Sentences with phrase «from girl scouts»

This is the meat and potatoes of the niche market that separates the girls from the Girl Scouts.

Among her many awards are an honorary doctorate from the University of Louisville, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Kentucky, the Award of Appreciation from the National Head Start Association, the Founders Award from the National Commission for African American Education, the Teacher for America Award from the Rockefeller Foundation - supported Recruiting New Teachers Inc., and the Women of Distinction Award from Girl Scouts.

One of the things that I'm working on — and it's a collaborative effort with a lot of external organizations from the Girl Scouts to the Sara Lee Foundation — is engendering more enthusiasm about science in girls.

They are not a crunchy mint - tasting cookie like ones purchased from Girl Scouts during cookie season.

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If you're wondering whether she got a cease and desist from the Girl Scouts of America, you can rest assured that she's in the clear.

Not exact matches

Fortune «s Grace Donnelly brings you this sweet story about the Girl Scouts of Greater New York's Cookie Executive Committee, «a group of the top - selling Scouts who, despite not yet being old enough to vote, decide everything from logistics to product marketing.»

From February to April each year, the more than one million girl scouts in the U.S. sell about 200 million boxes of cookies, managing nearly every aspect of the $ 800 million business.

Councils also decide when cookie sales begin and end, meaning that the selling season varies from region to region, but on National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend at the end of February, when the organization honors their cookie entrepreneurs, scouts across the country mean business.

The Girl Scouts of the USA has been around for more than a century, but for much of the venerable institution's tenure, if you wanted to get your hands on a box of Thin Mints or Samoas, you had to cross your fingers for a door - to - door visit from a local troop or a sign - up sheet to be circulated through your office by a supportive parent.

And DB5 gains the potential brand appeal from an outsourced, automated system that helps it appear more like a corporate titan than a small business — key for a firm with big clients such as GE, AT&T and Girl Scouts of the USA.

Aside from earning badges and selling cookies, Girl Scouts engage in community service, using the skills they learn to help make the world a better place.

That said, the Girl Scout's top sellers already understand the value of developing a business strategy, including the importance of scouting out good locations, identifying peak selling hours and developing a trademark look that sets them apart from the competition.

And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and succGirl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and succgirl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success.

Over 1 million Girl Scouts participate in the cookie program each year, and all of the net revenue from cookie sales — 100 percent of it — stays within a Girl Scout council's local area to benefit girls and their council.

(Reuters)-- The Boy Scouts of America will drop «boy» from the name of its signature program for older youths as it seeks to widen its appeal to girls, the 108 - year - old organization said on Wednesday.

From leading a troop to helping out at cookie sales to going on field trips, volunteers have many opportunities to join in the fun of Girl Scouting — and make a real, positive impact on girls.

Plus, Girl Scouts at every level — from Daisies to Ambassadors — can earn badges representing proficiency in skills ranging from financial management to business planning and more.

When you buy Girl Scout Cookies, you help fund new adventures and life - changing opportunities for girls — from trips to our nation's capital to community projects, summer camp, and earning Girl Scouting's Highest Awards.

One of the consistent differences between the two is that the Boy Scouts have always been a much more conservative organization; even on moves that have widespread support, the Boy Scouts will often lag anywhere from ten to thirty years behind the Girl Scouts.

But different from the wrapping paper drives and the soccer team camp fundraisers, Girl Scouts is celebrating its 100th year of teaching our young ladies skills and grace that actually do lead them into young adulthood armed with some semblance of a higher moral ground and conscience for others and the environment.

Most of the money raised from each sale goes to support the Girl Scouts.

We didn't have girl scouts in the little town that I was from, but I've since become very familiar with those cookies!

We both cried over the same things initially, the family chocolate «Crazy Cake» recipe, another family cake called «Poor Mans Cake» which is served at every family get together, girl scout cookies, soda bread and scones, and warm no - knead bread right from the oven.

But don't fret — the Girl Scouts have got your back — no need to make these from scratch for the next month — just find your nearest Girl Scout and buy a box of their delicious cookies!

This year, my Girl Scout grandkids are all off at college, and I could only find Girl Scouts selling cookies at the grocery store — my, how things have changed, from door - to - door orders.

But the forthcoming Thin Mints Chickpea Snacks apparently taste so much like the real thing the Girl Scouts of the USA have officially blessed the little chocolate - dipped nuggets from Biena Snacks.

I think it is a shame because I really believe my girls have gotten great things from their time in the Girl Scouts, at the same time I do understand their point of view.

The Niners previously had signed a contract to host Girl Scouts from across Northern California as a reward for the girls who sell the most cookies during the fundraising sales season that began this week.

Girls Scouts has also suffered from dwindling membership in recent years.

And when it comes down to it, if given the choice, my kids would rather have a (relatively) rested, calm, relaxed and PRESENT mom to come home to after school and to tuck them in at night than one who is their class mom and girl scout troop leader and baseball team mom and who runs the school store organizes the school fundraiser and is on every board there is to be on in town (I don't do all that stuff, but you get the point) and who is also a complete and total stressed out and spread thin raging lunatic from the moment they get home until the moment they are in bed.

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For example, in Willis Independent School District in Texas, school organizations such as parent - teacher groups and booster clubs, as well as local community groups such as Boy and Girl Scouts, are exempt from rental fees and pay only for supervision, security, and cleanup costs, while all other groups must pay $ 50 an hour to rent a school kitchen.22

There's the parent bringing birthday treats to school; the well meaning teacher who bought tons of Girl Scout cookies from her students who were scouts (nice) and then passed them all out to the class (not cool); my fellow soccer team parent who thinks a juice and Lay's is a fine post-game snack; etc. etc., to mention the over-the-top incidents I've just recounted here.

Just months after the girl guides dropped all mention of God from their oath, the Scouts have brought in an alternative atheist pledge, which will stand alongside its Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist options.

The free «Family Night Out» is scheduled from 4 - 7 pm and will include service providers from the Amanda Hansen Foundation, ACCESS WNY, The Lackawanna Library, Girl Scouts, Child and Adolescent Treatment Services, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Erie County Department of Social Services Foster & Adoptive, the New York State Department of Labor and more.

The governor, with the press snapping photos and listening in from a few feet away, spoke for several minutes with a group of fourth - grade girl scouts from Rockland County.

On Thursday, local Boy Scouts of America organization Twin Rivers Council, which includes scout groups from the Canadian border to the Capital Region, for the first time opened up scouting to girls at the cub scout level.

The soiree at the Loebs» (Michael is founder and CEO of Loeb Enterprises, an investor of media and consumer marketing firms) will have food provided by chefs from the Four Seasons and include such luminaries as Oscar - nominated actress Debra Winger, who left Hollywood because of the difficulties women face there; Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Kathy Cloninger; Elinor Tatum, publisher and editor - in - chief of the Amsterdam News; and New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Multiple requests for comment and information from both the state office of I.T.S. and the Girl Scouts of the USA were not returned.

The Girl Scouts of Greater New York, NY Topic: «Your Health is Your Wealth» Learning from a young age the importance of simple, fundamental foods to build healthy immune systems, where to buy wholesome foods, how to plan meals, healthy snacks and using the kitchen as a sanctuary to feel safe and full of love for everyone they cook for.

Any hints or help from others with a similar shape or is there some seriously awesome alternative that I don't know about where magic elves make you perfect jeans overnight if you leave out the right kind of girl scout cookies?

Street scouting in the Plateau, we came across these two lovely girls visiting from Ottawa.

What makes Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse stand out from other movies is that it's a trio of boy scouts who must answer the call to save the town and rescue theScouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse stand out from other movies is that it's a trio of boy scouts who must answer the call to save the town and rescue thescouts who must answer the call to save the town and rescue the girl.

The core of the movie is about a sensitive boy and a grumpy girl who plan to meet for a private adventure; he escapes from his scout camp, she temporarily runs away from home, and while this sweet, odd, and adorable romance takes center stage, Anderson (as usual) populates the periphery with all sorts of colorful oddballs.

Nelson's Coach Nickerson is Bobby Knight - abusive in a way that makes R. Lee Ermey's drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket look like a girl scout.

BOY SCOUTS VS. ZOMBIES by Carrie Evans & Emi Mochizuko A troop of Boy Scouts on their weekend camping trip must protect an island town from a zombie outbreak and save the local girl scout SCOUTS VS. ZOMBIES by Carrie Evans & Emi Mochizuko A troop of Boy Scouts on their weekend camping trip must protect an island town from a zombie outbreak and save the local girl scout Scouts on their weekend camping trip must protect an island town from a zombie outbreak and save the local girl scout troop.

The plot of McCarthy, Falcone, and Steve Mallory's screenplay involves Michelle planning her comeback by organizing a rival scout troop for girls to sell Claire's brownies (One of the movie's few chuckles involves her design of the logo and uniforms, which look like designs from a Soviet youth group).

Although many elements - from her grandma's letters, to her mother's hopes, to her friends» expectations - help shape Rory's understanding of what it means to be a girl in her small community, one institution does more than any other to shape Rory's perception of American girlhood: the Girl Scouts of the girl in her small community, one institution does more than any other to shape Rory's perception of American girlhood: the Girl Scouts of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Throwing caution to the wind, Ananka joins forces with Kiki Strike, and together they assemble the Irregulars — a band of six delinquent Girl Scouts with talents that range from picking locks to the art of disguise.