Now open: Spring Self defense and Archery

Self- defense and Archery are back! In case you missed our winter offerings, we are hosting these events again in Spring. We are once again pleased to once again be working with Linda from the Inner Roar to offer the following series at the Camp Kokokahi YWCA.

Brownie Self-Defense: April 21, 28 and May 5 (series of 3) from 6 pm to 7 pm.

Junior & Cadette Archery: April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19 and 26   (series of 6) from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Junior & Cadette Self-Defense: May 12, 19 and 26 (series of 3) from 6 pm to 7 pm

Cadette girls who complete the Archery series will be meeting the requirements for the Cadette Archery badge and will receive the badge upon completion. Girls who complete either self-defense series will receive a GSH Self-Defense fun patch.

Registration for these series closes April 20, and space is limited. Head to our website to register today! 

Cybersecurity summer camp for high school students June 2016

Picture Courtesy of GenCyber Hawaii

Are you interested in learning about cybersecurity? Then this is the program for you. The GenCyber Hawai`i program provides a summer cybersecurity camp experience for students in 9-12th grade. The goal is to help all students understand safe on-line behavior and raise interest and increase diversity in the cybersecurity field. 

To ensure a level playing field, GenCyber camps are open to all student and teacher participants at no cost. Funding is provided jointly by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation.

June 6-10, 2016 for Tracks 1 at Honolulu Community College Honolulu. 

Only 22 spots available per track, so sign up soon. 

https://www.gen-cyber.com/

Picture Courtesy of GenCyber Hawaii

Track 1 is open to high school students entering grades 9 through 12. The objectives of this GenCyber camp is: 

Participants will participate in fun classes and competitions where they will put their skills to the test. The culminating event which will bring the beginner and advanced camp participants together will take place on the last day of camp on the UH Manoa campus.

Fill out the I am interested form here to get more information.  

**For MAUI residents: UH Maui College will also be hosting a beginner student camp as well during the week of June 6 – 10, 2016, and on the last day, June 10, 2016, Maui camp participants will be joining the rest of the camp participants on Oahu to take part in our culminating event at the UH Manoa campus.

Please visit maui.hawaii.edu/cybersecurity/gencyber for more information about amp.the Maui C

Nominations now being accepted for volunteer appreciation awards

Help GSH recognize our amazing adult volunteers!  Nominations are now open for:

Volunteer of Excellence:

Purpose: To recognize a volunteer who has contributed outstanding service to girls and adult members of GSH in support of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and the mission to develop girls of courage, confidence and character for at least 1 membership year.

In order to be considered for this award, the candidate must meet all of the following criteria:

The candidate is an active, registered volunteer member of Girl Scouts of Hawaii.

The candidate must have an approved volunteer application and background check on file.

The candidate has successfully served one full membership year of service to GSH and has exceeded all requirements for the volunteer position.

The candidate has performed above and beyond expectations for the position to deliver the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls position and has supported the council's mission goals in one or more of the following areas: Membership Development/Community Cultivation, Volunteer Relations and Support, Program, Leadership and Governance, Fund Development, and Council Support Service (such as IT, Customer Service or Merchandising).

The candidate actively recognizes, understands, and practices the values of inclusive behavior.

Nominate Now!

Appreciation Pin:

Purpose: This award acknowledges the efforts of a volunteer who has provided continuous outstanding service in a Service Unit Leadership position for at least 2 membership years.

In order to be considered for this award, the candidate must meet all of the following criteria:

• The candidate is an active, registered volunteer member of Girl Scouts of Hawaii for a minimum of two membership years.
• The candidate must have an approved volunteer application and background check on file.
• The candidate has served in one or more Service Unit leadership positions for a minimum of 2 membership years.
• The nominee has provided assistance in a leadership role in one or more Service Units over the two years.
• The nominee's service goes above and beyond the expectations the position held and contributes to the Girl Scout Mission. 
• The candidate actively recognizes, understands, and practices the values of inclusive behavior.

Nominate Now!

Honor Pin:

Purpose: This award acknowledges the efforts of a volunteer who has provided continuous outstanding service to two or more GSH Service Units in a Leadership position for at least 2 membership.   

In order to be considered for this award, the candidate must meet all of the following criteria:

• The candidate is an active, registered volunteer member of Girl Scouts of Hawaii for a minimum of two membership years.
• The candidate must have an approved volunteer application and background check on file.
•  The candidate has served in one or more Service Unit leadership positions for a minimum of 2 membership years.
• The nominee has provided assistance in a leadership role in two (2) or more Service Units over the two years.
• The nominee's service goes above and beyond the expectations the position held and contributes to the Girl Scout Mission. 
• The candidate actively recognizes, understands, and practices the values of inclusive behavior.

 Nominate Now!

Nominations will be accepted up to Wednesday, April 20, 2016.  All nominations will go through committee review, and those selected will be recognized by Monday, May 30, 2016.

For More Information

Click Here!

Junior Wonders of Aviation Day - Sign up today!

The Pacific Aviation Museum is excited to host Junior girl scouts for an exciting morning in hands-on flying experiments while learning the principles of flight, explore the museum and learn how to fly a twin engine World War II airplane on a flight simulator. In addition to the hands on experiments and activities, a Scavenger Hunt will be held in the main museum. 

Saturday April 16, 2016

8:30 am- 12:30 pm

Pacific Aviation Museum. 

Cost is $25.00 per Junior and $12.00 for Adults.  

  Free shuttle bus transportation to Pacific Aviation Museum from the Pearl Harbor Memorial. Must register before Monday, April 4^th at 5:00 p.m. to secure base access. 

Hawaii Bicycling League to offer cycling courses

The Hawaii Bicycling League  is hosting free cycling workshops for riders 13 and up to promote safe road cycling. These courses are great for students who ride to school and soon-to-be college students. 

 

Cycling 101 and Efficient Riding Skills workshops equip riders with the confidence to ride safely on Hawai’i’s roads (with cars!). It begins with coverage of safe cycling practices, rights as a cyclist, rules of the road, equipment safety checks, lane positioning and more. The workshop then goes over drills in a safe environment and ends with a light ride to practice what we’ve learned. This bicycling workshop begins with coverage of safe cycling practices in a classroom setting then moves to a practice area for riding drills and covers things like scanning and signaling. Then to wrap things up and reinforce what we’ve learned we will finish with a group ride through the neighborhood, combining classroom knowledge and road skills. Additional scheduled classes available on the website.

Cycling 101 Workshop

Tuesday, April 12 2016

4:30-6:30pm

Bike Shop Aiea -98-019 Kamehameha Hwy, Aiea 96701

Participants must bring a bicycle with working brakes and a helmet. Participants ages 13-15 must be accompanied with an adult. 16+ can come independently. 

Sign up for free here

Efficient Riding Skills Workshop

Sunday, April 17

3-5 pm

University of Hawaii at Manoa Kennedy Theatre

Participants must bring a bicycle with working brakes and a helmet. Participants ages 13-15 must be accompanied with an adult. 16+ can come independently. 

Sign up for free here

Volunteers needed: Multiple Sclerosis Walk- April 2nd

             The MS Society of Pacific South Coast Chapter is seeking volunteers to assist with the MS walk happening this Saturday at Aloha Stadium. 


Girls are needed to participate in a variety of tasks. Troops can specify which tasks girls are willing to help with: 

-  Set up crew: Help hanging signs, setting up games, setting up chairs, cleaning food area
-  Kitchen Crew: help put drinks in coolers, serve food to volunteers, help set up food

-  Game Facilitators:  lead fun games for participants such as Balloon toss, football throw, putt putt, water bucket relay

Event details: 

 Multiple Sclerosis Society MS Walk 

Aloha Stadium

This Saturday April 2nd

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.  (Setup 3 p.m.)

Contact:

Melissa Michaels

Community Development Specialist

Phone: 532-0806

Website 

Pacific Aviation Summer Explorers Club

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor 
July 5-8th, 2016 
9:00am - 3:45pm

Pacific Aviation Museum is hosting a summer Four-day STEM program for students in grades 3-5 with the theme of aerospace. Participants will operate robotic telescopes to view objects in the universe, engineer a mechanism for “soft landings” on another planet, create unique artwork through astrophotography, and more. Price is $240 per student ($216 Museum Members) and includes all program fees, lunches, snack and an Explorers Club T-shirt. You can register on their website HERE. 

Lemonade Alley Children's Entrepreneurial Challenge

Biz Gym Foundation is excited to announce the upcoming Lemonade Alley Children's Entrepreneurial Challenge on April 9th at Pearl Ridge Center.
Lemonade Alley is a hands-on innovation challenge that provides kids K-12 with an opportunity to learn entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and charitable giving. Teams of 2-5 kids create lemonade recipe, design and build a lemonade stand and raise money for a charity of their choice. Contest formats of Lemonade Alley are judged per the following Rules ». For the past 5 years, Lemonade Alley has reached over 400,000 lemonade lovers and kidpreneur supporters and has raised over $400,000 for 36 different charities.

Come out and support the multiple kid-preneur teams making lemonade businesses to support the charities of their choice.

Admission is FREE and all are welcome to come down and support tomorrow’s business leaders as they raise much needed funds for worthy charities.

Date:

April 9, 2016

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Pearl Ridge Center

98-1005 Moanalua Road 

Aiea, 96701

For more information go to www.lemonadealley.com 

March Madness Markdowns at Girl Scout Shop

Shop the Girl Scout Shop online and save up to 75% off clearance items while supplies last.

Shop Here now! 

Women in Filmmaking summer camp opportunities

Hawaii Women in Filmmaking is hosting four, week-long summer reel camps for Girls. Two types of camps will be offered:  animation and  basic reel. For an overview of each class here. Deadline to register is May 20th. Contact HWIF with any questions. 

BASIC REEL | June 27- July 2 | 8:30 - 4:00

To register, click here!

ADVANCED | July 11- July 16 | 8:30 - 4:00

To register, click here!

2 D ANIMATION | July 18- July 22 | 8:30 - noon

To register, click here!

STOP MOTION | July 25- July 29 | 8:30 - noon

 To register, click here!

About

Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking is committed to achieving gender equity in filmmaking and other creative media arts. We are a creative and safe space where film and media-makers connect, create, mentor, and inspire current and future generations of women to explore and pursue careers in the field of filmmaking. By providing access to a broad network of resources, education, leadership, and support, we create the conditions for women and girls to express themselves through the media of film; raise awareness and visibility of women's and girls' work in film; and promote a diverse and positive representation of girls and women in media. Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

 http://www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org/

Women of Distinction 2016 photos

Last Friday Girl Scouts of Hawai`i hosted our annual Women of Distinction event where we honor three amazing women in the community. This year we honored Beth Whitehead, Chief Administration Officer and Executive Vice President of American Savings Bank; Louise Ing, Vice President and Director of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing; and Catherine Ngo, President and CEO of Central Pacific Bank. Several Girl Scouts attended the event to show off what it means to be a girl scout. It was a great night! Check out pictures below. For more go to our Facebook page.   Photos courtesy of Kelli Bullock.

Register now for April events

Registration now open for GSH April Events: 

               April 9           Camping Hawaiian Style at Camp Paumalu

               April 16         Junior Wonders of Aviation-Oahu at Pacific Aviation Museum

               April 16         SCI Girls U- STEM Event at Chaminade University              

               April 23-24    PCCS Brownie & Junior Troop Camp at Camp Paumalu

                                    -Early Bird pricing registration runs March 18- 25, 2016 EST.

Sign up today!

 

Cadettes raise awareness for Organ Donation

Story courtesy of Legacy of Life Hawaii: 
Link to story

Picture courtesy of  Legacy of Life

The Girl Scouts from Troop 122 of Hickam  - Olivia (Livi) Hodges, Isabella (Bella) McRae, Emily Hanks, and Mackenzie (Mack) Dawson - are on their way to earning their Silver award by making raising awareness for organ and tissue donation. Olivia learned of Legacy of Life through her health class and rallied her fellow troop mates for the cause. 

“It was something we all agreed we wanted to help with because it saves lives, so people who are waiting for a transplant get a second chance at life,” said Olivia. 

The girls all submitted written testimony in support of bills introduced this legislative session in the Hawaii State House of Representatives and Senate to require organ and tissue donation information be included in the State's Driver Education curriculum. They also attended the hearings on the bill which helped them understand the process of how bills become law. Sadly both bills were deferred this session.  

The girls also helped out at Legacy of Life Hawai'i events, such as the Great Aloha Run Expo, passing out materials and lanyards to attendees. The Public Education and Outreach team at Legacy of Life Hawaii looks forward to working with the girls on more events and activities before the school year ends.

Do you have a higher award story you want to share? Email Alicia at adevoll@girlscouts-hawaii.org. 

Free shipping through Girl Scout Shop

For GSUSA’s 104^th Birthday,  girlscoutshop.com will offer free standard shipping with merchandise purchases of $75.00 or more from now until March 13^th, 2016.  Customers will be charged the additional cost for expedited and international delivery fees. No coupon code is needed to redeem this offer! Now is a great time to stock up! 

Hilo troop 254 provides meals to community

Girl Scouts of Troop 254 cooked, plated, and walked around Hilo distributing 29 plates of homemade food to the homeless/hungry in the area. They made chili and rice, with a side of homegrown green beans, homemade corn bread, and brownies. They sent the meals with cans of juice, and hand drawn cards. They were worried they would have trouble distributing so many, but could easily have done more. 



The moments were so poignant and the girls cheerful community spirit and the respectful way they interacted with the hungry was amazing. They took time to listen to stories, give and receive hugs, sing songs on request, and participate in prayers. One veteran told a girl she reminded him of his two daughters, who both had died in military service. He showed his tattoo of them, and asked her to sing for him. She launched into "Bulletproof" and he stood there with tears streaming down his face. Troop leader Tantra says, “I am so lucky to be part of this troop, with these girls who so embody the Girl Scout Law! They inspire me!! Moments like yesterday make the madness of cookie season totally worthwhile. Thank you for all you do to support us and make our activities happen. You are touching lives!”

Registration now open for SCIGIRLS-U I am a Scientist Day

Courtesy: Chaminade University

GSH is proud to partner with Chaminade to host SCIGIRLS-U "I am A Scientist" Day. This event is a STEM immersion day designed to deliver authentic science and lab-based experiences to GSH Girl Scouts. Girls will have the opportunity to conduct experiments using modern biotech equipment and real laboratory supplies under the guidance of experienced scientists. Three one hour sessions will be offered and will be assigned to girls based on their age-level. Class topics include Molecular biology, nutritional science, electrophoresis, ecology, forensics, material science and physics. Girls will participate in these activities and will get hands-on authentic experiences in a real university laboratory that will be exciting, fun and memorable. Girls will receive a lab coat and a STEM patch for participating.

Check out our available activities and register today! 

UPDATE: Volunteers Needed: Prevent Child Abuse Awareness events

Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii has reached out to GSH asking if we can help them with two upcoming visual awareness events. They are seeking volunteers to help with pinwheel planting in two areas of Oahu. This is a great opportunity to come together with multiple troops.

Pinwheel Planting event

Hawaii State Capital Building

Sunday April 3, 2016, from 2-4 pm 

They need help "planting' approximately 1000 pinwheels. 

Approximately 40-50 girl scouts to help with this event.  
SIGN UP HERE

Pinwheel Planting event 

Kapolei Police Station

Saturday April 9, 2016, from 2-4 pm

They need help "planting' approximately 500 pinwheels

Approximately 20-25 girl scouts to help with this event. 
SIGN UP HERE

Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii will provide the pinwheels and bamboo sticks to place the pinwheels on and rubber mallets.Girls who participate in either event will earn a community service patch for the event.  If you are interested in participating please fill out the Wufoo form above. If you have any questions contact Chet Adessa from Prevention Child Abuse Hawaii at adessajrc001@hawaii.rr.com or by phone at (Home: 808-672-3678 or Cell: 808-927-0555) directly. Contact Alicia DeVoll (adevoll@girlscouts-hawaii.org) for patches. 

History:

In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the pinwheel as the new national symbol for child abuse prevention through Pinwheels for Prevention®. What our research showed, and what our experiences since then have borne out, is that people respond to the pinwheel. By its very nature, the pinwheel connotes whimsy and childlike notions. In essence, it has come to serve as the physical embodiment, or reminder, of the great childhoods we want for all children.

As part of a national movement to stop child abuse and neglect before it occurs, Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii, Department of Health and the Child Abuse Prevention Planning Council, a committee of private, state and federal organizations, sponsor Child Abuse Prevention Month during April each year. April is devoted to the issue of child abuse prevention because of its high incidence of child abuse. Child Abuse Prevention Month has been observed each April since its first presidential proclamation in 1983. Since that time, millions of Americans have participated each year in this crucial public awareness campaign. 

Last Chance to sign up for Self Defense and Archery Today!

We still a few spots open for Brownie Self Defense and Cadette Archery. Make sure you sign up today before registration closes tomorrow. 

We are once again pleased to be working with the Inner Roar to offer the following series at the Camp Kokokahi YWCA.

Brownie Self-Defense: March 3, March 10 and March 17 (series of 3) from 6 pm to 7 pm.

Junior & Cadette Self-Defense: March 24, March 31, and April 7 (series of 3) from 6 pm to 7 pm

Cadette Archery: March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and April 7 (series of 6) from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Girls who complete the Archery series will be meeting the requirements for the Cadette Archery badge and will receive the badge upon completion. Girls who complete either self-defense series will receive a GSH Self-Defense fun patch.

Register for:

Brownie Self-Defense: March 3, March 10 and March 17 (series of 3) from 6 pm to 7 pm.

Cadette Archery: March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and April 7 (series of 6) from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Mililani Senior Girl Scout shares builds community gardent as Sow What Take Action project

Senior Girl Scout Kira Hunkele from Mililani shares her completed Sow What project with GSH council below. 

Preparing the land for the garden. 

Kira learned of a community service program facilitated through the First Circuit Court to make teens who have gotten into trouble with the law complete community service projects to pay back their crimes to society. Through the service, the participants learn skills to better prepare them for adulthood. When Kira learned of this program, she thought it would be a great take action project for the Sow What journey, where she could make a lasting difference.  

She planned an organic vegetable garden, researched nutritional value of individual plants, and the planting information. With the help of her mom, she made a month-to-month calendar to leave behind along with printed materials for classes as new people are brought through the program. Kira taught the instructor about each plant and explained details for caring for them. She worked with members of the Construction Management Association who were also looking for ways to help the center. 

Building the frame

They helped her clear the land, and build wooden sides that were used to frame the garden. They helped her empty bags of organic material to build depth and add nutrients into the garden. She then planted the seeds, showing the instructor what to do, and how to care for them. Kira gave a detailed lesson plan from sowing the seeds to harvesting the crops.   

Kira also received a letter from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, thanking her for her efforts. 

Garden complete

We at GSH are so proud of all of our scouts for giving back to the community. If you have a story about a take action project share it with us!