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Make new memories but keep the
old. One is silver and the other gold!
Photos of special Council events or
occasions that take place during the
current membership year will be
posted on this "scrapbook" page for
site guests to enjoy. If you have a
special photo you would like to
share, please submit to
Communications Specialist Elizabeth
Farry at elizabethf@gsccc.org Please include
names of subjects and a brief
description of the event.
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Tribute Card Art
The 2007
Grand Prize winner of the Tribute
Card Art contest is Brownie Girl
Scout Rebecca from Troop #514 of
Norfolk. There were over 150 entries
and the judges, Linda Gissen, Arlene
Kesser, Eleanor Powell and Betsy
Kennedy - all professional artists
from the community, had a very
difficult time choosing the
finalist. The Grand Prize winner, as
well as the age group category
winners, will receive Girl Scout
Shop Certificates (Grand Prize -
$25; Age Group - $10).
Congratulations girls and a big
thank you to our judges!
Grand Prize Winner:
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Rebecca, Brownie Girl Scout – Troop
514
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Age
Group Winners:
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Mary, Daisy Girl Scout – Troop 4048
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Sydney, Brownie Girl Scout – Troop
10717
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Brooke, Junior Girl Scout – Troop
1319
· Aly,
Junior Girl Scout – Troop 695
Congratulations to all of the
Tribute Card Contest Winners!
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Poster & Poetry Contest
Winners!
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As a
Girl Scout Silver Award
project, Chesapeake Cadette
Girl Scout Jasmine took
photos of The Outback at A
Place for Girls and designed
an educational exhibit on
the nature area. The Outback
is a designated Lou Henry
Hoover Sanctuary. The
exhibit was showcased during
March, the Girl Scout
birthday month, at the
Francis Land House Museum in
Virginia Beach. Her
photographs will also be on
display at the Chesapeake
Central Library during June.
Jasmine, along with
Cadette Girl Scout Peyton
from Virginia Beach, won the
Maya Angelou Poetry and
Poster Contest that was
sponsored by Unique Lives
and Experiences, the
organization that hosted
Maya Angelou's visit to
Hampton Roads. The girls
were given free admission
tickets and their poems and
poetry were on exhibit at
Chrysler Hall during Maya's
performance. Jasmine was
also interviewed by Doc
Christian, the community
affairs director for Clear
Channel local radio
stations. Peyton and Jasmine
were also asked to read
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What
is a Lou Henry Hoover
Memorial Sanctuary?
The Lou Henry Hoover
Memorial Sanctuary project
is a living memorial to a
dedicated member of the Girl
Scout movement.
A Lou Henry Hoover Memorial
Sanctuary is any natural
area designated by a council
for the purpose of providing
a setting where Girl Scouts
can gain an understanding of
the interrelationships of
all forms of life.
Girls must have a part in
the analysis, planning,
development, and management
of the site. The initial
plan for the development and
management must cover a five
year period.
The land designated as a Lou
Henry Hoover Memorial
Sanctuary can be a portion
of a campsite or other land
owned by the council or the
total property. It can be a
property, public or private,
on which the council has
obtained a written agreement
with the owner to establish
a Lou Henry Hoover Memorial
Sanctuary. Such a written
agreement must establish
beyond a doubt the
boundaries of the property
to be used as a Lou Henry
Hoover Memorial Sanctuary,
the length of time it can be
used, conditions of its use,
agreements about any present
or proposed management, and
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NAWBO Gala and Silent Auction
A BIG thank you to the Southeastern
Chapter of Virginia's National
Association of Women Business Owners
for selecting Girl Scouts as the
beneficiaries of proceeds collected
from their 2007 Holiday Gala
auction. The funds, $5,400, will be
used to operate Girl Scout Council
of Colonial Coast's First
Camp CEO session this summer. A
total of 142 items were donated for
the auction, many from Girl Scout
service units and area NAWBO
businesses. There were
approximately 100 people in
attendance, and all enjoyed great
dining and music supplied by the
Rock Solid band. According to Paula
Smith, the NAWBO area chapter
selected Girl Scouts because the CEO
project so closely aligns with the
mission of NAWBO - to offer
resources to business women owners
and to give encouragement to those
on the road to entrepreneurship
success!
Suffolk Girl Scouts Give Big
- On Thursday, January 25, Suffolk
Girl Scout volunteer Michelle Walker
presented Dr. S andra DeLoatch, a board member
of the Girl Scout Council of
Colonial Coast, with a check for
$1,300. The money had been raised by
Suffolk Girl Scouts during their
Family Partnership Campaign. Several
fundraising event, including a
January skating party that also
kicked off the Girl Scout Cookie
Sale in the Suffolk area, were held
for this effort. The gift will help
support services offered by the
council and give financial
assistance to girls who may not be
able to be Girl Scouts otherwise.
Dr. DeLoatch has served on the board
of directors for six years and is a
former Girl Scout from Suffolk. She
holds the position of Dean of
Science and Technology at Norfolk
State University.
Congratulations to the Kings Grant
Service Unit! During
their annual Daddy Daughter Date
Dance, the unit raised $1,600 to
contribute to the GSCCC Family
Partnership. The Mardi Gras themed
event was organized by the unit's
Girl Advisory Board. This year
Cadette Troop 693 took charge and
did a wonderful job decorating,
taking pictures of the girls with
their dads and running the gift
basket raffle. The gift baskets are
designed and donated by unit troops.
From car detailing to Pampered Chef,
the themed baskets were a hit among
the dads who bought raffle tickets.
 
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2007 Memorial Day
Parade Troop 5717
participated in this year's
Portsmouth Memorial Day Parade.
They constructed the flag you see to
honor soldiers serving in Iraq.
Each loop represents an individual
service member who lost their life
in the line of duty.
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A Place
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Troop 5970
had a Dental Assistant as a guest
speaker to celebrate Dental Health month
at their troop meeting in February. The
girls were taught the proper way to
brush their teeth and how to floss. The
girls volunteered to have a red dye
dropped in their mouths, and after they
saw how the red dye adhered to the
plaque on their teeth they couldn't wait
to use their new skill to make sure they
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Girls in troop 785 earned the Interest
Project "In the Pink"
Cadette Troop 785, from Kempsville in
Virginia Beach, presented Ms. Lois Allan
with a Breast Cancer Survivor quilt.
Troop members each designed their own
quilt square and then put them all
together to form this beautiful gift.
Ms. Allan is a reading teacher at
Arrowhead Elementary School in Virginia
Beach. She came and shared her story
with the girls and gave them pieces of
poetry she had written during her
illness.
Back: Coli L., Emily K., Mrs. Fogel
(co-leader), Katy K., Sierra H., Ms.
Lois Allan, Kimberly J., Mrs. Livick
(leader), Kelly S., Kristin W. Front:
Ciara J., Briana T., Holly F., Megan H.,
Megan S.
Not Pictured: Amber H.
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Director of NASA's Langley
Research Center - A Strong
Role Model for Today's Girls
For Lesa Roe, Director of
NASA' Langley Research
Center in Hampton, Virginia,
Girl Scouting was more than
selling cookies. Roe told
 over
1,200 Girl Scouts who
attended the January 27
Girls Rock-It event hosted
by the Virginia Air and
Space Center (VASC) that she
remembers the strong
messages she got from
scouting, especially the
message that "I could do
anything I wanted." Roe
brought her Brownie Girl
Scout uniform and awards to
display and spoke to the
girls about her impressive
career.
She also inspired the girls
with stories of other former
Girl Scouts at NASA, such as
US Astronaut Eileen Collin,
the first female Shuttle
Commander and Denis Jones,
an engineer who is on the
cutting-edge with a self
healing material she is
helping to develop.
"In 2020, we plan to go
to the moon again and there
may be girls in this
audience who will help make
that happen," Roe s aid
to the young audience. "You
are the future and you can
do and be anything you want
to be. Don't be scared of
trying new things and don't
let anything hold you back."
At the conclusion of her
talk, Brownie Girl Scouts
from troop 53 presented her
with an assortment of Girl
Scout cookies.
Girls spent the remaining
part of the evening working
on their Aerospace badge
exploring science and
technology through exhibits
and activities
led by NASA and VASC
educators. "You can learn a
lot through simple
experimentation," said Rudo
Kashiri, a NASA aerospace
education
 specialist who
helped girls begin to think
about weight and its impact
on shuttle launching. The
simple exercise challenged
girls to "send" as many
astronauts as possible into
space. The astronauts were
pennies and the shuttle was
a recycled plastic film
canister. An Alka Seltzer
tablet was used for lift
off. "Almost every girl puts
as many pennies as possible
in the cylinder," said
Kashiri. "They don't think
about weight until the
l aunching. I then
demonstrate the launch with
fewer pennies and you can
see the interest in their
eyes. These kinds of
opportunities help girls get
involved little by little
and they start getting
interested in science and
math."
The Girl Scouts will be
offering more events in
partnership with NASA and
the Virginia Air and Space
Center. In addition to
almost monthly workshops, on
the horizon, is Girl Fest
that is scheduled for May 20
at the Ted Constant Center
in Norfolk.
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Other Awards
Three Chesapeake Senior Girl Scouts from
troop 137 received the Youth Community
Award from the Chesapeake Environmental
Improvement Council at the council's
spring awards luncheon. The girls,
Jessie, Larissa and Melissa all from
Deep Creek, were recognized for their
Girl Scout Gold Award projects that
helped improve the Chesapeake Arboretum.
Although the girls worked together
during the planning and fundraising
stages, each girl chose
a different area of the Arboretum to
revitalize for their personal Gold
Award. As a result of their efforts, a
flier describing all the herbs and
plants is now available to visitors,
existing walkways have been cleared and
new pathways around flower beds have
been made, and a birdbath has been
placed in a newly developed flower
garden area.
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