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A Plethora of Proposals

June 28, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 6 Comments National Governance

Things have changed a little bit on the backend when it comes to the National Council Session (NCS) proposal procedure, and pretty much all of it has been out of my sight due to my not being a National Delegate…

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GSUSA Partners with Harvard on Governance

May 28, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 9 Comments National Governance

A couple of people sent me this press release recently posted on the National Delegate website: We are pleased to announce that the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Center for Public Leadership is partnering with GSUSA to conduct…

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A Blue Book Mystery of Majority

May 13, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 4 Comments National Governance

I haven’t posted much lately, but I’ve been keeping myself busy doing non-Girl Scout things. Have I mentioned that I’m studying to become a certified parliamentarian? Yes, I recently joined the National Association of Parliamentarians, and hopefully come this July,…

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Volunteer Burnout

April 28, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 3 Comments Experiences as a Leader

One topic that I touched on a few months ago when I was experiencing self-doubt is burnout. It’s real, and at the risk of sharing too much, I’m going to discuss it and how it’s severely affecting me as a…

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Badge Booklets are Now in VTK!

April 5, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 7 Comments National Operations

As I’ve documented before, our national badge programming’s organizational system needs some work. I’m a mentor for new leaders in our service unit, and they usually come in very confused and often ask one simple question: “Isn’t there a badge…

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Review of Wendy’s Thin Mint Frosty

March 27, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 3 Comments GSUSA Product Reviews

It was actually easy being green in this video! Here’s the long awaited review of Wendy’s Thin Mint Frosty!

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Review of Skippy’s PB Bites

March 9, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 1 Comment GSUSA Product Reviews

Today’s installment of GSUSA licensed products highlights Skippy’s PB Bites featuring Tagalongs and Adventurefuls cookie flavors! I realize these are very, very, very low budget, but hopefully they’re slightly entertaining nonetheless.

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Thank You!

March 4, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 2 Comments Random Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else Kinda Like Me

Thanks to everyone for your input and comments after my post the other day. I also had people reach out to me via phone calls and texts and even had lunch with friends today which helped. I am very blessed…

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I Have a Dilemma

March 2, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 9 Comments Random Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else Kinda Like Me

So, dear reader, I wanted to share some of my recent thoughts with you and get your input. The reality is that I’ve been struggling with this for quite some time now, and it’s reached a point where it’s completely…

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Thinking About World Thinking Day

February 16, 2025 By GSWAC-Amy 2 Comments Opinions

In case you’re new to Girl Scouting, let’s revisit February 22 – one of the most important Girl Scout holidays – and known to everyone as World Thinking Day. To summarize from GSUSA: World Thinking Day was first created in…

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