|
||||||||
 |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
||||||||
Posts Tagged ‘Take Action’
Scholarship for Costa Rica Travel
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Operation Help a Sister Out!
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012Operation: Help a Sister Out Blanket Drive!
As you all have seen on the news and in
the papers, on Facebook and Twitter- the East Coast has been devastated by Super Storm Sandy and along with
it, thousands of our Girl Scouts Sisters.
Today, our National Headquarters was able to regain power and so we are starting to piece together the status of our Sisters out East.
If you are eager to help now, we are asking that each troop please donate at least one new blanket to be dropped off at the Girl Scouts Resource Center nearest you. We will be collecting the blankets and shipping them directly to Girl Scout Councils who can distribute them to families in need. Letters or happy notes from girls to their sister Scouts are also welcome to accompany blanket donations!
Why blankets? We believe blankets are the most sustainable item we can provide. They will keep families warm now and into the future.
We will also be putting together a list of the most needed items from Girls Scout Councils and families and will post updates as information becomes available.
All girls participating in the relief efforts will receive a Girl Scouts Emergency Relief Patch.
Join Operation: Help a Sister Out and help your sister Scouts!
For more information contact Kristi Pallack, kpallack@girlscoutssoaz.org, 319.3154.
Fighting Hunger One Can at at Time
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Maria DeCabooter
mdecabooter@girlscoutssoaz.org
520.319.3175
______________________________________________________________________________________
Fighting Hunger One Can at a Time
Bag-a-thon Wrap up Party
October 20, 2012
11am-1pm
Edward Jones (Oro Valley)
10355 N La Canada Drive
TUCSON- Hunger is an unfortunate fact of life for many Arizonans. According to the Association of Arizona Food Banks, one in five Arizona households with children report not having enough money to buy food for their family. This makes Arizona one of fifteen states with the highest rates of food hardship among households with children. This is a dismal statistic, but it has brought organizations across the community together to work toward the creation of sustainable solutions to fight hunger.
Junior Troop 482 taking part in Bag-a-thon
In Tucson, Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has partnered with Edward Jones and Interfaith Community Service for the 6th Annual Bag-a-thon Food Drive to collect
50,000 pounds of food. After joining the partnership, Girl Scouts set a goal to collect 100 pounds of food per participating group, which is equivalent to approximately 100 cans. Throughout the month, 455 Girl Scouts collected food in their schools and in their neighborhoods as part of the drive. Girl Scouts also participated in the Marana Hunger Walk and viewed the Food Network’s documentary Hunger Hits Home in order to help bring awareness to the problems caused by hunger.
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona’s Council staff also joined the action by hosting a friendly competition among teams to see which department could collect the most canned items. Kristi Pallack, Community Action Specialist, is excited by the turnout among girls and employees alike. “We have over 400 girls not just collecting cans, but eager to learn more about what they can do to help make a difference. This level of youth engagement is not only very exciting but inspiring as well.”
Troop 2162 participating in Marana’s Hunger Walk
The official Bag-a-thon drive wraps up this Saturday, October 20th, with a collection party at Edward Jones. Girls will bring all their canned food items and will have the opportunity to celebrate service and community with their fellow Scouts and community members.
For more information on Bag-a-thon or to donate items, please contact Kristi Pallack at kpallack@girlscoutssoaz.org, or 520.319.3154.
About Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts is the world’s preeminent leadership development organization dedicated to helping build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. GSSoAz serves over 14,000 girls in Southern Arizona and includes over 3,000 adult volunteers. Our goals are to provide a wide range of contemporary programs that reflect the unique needs and interests of all girls living in Southern Arizona, to empower girls to reach their full potential, and to give girls a voice in their community and in their own lives. For more information, please contact Maria DeCabooter at (520) 319-3175.
###
Support Healthy Media Images for Girls!
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Did you know…
- Nearly 90% of girls say the media places a lot of pressure on teenage girls to be thin
- Only 46% of girls think that the fashion industry does a good job of representing people of all races and ethnicities
- 55% of teenage girls admit they diet to lose weight and 37% know a girl with an eating disorder
(Girls & Body Image, 2010)
Girl Scouts worked closely with Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to introduce the Healthy Media for Youth Act (H.R. 4925). This bill supports
media literacy programs and youth empowerment groups, facilitates research on how images of women and girls impact youth, and establishes a National Taskforce on Women and Girls in the Media to develop voluntary standards that promote healthy, balanced, and positive images of girls and women
Contact your U.S. Representative today and ask him or her to be a Voice for Girls and support H.R. 4925!