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Participate in
a community activity or a community service project as Girl Scouts in
uniforms or Girl Scout t-shirts. Some examples include: an annual
community event, festival, parade, county fair, community clean-up, tree
planting or food collection.
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Create two Girl
Scout displays, poster boards, or other visual elements to be placed in a
prominent place such as a library, school, church, fair, city hall or
community center.
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Collect a
donation for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. All Girl Scout troops
and service units need to send money to the council service center. All
monies will be sent to GSUSA. Information on the JLWFF is available upon
request from the council service center, or on-line.
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Submit at least
two pictures and/or stories to be published in your local newspaper of
Girl Scouts in your area participating in an event or activity. Please
contact the council service center for more information regarding
publication guidelines.
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Submit at least
three pictures with captions and/or story lines throughout the year for
consideration in the Santiam Circle or Alert newsletter. Submissions count
whether they are printed or not. (Photos will not be returned, please send
a duplicate).
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Publicize and
help with an event with the intent of recruiting new girls and adult
volunteers. This can be at a troop level or with your service unit. Be
sure to collaborate with the membership and marketing director in your
area. Daycamps can be included.
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Place general
Girl Scout information, brochures, newsletters, or fliers in at least
three locations. Be sure to check with the council service center or your
membership and marketing director for tips and guidelines.
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Host one event
for Girl Scout Week, Girl Scout Sunday, Thinking Day, or Juliette Low’s
Birthday. Be sure the information is distributed throughout your service
unit and council jurisdiction at least four weeks in advance.
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Submit a
picture to a local publication (business, community, or school newsletter
or paper) and/or the Santiam Circle of Girl Scouts participating in
product sales, or public booths. Accompany it with a storyline,
description of the girls’ goals, and an explanation of what the girls plan
to do with the money earned from the product sale.
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Have a local
official recognize Girl Scout Week or Be Your Best Day with a
proclamation.
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Make at least
three banners or posters and display them in prominent places promoting
special Girl Scout events. They could be placed in a church, community
center, school, city hall, etc.
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Obtain
publicity through a local newspaper, radio, or TV station, newsletter, or
other media for a service project. For example, if you have a service
project in collaboration with the Kiwanis, a business, or church and they
include the project in their own publication or newsletter.
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Collect local
sponsors who are willing to sponsor an advertisement in your local paper
for a salute to Girl Scouting or for Girl Scout Week, or to advertise an
event open to non-Girl Scouts. For more details contact the Public
Relations Director at the council service center. For prices of ads call
your local newspaper.
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In Girl Scout
uniform, participate in a flag ceremony for another organization.
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Serve as
hostesses at an event for another organization and submit a picture of
your participation. Hosting may consist of serving beverages or other
refreshments, passing out program fliers, helping set-up or clean-up,
showing people to their seats, etc. Contact your Membership and Marketing
Director (M&M) or service unit manager to let them know you are willing to
do this so organizations can learn about this service. PTA and United Way
luncheons are excellent opportunities.
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Contact your
local newspaper about publishing a feature story about a girl member or
adult volunteer for unique involvement, community service, award
recipients, Wider Opportunity participants, and council-sponsored trips.
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Submit to the
Public Relations Director and the council service center at least two
different copies of any other publications where your Girl Scout troop or
service unit received publicity or mention. Be sure to include name and
date of publication.
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Create a Public
Service Announcement for radio or TV on tape. Check with the Public
Relations Director at the council service center before submitting.
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Give a
presentation about Girl Scouting to a school, church, or civic
organization.
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Create a web
page for your service unit or design a project to be included on the
council’s web page.
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You may choose
to create your own activity. However, it MUST make Girl Scouting more
visible in the community, be newsworthy, and/or initiate publicity. Clear
the project with the Public Relations Director at the council service
center.
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