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AVE THE DATE: 2015 Mary Dean Brewer Women of Distinction

Contents

Because of You (Camp) 1

“Be a Friend First” 2

Digital Cookie, Digital Age 2

Save The Date MDB WOD 3

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376 people attended 2014 Sandy Ridge summer programs, which

includes summer resident camp, Troop Adventure Camp, and

Weekend Camps (Mom and Me, Dad and Me, Family Camp) 36 girls

were able to receive financial aid worth $4,655 for an opportunity to

take part in the full Girl Scout outdoor experience.

Summer Camp registration for 2015 begins February 22nd. and

utilizes the online registration system that we pioneered last year.

A favorite of the girls is the zipline which is 350 feet across the lake,

10 feet high at the start and 3 feet at the end. This past year

volunteers cleaned up stick and brush and cleaned cabins and

buildings. Painting cabins was scheduled but the weather did not

cooperate.

Please mark your calendars for the Sandy Ridge clean-up weekend

May 29th - 31St. Open House is May 30th.

The wish list for Sandy Ridge is at

http://www.girlscoutsesc.org/donate/wish-list.html#camp

January, 25, 2015

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The BFF Program

Digital Cookie (A New Age and New Flavor)

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along that stress Being a Friend FIRST.

Sandie has been successful in placing this program in nine schools throughout our council area via Guidance counselors as an addition to their existing programs. She says it is soon to be eleven school placements and even more (hopefully) to follow. Sandie says, “With BFF, in this past year we have touched the lives of 245 girls and it’s a growing program: THAT is truly rewarding.”

Ien Sandie, Girl Leadership Experience

Specialist is the coordinator of the

“BFF” program. The “Be A Friend

First” program is a Girl Scouts initiative

that works within schools to target

middle school-age girls. This age group

has proven to be the most susceptible

to bullying.

The BFF program is the only program

of its kind to attempt to pre-empt and

prevent the bully problem amongst

girls before it starts. The program

teaches conflict resolution skills and

problem-solving approaches to getting

I Can’t Wait

As society becomes busier, volunteer

numbers have dropped off. There is so

much competing for our time and

attention, we have fewer volunteers.

Nationally, over 35,000 girls are on a

waiting list to be placed with a leader or

a troop. Please know that you don’t

have to be a mom to be a volunteer.

YOU can be male, female, a parent,

uncle, aunt, sister, neighbor, friend. Girl

Scout volunteers come to us from all

demographics and levels of experience.

What does a Girl Scout volunteer look

like? Just like you: because THEY...

CAN’T Wait….

20% of girls say they have been bullied in middle school. More than 70% have seen bullying.

When bystanders intervene, bullying stops within 10 seconds 57% of the time.

Cookie rallies were held all throughout council. Participation was great and there is so

much exciting cookie news to share. GSESC is a participant in “Digital Cookie” which is a

new online sales platform. There is not one general website for cookie fans to shop

from: Rather, each Girl Scout creates her own e-commerce site and is responsible for

her own marketing and sales. Online cookie customers MUST be invited via email link to

shop from the online “digital cookie” system “store”. Girl scouts are still taking order

the old-fashioned way by paper order form. The digital component is designed to offer

another layer of technology and enterprise but not to REPLACE the way that so many

are accustomed to ordering their girl scout cookies.

Some Girl Scouts are making business cards with QR codes to their websites. They will

also be utilizing the cookie finder app during booth sales starting in February. For

people who cannot (or don’t want to) wait for spotting the familiar booth setups at the

familiar places, girl scouts say you should make fast friends with a girl scout and get on

her email distribution list. For those who do not know a Girl Scout or have trouble

locating one, Product Program Specialist Stephanie Walsh can help connect cookie

seekers with cookie sellers. Her phone number is (843) 300-0262 and she is available

via email at stephaniewalsh@girlscoutsesc.org.

Our council has two of the three advertised “new flavors”: a gluten-free cookie,

“Toffee-Tastic” and an oatmeal raisin cookie, “Rah-Rah Raisin” which us something to

cheer about.

Call 1-800-868-9911 to volunteer

opportunities

Email MichaelaWatts@girlscoutsesc.org for a list of volunteer opportunities. If you have time and the spirit to share with our girls, we have a place for YOU!

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2015 MDB Woman of Distinction Nominee Dawn Corley

Save The Date Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina’s 2015 Mary Dean

Brewer Women of Distinction event will be held March 19,

2015, at SiMT in Florence, SC. This event celebrates women

from our 21 county service area, who make strides within their

professional and personal lives, share and support efforts in

the community and offer girls and young women an example

of what they, too, can achieve. Anyone can nominate a woman

for the WOD honor. She must reside in our 21 county council

area (who was or is a Girl Scout.)

Dawn Corley, antique and silver expert also known as “The

Charleston Silver Lady” is one of the nominees for 2015. She

has been featured in national magazines and conducts over

200 lectures a year. She was a Girl Scout growing up in her

native Charleston and has been a good friend and supporter of

GSESC. She is known as much for her generosity with her

donations of time and talent to charities and community

organizations as she is for her expertise in the antique and

silver world.

Advance tickets will be available online and by calling our

Florence office.

Anyone can

2014 Mary Dean Brewer

Woman of Distinction

Honoree Dr. Jan Crowe

Dr Jan Sallas Crowe,

veterinarian and small burins

owner was one of the honoree’s

for 2014. She was nominated for

her lifelong commitment to Girl

Scouts of Eastern SC and for her

community service. She is

known in her local community

for her mentoring and

shadowing programs.

Pictured below 3rd year veterinary student

Court Leigh Watson from Tuskegee College

of Veterinary Medicine.

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Planned Giving: Another way to share your legacy with the Girl Scouts of Eastern SC is through planned giving. To find out more about this form of giving, contact Grants/Development Manager Pat Baxley at 843-656-9750

THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE HOME COMMUNITY FUND OF COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SC, GSESC WAS ABLE TO PURHCASE TEN MANIKANS FOR USE IN CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING.

When asked what the girls should do, Juliette

responded "What do the girls WANT to do?"