Camp Mary Elizabeth’s History
For those of you who are not familiar with it, Camp Mary Elizabeth is a Girl Scout camp located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It’s a neat little camp, and it has its own sweet charm. It’s one out of only…
Author: GSWAC-Amy
And Cookie Season Is Over (REJOICE)
We finally finished our journey last week, and cookie season is now officially over. Our troop and I just have this left (in no particular order): Complete Bronze Award SU Encampment trip with Brownies and Juniors Beach camping trip with…
We Finished the Journey Today
Today, we finished the aMUSE Journey that we started back during the Junior Journey Weekend from last October. FINALLY. WE FINALLY FINISHED. THANK YOU LORD. ::weeps tears of joy:: It was as if I could hear angels singing somewhere in…
In Defense of Girl Scouts and Leaders and Rules
Lately I’ve been doing my fair share of GSUSA bashing. But if you hang around me long enough, you’ll know that I am a huge proponent of Scouting. Sure, there are some things that I don’t like about the way…
We Interrupt This Program For A Brief Announcement
We interrupt this program for a brief announcement: I HATE COOKIE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Thinking Day State Swaps
Our service unit held its annual Thinking Day event last month, and this year’s theme was States. I opened up the fifty states to the Juniors and asked them to come up with their top three choices to turn in. …
How to Win Friends and Influence People
To get right to the point, I seem to be continuously amazed, shocked and flabbergasted at how seemingly inept the National Board and GSUSA are when it comes to managing public relations with its volunteers. It is as if they…
Random Patch of the Week or Something
I lost track of what number this is. The third or fourth installment or something. Anyway, I was looking for some Healthy Living patches and came across this one: What? I first thought maybe it was related to the Hunger…
Jenny Stories!
Well, there has been way too much serious talk on this blog lately, so I am going to change gears and go back into memory mode. If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you’ll have heard me talk about…
Full of Sound and Fury
It seems the white paper that Suellen Nelles, CEO of the Farthest North Girl Scout Council, wrote back in the fall is making the rounds again. [sarcasm]I’m sure she’s thrilled about the attention.[/sarcasm] There’s a lot of anger and frustration…