Articles tagged: Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts aim cookie sales at Super Bowl shoppers
Posted: Feb 01, 2013Troops from the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area will be hosting the booths at various businesses on Saturday and Sunday, with hopes of catching customers who are stocking up on game day snacks. Read more »
photo gallery: Girl Scouts pay tribute to Hurricane Sandy victims
Posted: Jan 23, 2013Girl Scout Troop 40112 on Tuesday completed a bundle of blankets to send to the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. Read more »
Girl Scouts' new headquarters in former auto dealership to serve as cookie distribution point
Posted: Jan 16, 2013The Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan is relocating its Ann Arbor regional office to a 30,000-square-foot building in Ypsilanti Township. Read more »
Girl Scouts' Ann Arbor building to become new home for Memorial Christian Church
Posted: Dec 24, 2012Nearly a year since it left its historic building on Tappan Street, Ann Arbor’s Memorial Christian Church has found a new home. The church is in the process of purchasing the office building of the ... Read more »
food & grocery: Girl Scout Cookie bake-off benefits low-income and at-risk girls
Posted: Sep 04, 2012I've always thought that Girl Scout cookies were some of the best treats ever. That is, until I learned that area chefs will soon be engaged in a competition to make impressive gourmet desserts using the ... Read more »
Girl Scouts searching for families of Ann Arbor-area alumnae from 1920s and '30s
Posted: Feb 25, 2012Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan is looking for stories of local women from the 1920s and '30s who have earned the highest award in Girl Scouting. The award is now known as the Gold Award, ... Read more »
87-year-old man busted with 104 bricks of cocaine near Chelsea
Posted: Oct 24, 2011Michigan State Police troopers arrested an 87-year-old man Friday after investigators said they seized 104 bricks of cocaine from a pickup truck during a traffic stop on I-94 near Chelsea. Read more »
A 90 Year Tradition
Posted: Oct 10, 2011A 90-YEAR TRADITION It’s a little different than the Biblical loaves and fishes, but for past 90 years, every October, St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ, 7610 Ann Arbor Street. Dexter, has been feeding the folks ... Read more »
Detroit Free Press: Ann Arbor area Girl Scouts campaigning for cookie change expect follow-up from national leaders in August
Posted: Jul 12, 2011Two Ann Arbor area Girl Scouts hope to hear from the organization's national leaders in August as a follow-up in their quest to ban palm oil from Girl Scout Cookies like Thin Mints, according to ... Read more »
Ann Arbor student's work with developmentally disabled children earns her Girl Scouts' highest honor
Posted: May 27, 2011Last summer, Lynn Metz decided that she wanted to work with people with developmental disabilities, but she didn't know how to get started. She reached out to the St. Louis Center, a nonprofit residential care ... Read more »
Adult volunteers recognized by Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
Posted: May 13, 2011Volunteers from Washtenaw County were recently recognized for their devotion to Girl Scouting. Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan (GSHOM) acknowledged nine women from Ann Arbor, four women from Chelsea and Dexter and 10 women from ... Read more »
Child labor, orangutans and Thin Mints: Two renegade Girl Scouts raise questions about palm oil used in popular cookies
Posted: Apr 24, 2011Two renegade Girl Scouts are raising questions about whether iconic treats like Thin Mints are linked via palm oil to slave and child labor in Southeast Asia. Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva, who are sophomores ... Read more »
Manage the happy chaos of a Girl Scout Brownie meeting with these tips
Posted: Oct 26, 2010They are lovable, energetic, boisterous and loud. They are Girl Scout Brownies. These second and third grade girls love to test the limits, to find out what they can and cannot do. Without a plan, ... Read more »
Six local girls win prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award for community service projects
Posted: Jun 06, 2010Danielle Kanclerz For Ypsilanti native Danielle Kanclerz, organizing a 5k event at Gallup Park to benefit C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital was more than a charity project. It was a chance to help her community while ... Read more »
Paparazzi: Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan honors Ann Arbor region volunteers with national awards
Posted: May 13, 2010Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan recently recognized four women from the Ann Arbor region with awards from Girl Scouts of the USA. These Girl Scout volunteers were honored at the GSHOM Councilwide Recognition Ceremony, held ... Read more »
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