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NEWS
Calling All Ambassadors!
The Council Initiatives and Research Department is hosting online and in person focus groups to hear about your experiences and how Girl Scouts has impacted you! Has Girl Scouts influenced your ambitions for after high school? What are your plans going forward and is Girl Scouts a part of them? What doors are open to you now because of your involvement in Girl Scouts? These are some of the things we want to learn from you. Sign up here or call Alice Fraser at (978)-689-8015 ext. 237 to join us online or in North Andover and share your experiences! Registration will close this Saturday, Nov. 15th, so hurry to sign up and get your voice heard!
Double Dutch Team Featured on WHDH
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Double Dutch team was recently featured on WHDH Channel 7's Parent to Parent segment. Check out the video!
New Website
This is just a preliminary look at our fully revamped website coming soon. Look for lots more in the coming weeks and please let us know your thoughts!
CEO Advisory Group
A great group of committed Girl Scouts ages 6-18 came together to meet with CEO Ruth N. Bramson and share their perspectives for the future. These 20 girl leaders are members of the new Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass CEO/Girl Advisory Committee. They met for the first time to share their ideas about Girl Scouts and their suggestions for where the new council should focus to recruit more girls and to meet the needs and expectations of girls today. The girls shared that they like Girl Scouting because it offers opportunities to do community service, meet new people, and have fun. They suggested we emphasize these themes in our recruitment. The girls, who came from throughout our service area, each applied to be members of Ruth’s new “cabinet” of girl advisors and will meet every other month throughout the year. The advisory committee members are pictured here with Ruth displaying our new ALL TogetHER campaign banner. Here’s an example of one CEO/Girl Advisory application: What is the main reason you want to participate? To have fun, to learn and to help my community. Why do you want to be on the CEO’s Girl Advisory Committee? To learn more about Girl Scouts and to help it to grow and improve.
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SPOTLIGHT
GSUSA's National Convention and GSEM'S Regional Delegates' Meetings
The GSEM delegation has just returned from the 51st GSUSA Convention and National Council Session in Indianapolis. Nine thousand delegates, girls, volunteers and staff from around the USA and other countries connected with friends new and old. We debated changes to the GSUSA Constitution, elected the GSUSA Board of Directors and participated in democracy in action. Girl Scout stories were shared, swaps were traded, and Young Women of Distinction inspired us. GSEM's Emma Gauthier was asked to speak to the hall of 9,000 people about leadership, and to introduce the Young Women of Distinction, one of whom was our own Carla O'Connor! We were all tremendously proud of these young women and the amazing Council they represented!
For more information on the proposals taken up during the Convention, as well as the outcome of all votes, please refer to GSUSA's official convention links:
GSUSA convention site | Convention Talk forumGSEM's delegation will share their experiences and present the business of the Convention during Regional Delegate Meetings. These are open to the public. The Regional Delegates will provide feedback on the last regional delegate elections, and begin to prepare for the 2009 elections. These meetings will also begin a conversation about maximizing the influence of our Regional and National Delegates for the future strategic direction of GSEM and GSUSA.
REGIONAL DELEGATE MEETINGS will be held at 6:30p as follows:
Dec 2, Region 2 WEST: Great Hall, Waltham GSEM Office, 265 Beaver St, Waltham
Dec 4, Region 1 SOUTH: Large Conference Room, Middleboro GSEM Office, 111 East Grove St, Middleboro
Dec 8, Region 3 EAST: Camp Rice Moody, 29 Rice Road, Reading
Dec 11, Region 4 NORTH: Conference Room, North Andover GSEM Office, 1740 Turnpike St, North AndoverWe hope to see you there!
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MANY WAYS TO DONATE
Your contribution directly benefits Girl Scouts in Eastern Massachusetts. Girl Scouts is about learning and growing alongside caring adults and making friendships that last a lifetime.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Leading Women Awards Breakfast
Sponsored by:
Recognizing women leaders who serve as exemplary role models for today's girls.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Westin Copley Place 7:30 - 9:30 AM
This year's Leading Women honorees are:
Michele Courton Brown
Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Practice Advisor Philanthropic Practice Management, Bank of America
Susan M. Esper
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kerry Murphy Healey, PhD
Former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Ambassador Swanee Hunt
Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy and Founding Director of the Women and Public Policy Program Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Laura J. Sen
President and Chief Operating Officer, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
Liz Walker
Host and Executive Producer, Sunday with Liz Walker Reverend of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Jamaica Plain
Join us! For more information on sponsorship opportunities or to purchase a ticket online, click here. Or you can contact Heather Clyne Hughes, 617 482-1078 ext. 272 or hclyne@girlscoutseasternmass.org