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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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A PAWsitive Makeover Earns Silver Award
What started out as a simple paint project turned into something more—troop 20391 earning their Silver Award, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. Ally, Bailey, Sadie, and Sarah Beth, all 12 years old, transformed two meet-and-greet dog rooms at the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley to encourage dog adoption. The Cadettes knew…
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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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Meet the Cookies – In A Whole New Way!
Do you love Girl Scout cookies? Do you think that you’re a cookie expert? Well, think again! Get to know our famous cookies in a whole new way. There’s a lot more to Thin Mint, Samoa, Lemon-Up, Toffee-tastic, S’more, Trefoil, Do-si-do, and Tagalong than meets the eye… Name: Thin MintFavorite color: GreenPersonal Motto: “Life’s a canvas. Paint it!”Dream…
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Books, Butterflies, and Bold Leadership
Kendal Patty of Knoxville collected over 27,000 donated books to build book trees promoting literacy for her Girl Scout Gold Award. The book trees were on display in Nashville and Knoxville throughout the holidays and will be distributed to children in shelters, hospitals, and schools. In her twelve years as a Girl Scout, Kendal’s favorite thing…
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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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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…
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