Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore paid tribute to 100th Anniversary Gala honorees Katherine Durante, executive director, OceanFirst Foundaion; Joan Hart, sales representative, The Van Dyk Group; and Vita Kolber, civic volunteer during the annual Toast of the Holidays reception last night at Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood. Not included in the photo gallery are fellow honorees Pat Battle, anchor and New Jersey correspondent, NBC News and Wendy Williams, host of the Wendy Williams Show.
The results of the council's latest delegate Open Space workshop are available for you to review. You are encouraged to read about the issues delegates thought were important to the council as well as the responses from council staff. The link also includes the results of previous open space sessions, allowing you to track the council's progress on various issues.
The Open Space approach helps groups create inspired meetings and events. The idea is simple. People often have great conversations during coffee breaks, but those discussions rarely take place with the same intensity during the meeting itself. Through the Open Space process, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around central themes of strategic importance. The end result is always improved communication, creative solutions, enhanced collaboration, and increased productivity.
Click here to go to the page with the latest open space information, as well as reports from previous sessions.
If you were listening to Thunder 106 last week, you may have heard Jackie, Kathleen and Amanda, along with troop leader, Donna Tornich (pictured below left to right) on Thunder 106 live, on-air talking about the cookie sale with DJ Chris VanZant! Click the file below to listen to what the girls had to say. They also had a brief on-air appearance on B98.5. Great job, girls!
Approximately 73 people, including the girls of Cadette Troop 171, attended a motivational Silver Award Workshop on January 26 hosted by BJ Wood. The girls left the workshop excited about getting started on their Silver Award proposals. They were given a clear understanding of the scope of the undertaking though concrete examples. BJ got across the idea that this award will require work in a manner that was encouraging! She lead the girls through exercises that helped guide their thinking process in the right direction. BJ even gave the girls tips on how to transform an idea or a Service Project into a Silver Award Project.
BJ Wood said, "We have served about 180 girls thus far through our Silver Award workshops beginning in October of 2011 of which we have 92 girls in progress of completing their Silver Award. We also have 61 girls who have already completed their project and will be awarded their Silver Award this spring!"
There are four more workshops scheduled for this year. Don't miss out on this great opportunity.
March 5th from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at the Program Activity Center in Farmingdale
March 28th from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at the Ocean Service Center in Toms River
May 3rd from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Ocean service Center,
May 15th from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm mat the Program activity Center
Can you think of someone who volunteers with Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore that deserves recognition? Now is the time to nominate a volunteer for a council award! Every nomination is reviewed by a recognition committee and considered for select awards. It is not necessary to know what previous recognitions an adult volunteer has received, just that you think they should be recognized. All nominations must come from you, the volunteers who receive support and guidance from the many council and regional volunteers.
Click here for the online nomination form and here to download the forms to honor your leader or another volunteer. If you have any questions concerning adult recognitions, or the various awards, contact
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, director of volunteer development, (732) 938-5454, ext. 131.
All nominations must be received by Wednesday, Feb. 1 to either service center (Monmouth Service Center/Ocean Service Center). This year's Council Awards will be held on Tuesday, April 24 at 6:30 pm at the Program Activity Center (127 Yellow Brook Road, Farmingdale).
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Approximately 73 people, including the girls of Cadette Troop 171, attended a motivational Silver Award Workshop on January 26 hosted by BJ Wood. The girls left the workshop excited about getting started on their Silver Award proposals. They were given a clear understanding of the scope of the undertaking though concrete examples. BJ got across the idea that this award will require work in a manner that was encouraging! She lead the girls through exercises that helped guide their thinking process in the right direction. BJ even gave the girls tips on how to transform an idea or a Service Project into a Silver Award Project.