Learn to Lead Volunteer Conference - Oct. 2010
Are you ready to learn new things and develop your leadership skills? Join us for the Learn to Lead conference at the Days Hotel and Conference Center in Flatwoods, WV, on October 29 and 30, 2010. This once-a-year event is your opportunity to enhance skills specific to your volunteer position, meet and mingle with other volunteers and staff from through the jurisdiction, and generally get pumped up for the 2010-2011 Girl Scout year.Check out the Learn to Lead information and registration packet. Register by September 21, 2010 and receive a free conference tote bag!

Summer Office Hours    
It’s summertime! From June 14 through August 23, 2010, office and shop hours will be 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Thursday and 8:00 to 1:00 pm on Fridays.

Safety-Wise & Safety Activity Checkpoints 
New for 2010, general information once found in Safety-Wise will be found in the Safety-Wise section of Volunteer Essentials AND we have all new Safety Activity Checkpoints available here. These 45 checkpoints replace the ones that have existed in Safety-Wise for several decades. Volunteers will no longer have to read introductory material, Universal Checkpoints, checkpoints for the category of the activity (land sports, water sports, and so on), and activity specific checkpoints – eight or nine pages of material spread out over several sections. Instead, you can read, search, and print completely self-contained checkpoints, each four pages or less all here online in this interactive PDF format! You can throw out your old printed Safety-Wise book. Volunteers receive their copy of Volunteer Essentials (which will contain general safety information and program standards found in the old Safety-Wise) in the Volunteer Resource Packet provided to volunteers in late summer.

The Beliefs and Values of Teens and Tweens Today
Good Intentions: The Beliefs and Values of Teens and Tweens Today (2009), a national study conducted by the Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) in partnership with Harris Interactive explores what youth today value and how they go about making decisions, based on research conducted with 3,263 3rd to 12th-graders from around the country.

Learn about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience
GSUSA has provided an excellent interactive presentation about the new Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Find out more about the Journeys, Pathways, Three Keys, Outcomes, and more. Sophia is waiting to answer your questions! Check it out!

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