Welcome to the GSCSA blog! We look forward to sharing how Girl Scouts are taking action in our council — for themselves, their communities, and the world.
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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
The Oak Ridge service unit (SU) collected over 1,000 pounds of plastic caps during the 2018 membership year. Once the caps were all collected, the SU members drove to Evansville, Indiana to have the caps melted down into benches. The Girl Scouts within the unit decided that their benches could be best utilized at the… Read more
At our annual Trefoil Society Luncheons, we recognize women in our council area who are either Girl Scout alums and/or have exemplified our mission to be women of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. This year at our Kingsport luncheon on Thursday, August 30, we will honor local leader Claudia… Read more
Each year during our Trefoil Society Luncheons, we seek to honor women of distinction in our council area who are either Girl Scout alums and/or identify with what it means to be women of courage, confidence, and character, who makes the world a better place. This year at our Knoxville luncheon on Wednesday, August 8,… Read more
