Category: GSCSA
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“Part of something much bigger than me”
As she enters retirement, Anna Dirl reflects on her decades of involvement with Girl Scouts From Girl Scout to volunteer to staff member of 22 years, few have left quite the mark in the Girl Scouting community like Anna Dirl. For decades now, she has seen the impact of Girl Scouting on a day-to-day basis,…
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Ray Clabough: Baking Up Kindness
Those who have spent time at Camp Tanasi in the past decade have likely had the privilege of knowing a Ray Clabough. He joined the Tanasi staff for the summer of 2010, serving up baked goods, everything from pizza crusts to his infamous cinnamon rolls. Ray worked 35 years as a baker in Knoxville, including…
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Hope is Blooming, Thanks to Girl Scouts
The Bloom Center is a 9,000 square foot greenhouse that sits right outside Central Baptist Church of Bearden. Recently bought by the church from the previous owner, it now serves as an outreach site that gives opportunities and horticultural therapy for youth with disabilities and developmental challenges, while using the products grown to serve those…
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Treats for the Troops
A Girl Scout troop from Ooltewah, TN shows their support for Friends of the Troops. Girl Scout Cookies can mean different things to different people. For some, they are a welcome treat. To others, an irresistible temptation. To some of the recipients of Friends of the Troops care packages, Girl Scout Cookies are a sweet reminder of…
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Girl Scouts: All For One and One For All. Always.
A guest blog from Lynne Lawson Fugate, GSCSA CEO Most likely you are familiar with the phrase, “All for one and one for all”, made famous by Alexandre Dumas in his 1844 novel The Three Musketeers. This gallant phrase encompasses the idea that each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the…
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Camp Adahi: Conserved, Protected, Revered
Blast from the Past: Girl Scouts at Adahi in 1981 prepare to go out on the lake. Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians’ (GSCSA) Camp Adahi encompasses 900 acres of picturesque wooded property located on Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia. A 10-acre manmade lake, nine miles of hiking trails, basketball court, swimming pool, and an open “Field of Fun”…
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More Than Cookies: A Parent’s Point of View
By Guest Blogger Kati Morgan “Would you like to buy a box of Girl Scout Cookies?” These are words we have heard for generations…literally. My Mom was a Girl Scout, I was a Girl Scout, and now my daughter is a Girl Scout. I’ll be the first to tell you, cookie season is a lot…
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Mark Your Calendars: Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians’ Day of Giving
Juliette Gordon Low, far left, with a group of Girl Scouts. Girl Scouting GIVES so much to girls and when you give to Girl Scouts, your donation helps today’s girls become great women of tomorrow. Sign-up on March 12, 2020 to become a monthly donor of $19.12 in honor of Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians’ Day…
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Girl Scout Cookie Mayhem and Magic
by Guest Blogger Patti Loveless My daughter, Rebecca, asked me the other day why I am still with Girl Scouts when we were talking about the upcoming cookie season. She said, “Mom, you never participated in the cookie program when you were a troop leader and I was in Girl Scouts. Why are you doing…
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Today a Cookie Booth, Tomorrow Corporate Headquarters
A guest blog from Lynne Lawson Fugate, GSCSA CEO Needing to get your Girl Scout cookie fix? Cookie booth season runs Feb. 28-Mar. 22. Find a booth near you! Entrepreneurs are people who create new businesses, products, services, or processes, or find ways to improve what currently exists. Whether it’s making available a new treatment for…
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