GSSI FIRST TECH Challenge Team Wins Motivate Award For Second Time

 

 

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois' FIRST TECH Challenge Team, Oops!, won the Motivate Award at their competition on Jan. 31 at SIU Carbondale's Transportation Education Center on Jan. 31.   The team got their name "because the world's greatest inventions started with an oops!" The Motivate Award is awarded to the team that exemplifies the essence of the FTC competition through team building, team spirit and enthusiasm.

FTC is designed for students in grades 7-12 to compete head to head, using a sports model. Teams are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Oops! competes again on Feb. 7 at Decatur Hope Academy.

 

OOPS! Robotics coached by Kristi Smith of O’Fallon consists of middle and high school girls from O’Fallon, Granite City and Belleville.

Follow Oops! Robotics on their blog: http://oopsrobotics.wordpress.com/

 

To learn more about GSSI's robotics program, please contact STEM Program Manager Mary Buchanan at 800.345.6858, ext. 1115 or e-mail mbuchana@gsofsi.org.

What Troop Leaders Need to Know About the "Goal Getter" Campaign

 

 

 

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is off to a strong start in Southern Illinois!  While traditional order taking ended on Jan. 31, girls can still participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program in a variety of ways.  One campaign that allows girls to continue working towards their goals is Goal Getter.

 

Goal Getter runs Feb. 1-15 (between traditional order taking and Cookie Booths) and is intended to help girls reach their goals and desired reward level by allowing them to keep selling up to Cookie Booth weekends. Goal Getter cards will be distributed from the Troop Leader to the Girl Scout when the traditional order cards are turned in. All sales the girls make during this time period will go towards the rewards they can earn. Girls can use this opportunity to:

• Help themselves advance to the next reward level.
• Contact those customers they may have missed during initial order taking.
• Brainstorm with their troop to find new customers.
• Promote the Gift of Caring program: "Operation Sweet Treats"

This is an additional way to help Troops deplete their cookie inventory as cookies sold through Goal Getter are distributed out of Cookie Booth inventory. The cookies sold during this time frame need to be recorded into eBudde under the “Other” column in the Girl Orders tab.

 

Other ways girls can still participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program:

 

Selling online through the Digital Cookie platform.  Digital Cookie is open until March 15.  If a girl in your troop would like to participate, please have her parent or guardian send their e-mail address to NutsAndCookies@gsofsi.org.

 

Selling with her troop at a Cookie Booth.  Council-wide Cookie Booth Weekends are Feb. 27-March 1, March 6-8 and March 13-15, but cookie booths can take place at any time! See GSSI's Cookie Booth Guide for more information on participating.

 

 

 

GSSI Council Shop Update: February 2015

New Winter Items!

Check out our new merchandise for winter and cookie time! GSSI has a multitude of new merchandise for girls and adult volunteers. Stop by a retail shop soon or browse our catalog.

GSSI Council Shops Extended Hours:

GSSI Council Shops will be open from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on the following Saturdays:
February 7, 2015
March 7, 2015
April 11, 2015
May 2, 2015

Mobile Council Shop
March 28, 2015 at Rend Lake Resort for Annual Meeting & All That Glitters Award Ceremony

Several areas are running Mobile Shops at their events. You can too!!! If interested in a running a Mobile Shop at your local service unit or regional event, please contact the Beth Ross, Business Services Manager at 800.345.6858, ext. 1129 or e-mail: bross@gsofsi.org or one of the Council Shop managers listed below.

GSSI Council Shop Contact Information:
Corporate Service Center: Stacey Port: 618-692-0692, ext. 1101 or e-mail: sport@gsofsi.org

Regional Service Center: Brittany Galloway: 618.242.5079, ext. 2103 • e-mail: bgalloway@gsofsi.org

Go to GSSI’s Online Shop