl Guides – aged 14 to 18...
Written GSCCS on July 03, 2012 in Troops |
On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Troop 2571 (Daisy/Brownie troop) undertook a Community Service project. They colored 100 American flags and presented them to the residents of Lifehouse Parkview Healthcare Center in honor of the Fourth of July. The girls also accomplished one of ten tasks to complete one  of the 100th things for the 100th G.S. Anniversary, they read for 100 minutes to the...
Written GSCCS on July 02, 2012 in Troops |
Service Unit 25 was celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouting and collecting 100 cans of food per day at their  Twilight camp on  June 25-29 at Clovis High School. Their goal was to collect 500 cans (100 cans per day). They surpassed their goal and collected 620 cans! An anonymous donor donated $1 for every can donated in the name of Girl Scouts! The canned food and donation went  to needy...
Post by: GSCCS | Posted on: June 29, 2012 | In: Uncategorized |
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Service Unit 30 hosted a Twilight Camp June 18 – 21 from 6:00pm to 8:45PM at the Fresno Sportsmen’s Club. Twilight Camp is where girls get an introduction to the things that have made Girl Scouting such a strong, safe, fun tradition. Camp opened each night with a flag ceremony followed by  Service Unit 30′s world famous relays. The girls then broke into small groups....
Written GSCCS on June 29, 2012 in Troops |
Over 100 Girl Scouts participated in the Big Read with the Fresno Library. The Big Read with the Fresno Library was a Patch program. Requirements: Complete the first four activities plus: Brownies: complete any two additional activities Juniors/Cadettes: complete any three additional activities Seniors/Ambassadors: complete any four additional activities. 1. Get Reading!-...