It's Almost Time For Camp!
Registration for 2010 summer camp will begin March 31. Lots of new options including other camp opportunities through sister Girl Scout councils! Get ready now by reviewing our summer camp book here. |
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Uniquely ME! Patch Program
We now have a patch program for Uniquely ME! Girls who participate in one or more Uniquely ME! sessions will have an opportunity to get a patch. For more info, click here. |
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2010 Girl Awards Program
This year, Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma will offer a special opportunity to honor and recognize the award honorees, past award recipients and mentors. Details on how to purchase a recognition ad in the 2010 Girl Awards Program will be posted March 1 here. |
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Cookie Marketing Tip of the Month
Take pictures of girls in your troop or community selling cookies and submit to your local paper. Be sure to identify the girls pictured and always end with: For more information on Girl Scout Cookies, visit www.gswestok.org. |
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Power of Girls Intern'l Women's Day
Last year, GSUSA & CARE launched ‘The Power of Girls’ (www.thepowerofgirls.com) initiative to help mobilize girls around important global issues, including the critical role that girls' education and leadership play in addressing poverty. As part of this will be International Women's Day on March 8. In honor of this day, the special live performance called "Half the Sky" will be shown on selected movie theaters nationwide on March 4. The event will be shown in theaters in Norman and OKC. For details on this event including tickets, click here. |
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Explorology For Students
Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Norman
Paleo Expedition for Grades 9-11. Registration deadline is March 26.
Read more here. |
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Leadership is THE Girl Scout Program -- Pathways are the Roads to Get There
Activities and events aren't the Girl Scouts program -- they are the pathways to the program. Girl Scouts has one program -- Leadership! |
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Youth Council of OKC Taking Applications
Do you know a teenager who lives in the OKC voting district who will be a junior or senior next year and is interested in government or public office? The Youth Council could be their first steps in public service. To read more about it and apply, click here. |
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Job Openings
For information on available jobs, and to apply, click here. |
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Reach Your Membership Drive Goals!
With all the activity going on around Girl Scout Cookies, Friends of Girl Scouting, calendar events and a lot more, Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma is getting a lot of attention in the public -- so now is the time to reach out and invite new girls and adults to join!
GS-West Membership Drive will continue through March 15. This is a great opportunity for all the Service Units to earn great incentives.
Take this challenge and help share the leadership experience of Girl Scouting in your community and school!
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Cookie Sale Extended to March 21!
The Cookie Booth Locator is now on our cookie page.
Read the Cookie News Update for info on booth sale extensions too!
Have you cast your "Vote for your Favorite Cookie" online contest through the Oklahoma State Treasurer's office? The Oklahoma Girl Scout who sells the most cookies will get a $1,529 college scholarship account. The troop that gets the most people to vote for their favorite cookie online will get $529. The vote is close! Will GS-West get more votes that GS-East?! Click on the "Decisions Decisions" banner on our website and vote for your favorite cookie and troop.
Girl Scout Cookie Video Contest! The winner of our first Cookie Video Contest is Elena Trejo of Choctaw with her video "Case Full of Cookies." Judges comments included "the lyrics were very complicated and she didn't stumble." "I think we have a star on our hands." View the winning video on our homepage.
Billboards: Have you spotted a cookie billboard yet? Find one, take a picture, and send to Deborah Gooding. You could win a surprise! Teresa Church is our latest winner. Come in to the shop for your gift!
Cookie Dough Reminder: Last year's cookie dough expires April 15. The shop will be open on Saturday, April 10, to accommodate girls who want to spend their cookie dough. Girls can also choose what they want now to be sent to our Lawton, Norman and Enid locations to purchase!
Cookie News: You may have seen in the news where some councils across the country are addressing an issue regarding Lemon Chalet Cremes. Cookies for our cookie sale are not affected. To read a full statement, click here. |
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Leadership Pathway Events
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In Memoriam
Stephanie Elaine (Kiser) Freeman, 38, of Moore, OK, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Stephanie was born on November 21, 1971, in Duncan. She attended John Marshall High School and graduated in 1990. Stephanie received great joy in her marriage to Kevin and raising her daughter Addie. She devoted her time to church, Girl Scouts, and various activities at her daughter's school. We are all deeply saddened and send our deepest sympathies to the family. A memorial service will be held Saturday at Mercer-Adams Chapel in Bethany. For more information, click here. |
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