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The latest breaking news, program changes and updates from GSMCC!
Check the links at the left for our newletters and the latest news on the realignment from GSUSA and the Central Michigan Realignment group.
2008 Camp Books are now available!
Please click 2008 Camp Book for information on all our camps this summer and to register. Many of our camps fill up fast so register early! As camps fill up we will list them on the Full 2008 Camps page.
2008 All That Glitters
Our 2008 All That Glitters Program recognizing Girl Scouts receiving awards, especially our Gold, Silver and Bronze Award recipients will be held
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Hannah Community Center
819 Abbott Rd, East Lansing, MI
There is no charge to attend the program
but please RSVP to the Service Center (699-9400)
by Wednesday, May 7th if you wish to attend.
GSMCC WALK OF FAME EVENT - May 21, 2008
for Star Performers that sold 360 boxes and above
The event will be held at the MSU Abrams Planetarium on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm (due to the the construction being done on the planetarium, we were unable to get weekend). After the event, we will be outside to make MSU Ice Cream sundaes and prizes. This event is free to all the Star Performers but if an adult/guardian wants to attend it will cost them $2.50, payable at the door. All registrations must be in by May 15th, Event #8010. We are sorry but there will be no tagalongs permitted to attend this event.
Lansing Lugnuts Girl Scout Game and/or Sleepover
Join us for the 13th Annual Girl Scout Night at Olds Park in Lansing, Friday, May 30, 2008. All registrations and game tickets are being handled directly by Lansing Lugnuts not the council office. The overnight camping registration deadline is Friday, May 1st. Anyone including family members can attend just the game. For more information on overnight registration, purchasing game tickets and contacts at Lansing Lugnuts click below:
Girl Scout Night at Olds Park
GSUSA Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Do you have questions on the new GSUSA Leadership Experience and how it will affect you as a leader and the girls in your troop? Please click below for a FAQ sheet from GSUSA with many of the answers:
GSUSA Girl Scout Leadership Experience FAQ Sheet
Safety-Wise Update
Please click below for the latest updates to Safety-Wise from GSUSA. These updates will become effective on October 1, 2008.
Safety-Wise Updates - 10/1/08
United Way Program Evaluation
Troop leaders have been asked to participate in the United Way Program Evaluation. If you have not received your evaluation form from your Service Unit Director, please find it below:
United Way Program Evaluation
Camp Deer Trails' 70th Birthday Celebration
Calling all past, current and future Camp Deer Trails campers. Please click below for more information on CDT's 70th Birthday Celebration:
CDT's 70th Birthday Celebration
2008 GSUSA National Council Session/ 51st Convention
We have elected our National Delegates to attend the GSUSA National Session but any Girl Scout member (adult or girl) can attend the Convention. It is in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 30- November 2, 2008. This is an excellent opportunity for girls to experience girl oriented seminars and see the GSUSA National Council Session at work. To attend you must be a registered Girl Scout and the registration cost is $175 per girl or $245 per adult. Registrations can only be made directly through our council (you can not registered directly with GSUSA) and we will need to have the registration fee at the Service Center by July 11, 2008 if you wish to attend. The registration fee does not include, hotel, meals or travel expenses. If you are interested in attending the GSUSA National Council Session, please contact Kathy Chase at 699-9400, ext 36 or kchase@gsmcc.net.
2008 Mason Day Camp- June 16-19, 2008 Mason Day Camp
Are you Ready to go "BACK TO THE BASICS"? Can you SURVIVE in the Jungle? Ready for Campfires, Knots, Knives, Archery, Crafts, Songs, Water, and Friends? Learn new Skills! Make New Friends! Have an Adventure! Then the Mason Day Camp is for you. There is counselor training opportunites for older girls as well. For more information, click the Mason Day Camp website.
Mackinac Island Governor's Honor Guard Younger Girl Program
The Mackinac Island Governor’s Honor Guard Troop 609 Invite all Girl Scouts to visit Mackinac Island and see a day in the life of an Honor Guard Scout! While the Honor Guard is on Mackinac Island there is a special program that girls can participate in to learn more about the program. It is August 10th, 2008 with various activities at your own pace from 9am-6:30pm. Click Mackinac Island Honor Guard Younger Girl Program for more information.
Service Unit 150's Trip to Savanah, Georgia
Join Service Unit 150 on a trip to Savanah, Georgia on April 4 - April 11, 2009. Please click below for more information.
SU 150's Trip to Savanah
2008 Amazing Girl Scout Race - July 25th - 27th, 2008
It is time again for the 2008 Amazing Girl Scout Race. Please click Amazing Girl Scout Race for more updated information.
2008 GSUSA Girl Leadership Institute
GSUSA Girl Leadership Institute is offering some awesome opportunities for adette and Senior Girl Scouts to participate in this summer at The Edith Macy Conference Center. Macy is the Girl Scout training center located in New York State. It is a fabulous facility and GSUSA runs wonderful programs. The Leadership Institute programs are fabulous opportunities for girls and they only cost $100 – travel and board included! Please click on 2008 Girl Leadership Institute for more information. Please promote and share these opportunities to your girls. The applications are attached to the website description on the GSUSA Studio 2B website in the destinations/getaway section. Deadline dates vary and are posted on the application and website listings.
Kathy Lindahl McCheer Off Scholarship
Are you a Senior Girl Scout planning to attend Michigan State University in the fall? Please click Kathy Lindahl McCheer Off Endowed Scholarship for more information on a scholarship available to Girl Scouts from GSMCC.
Change of Date, Time or Location for Events:
The End of Council Celebration originally scheduled for May 3, 2008 has been postponed until Late Summer/Early Fall 2008. The exact date to be announced later.
Girl Scouts in the News
Check out our new page on this website where we will be featuring Girl Scouts from this council who have been featured in local newspapers;
GSMCC Girl Scouts in the News
New GSMCC Badges & Try Its
Click below for the requirements for our council's Geo Caching and Archery Badges and Try-Its. Both Badges and Try-its are available in the GSMCC Scout Post.
Geo Caching GSMCC Badge/Try It
Archery GSMCC Badge/Try It
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