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With a heavy heart, we report the passing of Dot Brookes, chair of our board of directors, on Saturday afternoon. She passed peacefully at her home and was with her husband, Glenn, and daughter, Sarah. Dot was an incredible Girl Scout! She and Lois Kuttesch, past board chair, and current board member at large, raisedContinue reading “A Tribute to Dot Brookes”

During the weekend of August 11-13, 2023, Girl Scouts of all ages came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scout Western Pennsylvania’s Camp Redwing. Located in Renfrew, Pennsylvania, this beautiful camp spans 123 acres along the Connoquenessing Creek. The land where Camp Redwing stands was given to the Girl Scouts by the BabcockContinue reading “Happy 100th, Camp Redwing!”

This past June, Girl Scouts in western Pennsylvania jetted off to London and Paris! The girls and volunteers started their adventure in London where they hopped aboard the iconic London Eye ferris wheel. They made sure to visit other iconic sites including Buckingham Palace, the Tower Bridge, and Big Ben. While in London, they caughtContinue reading “Girl Scouts in western Pennsylvania take on London and Paris”

In 2022, Girl Scout Alexandra Jones celebrated many accomplishments—graduating Elizabeth Forward High School with High Honors, earning her Girl Scout Gold Award, and being crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2022. Along with these outstanding achievements, she was also the president of both the Student Government Association and Interact Club at her school, a member ofContinue reading “Gold Award Girl Scout and Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA”

Cadette Girl Scout Evelyn “Evie” Mathie attended Space Academy in Huntsville, Alabama for six days as part of our Destinations program. She was a recipient of D-Pass funding granted to Girl Scouts from our council. While at camp, not only did I make many new and amazing friends, but I learned so much from themContinue reading “Destinations: Space Academy Guest Blog Post”

110 years ago, Juliette Gordon Low imagined a movement where all girls could come together and embrace their unique strengths and passions. Ensuring that all girls had a place to develop their leadership skills, advocate for themselves and others, and turn their ambitions into reality—these are the ideas Juliette rallied behind, leading her to establishContinue reading “Raspberry Rally Contest”

Girl Scouts set big goals that span from cookie business success to taking on new adventures. As a Super Seller in product programs at Girl Scouts, Magen Walzak of Clarion County is happy to have achieved her goals in both the Girl Scout Cookie Program and the fall MagNut Program. But Magen was more thanContinue reading “Girl Scout achieves big goals.”

As Girl Scouts throughout western Pennsylvania begin planning their 2022 Girl Scout Cookie Program, we want to share advice from a Girl Scout sister. Last year was Camryn’s first year in Girl Scouts and her first cookie season. She had lots of fun as she worked her way to achieving Super Seller status. When we checkedContinue reading “Top 5 Tips To Have Fun While Selling Cookies”