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Highmark Emerging
Leaders Conference
Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:00 am–3:00 pm
Catasauqua High School, 2500 W. Bullshead Road, Northampton, PA 18067. This event will bring out the Leader in everyone! Girls attending GSEP's Second Annual Emerging Leaders Conference will connect with girls from all over the Council. Workshops will focus on Leadership Skill Building, Self- Exploration, Career Exploration and Girl Scout centered Leadership Programs. Adults will be able to attend sessions in a separate adult track. Please register on ecouncil for this event. If you have questions please contact Melanie Doll at mdoll@gsep.org or Tracey Bunch at tbunch@gsep.org. Click here to download the flyer.
Girl Scout Sunday and
Girl Scout Week
Girl Scout Week starts on Sunday March 7! This is a week-long celebration of the founding of the Girl Scouting movement on March 12, 1912. Service Units should work with their Membership Manager to identify houses of worship that will use these covers or inserts to promote Girl Scouting in their communities and also to thank those places that offer meeting space to our troops. Printed covers and inserts may be downloaded from the links below or printed copies may be ordered using this order form. Deadline for order submission is 5:00 pm, February 15.
Cover in English
Cover in Spanish
Insert in English
Insert in Spanish
Girl Scout Week Press Release
GSEP Troop History Project
Girl Scouts will be 100 years old on March 12, 2012! We have a long history and you’re a part of it! Click on this link to check out GSEP’s Troop History Program sponsored by the History Committee. Record your history as part of the Troop History Project and share your troop’s stories and accomplishments as you connect with the past. Learn about former Girl Scouts in your troop and what they did way back when! Be creative and work with your leader to Discover your troop’s history, Connect with Girls Scouts’ past and Take Action to record for posterity, the highlights of your troop and make plans for your future history! Each participating troop will receive a certificate and a ribbon for the troop flag and each girl will receive a Troop History Project patch. For more information please contact Jean Harlow c/o the Valley Forge Service Center, (leave a message for a return phone call) 610.933.7555. Submissions are due by December 31, 2010!
Scholarships and Awards
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the 2010 Awards and Scholarships available to Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors throughout the council. Each award listed below has different criteria, requirements, and application processes. Please read the materials linked below carefully and consider the Girl Scouts in your lives who you think would qualify for any of the following awards. All nominees must be currently registered girls in Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.
Scholarships and Awards Overview
Graduating Girl Scout Ambassador Scholarship
Helen Bartberger Scholarship
Janet And Solomon Eshner
College Scholarship
Kiwanis Scholarship
Margaret Glenn Estey Award
Maurice Seltzer Science and Math Award
Monae Ragsdale-Mabrey Scholarship Fund
Muriel E. Lehman Award
Union League Of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award
The Heritage Patrol
The Heritage Patrol is dedicated to learning about local Lehigh Valley heritage, sharing this knowledge with others and providing service to local organizations working to preserve our heritage. They provide special events for Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors, history-related field trips and a special program at Bethlehem's Musikfest. Join them for Victorian Pastimes on February 6, 2010, Thinking Day-Heritage Style on March 6, 2010 and Moravian Memories on April 10, 2010. Click here for full event details or visit www.gsepheritagepatrol.com. Contact Sandy Villard for registration information at 610.253.0620 or svillard@rcn.com.
Do you want to earn a Try-It or badge that was created especially for the girls of GSEP?
Brownies, discover the Flower Frenzy and Marine Animals Try-Its. Juniors, there is a Marine Animals badge for you too!
Flower Frenzy is all about discovering the world around you and taking a closer look at flowers. The Marine Animals Try-It and badge are perfect for learning more about life under the sea and how you can work with dolphins, whales and other sea creatures.
Historic Fallsington
Historic Fallsington offers several workshops for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts.
Troops or groups may contact Historic Fallsington directly to schedule their own badge workshop at 215-295-6567 or email info@historicfallsington.org. Check out the list of badge workshops, activities and fee schedule.
The Bronze Award Packet
Go for the Bronze! Download the Manual to assist you in achieving this leadership milestone.
The Silver Award Packet
Go for the Silver! Download the Fact Sheet and Manual to assist you in achieving this leadership milestone.
Girl Scout Gold Award Book
Download the booklet and the Fact Sheet that will prepare you to Go for the Gold!
To register for the Bronze, Silver or Gold Info Workshops, please use the Program Event Calendar in ECouncil.
GSEP 2010 Earth Day Service Project: Save the date! April 16-April 30, 2010
Once again, members are invited to participate in a Council-wide Earth Day Service Project. GSEP will support this effort by providing a list of suggested activities for Service Units, Troops and individuals. We will also encourage you to come up with your own ideas and share them with the rest of the Council. Based upon the success of last year, we have set a goal of 16,000 hours for our 2010 project. With your help, we can reach our goal and “make the world a better place, one hour at a time”. |
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Program Event Planner
The Program Event Planner contains Council-sponsored events and registration information, and will be posted online quarterly. It is intended as a companion piece to the Program Resource Manual. You can look for new editions of the Event Planner online, every 3 months, with new and exciting seasonal and special things to do. If you would like a printed version of the Event Planner, please email Danielle Andrews at dandrews@gsep.org.
Program Event Planner, Daisy/Brownie
Program Event Planner, Junior
Program Event Planner, Cadette
Program Event Planner, Senior/Ambassador
Program Resource Guide
The Program Resource Guide is available for download now. Keep the Guide all year long as a comprehensive reference. It contains information about GSEP including: Leadership Milestones, Special Interest Groups, Registration, Product Sales and Council Shops. Click here to download the Program Resource Guide. Please note the Longwood Gardens Girl Scout Day on Saturday, April 17, 2010 is full.
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Sign up now for Upcoming Events!
You can sign up for events and programs in several ways. Download the Program Resource Guide and the Program Event Planner above to find GSEP Sponsored events for 100 or more girls. Fax or mail in your completed registration form or register online through E-Council. Financial Aid is also available. You may also click here to see the current GSEP's Program Partners. This is a listing of all the great program resources in your community with great ideas for trips, projects and educational activities.
Destinations Toolkit
Got the travel bug? You're in the right place. The Global Travel Toolkit consists of four exciting resources to prepare you for international travel.
Baby Bundles are Back!
Baby Bundles are packages of new baby items created by Girl Scouts that will be distributed to needy mothers and infants
through local agencies. Below is everything you will need to take part in the program. Service Unit Intent Forms are due by February 19, 2010.
Baby Bundles Overview
Baby Bundles Filming Opportunity Form
Baby Bundles Poster
Baby Bundles Certificate
Baby Bundles Half Sheet
Baby Bundles Service Unit Forms
Girl Scout Week Materials
Coming Soon
Girl Scout Week has been celebrated in March since 1954, and this year the celebration will run from Sunday, March 7, to Saturday, March 13. We will be posting a full set of resources on this site. Included in the Girl Scout Week Toolkit will be an insert and cover sheet that highlight Girl Scouting and Girl Scout Week as well as a press release and sample proclamation. The materials will be available for download in PDF format in early February.
Interactive Journey Map
What makes a great Girl Scout year? Earning badges, hiking and camping, taking field trips, selling cookies, and enjoying Girl Scout traditions. Now you can tie all that together with a choice of two leadership journeys. Start mapping out the fun you'll have by clicking on a Girl Scout grade level. You'll find an interactive map with ideas about how to tie your Girl Scout activities into your journey. These are just suggestions to get you started; have fun coming up with your own. After all, it’s your journey—customize it. Click here to Map it Out!
Planting Seeds, Growing Lives patch blooms through collaboration
GSEP has collaborated with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to create the three-part Planting Seeds, Growing Lives Patch program to encourage Scouts of all ages to build relationships and learn how to use horticulture and greening in ways that can transform their communities. Hands-on activities--which include planting a pizza garden and worm composting!--focus on the tenets of Growth, Exploration, and Leadership. Click here to preview the curriculum and workbook. Scouts who earn at least one of the badges will be honored on Girl Scout Day (Sunday, March 7) at the 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show.
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