GS Troop 6949

01/18/2022

Ready for cookie sales!

01/17/2022

“If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl; but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

Reflecting on wise words this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

01/14/2022

Cookies are here!

01/02/2022

It's that time!

08/17/2021

new cookie!

Introducing Adventurefuls™! 🤩 An indulgent brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt. Visit www.girlscoutcookies.org to be the first to know when the adventure begins in your area!

Adventurefuls will be available from both bakers alongside favorites like Thin Mints® and Samoas®/Caramel deLites this upcoming cookie season!

08/05/2021

https://www.heardmuseum.org/scouting/

The Heard offers badge workshops for scouts, guided trails for exploration, and even the opportunity to complete necessary service projects.

07/21/2021

Reuse and recycle!

AN OLYMPIC FEAT: Coltan is a mineral used in cell phones and other small electronics, but those small electronic devices also happen to contain materials used to create the Olympic medals: gold🥇, silver🥈,and bronze🥉. Mining for this mineral in the Congo rainforest is accelerating deforestation and threatening critically endangered gorilla and okapi habitat.

So when Japan set the goal of making the 2020 Olympics (postponed until 2021 and happening now!) the most sustainable in history, they called upon their citizens to donate their old small electronics to be recycled and used to create the metals. It took 2 full years to collect enough devices, but they were up for the task. In the end, 79,000 tons of small electronics, including 6.21 million cell phones, were recycled and turned into the ~5,000 medals needed for the games. That’s a lot of coltan recycled and okapi habitat preserved! (Psst... you can recycle your old cell phones here at the zoo. ♻️)

Congratulations Japan! If sustainability was an Olympic event, you’d win the gold medal. Find out how else this year’s games are the most sustainable yet: bit.ly/3eDB6DC

03/08/2021

"I am that girl. You are that girl. Together we change the world."

Kimothy Joy, the artist behind this stunning illustration, wrote on Instagram that she "created this design in collaboration with the non-profit I Am That Girl as a symbol of our collective power, solidarity, and an overall affirmation that we are all wondrous and strong beyond belief! May we pose the question time and time again, what change can we bring about in our world when we are a united front?"

To order an "I Am That Girl" print, visit https://www.amightygirl.com/together-we-change-the-world-poster

To discover new books to share with children and teens during Women's History Month, visit our new blog post, "New Mighty Girl Books for Women's History Month 2021" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=32863

For adults seeking inspiration in the stories of Mighty Women from around the world, you can also find many new reading recommendations in our blog post, "The Mighty Women Reading List for Adults," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=32207

Kimothy Joy is also the creator of a gorgeous book featuring the portraits and stories of 50 incredible women for teens and adults at https://www.amightygirl.com/that-s-what-she-said

And, for one of our favorite shirts celebrating the power of girls and women, check out the "Though She Be But Little She Is Fierce" t-shirt -- available in a variety of styles and colors for all ages at https://www.amightygirl.com/fierce-t-shirt

02/28/2021

02/18/2021

BREAKING: NASA kicks off new era of Mars exploration with successful landing of Perseverance, a car-size robotic explorer that will search for traces of ancient life and collect what could be the first rocky samples from Mars that are sent back to Earth. https://nbcnews.to/2NCqNFh

01/22/2021

Former Girl Scout, now First Lady.

Dream big girls! ANYTHING is possible!

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Girl Guides South Africa World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

01/21/2021

Girl Scouts encourages all girls to be informed citizens so they can become the change-makers of the future. To support them, we’re making our Democracy badge requirements free for all to download now through February 4. https://bit.ly/2KvxrM7