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Showing posts with label Current Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current Events. Show all posts
Monday, November 14, 2011
Bridging Into the Next Century
Over the week thousands of NJ Girl Scouts bridged across the George Washington Bridge as part of a kick off celebration of the Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary. Below is a sample of the media coverage about this historic event.
New York
Teaneck
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Princeton Girl Scouts Help Try to Break World Record
Local Girl Scouts did one minute of jumping jacks in Princeton on Tuesday, part of an effort to get 20,000 nationwide to do the same.
By Greta Cuyler - Princeton Packet
http://princeton.patch.com/articles/princeton-girl-scouts-help-try-to-break-world-record
October 12, 2011
It’s about getting fit and having fun.
And 35 Princeton Girl Scouts did just that on Tuesday afternoon in the courtyard of the Princeton Shopping Center, joining a nationwide effort to break the Guinness World Record title for the most people performing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.
The Girl Scouts did one minute of uninterrupted jumping jacks.
The goal is to have 20,000 people participate between Tuesday at 3 p.m. and Wednesday at 3 p.m., east coast time.
“I thought it would be fun for the girls to be involved with trying to break at Guinness World Record and to show the community some of the fun things Girl Scouts get to do,” Karen Freundlich, the volunteer service unit manager for the Princeton Girl Scouts, an umbrella organization for 25 different scout troops in town.
A timekeeper armed with a stopwatch timed the girls’ participation and the results will be gathered nationally to determine if the record was broken, although it will probably take a few weeks for the national results to be announced.
The “Let’s Jump!” effort is spearheaded by National Geographic Kids magazine.
To break the record, more than 20,000 people must complete one minute of jumping jacks in events occurring between 3 p.m. on Tuesday and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, east coast time.
First Lady Michelle Obama kicked things off in Washington D.C. on Tuesday with one minute of jumping jacks, supporting her "Let’s Move!" campaign, which encourages kids and families to get healthy and active.
By Greta Cuyler - Princeton Packet
http://princeton.patch.com/articles/princeton-girl-scouts-help-try-to-break-world-record
October 12, 2011
It’s about getting fit and having fun.
And 35 Princeton Girl Scouts did just that on Tuesday afternoon in the courtyard of the Princeton Shopping Center, joining a nationwide effort to break the Guinness World Record title for the most people performing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.
The Girl Scouts did one minute of uninterrupted jumping jacks.
The goal is to have 20,000 people participate between Tuesday at 3 p.m. and Wednesday at 3 p.m., east coast time.
“I thought it would be fun for the girls to be involved with trying to break at Guinness World Record and to show the community some of the fun things Girl Scouts get to do,” Karen Freundlich, the volunteer service unit manager for the Princeton Girl Scouts, an umbrella organization for 25 different scout troops in town.
A timekeeper armed with a stopwatch timed the girls’ participation and the results will be gathered nationally to determine if the record was broken, although it will probably take a few weeks for the national results to be announced.The “Let’s Jump!” effort is spearheaded by National Geographic Kids magazine.
To break the record, more than 20,000 people must complete one minute of jumping jacks in events occurring between 3 p.m. on Tuesday and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, east coast time.
First Lady Michelle Obama kicked things off in Washington D.C. on Tuesday with one minute of jumping jacks, supporting her "Let’s Move!" campaign, which encourages kids and families to get healthy and active.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
16,000+ Households STOP Vampire Currents
On March 12, 2011 over 16,000 households pledged to PULL THE PLUG on vampire currents for 100 minutes thanks to 2,776 Girl Scouts who secured a minimum of 5 pledges each. Girls secured pledges from within the state of New Jersey as well as accross the United States. Reports from troops indicate pledges were secured from California, Texas, Florida, and Iowa. Thanks to technology, one troop even secured pledges from accross the Atlantic Ocean in England! Troop 30916 from Timbercreek shared, "The girls are all 5 year olds and this was the 1st time they ever did anything like this and they LOVED every minute of it!" Troop 72027 from LETS shared, "I thought this was a great project to raise awareness of how much energy each person/household can save." Many troops incorporated the program into the Journey they were working on like Troop 54120 from Wihe'Tonga who were learning about energy through Get Moving.
Just a reminder to troops who participated, your Troop Evaluation/Summary needs to be submitted in order for your troop to receive their patches. Contact Kimberly Reed with any questions, kreed@gscsnj.org.
Just a reminder to troops who participated, your Troop Evaluation/Summary needs to be submitted in order for your troop to receive their patches. Contact Kimberly Reed with any questions, kreed@gscsnj.org.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Call To Action
As we are all well aware, the natural disaster that befell Haiti this week is one of unimaginable and epic proportions. And as we are inundated with news accounts by the minute thanks to You Tube, Twitter and Facebook we ask ourselves, “What can I do”, “How can we help” – and we ask these questions because we are Girl Scouts and we have a commitment and desire to TAKE ACTION.
There are many ways that troops can become involved in this relief effort. Here one link from GSUSA that can get you started with ideas of what other troops are doing and a list of resources: http://blog.girlscouts.org/2010/01/haiti-communities-come-together-to-help.html
We are ALWAYS proud to be Girl Scouts and it is times like this when we can use our resources to really make a difference in our world!
There are many ways that troops can become involved in this relief effort. Here one link from GSUSA that can get you started with ideas of what other troops are doing and a list of resources: http://blog.girlscouts.org/2010/01/haiti-communities-come-together-to-help.html
We are ALWAYS proud to be Girl Scouts and it is times like this when we can use our resources to really make a difference in our world!
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