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ATTENTION— SERVICE UNIT DELEGATES!
Please plan on attending one of the following trainings:

    Tuesday, November 11, 2008
       First Congregational Church
        11628 Main St., Huntley
        7 to 9 p.m.

    Sat., November 15, 2008
        Girl Scout Center
        12N124 Coombs Rd., Elgin
        9 to 11 a.m.

Please register by calling 847-741-5521, Ext. 7136, or by e-mailing delegates@gs-sybaquay.org.

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Sybaquay Council would like to invite you as leaders to encourage those girls who have provided significant community service over the past year to participate in the 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Girl Scouts who have recently earned Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards may be particularly good candidates. Girl Scouts in grades 5 through 12 are eligible to participate. This unique youth recognition program, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, has recognized more than 80,000 middle and high school students—including thousands of Girl Scouts—at the local, state and national level for outstanding acts of volunteerism over the past 13 years. Top winners receive sizable cash awards, engraved medallions and an all-expense-paid trip with a parent or guardian to Washington, DC, for the national awards ceremony in May 2009.

Girl Scouts can apply online at www.prudential.com/spirit. Click on the application link and follow the on-screen instructions. When asked for an access key, type the word spirit. Applications must be completed, printed out, signed and submitted to the Girl Scout Center, 12N124 Coombs Rd., Elgin, IL 60124, by October 31, 2008. Applications will be reviewed and one or more honorees will be selected to represent our council in the state-level judging. If you have questions, please call tool-free 877-525-8491.

The new Leadership Journeys are here!
Come to either of our Girl Scout shops to purchase the new Journey materials, including awards and collectables!
        Click here to view new journeys for:
                GS Daisies
                GS Brownies
                GS Juniors
                GS Cadettes
                GS Seniors
                GS Ambassadors

NEW! Click here for important updates to Safety-Wise
        Safety-Wise Summer 2008 Updates
        Product Sale Activity Revision

NEW! In response to survey results, we now have an online "availability" page for Mary Ann Beebe Center and Chapman Hills. To assist you with your troop/group planning, as reservations at these facilities are made and dates become unavailable, they will be added to this page.
   
                Click here for Mary Ann Beebe Center and Chapman
                Hills availability for troop use.

NEW! Encourage your girls to sign up for OneGirl! It's the fun, new social networking site just for Sybaquay Girl Scouts! It's on the Girl2Girl section of our site. Click on the tab above.

Girl Scouts of the USA rolls out the new Girl Scout Leadership Development Experience. In October 2008, Girl Scouts of the USA will be launching some exciting program changes.

    New age-level definitions will be as follows, beginning
    October 1, 2008:
            Girl Scout Daisy, Grades K-1
            Girl Scout Brownie, Grades 2-3
            Girl Scout Junior, Grades 4-5
            Girl Scout Cadette, Grades 6-8
            Girl Scout Senior, Grades 9-10
            Girl Scout Ambassador, Grades 11-12

    The Girl Scout uniform will be modified to reflect the choices
     of today's girls:
            Each level will continue to have one official uniform item
            for the display of official pins and awards (vest/sash).
           
            Girls will use their own solid white shirts and khaki pants
            or skirts with their official uniform item.
           
            Girl Scouts at the Daisy and Brownie levels will continue
            to have a full uniform ensemble available.
           
            Girl Scouts in high school will also have an optional scarf,
            uniting them in the international WAGGGS tradition.

Click here for answers to frequently asked questions about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience!  
        GS Leadership Experience FAQs
        GS Pathways for Girls Fact Sheet

NOTE: Program Level Training for New Leaders and for Experienced Leaders has been changed to Leadership Essentials. Check the training section of this Web site NOW to register for Leadership Essentials for New and Experienced Leaders!