gsh blog: January 17, 2015

I Can’t Wait to Experience …

Check out these upcoming events on the GSH Calendar:

Junior Aviation

Great Aloha Run Clean-Up

Women of Distinction- Volunteers needed. Event date is on March 6, 2015

Ala Moana Beach Clean Up with Clothing and Food Drive

January 24, 2015 from 9 a.m. – noon

Contact Hawaii's Hearts

I Can’t Wait to Meet a Girl Scout Sister…

3^rd Merstham Brownie Unit in Surrey, England (United Kingdom) is working towards their World Guiding badge and would like to send friendship messages to Brownies in Hawaii. Please contact: Rosanna Musetti (Barn Owl), 60 Brook Road, Merstham, Surrey.

Troop 8707 is a Junior 5^th grade troop in Illinois and looking for pen pals from a state they have not visited. A Junior troop can share life in Hawaii, the environment, what people do for fun and the people who live in the area. Contact: Stacey Ottenschnieder

I Can’t Wait to Learn and Lead…….

Peace First
The Peace First Prize recognizes young people between the ages of 8–22 for meaningful peacemaking work that creates lasting positive impact in their community, neighborhood, or school. Winners will each receive a $25,000 Peace First Fellowship over two years to further their peacemaking work. Applications and nominations for the Peace First Prize are open from January 5^th through March 30^th, 2015. Winners will be announced in the fall. . Click here to nominate a Girl Scout candidate for the Peace First Prize today!

I Can’t Wait to Take a Bite…….

Booth Site Selection

Didn't get what you wanted the first round of booth site selection? No sweat! New locations and times will be posted on our third and fourth rounds. Round 3 begins Monday, 1/19 at 6:30pm and round 4 on Wednesday 1/21 at 6:30pm eBudde time, sharp. Its competitive, so make sure you have your sites planned out again.

Bling your Booth

What makes cookie selling more fun? Bedazzling your booth! GSH is hosting a Bling your Booth contest! Read all about booth etiquette and how you can win some great prizes here.

Cookie Pre-Sale
Pre-sale ends January 23rd! Are your girls working toward their goal? Don't forget about our awesome incentive prizes.

Cookie Locator App

Customers can use the apps to find the cookie booth closest to them including the time, date and location of the sale. Both apps are directly linked to eBudde, so it is important to deselect your site in eBudde if your troop is not able to make a booth site. Find out more about each of them here: Little Brownie Baker App and Girl Scout USA App.

I Can’t Wait to Shop…..

Accepting orders for Thinking Day patches. Please order through Elizabeth Stone.

I Can’t Wait to Share…..

Maui Girl Scouts celebrated their Cookie Rally on January 10^th. Girls from Troop 72 practiced their elevator pitches. PA’s Kamaili and Alyssa from Troop 460 helped the girls with the Cookie Dice Game. Girls learned about customer service from PA Heather from Troop 183 they made door signs and thank you cards.

Hawaii Island Girls Scouts Cookie Rally on Sunday January 11^th had close to 100 Girl Scout families and friends from 12 troops at Camp Kilohana to celebrate COOKIES!!! There were, cookie tasting, cheetah goal climbers, zipper pulls, cookie nail painting, door knob hangers and cookie carry bags all geared towards helping out troops have a successful and safe 2015 cookie season. The weather was perfect and everyone had a fantastic time. Now we’re ready to sell sell sell!