Gsksmo SU649 Teen Connection

08/13/2024

Already planning for next summer? Join us in WV!

07/29/2023

Dreaming of 🍁fall🍁 weather? Start planning for it now!

It's Friday Night on one of the HOTTEST DAYS of the year, so we thought we would bring you something HOT! You've asked and we are delivering! It's a game changer!! We are proud to launch our BRAND NEW Fall Girl Experiences Program Guide. This guide brings you scheduled community partner and GSKSMO programs from now through January. That's right, you can start your planning right now. Some registration is already opened and our GSKSMO programming (outdoor mainly) will open next Thursday, August 3.

At the end of August, we will bring our troop leaders another surprise with our you schedule it program guide.

Sit back enjoy the air conditioning and dream about apple cider, crisp & cool temps, fall hikes and all the cool stuff your Girl Scout(s) can do! https://online.flippingbook.com/view/18864830/

Please help us spread the word - share this program guide far and wide with girls, parents / caregivers and all volunteers. Enjoy!

07/01/2023

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We have a last minute opening in our Trek & Travel Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip! This would be perfect for a camper who has already been to the BWCA or who has camped extensively for at least a few days in a tent.
July 6-18 | 8-11 grade
This trip will have a few days of preparation and planning at Camp Sacajawea before leaving for 5 days 4 nights in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Join us on a trip to northern Minnesota where you will tackle a week of primitive camping and get the chance to explore the great Northwoods. Get ready for the adventure of sleeping outdoors in a tent, canoeing daily, and meeting some of the best friends. We'll be paddling and portaging to a new campsite almost every night! *Must be able to pass a swim test and tread water for 1 minute.

**This trip does drive to northern Minnesota (approx 7 hours)
Email us at [email protected] if you're interested!

05/28/2023

🛠️ who is signing up for this?!

Less than 5 Spots Left for this SUPER COOL Camp! We are so excited to partner with Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Applied Technology & Manufacturing School for Power Up Camp on July 10-14. This is a day camp experience where Cadettes (must have completed 6th grade) and Seniors have this really fantastic opportunity to get hands on and explore the trades while learning from the experts. Each day will be dedicated to a trades discipline including building maintenance and construction, welding, heating & cooling and computer integrated machining and manufacturing. Don't wait! Grab these last spots now! See more details and register https://www.gsksmo.org/en/events-repository/2023/mcc-atsi-trades-summer-camp.html

05/25/2023

Happy summer vacation, Girl Scouts!

05/19/2023

Register today to be entered into this drawing!! 💚⚽️

GOAL! Hey GSKSMO Families.... we've got a great GOAL for YOU! Renew your girl's membership for the 2023-24 Membership Year by this Friday, May 19 and be eligible for this SUPER COOL POP UP DRAWING! We will draw one Girl Scout family to have four tickets to an upcoming KC Current match of your choice. Not only will you have a chance at this fun prize but your Girl Scout will also receive her FREE early bird patch and be all ready to go for another YEAR OF FUN! Renew now at www.gsksmo.org/join

05/17/2023

☀️+📚+🏕️= perfect Girl Scout summer

The moment you’ve all been waiting for…

*Drumroll*

☀️ Here is the 2023 Summer Stack Club Reading List! 📚
(Registration opens on Monday, May 22 at 10:00AM)

Picture Books (Great for Daisies/Brownies)
• Cece Loves Science and Adventure
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
• How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine
• How to Feed Your Parents
• Just Help! How to Build A Better World
• Meesha Makes Friends
• More Than Peach
• Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth
• A Unicorn Named Sparkle
• What Can You Do with a Rock?

Chapter Book Series (Great for Brownies/Juniors)
• Bink & Gollie series
• Cleo Edison Oliver series
• Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries series
• Princess in Black series
• Zoey & Sassafras series

Middle Grade Novels (Great for Juniors/Cadettes)
• Be Prepared
• Chirp
• The Exceptional Maggie Chowder
• Frizzy
• Hummingbird
• Sisters of the Neversea
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

Young Adult Novels (Great for Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors)
• Almost American Girl
• The Davenports
• Gem and Dixie
• Running
• Slay
• Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things
• The Voting Booth

What is the Summer Stack Club? It’s a free summer reading program where Girl Scouts can earn a fun patch just for reading! To earn the patch, girls need to:
1. Register for the Summer Stack Club (registration opens on Monday, May 22 at 10:00AM)
2. Read for at least 20 hours total between June 1 - August 1
3. Read at least 2 books off of our SSC Reading List during that timeframe

The Summer Stack Club is open to Daisy-Ambassador Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts from other councils (in any state) are also welcome to join!

Full details: www.girlscoutcsa.org/ssc

04/25/2023

💚 Many thanks to Aimee for leading TC on our Santa Monica trip last summer!!

04/20/2023

Way to go Paige and Aubrey!!

Check out these Go-Getter Girl Scout Cookie Bosses! Shouting out our Top 15 Cookie Selling Entrepreneurs led by multi-year Top Seller Paige T. from Lee's Summit with a whopping 5,007 packages of cookies! You go, Paige!! Joining Paige in the Top 15 are as follows:

Cayla O. from KCMO 3,658 packages
Madison S., from Kingsville, MO, 3,259 packages
Lila H. from Kingsville, MO 3,152 packages
Cali S. from Raymore, MO, 2,839 packages
Quinn L. from Raymore, MO, 2,820 packages
Anna W. from Holden, MO, 2,782 packages
Ella S. from Overland Park, KS, 2,746 packages
Addison O. from KCMO, 2,737 packages
Kynzley B. from Oak Grove, MO, 2,648 packages
Aubrey S. from Independence, MO, 2,648 packages
Blakeley C. from Belton, MO, 2,515 packages
Laci C. from Belton, MO, 2,515 packages
Alana M. from Lone Jack, MO, 2,511 packages
Emily L. from Blue Springs, MO, 2,505 packages

Way to go, Girl Scouts!!

04/16/2023

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The countdown is on to our Spring Renewal official kick off on Tuesday! Just as a last reminder, GSKSMO troops can participate in our Early Early Bird push where if you renew at least 75% of your girl members (see all the details using the link below), your troop will be in the drawing for this AWESOME fully loading folding wagon with (kids snacks, cookie marketing swag and more + the wagon itself, well that's a no brainer need for every troop). Come on, be an Early Early Bird Troop... just hit this goal by end of day on April 18. Learn all the details and renew now at www.gsksmo.org/join

04/14/2023

Good Food ✅
Recognition for your Achievements ✅
Inspiration from your Girl Scout Sisters ✅
Girl Scout Traditions and Ceremonies ✅

Sign up now! https://www.su649.org/events.html