Girl Scout Troop From Troy Helps Clean Air in Classrooms

Cadette Girl Scout Troop #717 from Troy completed their Breathe Journey Take Action project by working with Sunnyside Nurseries to put plants in the classrooms at their middle school. Each plant removes volatile compounds from the air. They even recruited 16 teachers to take care of the plants over the summer! Great work, Girl Scouts!

Help Your Community Spring Clean & Earn a Special Patch

Spring Clean Up 

March 1 – April 30, 2017 

GSSI Girl Scouts are invited to help their communities spring clean. Girls may complete a minimum of 5 hours cleaning up their community (trash pick-up, planting flowers/trees, beautifying public spaces in the community, etc.). This community service project runs March 1 – April 30, 2017. 

Program Department 

Council ‘Take Action’ Projects 

#4 Ginger Creek Parkway 

Glen Carbon, IL 62034 

patchprogram@gsofsi.org

A special patch will also be available. To order the patch, fill out the patch information on the participation form and mail it with a check for $2 per patch. All patches will be given out at upcoming Service Unit Meetings and will go to the troop leaders. Please also forward any photos of your troop participating for our council website. Please put your troop number on the back of the photo or e-mail to patchprogram@gsofsi.org. All participating troops will be acknowledged on our GSSI Blog.

Please note:  This information is also available on our website. 

Girl Scouts Donate More Than 3,600 Items and 150 Volunteer Hours to Local Animal Shelters

Approximately 1,106 participants donated more than 3,600 items and 150 volunteer hours to animal shelters across Southern Illinois during GSSI’s spring Council Wide Community Service Project, “Pawsome Pets.”

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The following troops earned Pawsome Pets patches.  Great work!

Troop #2, Troop #28, Troop #47, Troop #48, Troop #94, Troop #98, Troop #128, Troop #130, Troop #140, Troop #175, Troop #188, Troop #208, Troop #233, Troop #235, Troop #258, Troop #269, Troop #306, Troop #317, Troop #340, Troop #341, Troop #356, Troop #366, Troop #431, Troop #482, Troop #513, Troop #529, Troop #545, Troop #611, Troop #628, Troop #664, Troop #703, Troop #707, Troop #725, Troop #726, Troop #768, Troop #789, Troop #792, Troop #834, Troop #907, Troop #938, Troop #945, Troop #955, Troop #1181, Troop #1257, Troop #1649, Troop #2046, Troop #2161, Troop #2413, Troop #2505, Troop #2550, Troop #2583, Troop #2647, Troop #2921, Troop #8001, Troop #8015, Troop #8020, Troop #8024, Troop #8030, Troop #8032, Troop #8036, Troop #8039, Troop #8040, Troop #8043, Troop #8044, Troop #8045, Troop #8046, Troop #8047,
Troop #8062, Troop #8081, Troop #8084, Troop #8087, Troop #8116, Troop #8123, Troop #8133, Troop #8140, Troop #8158, Troop #8165, Troop #8200, Troop #8209, Troop #8226, Troop #8231, Troop #8235, Troop #8245, Troop #8249, Troop #8250, Troop #8294, Troop #8295, Troop #8302, Troop #8317, Troop #8320, Troop #8345, Troop #8349, Troop #8350, Troop #8420, Troop #8431, Troop #8446, Troop #8470, Troop #8480, Troop #8487, Troop #8505, Troop #8518, Troop #8542, Troop #8546, Troop #8548, Troop #8559, Troop #8572, Troop #8623, Troop #8643, Troop #8659, Troop #8661, Troop #8685, Troop #8713, Troop #8749, Troop #8782, Troop #8783, Troop #8784, Troop #8837, Troop #8858, Troop #8869, Troop #8905, Troop #8917, Troop #8924, Troop #8935, Troop #8941, Troop #8966, Troop #8990

Baby Basics Council-Wide Community Service Project Collects 2,600 Items For Families in Need

During this spring’s "Baby Basics" Council-wide Community Service Project, troops collected 2,600 baby items ranging from diapers to toys to formula and donated them to local agencies that help mothers in need. This service project ran from March 1 – April 30 and 575 girls from 81 troops participated.

Patches will be mailed to the address provided on the patch report form in mid to late June. Please contact Erika Hankins, Program Specialist, with any questions at 800.345.6858, ext. 2108 or e-mail ehankins@gsofsi.org.

GSSI Girl Scouts "Spread the Bread" for Fall 2014 Community Service Project

GSSI's "Spread the Bread" council-wide community service project ran from Oct. 1-Nov. 20. More than 660 girls participated from 83 troops in 33 service units! These troops shared more than 1,000 loaves of bread wrapped with messages of hope, inspiration or gratitude with local police and fire departments, nursing homes, food pantries, shelters and others in the community.   Patches will be distributed to participants through Service Unit meetings in January.

 

Girl Scouts Participate in "Summer of Service" Project

Troop #130

GSSI had 61 girls from 13 troops participate in this summer’s Council-Wide Community Service Project, "Summer of Service." Girls gave back to their communities with projects such as planting a garden, supporting the military, visiting a nursing home, volunteering at a local clothing pantry, helping out at church with Vacation Bible School, making a bench for Camp Chan Ya Ta and various kinds of cleanup.  For completing their community service, girls earned a special patch.

 

Thank you to  the following troops for their generous hard work and dedication this summer! They did an awesome job!

Troop #17 and Leader Kathy Arend; Troop #130 & Leader Jennifer Melton, Troop #235 and Leader Jennfier Morgan; Troop #451 and Kathy Arend; Troop #529 and Leader Cindy Wallace; Troop #726 and Leader Crystal Westmoreland; Troop #2161 and Leader Jenni Passig; Troop #2243 and Leader Lynne Wolfe; Troop #8043 and Leader Heather Barclay; Troop #8324 and Leader Tina Witherby; Troop #8548 and Leader Betsy Back; Troop #8552 & Troop #8553 and Leader Jaime Watkins.

 





Troop #8552



Summer of Service TAKE ACTION Community Service Project

Summer “Take Action” Community Service Project 

June 1 - July 30, 2014 

Service is a key component to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and summer is the perfect time to lend a hand.  Unlike “Take Action” projects that are built on sustainability, these service opportunities can be one-time projects that happen at your local nursing home, school yard, community garden, library reading program, vacation bible school and at Girl Scout camp!  Service work can be as varied as a one-time cleanup of a camp path or walkway or by volunteering with the Humane Society on a regular basis for two months.

The impact on our camps and communities is so amazing each year through “Summer of Service” - we can’t wait to hear the stories from this summer!

Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors who complete 20 hours or more of service will be eligible for either the Community Service Bar or Service to Girl Scouting Bar, depending on what type of service they did.  To order the Service Bar, fill out the participation form (located at www.gsofsi.org).  Indicate the girls would like to receive the Service Bar, and mail it with a check for $2 per bar.