Make new friends. Grow your troop. Earn rewards!

From an appreciation of nature to the development of lifelong leadership skills to friends that last a lifetime, we know the benefits of Girl Scouting will positively impact how a girl performs in school, in clubs and sports, and in her career someday.

Share those amazing benefits with more girls and get ready to have more fun adventures in 2020! From Dec. 1-Jan. 6, troops* will be rewarded when new friends join and troops grow.

 Here's how it works:

• Add two new girls to your troop and receive $25 in your troop account.** 
• Add three new girls to your troop and receive $35 in your troop account.** 
• Add four new girls to your troop and receive $45 in your troop account.** 
• Add five new girls to your troop and receive $55 in your troop account.** 

*Troops must meet volunteer-to-girl ratio for the program level and number of girls in their troop, which includes at least 2 active troop leaders, by Jan. 6, 2020.
**Prizes will be distributed to troop accounts by Feb. 28, 2020 for troops with a current Bank Account Information and ACH Authorization Form on file with GSWPA. Any troops that do not have this form on file will have a delay in the reward payout.

Need to display your troop or to open more spots in your troop? Fill out the Troop Profile Update form. Make sure to update your troop meeting information, too.

If you have questions, email customercare@gswpa.org or call 800-248-3355.

Pass on the wonders of Girl Scouting to a girl, and we'll pass a prize on to you!

Thank you for celebrating your Girl Scout spirit!

As part of the month-long GSWPA Spirit Celebration in September, girls, volunteers, and their families celebrated their dedication to Girl Scouts in the most Girl Scout way possible—with fun, friendship, community service, and, of course, a patch!

Checklist challenge, accepted!

Girls challenged themselves with a checklist of activities to showcase why they love being a Girl Scout. Girl Scouts who completed 10 checklist items earned the Girl Scout Spirit patch. Twenty Girl Scouts won a patch through a random drawing.

Girls ROCKED the checklist, which featured 30 ideas for letting her Girl Scout spirit shine! Here are just a few moments that Girl Scouts shared with us:

GIRL SCOUT PROUD. Mercedes, a new Daisy, showed her Girl Scout spirit by putting up the sign “A Daisy grows here” at her home and preparing her first care package for a local shelter.

FAVORITE BADGE, PATCH OR JOURNEY. Flora is determined that she will work for NASA someday. She loved working on the space badge this past month with her troop!

BECAUSE OF GIRL SCOUTS.  Over the summer, Alexa and Rogue went camping at Girl Scout camp for a weekend (Me & My Gal), which was outside of their comfort zone as they had never camped before. We were all a little nervous, but had so much fun—they didn’t want to leave and were asking to go back next summer before we even left!

To help people at all times

Girl Scouts of all ages made an impact in a big way by participating in GSWPA Service Day on Saturday, September 21. Nearly 300 Girl Scouts pledged to do community service on this day. Here are a few of the amazing ways they helped make their corner of the world a better place:

• Madisyn, a Junior, helped at St. Luke's Lutheran Church and School with the framing of three houses with the congregation. All three houses will be placed and finished in different locations in Butler county for veterans.   
• Avery, a Brownie, cleaned up litter and debris around her neighborhood with family.
• Troop 17024 cleaned, weeded, planted, and painted to beautify Clarion County Park.
• Rebeka, a Brownie, delivered thank you cards and waters to the police officers and other first responders in her community. 
• Morgan, a Daisy, donated food to the local pay-what-you-can restaurant in DuBois, where she also helped by serving customers and cleaning.
• Troop 16373 packed food bags for their school's weekend food in a backpack program. 
• Hailey, an Ambassador, weeded around the veterans’ memorial in a local park.

Thank you to all the Girl Scouts and volunteers who helped make GSWPA Service Day a success!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the GSWPA Spirit Celebration in September 2020!