The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps our girls set goals and fund activities such as camping, field trips, badge work and community service projects. Even during this time of social distancing, Girl Scouts continue to connect with one another through virtual meetings and programming in an attempt to create some normalcy in our girls’ lives. … Continue reading Donate Girl Scout Cookies to Hometown Heroes
Keyauwee is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020! As with any big anniversary, we are going to be celebrating with a huge party for camp, showcasing all that it has to offer. The anniversary celebration will be an opportunity for all members of the Keyauwee family to come to camp, take part in some fun … Continue reading NEW DATE ANNOUNCED! Join Us for Keyauwee Program Center’s 75th Anniversary Celebration on September 5, 2020.
As of April 23, 2020, GSUSA’s National Board held a special meeting and voted to hold the 55th National Council Session virtually in October 2020. The board also voted to cancel in-person events, including G.I.R.L. 2020 and the Global Roundtable. For more information about these changes, please click here. Questions about these changes can also … Continue reading Update for G.I.R.L. 2020
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont is pleased to announce that Tashia Mason of Greensboro, and a member of Girl Scout Troop 41121, was recently awarded the Medal of Honor for her lifesaving skills during a family emergency. Mason, daughter of Darin and Tonya Mason, helped rescue her younger brother and father from their house … Continue reading Girl Scout Awarded Medal of Honor
Perhaps I’m biased because I’ve been a camper and a Girl Scout for eleven years, or perhaps I’m biased because I now work for a summer camp associated with the organization. Whatever the case, I can truthfully say that the course of my life was overwhelmingly impacted by my experience at Girl Scout camp and … Continue reading Please Send Her to Girl Scout Camp
A sense of belonging is one of the most powerful motivators. Not having a sense of belonging can break someone’s image of themselves and damage their relations with other people. If you don’t have anywhere where you feel like you belong, it can leave you feeling hopeless or misplaced; however, when you feel like you … Continue reading Home Away From Home
In the fall of 1993, Kim Baker started a Girl Scout troop, a troop that would serve girls with special needs. Kim started Troop 10742 in Burke County 27 years ago because the girls had no other organizations to join and she wanted them to be a part of something. Kim's daughter was in Girl … Continue reading #TroopTuesday: A Trip of a Lifetime
Girl Scout Troop 2345 recently celebrated Karen Bartlett's contribution to the Girl Scouts in Swain County. Karen is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts of the USA, starting out in her mother's Brownie troop. Under Karen's leadership, local Girl Scouts accomplished a tremendous amount of learning, adventures and community service. Not only badges, journeys, awards … Continue reading Swain County Girl Scouts Honor Karen Bartlett
At their 50th high school class reunion in 2016, Troops 203 and 204 from Greensboro, North Carolina met and shared the stories of their lives since their Girl Scouting days. There were plenty of success stories, as well as ones of hardship and suffering. They reflected that their resilience came largely from what they learned … Continue reading #TroopTuesday: Troop Reunion Leads to Donation of Ozobots for P2P Girls
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont (GSCP2P) was recently awarded a $1,000 Vibrant Community Grant through the Corning Incorporated Foundation. Lane Cook, CEO of GSCP2P, accepted the check in July from Corning employee, Leah Robinson, who submitted the application on behalf of the council. Every year, 50 non-profit organizations, ranging from art organizations, colleges and … Continue reading Council Awarded Community Grant
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