In 2012, we celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts! Here are some of the ways we marked this exciting occasion! Sponsors Mission Sponsor: 100th Anniversary Sponsor: Anniversary Activities Great Girl Scout Hike Be part of the Great Girl Scout Hike! Girl Scouts of all ages hiked a section of the Appalachian Trail to hike in honor of our 100th anniversary. Our Candlewood Trekkers hiked the Connecticut section. Girls' Voices Time Capsule In celebration of our anniversary, we created a time capsule that was shown at the Jubilee and International Camporee, then put away until our 150th year. Girls of all ages chose items they feel represent Girl Scouts in 2012. Art Exhibits: "What it means to be a Girl Scout" – March to May 2012 Service Units planned art exhibits around the theme, “What it Means to be a Girl Scout.” They then selected one to two pieces which were exhibited at the 100th Jubilee. Girls creatively illustrated what Girl Scouting means to them in any media, including watercolor, oils, pastels, chalk, pen and ink, photography, pottery or ceramics, woodworking, decoupage, sculpture, recycled art, paper crafts, collage, poster art, scrapbooking, weaving, fabric art, sewing and jewelry. Congratulations to all artists whose pieces were shown at the Jubilee! Traveling Juliettes Many older Girl Scouts became specially trained Traveling Juliettes. Traveling Juliettes shared the story and life of Juliette Gordon Low with area Daisy, Brownies and Junior troops and other groups and at Service Unit events. Historical Exhibits Girl Scouts of Connecticut is put its historical items on tour! We partnered with local museums and businesses to exhibit “Celebrating 100 years of Leadership.” • Burlington Historical Society held a fall exhibition. • The Milford Historical Society's summer exhibit was all about Girl Scouting • The Cheshire Historical Society hosted a Girl Scout Exhibit through the summer. Promise Circle Celebrations - March 12, 2012 Imagine every Girl Scout in Connecticut reciting the Girl Scout Promise and Law at the same time! Hundreds of Promise Circles were held on our 100th Anniversary. See our Facebook Page for photos! Rock The Mall sing-a-long trip to D.C. – June 8-10, 2012 Girls from all over Connecticut had a great time Rocking the Mall with thousands of other Girl Scouts on the National Mall in Washington, DC! Check out photos on Facebook! Camp Alice Merritt Reunion - June 10, 2012 Camp Merritt alums joined together to connect, reminisce, and celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouting at Camp Alice Merritt on June 10. The event included keynote speaker Joseph Meritt, Alice's grandson, a sing-a-long, walking tours, the GSOFCT Historical Exhibit, dedication of the Nellie B. West building, and the launch of a restored 1930 camp canoe! For more information about the camp, please contact [email protected]. To see pictures of Camp Alice Merritt, visit our Facebook page. Patch Programs 100,000 Hours of Service For the past 100 years, service to the community has been a large part of the Girl Scout program. In the centennial year, we challenged each member to continue service to their community, recording the number of service hours between March 12, 2011 and March 12, 2012. Together Girl Scouts of Connecticut provided more than 100,000 hours of service! Thank you to everyone who gave service to their community! Girls logged 138,542.2 hours of service. In addition, we had 34,257 adult service hours. Thank you volunteers! 100th Anniversary: Treasure the Past Patch Program Discover Girl Scout History! Girls researched a topic they are interested in and presented it in a fun way. They collected oral histories from former Girl Scouts in their areas. Living the Law Pin Program This pin recognizes that girls understand and incorporate the Girl Scout Law into their everyday life. While each law has suggested activities, girls can create their own, logging all they do in a Living the Law journal. While the activities may be done in any order, at any time, GSOFCT will highlight one per month, beginning in October 2011. Here is a list of all the local places that Flat Juliette visited to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting. She looks forward to the next 100 years! 1. Daisy’s Knapsack in North Haven 2. Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby 3. Lock 12 Historical Park in Cheshire 4. Peabody Museum in New Haven 5. West Farms Mall in West Hartford 6. Prudence Crandall House Museum in Canterbury 7. Hubbard Park in Meriden 8. Time Expo Museum in Waterbury 9. Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport 10. Nautilus Museum in Groton 11. Durham Fairgrounds in Durham 12. Camp Pattagansett in East Lyme 13. Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington 14. Essex Steam Train in Essex 15. Wadsworth Falls in Middletown 16. Frog Bridge in Willimantic 17. Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury 18. Mount Southington in Plantsville 19. Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven 20. Mystic Seaport in Mystic 21. Elizabeth Park in Hartford 22. Comstock Covered Bridge in East Hampton/Colchester 23. Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill 24. New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain 25. Children’s Museum in West Hartford 26. Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford 27. Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme 28. Mark Twain House in Hartford 29. Henry Whitfield House in Guilford 30. Thimble Islands in Branford The Flat Juliette Program Why Flat Juliette? Every Girl Scout should know who started the Girl Scouts and how amazing Juliette Gordon Low was! The Flat Juliette Patch Program is a fun way to get to know our founder. Participate in the Flat Juliette Program in any way to earn the patch. Flat Juliette Travels Send Flat Juliette to friends and family in other areas. Ask them to send her back with an entry in her journal page and photos of the places she went with them. Create a scrapbook of her travels. Click here to see where Juliette has already gone! Special Juliette Stories! Juliette meets Anna Maria Chávez! Flat Juliette was thrilled when Anna Maria Chávez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, visited Girl Scouts of Connecticut to talk to staff and get a sneak preview of the Historical Museum. Ellyn and Flat Juliette go to Washington On December 9, 2011, Ellyn Savard, our STEM Program Initiatives Manager, attended a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) roundtable at the White House. Flat Juliette came along, too! Here she is with two of our corporate funders from Lockheed Martin and Motorola. Have you brought Flat Juliette on any adventures? Tell us! To see photos of some of our STEM programs, visit our Facebook page. Juliettes with their Juliettes The Southington Service Unit Manager and troop leaders have planned monthly meetings for Juliettes and their parent/guardian. The meetings give these independent girl scouts the opportunity to experience being part of a group. All levels meet at one location and together participate in an opening circle, then we have leaders of different levels take the girls to do their leveled activity and we all come together for the closing circle. Here are the Juliettes with their Flat Juliettes. Title Sponsor: Thousands of Girl Scout family and friends came out to the biggest birthday bash in the state! You can find photos from the event on our Facebook Albums: Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Opening Parade Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Group Shots Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Healthy Living (Commercial Building) Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - STEM (Cow Palace) Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Midway Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Main Stage Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - SWAPs Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Face Painting Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - 100 for 100 Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - All over the place! Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Staff and Volunteers Girl Scout 100th Jubilee - Closing Ceremony The International Camporee gathered Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from all around the world to share ideas, cultures, and friendship. They made new friends while enjoying their favorite camp activities and worked together to change the world! The event focused on “Changing the World – One Meal at A Time!” Girls learned about nutrition, food sources, and world food supplies, and how they can change the world. A Girl Forum met daily and worked to contribute to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts’ position on nutrition – everyone has the right to food. Girls will leave with practical skills to affect change in their own communities. Girls came from Australia, Canada, England, Ghana, Japan, and Nigeria. See photos on our Facebook page from the whole week and the visiting day! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the event! See more photos on our Facebook page! September 12, 2012 • 5:30-9:00 p.m. • Hartford Marriott Downtown Celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouting at the 19th Annual Woman of Merit Benefit Dinner. We honored 100 women, men, groups, and organizations. Sponsors Legacy Sponsor Title Sponsors Gold Sponsors Honoree Sponsors Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Print Sponsor Radio Sponsor www.talkofconnecticut.com www.drcfm.com Committees Honorary Committee Planning Committee Selection Committee Nancy Wyman, Chair Kate Bolduc, Chair Andrea Chase Bob and Linda Forrester Sarah Angel-Johnson Aurora Daly Kathy and Brian MacLean Tara Costanzo Janice Deskus Dannel and Cathy Malloy Barbara DeBaptiste Adrienne Farrar-Houel Meg McCarthy Karen Hoffman Walter Harrison Jim and Catherine Smith Mary Jones Elsa Núñez Ellie Large Lorie McGee Kim Pita Cathy Poulin Jennifer Smith Turner Teresa C. Younger Trailblazer Trailblazers are individuals, families, organizations or groups whose pioneering efforts opened the door for girls and/or women to follow. They may have been the ‘‘first’’ to reach a particular career or professional milestone, have participated in an organization or activity in a way that changed how women were involved, or challenged themselves in some way that created new opportunities for girls and women.