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In this issue, meet the new GSWISE girl board members, read about Kassandra's memories at Hawthorne Hill, and learn about the 2013 Girl Scout Gold Awardees' projects.
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Amazing Memories
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GSWISE Board of Directors
2013
[[[[[[[PPPPPPP 333333]]]]]Awardees
By Kassondra White
April is a sophomore at Brookfi eld Central High School, where she is an honor roll student and on the school ski team. April is very involved in Girl Scouts, where she has served as a national convention delegate and participated in three destinations trips. She is currently working on her Girl Scout Gold Award which is helping homeless girls of Tanzania. It is her hope to establish a Girl Guides Troop for these girls by the fall of 2013. April practices Judo and competes at the national level in the sport as well as coaching at her local club.
Anjana is a junior at Shorewood High School where she is a high honor roll student and is involved in the school newspaper as a reporter and an arts and entertainments editor. She is also president of the school chess club, treasurer of the science club, and a member of the student council and Model UN. A Girl Scout since second grade, Anjana has done numerous community service projects through her Girl Scout troop and has earned her Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards. She was one of a select group of teens on the planning team for the 2012 Girls’ World Forum which brought girls from 80 countries together to discuss pressing global issues.
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Summer Time Fun
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Reader?Congratulations to 141 Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
who are making positive changes in the community through their Girl Scout Silver and Gold Award Projects. Girls were recognized at the
2013 Girl Scout Award Celebration for their achievements.
Girl Scout Gold AwardeesHelene AltmannKaitlyn BallmanMiranda BrownKelsey KoteckiElizabeth KraidichAnjana MuraliBrigid TransonHolly WilliamsMichelle Wisby
Girl Scout Silver AwardeesSamantha AlbrightAmanda BallbachErin BarrieHannah BarriosLauren BraunJordan BremerNicole BruskCaroline BurdickNatalie BuschCarly CampbellArianna CarellaCaroline ChuppaChloe ClarkMelissa ClementAva CulverMartha DaleyCassidy DankertMadison DavisSamantha DeareyTiana DoroszJulia DziubinskiMegan ErdJenelle FalveyAubrie FaustColleen FischerSarah FleischmannBrianna FridleyRaquel GalarzaAmy GeenenKristina GeydoshekJessica GoetzkeAllison GoetzkeShaylin GoldammerAlexis GramlingSierra GreinerLauren GroshekJessica GuligBreanna HannulaAnnalyse Heinrich
Girl Scout Silver AwardeesAlyssa HigleyHannah HintzMakaela HoppAnna HusseyAllison JonesDanielle KallisAbbey KastnerHailey KingTaylor KirbyBreanna KloeppelLauren KluweMariah KoenigsMadelyn KoeppJessica KoskiClaire KowalefskiEmily KrattleyNicole KrauseRoaslie KubiakElizabeth LairdShawna LandvatterKelli LarsenSarah LegateLindsey LehmanJessica LevieAbigail LopataElizabeth LoppnowAllison LothElizabeth MainSophia MarkiewiczMelanie MarksMargaret MartinBrianna Martin Kiera MeidenbauerAshley MermoliaJensen MicechEmilia MoralesKatie NaultHannah NehmerDevan NelsonSamantha NickellStephanie NielsonEmily NolanMadeline NousaineCatherine OlsonSydney PaddockSara PatokaHanna PerryGabrielle PetersonMackenzie PhillipsAlexis Radtke
Girl Scout Silver AwardeesLauren ReesmanAutumn RoeckerJessica RohdeMaddy RondeauAngel RuszkiewiczMadeleine RyanSarah RybackiRachel SanbornSara SchmitzKatie SchmitzAbby SchoepkeEmmalee SchuldtKatie SchullerEricka SerticAlly ShieldsSamantha SiebenallerChloe SimchickCasmiria SlaterIsabel SobbeOlivia SobbeSamantha SomersElaina SowinskiJessica StecklingJaclynn SuttonMichelle TengCassidy TiemanMaura TreichelKayla Van BoxtelAndrea Vander PasRachel WardKeelin WattersHelena WedelLinnea WegenerSamantha WegerbauerBrianna WeissEmmaleigh WelkaKelsey WigandSara WittAshley WoltmannGabrielle YtuarteMary ZimbalMadeline ZimmerErika ZiolkowskiTaylor Zweifel 3
Girl Scout Gold Award ProjectAn active band member at her high school, Miranda was frustrated about the decreasing level of participation in the school band program. She decided to create a program, Band Buddies, where a group of high school band students would travel to an elementary school and mentor fi fth grade students just beginning their musical journeys. The goal is to educate younger band students about the importance of band and to portray how exciting music can be so that younger students will continue music into middle and high school.
Girl Scout Silver Award ProjectStephanie Nielson, Jessica Rohde, Ericka Sertic, and Samantha Wegerbauer taught girls all about animals and wildlife, how to take care of them, and led a few craft projects. They also donated pet toys and blankets to the Humane Society.
Girl Scout Silver Award ProjectJordan Bremer, Megan Erd, Breanna Kloeppel, Katie Nault, Mackenzie Phillips, Alexis Radtke, and Maura Treichel planted a garden at the Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County. They created it to aid pet owners in the grieving process.
Girl Scout Gold Award ProjectHelene noticed that the entrance of the Monches segment of the Ice Age Trail was diffi cult to use. With support from the Ice Age Trail Alliance and Retzer Nature Center, she created a sustainable, natural-looking, educational garden at the entrance, complete with labeled plants native to Southeast Wisconsin. Additionally, she created and facilitated the “Battle of the Plants” program at the Hartland Public Library. The program included education about the Ice Age Trail and invasive species, and concluded with participants planting their own native plant in a newspaper pot.
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Helene Altmann
Miranda Brown
Girl Scout Troop 1151
Girl Scout Troop 42944
Girl Scout Silver Award ProjectAbby, Brianna, and Maggie have been babysitting once a week at the Transitional Living Center (TLC) in Burlington. TLC is also connected to the Morrow House which is where families can go when they are homeless. The girls decided to build a sandbox at the Morrow House for the children to play in using donations from two local businesses. They wanted to make a difference in the lives of children by giving them an area to play in, and also by providing caring guidance and being positive role models to them.
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Girl Scout Silver Award ProjectSamantha put together a cookbook of healthy snacks to distributed copies to all the schools in the Mukwonago school district. She got together with a dietician from Children’s Hospital to talk about healthy food choices. Samantha also gave a presentation to the kindergarten through second graders at Prairie View about eating healthy.
The following teens will have the most awesome, unforgettable trips of their lives this summer traveling through Girl Scouts. Next summer this could be you!
Mariah Bazile, Iceland ExplorationEmily Franco, San Juan Kayak PackAlisha Reyes, San Juan Kayak PackJennifer Schroll, Sea Turtle Retreat (Costa
Rica)Chloe Simchick, Happy Trails–National Event
(Georgia)Celine Stichert, Alaska All Around Adventure
ExpeditionRebecca Stichert, Catching the Waves in
Costa RicaSamantha Willis, Adrenaline Rush (Georgia)
Experience incredible travel opportunities and meet girls from around the country! Girl Scout destinations take Girl Scout Cadettes through Ambassadors on trips just like the ones listed above. Trips generally happen in the summer, range from several days to two weeks long, and are hosted by Girl Scout councils across the country or organizations approved by Girl Scouts of the USA, like Outward Bound.
Girl Scout destinations for summer 2014 will be listed on www.girlscouts.org/forgirls/travel/destinations by September 2013. Mail applications to GSWISE, 131 S. 69th Street, P.O. Box 14999, Milwaukee, WI 53214-0999, or drop them off at your local service center. Financial assistance may be available. Questions? Contact Katelyn Condon at (262) 598-2210 or [email protected]. Application Deadline: November 1, 2013.
Girl Scout destinations
Girl Scout Troop 5714
Girl Scout Troop 4028
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Tell us what direction Girl Scouts has taken you!
E-mail your story to [email protected]
I remember when the Joann Mann Lodge at Camp Silverbrook was Hawthorne Hill. It had big tubs for sinks in the bathroom, and a tiny arts and crafts room that we never did art or crafts in. It had no air conditioning, but its fans and fl ushable toilets made it well loved. I remember skits acted out on the porch outside; I remember races down the stairs that were barely stairs
nearby; I remember junior counselors fi lling up juice jugs everyday.
I also remember walking the rope bridges in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest. I was hot, sweaty, and itchy from mosquito bites, and yet I was watching the sun set over a sea of tree tops that didn’t end. I just hoped the pictures could capture the greatness of the moment... but of course they couldn’t. Pictures could never truly capture a sunset in the Amazon, and they certainly couldn’t capture the essence of Hawthorne Hill.
From little camp memories to big destinations memories, Girl Scouts has given me plenty to treasure. I’ve been a Girl Scout for 12 years – or 2/3 of my life. I was a scribe, a vice president, and a president of the Youth Leadership Council (YLC); a girl board member on the Board of Directors; and a camper, Program Aide, Counselor-in-Training, and now a counselor at Camp Silverbrook. I’ve also been part of the anti-bullying How Girls Hurt, How Girls Help events for three years, I’ve been on three destinations (to the Andes of Peru, the Amazon of Peru, and New York), and I’ve been in camper council since the third grade.
I’ve been busy, and I know many teens drop out of Girl Scouts because they don’t have time in their schedules, but for me Girl Scouts IS my schedule. I do plenty of things outside of Girl Scouts too, but the huge amount of opportunities for teens in Girl Scouts alone is enough to fi ll up my days. That’s why I’m still in Girl Scouts as a senior in high school–it seems the older you are, the more opportunities there are. I’ve gotten plenty of strange looks when people fi nd out I’m still a Girl Scout, but all I have to do is tell them I went to Peru (twice) because of Girl Scouts to make that look go away. (And in the end they can’t judge much anyway– I’m the one supplying them with cookies!)
Beyond amazing memories and thousands of service hours for National Honors Society, Girl Scouts has also given me leadership skills and values I couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. From a shy camper to president of YLC, I’ve learned that leadership isn’t just for the select few extroverts. Camp especially has provided me with lifelong friends, new role models every year, and a safe, supportive place to grow up and make mistakes. This summer I will be a camp counselor and bus monitor at Camp Silverbrook– the exact position I imagined myself in as a camper. I’m thankful to be a part of so many girls’ lives like my counselors were for me growing up.
Next fall I’ll be attending Beloit College– my fi rst choice school– with their highest merit scholarship. I hope to double major in Sociology and Women/Gender Studies with a minor in either Youth Studies or Business so I can work with a nonprofi t organization hopefully doing program development... my interests have obviously been infl uenced by my participation in Girl Scouts. The emphasis in Girl Scouting on taking action has been a major force throughout my life and has contributed a lot to my love for service and activism.
Just how easily I can recall the smell at Hawthorne Hill is a testament to how much Girl Scouts has infl uenced me. I’m grateful to everyone at GSWISE for making my Girl Scout experience over the last 12 years so unforgettable and life changing!
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A m a z i n g M e m o r i e sBy Kassondra White
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How do you think others see you? How do you see others? Test your fi rst impressions IQ by answering these questions:
1. When people talk to you, do you act relaxed? Y N
2. When talking with others, do you look directly at them? Y N
3. Do you wait for others to fi nish talking before jumping in? Y N
4. Do you compliment others—genuinely? Y N
5. Do you try not to talk about yourself too much? Y N
6. Do you ask others for their point of view? Y N
7. Do you share something about yourself and try to fi nd out something about those you’re talking with? Y N
What’s Your FI IQ? ??
The Power of First ImpressionsSometimes, fi rst impressions are on target. Most of the time, they’re not. Consider:
If you answered mostly yes, you’re pretty confi dent about making a good fi rst impression. You’re open and welcoming to others because you let your natural self shine through and you try to fi nd out more about those you’re talking with. Use the info below to strengthen your welcoming approach when interacting with others.
If you answered no to some questions, you may not feel so comfy meeting others for the fi rst time. You might even come off as someone you’re not. Use the info below to improve the fi rst impression you make. In time, you’ll learn to really connect with others.
• First impressions affect how people are treated.
• Potential friendships are sometimes stopped in their tracks because of fi rst impressions.
• Stereotypes based on fi rst impressions often shut out new possibilities, opportunities, and adventures.
• You can’t tell how a person is on the inside from what you see on the outside—but many people try to!
• First impressions can hurt—you and the other person.
Your mind often makes split-second decisions. These instinctive, spontaneous reactions often stem from our experiences, training, and knowledge—and our ingrained biases and prejudices. A gut reaction can be very useful, especially in times of danger. But when it comes to giving someone a chance, it’s best to go beyond your gut.
How’d You Do?
For instance, take a look at the picture to the right: Instead of focusing on how different one girl is from the other, take time to notice the little things that they do have in common. (Hint: Hairstyle, anyone?)
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Girl Scouts of Wisconsin SoutheastP.O. Box 14999Milwaukee, WI 53214-0999
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June19 Passion for Fashion24 If I Had a Hammer…29 Wasteland to Children’s Forest
July8/9 Sew Camp Basics10 Passion for Fashion10/11 Sew Camp Intermediate15/16 Sew Camp Advanced17/18 Bon Appetite Basics17 One is Silver…17/18 Sew Camp Basics22/23 Bon Appetite Advanced24 …And the Other’s Gold26 Food For a Fabulous U
August7 Girl Scout Gold Award Interviews12/13 Sew Camp Basics13 One is Silver…14/15 Sew Camp Intermediate19/20 Sew Camp Advanced20 …And the Other’s Gold20 Food For a Fabulous U21/22 Sew Camp Designer
This is a sampling of upcoming events and dates, for a complete listing of Girl Scout Cadette-Ambassador events and dates visit www.gswise.org.
To register:• Register online at
www.gswise.org or print an Event Registration Form or get a copy from your local Girl Scout service center.
• Mail in the Event Registration Form to P.O. Box 14999, Milwaukee, WI 53214 or drop off the Event Registration Form at your local Girl Scout service center.
GS2Do Upcoming Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Events:
