Media Wrap-up: May 11-17

Each week Girl Scouts all over our Council are recognized by local media for their service projects, awards or even just for doing a good deed. Check out our favorites from the past few weeks below!

Ultimate Fort Bend shared a great profile of Girl Scout Nina L. and mentioned her Gold Award project! We love seeing Girl Scouts recognized in the community.

The Herald-Coaster recognized Brownies in Troop #29079 for earning their Mad Scientist and Fair Play badges in their "Good News in Greatwood" section.

The Pearland Journal reported Troop #27131 are working on their Bronze Award. The Junior Girl Scouts are hosting an event to benefit the Pearland Animal Control & Adoption Center.

Finally, a number of our outstanding adult volunteers have been recognized for awards they recently received:

• Ultimate Katy reported Frances Browning received the Key Award and Beth Watkins received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Ultimate Memorial reported Barbara Story received the Thanks Badge II, and Terri Bean-Minero received the Honor Pin.
• Ultimate Cy-Fair reported Evelyn Vittone and Nancy McGuire each received the Key Award; Brenda and Larry Zimmerman received the Family Award; Tisa Ahmed received the Volunteer of Excellent award; and three Cy-Fair area service units (Sunflower, White Oak and Wildwood) received the President's Award.

Don't forget, you can always submit your own troop news for consideration on the blog by emailing us at communications@sjgs.org.

Where's Daisy?

Hi Girl Scouts! It's me, Daisy. Did you know May 18 is International Museum Day? What a beary neat thing to celebrate! We have a really special Girl Scout museum in my hometown of Savannah - the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace. I always enjoyed visiting and seeing my friends there.

But did you also know your Council has somewhere special where you can learn about Girl Scout history?

Can you guess where I am?

A special message to GSSJC Girl Scouts

In late April, GSSJC welcomed Bonnie St. John, the first African-American Olympic Ski Medalist, amputee, Rhodes Scholar, former White House official, best-selling author and Girl Scout, for the keynote address at Success to Significance. You can read more about 2013's Success to Significance event here and check out our exclusive Q&A with Bonnie here.

As part of her address, Bonnie's daughter Darcy Deane recorded a special message just for Girl Scouts in our Council, and we're excited to share it with you today! Go grab the Girl Scout in your household, gather your troop around a computer at your next meeting or share the link to this blog entry in an email or on your Facebook - Girl Scouts are going to want to hear Darcy's inspiring words on leadership!

Purse-onality: Chief Marketing & Development Officer Beth Shea

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 We all know any Girl Scout worth her Thin Mints always has a great big Girl Scout smile stashed in her pocket, but what does she keep in her purse? In this ongoing blog series we'll ask Council staff, board members, volunteers and more to share their "Purse-onality!"

As GSSJC's Chief Marketing and Development Officer, Beth Shea directs the fundraising activities of the Council and identifies marketing strategies that will build awareness of Girl Scouting in southeast Texas. If you've seen a new unit or building at camp in the last few years, you can bet Beth had a hand in helping make that possible.

Recently, she's been working hard to help kick off the improvements at Camp Myra S. Pryor (you can read more about those here) so girls will have the opportunity to visit a camp in the southern stretch of our Council, enjoy horseback riding in a new environment and even check out the bald eagle nest on the camp property near the Colorado River. Read on to learn more about Beth's "Purse-onality!"

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Media Wrap-up: April 27 - May 10

Each week Girl Scouts all over our Council are recognized by local media for their service projects, awards or even just for doing a good deed. Check out our favorites from the past few weeks below!

The Friendwood Journal shared Girl Scouts in the Friendswood Service Unit recently held a Father/Daughter dance called the "Belles and Beaus Ball".

The Memorial Examiner, Bellaire Examiner and YourFortBendNews.com all reported 25 Gold Award recipients recently received more than $30,000 in collage scholarships from The Emerald Circle.

The Examiner reported Girl Scouts in Beaumont recently honored leaders and volunteers with awards and announced Troop #4298 launched a cycling club.

This morning GSUSA CEO Anna Maria Chavez was a guest on CNBC's show Squawk Box and talked a little bit about what girls learned from the Cookie Program this year. It was on bright and early, so if you missed it, check it out below:

Nightly Buisness Report also ran a feature on the national Cookie Program, which you can watch here.

Don't forget, you can always submit your own troop news for consideration on the blog by emailing us at communications@sjgs.org.