My Service Area’s Goals

Girl Goal: _________ Girl Actual: __________

Adult Goal: ________ Adult Actual: ________

Save the Date! QuestFest 2018July 12-15, 2018

Drawing Girl Scouts from across the world, Girl Scouts and their families will participate in a massive “Quest” through Savannah’s

Historic District to find items, do good deeds and tackle silly situations. Click here to find out more! https://gsquestfest.org/

Or check-out the Early Bird discounts by viewing the attached flyer.

Congratulations to the SUMMIE AWARDEES for 2017 for Service Areas

that met their Membership Goal!

Burke/JenkinsCamden/CharltonEmanuel/TreutlenHampton/Jasper

Fort BenningPhenix/Russell

ConchartyThe MeadowsThe Mountains

FoothillsLake Oconee

February 2018Volunteer Meeting Agenda

JGL Bridge CALL TO ACTION - We are asking the Georgia General Assembly to name the Savannah bridge after Juliette Gordon Low, a woman who made—and through her legacy continues to make—an extraordinary impact on the lives of millions of girls in Georgia and across our country.

Visit our website to learn more about the effort and access a petition you may sign for support.

If you’re willing to help, please review the attached   “sample letter” and instructions you can use to let your State Senator and State Representative know why you support naming the bridge for Juliette Gordon Low. We would very much appreciate it if you would send a letter yourself, and if you would share this call to action with others in your community.

To encourage girls to take action as part of this letter writing campaign, we are offering a patch to those who do so.  For now, this campaign is only for Georgia residents who can write directly to their legislators at the Georgia State Capitol.  Girls and adults will need to tell us to which legislators they wrote in order to get the patch. Patches are $3 each and will be mailed to the person who orders them. Find the order form at www.gshg.org. Thank you for helping us spread the word!

Extended Year Girl Membership – the attached PDF explains how the Extended Year is an option for NEW girls that allows them to register for $35 in May to be registered for the remainder of the 2017-18 year as well as the upcoming 2018-2019 year.

The deadline for High Awards paperwork to be turned in is MARCH 15th if you want the award to be recognized at the council High Awards Ceremony on May 6, 2018.

Watch for information in mid- February about how girls can

VOTE for the girl designed 2019 Early Bird Patch design!

Friends and Family Campaign is an opportunity for friends and family members of Girl Scouts to financially support the movement. Funds raised are applied to the general operating needs of Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia to better serve Girl Scouts across the council.

Give a gift of $25 or more and receive your Daisy Society patch. The first time you give, your daughter will receive the center and each additional year you give $25 or more your daughter will receive a petal. You can make your donation monthly – it’s an easy way to spread out your donation over time and increase your impact.

Now: TEXT GirlScouts to 91999 to go directly to donation formVisit gshg.org and click the “Donate” tabTEXT GIRL to 71777 for more information

In the Future:- Donate when you register on Salesforce.- Call the council office.- Send a check to the council office.- Contribute in person at the council shop.

New Early Bird Incentive for 2019: those troops who register the first week of the Early Bird Campaign (April 9 – midnight on April 15) and meet the criteria will receive $50 for their troop’s use, troops who register thereafter during the Early Bird campaign period (April 16 - midnight June 1)will receive $25 for their troop’s use.

The criteria to qualify are for the troop to have 2 registered adults and the following number of girls:

Girl Scout Daisies: 8 girls Girl Scout Brownies: 12 girls Girl Scout Juniors 12 girls Girl Scout Cadettes: 6 girls Girl Scout Seniors: 6 girls Girl Scout Ambassadors: 6 girls Multi-Grade level: 12 girls

It’s Cookie Time!Cookie Deliveries begin Feb 2 and end Feb 5th

Warehouse and Cookie cupboards open on Feb 8th

Cookie Booths begin on Feb 9th

Troop 1st Cookie payment due Feb. 20th

National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend Feb 23-25

Cookie Hotline is open 678-753-4744Mon-Thurs 5-9 PMFriday Noon-9PMSaturday 9am-2pmSunday 1PM-6PM

Cookie dough can be used to attend council sponsored events and trips. Girls are to present a copy of their personalized emailed cookie dough at the time of registration. The cookie dough should be emailed to programregistrar@gshg.org along with a completed Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Cookie Dough Redemption form.

Interested in travelling? Exchange your Cookie Dough for Travel Bucks! EF Tours offers a number of trips that are not council sponsored or Destinations and we know girls want to travel so we are planning to add an additional option in 2018. We will offer the Travel Bucks to this troop. We can offer the girls an exchange from Cookie Dough to Travel Bucks. This exchange is at a 50% rate. For example: $125 Cookie Dough can be exchanged for $62.50 in Travel Bucks.

Town Halls 2018 -The Town Halls are an opportunity to gather information about the Council and speak with the Council’s CEO, Sue Else, and COO, Cheryl Legette. This year’s topic is program. Please let us know you are attending. The RSVP form is here: https://gshg.wufoo.com/forms/rsvp-for-gshg-town-hall-2018/

Athens/Gainesville  Area- Thurs, Feb 1 at 6:30 pm at Homer United Methodist Church 141 Sycamore Street, HomerColumbus Area- Thurs, Feb 8 at 6:30 pm at the Columbus Library, 3000 Macon Rd, Columbus, GA 31906Augusta Area- Tues, Feb 13 at 6:30 pm at Ft. Discovery Museum auditorium, One 7th St, AugustaMacon Area- April 3rd at 6:30 pm at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 565 Wimbish Rd, MaconSavannah Area- Sat, Mar 24 at 9 am at Trinity Lutheran, 12391 Mercy Blvd, Savannah, GAAlbany Area- Sat, Mar 24 at 4 pm at Sylvester-Margaret Jones Library, 205 E. Pope Street, Sylvester

Stay Informed!

Sign up for Samoa News and 5 on Friday emails by going to http://bit.ly/2sUnFJf

Time’s Up -As many of you are aware, the topic of sexual harassment against women is trending today, in part because of celebrities’ participation in the #MeToo and #TimesUp initiatives. Unfortunately, sexual harassment is an issue that affects girls too. GSUSA is proud to provide resources for parents looking to navigate these waters through discussions with their kids and teens. Our recently published article “Don’t Want to Talk to Your Kids About Sexual Harassment? Time ’ s Up ” provides tips for having this important but often difficult conversation.

Say THANKS to a deserving volunteer!

Volunteer Conference 2018 is scheduled for Sep 21-23, 2018. Want to be a better member of the troop leadership team? The Volunteer Conference is the place!

Volunteer Development Opportunities (attached) For a FULL listing of adult training opportunities, details, and registration forms go to www.gshg.org- Event Tab or Training Calendar. If you have training needs or requests please send to Rosanne Kelly, Director of Volunteer Development rkelly@gshg.org or to Keli Berkman, Volunteer Development Manager, kberkman@gshg.org.

Adult Recognitions 2018The information to nominate adults for awards is now on the GSHG website. Paperwork is due on Feb.15, 2018. 

Did you know that there are Adult Membership Awards available to you for your ongoing adult membership in Girl Scouting? Adults can complete a self nomination form with approval from their SA Manager, Adult Recognitions Chair or designate and apply for/receive  either a Numeral Guard or a Volunteer Years of Service pin as a gift to the recipient during the official adult awards timeline –Nov through May 1st.  https://gshg.wufoo.com/forms/q11oi7ng0fflper/

Adult Recognitions “How To”! Do you have questions and/or need clarification on the Adult Nominated Awards and other Earned Adult Awards? Watch our “how to” webinar on You Tube at  https://youtu.be/OmDiiHEz9YM If you need assistance e-mail us at adultrecognitions@gshg.org

Volunteer Toolkit online! Check out the Volunteer Toolkit under the Volunteer Resources tab on www.gshg.org! The VTK (Volunteer Toolkit) is for Daisy, Brownie and Junior leaders- and it's going to make your life a whole lot easier! Troop leaders must be registered for the 2018 year to access the Toolkit.

Troop Opportunity Catalog –We need to hear from you! In order for girls and adults to register online with your Troop, the Troop will need to be displayed in the Catalog. We can display for open girl spots, as well as volunteer positions that are available in your troop. Your exact meeting location will not be displayed in the Opportunities Catalogs. Meeting locations are listed generally, for example, "Troop meets in the Cataula area" or "Troop meets in the Midtown Columbus area". Complete the Troop Opportunity Catalog and Information Update at this link: https://gshg.wufoo.com/forms/wv4dosu1kknqq2/ to have the troop placed in the Opportunity Catalog.

Have a membership registration problem or question? Contact our Customer Care Team at customercare@gshg.org or call 1-888-689-1912.

Planning an overnight or a trip? Be sure to review overnight and trip procedures and turn in a Troop Group Trip/Activity application to your local Program Manager within the requested time.

Troop/Group Monthly Report and the Service Area/District Monthly Report help us to know and share the awesome things you are doing with girls in your area! Here is the link to the Troop/Group report: http://gshg.wufoo.com/forms/troopgroup-monthly-report/Here is the link to the Service Area/District report: https://gshg.wufoo.com/forms/service-areadistrict-monthly-report/

Detailed Cash Record Report is due April 1st. Please include copies of receipts for all expenses as well as the October bank statement.

This agenda and attachments will be available on our website under Volunteer Resources.

For a complete list and up-to-date information about council events check out www.gshg.org!