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Standing in a small classroom filled with children’s toys is an unexpected find: a wooden tunnel with three thousand blue zip ties attached. At five feet, each side lined with eight beams of hand-strung zip ties, it’s especially striking as the light from the window illuminates the color. Named the Zipper, it serves as a… Read more
Angie Beach, the new south area director for Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA), understands well the joys and struggles of being a Girl Scout volunteer. Before accepting a job in the Customer Service department at GSCSA seven years ago, Beach served as a volunteer for seven years while her daughters were Girl Scouts.… Read more
The Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians had a great year at the 32nd Annual Hiwassee River Raft Race! This year fourteen rafts had nearly perfect weather for the annual run down the Hiwassee River on their homemade floats. The rafts were built using lashing and knot-tying skills, bamboo, and inflatable tubes. Each raft… Read more
In the Press: Sydney Gabrielson, Girl Scouts lifetime member, defended Girl Scouts in a recent guest column in the Knoxville News Sentinel. “There’s no doubt in my mind that the environment that Girl Scouts provided through outdoor adventure and thought-provoking discussion laid the framework for my success. It was disconcerting to read the article and… Read more
Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA) is proud to welcome Gretchen Crawley to the team as the new Vice President of Communications. With more than two decades of experience, Crawley will oversee the marketing and communications department beginning in September. Crawley, a Knoxville native, graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1993 with a… Read more
Sonia Young, popularly known as “The Purple Lady,” will be honored at this year’s Chattanooga Trefoil Society Luncheon. The complementary event will be held at the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club on Thursday, September 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For reservations, please contact Marguerite Hogan, at 800.474.1912 or by email at mhogan@girlscoutcsa.org. Our Trefoil… Read more
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