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Happy Ending: Humboldt Area Community Helps Give Girl Scout Back Her Voice with New iPadLuke Ramseth, Eureka Times-Standard, Nov. 19, 2012 Teira Manfredda grasped grocery shoppers' hands and sold cookies to a small crowd gathered around a table outside Ray's Food Place in Valley West Shopping Center Saturday morning.”By tonight, she'll have her voice back,” said Tom Leydecker, Teira's dad.The 11-year-old Girl Scout--born with a chromosome deletion that mimics autism -- had her prized iPad stolen out of the back of her family's car at Grocery Outlet in Eureka this week. The iPad had an application called Scene&Heard, which helped grow Teira's vocabulary and allowed her to communicate with others.On Saturday Teira, her parents and one of her Girl Scout friends, Nichole Morris, stood outside Ray's to raise funds for a new iPad for Teira. ... more |
Girl Scout's Cookie Reward - the iPad that Helped Her Speak - Stolen; Community RalliesKaci Poor, Eureka Times-Standard, Nov. 18, 2012 The thief who broke into the dark blue Mazda Protege parked outside Grocery Outlet in Eureka this week might have known they were stealing a little girl's backpack.What they probably didn't know when they slim-jimmed the door and grabbed the purple bag covered in butterflies, is that they were also stealing Teira Manfredda's voice -- a voice she worked hard to earn.Teira was born with a chromosome deletion that mimics autism, her mother Colleen Leydecker said. The disorder -- called Phelan-McDermid syndrome -- interferes with Teira's ability to communicate verbally. ... more |
Tech Programs Receive $100,000 Google Grant
Steve Johnston, San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 14, 2011
represented in these fields," Fahy said, adding that "for a lot of girls -- particularly in low-income areas -- they don't even see engineering as a career option." ... more |
Google Gives to Girl Scout Tech Program
Marina Park, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 14, 2011 We all read about the United States’ shortage of engineers and women in technology fields. Tech Choices is one step in the right direction – kindergartners who say: “when I grow up, I want to design bridges!” and 10th graders who have met electrical engineers, understand what they do, want to be engineers and know what it will take to reach that goal. Thank you, Google, for helping Girl Scouts of Northern California bring Tech Choices to 640 girls in three counties! ... more |
Girl Scouts' Locavore Badge, Organic Garden
Jonathan Kauffman, SF Weekly, Oct. 25, 2011 This year, Northern California girl scouts gained another resource for local foods. According to spokesperson Dana Allen, last year the widower of a former volunteer donated funds to start a 40-by-80-foot garden at Camp Arequipa in Fairfax, which campers tended all summer with the help of a gardener. ... more |
Milpitas Girls Send Holiday Cheer to Military
Michelle Eacret, Milpitas Patch, Nov. 30, 2011 "Our hope is to bring some cheer from 'home' to help brighten up the holidays for those serving their country. We’ve also included some candy goodie bags, made mostly from donated Halloween candy to sweeten your holidays, and Girl Scout nuts, candy, and/or cookies which will help you remember that Girl Scouts are thinking of you every day.” ... more |
Helping Girls Thrive at Camp CEO
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Girl Scouts Celebrate 100th by Planting Trees
Julliette Gordon Low would be proud that the organization she built has reached the 100-year mark this month. Formed in 1912 by Low, this now global organization was created to empower and enrich the lives of girls everywhere with positive leadership, impact and celebration of community. Girl Scout Troop 10406 rolled up their sleeves and dug in the mud to do their part to help Sonoma Scouts plant 100 trees this year. ...more |
Connecting, the Camp Way
Marina Park, San Francisco Chronicle, June 11, 2011 My 18 year old daughter just left for a 2 month summer job - long days, no cell phone connection, no WiFi, no Facebook, no college parties, no TV, no shopping - and she was super happy about it. She's headed to work as a camp counselor, returning to the camp she attended as a camper and counselor in training for 10 years, starting when she was 7 years old, the summer after 2nd grade. ...more |
Slideshow: Flying High with Girl Scouts
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, June 9, 2011 As part of Women of Aviation Week, a female pilot takes a Sonoma County troop on aerial exploration of the skies. ...more |
How to Feel Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Santa Clara Weekly, June 7, 2011 Mary Poppins isn't the only person ever to feel that way. The Girl Scouts of Santa Clara Troop 60129 feel happy, excited, awesome, appreciated, helpful, effective, graceful, and, hold onto your hat Mary Poppins - supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - about stocking the shelves of JW House with donated household and food items they collected. And they want you to know that you, too, can feel that way by serving the community. ...more |
Helping Hand Award Named in Memory of San Jose Girl Scout Leader Derrie Harris
San Jose Mercury News, June 2, 2011 "Whenever the need arises, you're always there to lend a hand, taking time away from your busy schedule to make things better for someone else; you take pride in reaching out, in seeing other people smile. Your giving spirit brings out the best in all of us." The first Derrie Harris Helping Hand awards were presented to Sharon Clark-Coover, Sherry Johnson, Micki Karrer, Marie Keith, Maria Roman, Lisa Smith, Diana Southern, Kim Stafford and Tammy Wicks. ...more |
Girl Scouts, Volunteers Flex Green Thumbs
Napa Valley Register, May 1, 2011 The Girl Scouts’ Napa Unit, which oversees the troops in the area, wanted to plant 100 trees this year to kick off the Girl Scouts’ 100th birthday, which will be celebrated through 2012, he and other troop leaders explained. Youth leader Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girls Scouts in 1912. “We’re kind of getting a head start on it,” said Lori Halsey, a co-leader with Brownie Troop 10800, referring to the Girl Scouts’ 100th birthday, as her 8-year-old daughter, Claire, and fellow Brownies, Cecilia Nuss and Josephine Borsetto, moved dirt, trowels in hand. ...more |
Girl Scouts Love Trees
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Girl Scout e-Waste Drive for Earth Day
San Ramon Patch, April 14, 2011 Earth Day, April 22, is almost here, and a Girl Scout troop in San Ramon found a clever way you can show your caring for the planet … and the people on it. "Earth Day is like the Earth’s dream day. We hope everyone who wants the Earth to last longer will donate their e-waste." ... more |
Girls, Soroptomists Team Up, Make Blankets
Redwood Times, April 6, 2011 This project, called the “Creative Kindness Legacy Kit,” was originally started by Sarah Williams, who was our Region Violet Richardson award recipient last year, whose goal was for every child in the foster care system to have a “cuddle” blanket ... According to Sarah, “you haven’t lived until you have done something for someone who can’t pay you back.” ...more |
Food Bank Gets $6,000 Mystery Cookie Donation
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, March 31, 2011 The special delivery happened because a food-bank benefactor ... ordered 125 cases — $6,000 worth. He asked which troop is California's poorest and was told it's Scout/Brownie Troop 6173 of East Palo Alto. The man said he'd like that troop credited with the sale, and he asked if the girls of 6173 might like to personally deliver the cookies to another of his causes — Food for Thought in Forestville. ...more |
There is No Couch Potato Badge
San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 2011 No water? No electricity? No cell phone coverage? Lots of rain? No problem. 60 girls and volunteers showed up last weekend for an overnight work party at one of Girl Scouts' Santa Cruz Mountain camps. They cleaned up debris, cleared trails and split fire wood. Work parties are a critical part of keeping Girl Scout camps running. ...more |
Girls Learn Joy of Giving with Cookies at Hospital
CBS 12 TV Chico, March 21, 2011 "Part of the Girl Scout Promise is helping people at all times. It was an easy decision for them to make. They didn't have to think about it for more than three minutes." ...more |
Girl Scouts Donate Cookie Profits to Japan
CBS 12 TV Chico, March 21, 2011 "Part of the Girl Scout promise is helping people at all times. It was an easy decision for them to make. They didn't have to think about it for more than three minutes." ...more |
Finding Cookies? There's an App for That
Milpitas Patch, March 19, 2011 Old-fashioned Girl Scout cookies are being sold in new ways this year, helping troops like the ones in Milpitas increase their fundraising profits and pay for camping equipment, trips to Disneyland and more. ...more |
Space Cookies Robotics Win Regionals
San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2011 The Space Cookies robotics team, sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center and Girl Scouts of Northern California, won the Sacramento Regionals FIRST competition ...more |
At NASA Ames, Girl Scouts Learn to Dream
Mountain View Patch, March 15, 2011 Little girls can grow up to be whatever they want, even astronauts. That's why the "Girls Go Tech" program of the Girl Scouts of Northern California teamed up with NASA to host "When I Grow Up," a full day of activities to engage and encourage girls to enter careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Though there weren't any cookies, there were definitely robots and airplanes. |
Girl Scouts Help Expectant Military Moms
Contra Costa Times, March 3, 2011 The project started in November as a way for the girls to earn the Girl Scout Bronze Star award, the highest honor given to scouts in the fourth and fifth grades. They were looking to help babies or children. "I love it because this was an unexpected child," Michesella Ory said. "To be able to find someone to help out when I have three other kids, it's nice for them to do this for us ... It's a life saver." ...more |
Girl Power!Marina Park, San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 2011 |
Girls Deliver Hand-Made Blankets to Patients
Brownie Aliyah Ellis said this donation was important, "because most of the time (patients) might not have enough of the blankets they need." Wednesday's delivery of boxes of cookies and eight double-layered fleece blankets, each hand-knotted "with positive prayers and good feelings," was this year's troop service project. ...more |
Girl Scouts Tree Planting and Cookie Sales
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Cookies Fund Europe Trip, Scouts Plan for 100th
Chico Enterprise-Record, Feb. 27, 2011 The more boxes of cookies the troop sells, the better chance it has of making a once-in-a-lifetime trip to London, Paris and Rome in 2012. The girls see it as the perfect way to celebrate the organization's 100th birthday and their years as a troop. ...more |
Frozen Thin Mints, Thanks to Mother Nature
Girls learn a lot when they participate in the cookie sale program: public speaking, goal setting, and money handling. When you see (cold) girls out selling cookies this weekend, ask them what they plan to do with the money they raise from the sale. You will meet girls who've set goals to earn their way to summer camp, go on a field trip with their troop or raise funds to support a service project. ...more |
Cookie Sellers are Named Whiz Kids
Healdsburg Patch, Feb. 23, 2011 These two bubbly girls bring a contagious energy to each person they meet during their cookie sale. People can’t help but smile at the girl dressed like a Samoa cookie and the sweet but not too pushy sales pitch that Ryleigh delivers flawlessly. ...more |
Tech-Savvy Girls Sell Cookies on Many Platforms
San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 18, 2011 In this rapidly evolving tech economy, entrepreneurs need to embrace the maxims of the day: Operate on multiple platforms. Provide products on demand. Grow the business. Yep, even if they're selling Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. This year, Girl Scout troops around the Bay Area will peddle their cookies via a newly unveiled smartphone app while hitting the streets in a major crusade to sell the old-fashioned way, door to door. ...more |
Girl Scouts are Tech-Savvy with Cookie App
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Milpitas Girl Scouts Go International
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Girl Scouts Honor Napa Chef Cindy Pawlcyn
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Feb. 3, 2011 Pioneering chef Cindy Pawlcyn, owner of three Napa Valley restaurants, was honored Thursday night as the 2011 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Northern California. Pawlcyn was a Girl Scout from an early age and said she learned important lessons during the camping trips and from earning badges, such as the cooking badge. “The Girl Scouts taught me to ‘be prepared,'” she said. “Nothing, it turns out, could be more important to a chef.'” ...more |
NASA Hosts Girl Scouts 'When I Grow Up'
NASA Ames Features, Feb. 1, 2011 "Engineering is fun. It’s about learning an unlimited number of solutions to structural problems," said Lana Agot. She was one of more than 150 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals and college students who came to NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., as part of the Girl Scouts of Northern California’s annual Career Exploration Day. Together, they turned the NASA Conference and Training Center into a one-stop shop for more than 1,000 Girl Scouts who learned about everything from starfish to fiber optics to computer systems. ...more |
Girl Scouts Give Library Books to African School
Eureka Times Standard, Jan. 23, 2011 Through the efforts of Junior Girl Scouts in Troop 70181 of McKinleyville, the children of Rehauhetsoe Primary School in Butha Buthe, Lesotho, Africa, will have a school library. Working on their Bronze Award, 10 girls helped to gather, sort and pack 585 pounds of books into 12 boxes for shipping in time to catch the December container ship destined for southern Africa. ...more |
40-Year Go-to-Gal Volunteer Leads Cookies-Plus
Rohnert Park Community Voice, Jan. 20, 2011 This year, Girl Scouts are calling it “Cookies on Demand.” For this kind of campaign you need a “go-to” leader to pull it all together and Rohnert Park’s Barbara Novak rightfully has this assignment. She’s been in Girl Scouting practically all her life. ...more |
Youth Center Offenders Give as Girl ScoutsMarisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle December 24, 2010 |
Girl Scouts Leading One Warm Coat DriveKTVU TV November 26, 2010 "Surrounded by the greatest Girl Scouts in the world:" Girl Scouts in Walnut Creek, San Francisco, San Jose, and Emeryville are featured collecting coats for the needy during the One Warm Coat drive the day after Thanksgiving. ...more |
Who Said It's a Ken's World? Meet Computer Engineer BarbieJulia Prodis Sulek, San Jose Mercury News November 18, 2010
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A 73-Year Wait, and At Long Last, a Golden EagletMarina Park, San Francisco Chronicle |
Humboldt and Del Norte Girl Scout Camps Double Thanks to Community SupportCheryl Kingham, Special to the McKinleyville Press September 15, 2010 Volunteers and community supporters made it possible for Girl Scout summer camp to double in size and length this year for more than 100 Humboldt and Del Norte girls in first to ninth grade. Last year, only one week of camping was available, and that was just for older girls ...more |
Sonoma Co. Mentor Leaders Kathy Witkowicki, Val Richman Named Girl Scout JewelsJody Purdom, Sonoma Valley Sun September 1, 2010 Kathy Witkowicki, Executive Director for the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, has been named the 2010 Jewel of a Woman by Girl Scouts of Northern California. She will share the honor with the Executive Director of Mentor Me Petaluma, Val Richman. ...more |
Girl Scout Camp: Magic, But Expensive to MaintainJennifer Olney, ABC 7 San Francisco "Girl Scout camp is a really magical place and to bring that camp magic to people, it's really expensive. We have a hard time keeping up with the toll Mother Nature takes on our camps." ...more
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Girl Scouts Undertake Sweet Relief Effort: Cookies for Local Soldiers in AfghanistanStaff Writer, Los Altos Town Crier Local Girl Scouts have sent more than 500 boxes of cookies to two soldiers in Afghanistan who call Los Altos home. The Scouts of Los Altos Service Unit 608 also sent drawings, letters and supplies to Marine 2nd Lt. Jeremy Taylor and Army Lt. Col. Donald Davis and the men under their command. …more |
Go Camping and Create MemoriesDiane Peterson, Santa Rosa Press Democrat Barbara Herrera, program director of the Girl Scouts of Northern California, encourages her 13-year-old daughter to participate in Girl Scout camps, but also takes her on camping trips to the redwood forests along the North Coast. “There's lots right here in our backyard.” …more |
Geek Squad Girl Scout Camp Digs Into High TechMike Anderson, NBC Bay Area KNTV At the Geek Squad Summer Academy, local Girl Scouts got a crash course in technology. The camp allows girls to explore technology "without worrying about what the guys say," said Alice Lemieux, a technical program manager for the Girl Scouts of Northern California. The camp cost $35 and Best Buy provided most of the materials. …more |
Golden Gate Bridging Makes News across U.S.
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Girl Scouts Turns Greener Leaf as It Prepares for 100th AnniversaryUSA Today May 14, 2010 The Girl Scouts also continues to offer nature-oriented camps. "We believe when they experience nature, they get more involved," says Dana Allen, spokeswoman of Girl Scouts of Northern California. In the San Franscisco Bay area, she says girls learned about watersheds by canoeing. ...more |
Gold Award Project Helps Santa Rosa HomelessPetaluma Argus-Courier April 22, 2010 When the time came for Jackie Andreucci to select a project to help her obtain the highest Girls Scouts award, she knew what she generally wanted to do, but didn’t know how to proceed. Andreucci, a senior at Casa Grande High School, discovered that the Chop’s Teen Club in Santa Rosa, which she has joined, was willing to donate backpacks to her as a community service project, so she decided to fill them up with supplies and give them to homeless people to help them survive the cold winter months. ...more |
Jean Fahy, a program director with Girl Scouts of Northern California, said the $100,000 her organization received will introduce the engineering profession to 640 girls in kindergarten through eighth grade, who live in poor parts of Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. 
Jody Purdom, Sonoma Valley Sun, June 16, 2011 
Vallejo Times-Herald, March 3, 2011
Marina Park, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 25, 2011
Wearing a T-shirt with a binary code pattern, a hot pink laptop and matching reading glasses and a Bluetooth smartphone in her ear, "Computer Engineer Barbie" was launched Wednesday at the Microsoft Mountain View campus with 30 excited Girl Scouts. 
nt, Great Aunt and Great Great Aunt to a large and far flung family. Many of them gathered this past Sunday to celebrate "Aunt Nan's" birthday and watch her receive long overdue recognition for the Golden Eaglet she earned in 1937. The Golden Eaglet was, between 1919 and 1939, the highest honor in Girl Scouts. 
