Experiences
| 19 August 2009 | Girl Scouts Forever Green In 2012, the Girl Scouts will celebrate our 100th anniversary. To mark this milestone and to honor our founder Juliette Gordon Low, who loved nature and the outdoors, Girl Scouts of all ages are engaging in a nationwide, annual signature community action ... |
| 29 June 2009 | The Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Program GSUSA has a program at about 30 councils (out of a total of roughly 130 councils) called Girl Scouts Beyond Bars. The program offers Girl Scouting to girls who have a parent in prison. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and other ... |
| 26 June 2009 | Relief and rehabilitation programme by National Relief Cell More than three Million people have been displaced by fighting between Government forces and Taliban insurgents in the areas of Swat, Buner and Dir.Thousands of IDPs have arrived in Mardan, Swabi and Peshawar. Most IDPs have arrived without anything and ... |
| 19 June 2009 | Working with girls that speak very little English When fuve Romanian girls came to our 'taster session' and wanted to join, one of the main issues was language. Their English was very limited and when they started, none of the girls were going to school. How were we going to make this work with the ... |
| 19 June 2009 | Flexible girlguiding The numbers in my Brownie unit had reduced so much that we were were considering closing the unit. We had tried everthing we could think of and then I heard about 'multi-aged' unit where two traditional ages ranges were merged together. In this case ... |
| 11 June 2009 | Inclusion of Individuals with Disabilities/GSUSA Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) national staff is promoting awareness and inclusion of those with disabilities by leading 'webinars' (online seminars) on best practices for council staff. Collaboration is underway between membership staff and staff ... |
| 6 February 2009 | I CAN make a difference I collected coats from my school and donated them to a Emergency Shelter for Women and Children. I really enjoyed helping people that are not as fortunate as I am. I learned that even though I am only one person I can help a lot of people. Alexis, girl ... |
| 30 November 2008 | Membership Outreach Two stategies were chosen: 1. Local training for leadership: this involved training of interested leaders at basic and advanced levels in guiding, computer, HIV/AIDS combating, leadership, Y-peer and communication. 2. Regional and International ... |
| 21 November 2008 | Membership Recruitment and Retention Strategy (2007) The organization put a recruitment and retention process in place by firstly updating the census/membership records. This was done by the Chief Commissioner with the support of her professional work networks. The Chief Commissioner made personally ... |
| 12 November 2008 | “The right to food” workshop When: July 2008 Where: Johannesburg, South Africa The aim of this workshop was to share with the participants our experience of awareness-raising and advocacy on the right to food, nutrition and healthy food choices. We used ... |
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