An email from Council:
Please share the attached flyer with troops and families and friends. What a great family event. And tickets are only $5!
Register and purchase tickets online at our website: http://www.gshpa.org/.
Katy Kathryn Lynch Membership Development Director
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania 350 Hale Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17105
717-233-1656 X1252 OR 800-692-7816 X1252 Fax: 717-234-5097 http://www.gshpa.org/
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Help Wanted!
An email from council:
Looking for a Summer to Remember...Work at Camp!
We are looking for qualified applicants (American Red Cross Level 2
Certification or higher) to fill the positions of Camp Nurse / Healthcare
Supervisor at Camp Archbald, Camp Small Valley, and Camp Furnace Hills during
resident camp this summer. This is a great opportunity to make a difference
in a young girl's life while living and working in one of Girl Scouts in the
Heart of Pennsylvania's 12 camps.
Additionally, we are seeking a qualified Riding Director for Camp Furnace
Hills.
These are great opportunities for graduated seniors, college students,
teachers, or those who are just looking to spend a week away from home.
To join the dynamic outdoor program team, please contact one of the following
individuals by email; Rachel Miletto -
rmiletto@gshpa.org, Suzanne Moore -
smoore@gshpa.org, or Joyce Barber -
jbarber@gshpa.org, or phone 800-692-7816, extension
1404.
See you at camp!
Stephanie Titzel
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
350 Hale Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17105
www.gshpa.org
717.233.1656 x1025
800.692.7816 x1025
Looking for a Summer to Remember...Work at Camp!
We are looking for qualified applicants (American Red Cross Level 2
Certification or higher) to fill the positions of Camp Nurse / Healthcare
Supervisor at Camp Archbald, Camp Small Valley, and Camp Furnace Hills during
resident camp this summer. This is a great opportunity to make a difference
in a young girl's life while living and working in one of Girl Scouts in the
Heart of Pennsylvania's 12 camps.
Additionally, we are seeking a qualified Riding Director for Camp Furnace
Hills.
These are great opportunities for graduated seniors, college students,
teachers, or those who are just looking to spend a week away from home.
To join the dynamic outdoor program team, please contact one of the following
individuals by email; Rachel Miletto -
rmiletto@gshpa.org
smoore@gshpa.org
jbarber@gshpa.org
1404.
See you at camp!
Stephanie Titzel
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
350 Hale Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17105
www.gshpa.org
717.233.1656 x1025
800.692.7816 x1025
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
SU Event Cancelled
From Heidi via email:
Hello Lakes and Pocono Service Unit volunteers,
Unfortunately, the Water & Boat Safety, PFD, and Fishing Equipment Instruction
event that was planned for this Saturday, June 7 at the PPL Learning Center in
Hawley has been cancelled. There were not enough responses to hold the event.
Sorry about that.
Thanks to Michelle Talbot of Lakes Service Unit for organizing the event. It
sounded like a lot of fun, and maybe it could be rescheduled for sometime in
the future.
Heidi
Hello Lakes and Pocono Service Unit volunteers,
Unfortunately, the Water & Boat Safety, PFD, and Fishing Equipment Instruction
event that was planned for this Saturday, June 7 at the PPL Learning Center in
Hawley has been cancelled. There were not enough responses to hold the event.
Sorry about that.
Thanks to Michelle Talbot of Lakes Service Unit for organizing the event. It
sounded like a lot of fun, and maybe it could be rescheduled for sometime in
the future.
Heidi
Monday, June 2, 2008
Cookie Sale Incentive Update
From Heidi via email:
From: Amanda Amspacher
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:21 AM
Cc: Product Sales Staff; Membership Development Staff
Subject: 2008 Cookie Sale- Incentive Update
Hi All,
First and foremost THANK YOU for all the time, energy and effort you have put
into our product sales for this membership year. We greatly appreciate all the
hard work!
Unfortunately, we have ended this membership year with huge challenges with
incentives. It is important to us, as a council, that girls get their earned
incentives in a timely manner. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case with this
year's sale. And we realize this caused heartache for all of you... as well as
many girls. We (along with Little Brownie) apologize to all of you for having
to deal with these issues.
The good news is incentives are now scheduled to arrive! All incentives got to
Little Brownie last week and were sent out for delivery via FedEx Home Delivery
on Thursday and Friday with an estimated 2-3 day delivery time. As you know,
we generally have these shipped to the service units and from there they go to
the troops for delivery. In hopes of getting the awards to girls faster, the
incentives were shipped directly to the troops. We hope that this allows girls
to get them quickly.
Again, my sincere apologies. We will be working to rectify this situation so
we don't experience anything like this moving forward. If you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to give me a call.
Stephanie Titzel
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
350 Hale Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17105
www.gshpa.org
717.233.1656 x1025
800.692.7816 x1025
From: Amanda Amspacher
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:21 AM
Cc: Product Sales Staff; Membership Development Staff
Subject: 2008 Cookie Sale- Incentive Update
Hi All,
First and foremost THANK YOU for all the time, energy and effort you have put
into our product sales for this membership year. We greatly appreciate all the
hard work!
Unfortunately, we have ended this membership year with huge challenges with
incentives. It is important to us, as a council, that girls get their earned
incentives in a timely manner. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case with this
year's sale. And we realize this caused heartache for all of you... as well as
many girls. We (along with Little Brownie) apologize to all of you for having
to deal with these issues.
The good news is incentives are now scheduled to arrive! All incentives got to
Little Brownie last week and were sent out for delivery via FedEx Home Delivery
on Thursday and Friday with an estimated 2-3 day delivery time. As you know,
we generally have these shipped to the service units and from there they go to
the troops for delivery. In hopes of getting the awards to girls faster, the
incentives were shipped directly to the troops. We hope that this allows girls
to get them quickly.
Again, my sincere apologies. We will be working to rectify this situation so
we don't experience anything like this moving forward. If you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to give me a call.
Stephanie Titzel
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
350 Hale Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17105
www.gshpa.org
717.233.1656 x1025
800.692.7816 x1025
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Lakes SU Leader Apprecaition Dinner Postponed!
From an email from Heidi:
The Plan of Work for the current year listed the Leader Appreciation Dinner for June 5, but it will not be held on that date. The dinner is in the process of being planned by Linda Fitzpatrick and Donna Smith, and the date will be August 7. You will receive more information when the date, time, and place is confirmed.
The Plan of Work for the current year listed the Leader Appreciation Dinner for June 5, but it will not be held on that date. The dinner is in the process of being planned by Linda Fitzpatrick and Donna Smith, and the date will be August 7. You will receive more information when the date, time, and place is confirmed.
Lakes SU Needs QSP Chair!
From an email from Heidi:
The SU is in need of a Fall Product Sale Chair. Leann Hartill is not able to be the chairperson for the coming year, but she will assist the new chairperson as much as she can. Please let me know ASAP if you or any of the parents of girls in your troop might be interested in the position. The FPS Chair will have training on July 22 in Scranton at Elm Park United Methodist Church (between Jefferson Ave., Madison Ave., and Linden St.). It is important that someone takes the position and has the training at that time so the sale can run smoothly in Lakes SU. That person will explain the sale at the August SU meeting on August 14, as the sale will be starting the last week of August (each troop can decide which 2-3 week period they would like to run their sale) and run until mid-October.
The SU is in need of a Fall Product Sale Chair. Leann Hartill is not able to be the chairperson for the coming year, but she will assist the new chairperson as much as she can. Please let me know ASAP if you or any of the parents of girls in your troop might be interested in the position. The FPS Chair will have training on July 22 in Scranton at Elm Park United Methodist Church (between Jefferson Ave., Madison Ave., and Linden St.). It is important that someone takes the position and has the training at that time so the sale can run smoothly in Lakes SU. That person will explain the sale at the August SU meeting on August 14, as the sale will be starting the last week of August (each troop can decide which 2-3 week period they would like to run their sale) and run until mid-October.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
My Guy and Me Dance
Congrats and Thank yous go out to Linda Fitzpatrick and Donna Smith for the "My Guy and Me Dinner Dance" held on May 18th. The girls and their "dates" had a great time. The room was beautiful and the food was great. The DJ kept the girls on the dance floor. They were even able to get the guys up there a few times! Great job!
FInance Reports!
Finance Reports are due by July 31, 2008. The form is in the Volunteer Resource Guide or online. Make sure to include a copy of your latest bank statement with the report.
Early Bird Registration!
Time to get those registrations in! The deadline is June 14, but it would be great to receive them ASAP. Send completed forms to Heidi at the Scranton Service Center. NO CASH, PLEASE! Checks are payable to GSHPA, it may be a troop check (especially if you receive cast from a parent!) If you did not receive a preprinted from for some individuals in your troop, please email Heidi!
May 15, 2008 Service Unit Meeting
The May Service Unit was held at the North Primary Cafeteria and started at 7pm. After the GS Promise Patti Duncan gave a report from the Annual Meeting and Celebration. The event was held on May 3rd at Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. Patti served as a delegate for our service unit and attended the business meeting. The meeting lasted about an hour. At the meeting there were a lot of reports about the activities of the council committees and realignment commitees. New members to the board and "Board Development Committee" were elected. Delegates to the National GSU
SA meeting were also elected. There are a few issues that will come up at the National meeting in October that we will need to discuss in the fall. After the meeting the Celebration was a huge success. There were tons of boothes and fun stuff for the kids to do. Without a doubt, the big hit of the day was the Powder Puff Derby. Our own Heidi and the rest of the membership staff from the Scranton office organized the event and it was great! One of the best parts was to see all of the dads who attended with the girls to participate in the event. Dads everywhere! Carrying pine cars painted pink and covered with glitter and so proud! So cool!
SA meeting were also elected. There are a few issues that will come up at the National meeting in October that we will need to discuss in the fall. After the meeting the Celebration was a huge success. There were tons of boothes and fun stuff for the kids to do. Without a doubt, the big hit of the day was the Powder Puff Derby. Our own Heidi and the rest of the membership staff from the Scranton office organized the event and it was great! One of the best parts was to see all of the dads who attended with the girls to participate in the event. Dads everywhere! Carrying pine cars painted pink and covered with glitter and so proud! So cool!There was also an awesome puppet show and a lot of fun outside stuff to do. EVERYONE should go next year!
Next, Patti and Rita gave an update on the cookie sale. There are a few incentives that are on back order due to problems with things made in China. All other incentives are in and are being distributed.
Heidi reminded everyone that no form is needed for day trips. Just call or email Heidi to give her the details.
Heidi thanked Linda Fitzpatrick and Donna Smith on a very successful Mother/Daughter tea. She reminded everyone that the "Me and My Guy" dinner dance is coming up on May 18th. Contact Linda if you have any questions.
Two upcoming events are the WB/SCR Pioneers game and the SCR/WB Yankees game. See the council website for information and to register. Those attending the Yankees game should line up at 6:15pm for the Scout Parade.
Heidi is still taking nominations for Outstanding Leader and Outstanding Vounteer awards.
Camp registration is open. Several people took camp booklets to help spread them "around town"
Contact Heather Evan, Volunteer Development Manger (570)-501-2604 ext. 1415 for any questions about training. Her email is hevan@gshpa.org You can register for training online.
Heidi and Linda Jones reminded everyone to add their emails to your safe list so that email messages do not bounce or go to junk mail. Please update them if your email changes. Both Heidi's and Linda's emails are listed under "Contacts" on the right of the blog.
Next, we worked on the plan of work for next year. We planned four service unit events. A "Songs and Smores" event for November 1st; a "Day of Science" for late January; a "Powder Puff Derby" for March and a "Rally Day" for May. There will be LOTS of things to plan and organize. Hopefully everyone will find SOMETHING to get involved in.
Next meeting: August 14, 2008 at the Salem Libray, Hamlin 7Pm
Enjoy your summer!
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