Category: GSCSA
-
Tanasi: More than a Summer Camp
Dr. Craig Harper (left) with graduate students Lindsey Phillips and Bonner Powell The Girl Scout camp near Andersonville, TN serves as a 461-acre outdoor classroom for UT students and organizations across the nation To most, Camp Tanasi represents a traditional camp experience filled with cabins, tents, archery, canoeing, and s’mores, where girls come to make…
-
Calling All Girl Scout Alumnae: Johnson City
Calling All Girl Scout Ambassadors’ Gayle Hughes (above) and Cindy Haskins will be celebrated at the north area event on January 29, 2020 from 5:30 to 7 pm at the Johnson City Girl Scout Service Center. Both women have experienced the impact of Girl Scouting on their lives and are excited for this adult-only event…
-
Calling All Girl Scout Alumnae: Ellen Fowler
Ellen Fowler, a senior estimator for a construction company, will be honored as a Calling All Girl Scout Alumnae ambassador in Knoxville. Since becoming a Girl Scout Brownie in second grade, Ellen says Girl Scouting helped build her self-confidence. With fond memories of camping and earning badges, Ellen says she learned skills like sewing and…
-
Girl Scout Alumna Highlight: Kristin Kolesar
Kristin Kolesar was in first grade when she joined troop 315. Now an executive coach and leadership consultant, she says she fondly remembers singing and hiking, earning her rappelling badge, and laughing as she witnessed a troop volunteer chase a skunk out of their campground. A proud Girl Scout alumna, she is serving as an…
-
Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Entrepreneurs
From left to right: Sabrina Hagood, Asianna Leslie, Majeedah Giddens, Mary Bledsoe, Kyndall Edwards, Ariel Barnes, Brie Stevens Entrepreneurship is foundational to Girl Scouting. Courage, confidence, and character—that’s what any entrepreneur needs to run a successful business. These traits are also fundamental to Girl Scouts’ mission of building women who make the world a better…
-
Making the World a Better (and Warmer) Place
One Kingsport area troop has an important tradition—their annual winter clothing drive! Benefiting the Family Resource Center of Sullivan County, the clothing collected provides a free store for at-risk children and their families to get supplies and clothing that they may need. This year marks the third year, and they have partnered with another local troop…
-
Four Gold Award Girl Scouts Represented in Knoxville’s 20 Under 20
Every year, 20 individuals are selected and recognized as those under the age of 20 in East Tennessee who are destined to take the business world by storm. Within the Class of 2019, four of the honorees are Gold Award Girl Scouts! Knox.Biz’s 20 Under 20 honorees were celebrated this year at Women’s Basketball Hall…
-
2019: A Girl Scout Year in Review
A Guest Blog from Lynne Lawson Fugate, GSCSA CEO As December ticks by, many people are going Christmas shopping, attending gatherings with family or friends, watching for snowy weather, and making New Year’s resolutions for 2020. Here at the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA), we’ve been looking towards 2020 for a while now.…
-
Carnival Fun for Years To Come
Who doesn’t love summer camp? Thirteen-year-old Erica wanted to give back to a place that gave her so much: Camp Lookout in Rising Fawn, Georgia. Having experienced the joy and adventure first-hand, it was an easy decision to update the old and worn carnival games used every summer for her Girl Scout Silver Award project. Over 120…
-
Girl Scouts, STEM, and King University: Oh My!
The United States STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) gap is widening each year. In an article published by U.S. News and World Report in August 2018, statistics were cited that projected the STEM gap in manufacturing alone would lead to 2 million unfilled jobs by 2025. The Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA) wants to…
Blog 