Girl Scouts From Eastern Pennsylvania Earn Girl Scouts Highest Honor While Making Communities A Better Place
Girls Reach the Zenith of their Girl Scout Careers Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008 Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: The Dolce Valley Forge Inn in King of Prussia, PA.
Event: It's one thing to earn the highest honor bestowed upon a Girl Scout. It's another to earn it by doing something to enrich a community and its residents, like: -- Setting up a babysitting service to care for the children of relief Event: But that is - what nearly 100 Girl Scouts from Eastern Pennsylvania have been doing over the last year and will be recognized for when they receive the Girl Scout Gold Award in the coming weeks. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080312/DC16476LOGO-a ) GSEP will also recognize 383 graduating senior Girl Scouts and 25 Scholarship Girls at the ceremony The first Girl Scout Gold Awards were conferred in 1980, having evolved from a long line of special Girl Scout awards going back as far as 1919 into an elite honor. Last year, approximately 5,500 girls around the nation received the Girl Scout Gold Award. For many, the leadership skills, goal setting, and sense of community and commitment that come from earning the Gold Award set the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship. An amazing 80 percent of women in corporate, political, and philanthropic leadership roles today are former Girl Scouts. A growing number of colleges and universities have recognized the achievements and leadership abilities of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients by establishing scholarship programs for them. Gold Awardees are also often eligible to enter the United States Armed Services at an advanced level and salary, through recognition of the high standard of leadership evidenced by earning the Gold Award. Chartered in May 2007, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) serves nearly 45,000 girls and 15,000 volunteers in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Delaware, Lehigh, Berks, Northampton and Carbon Counties with premiere leadership development programs. GSEP is the largest girl-serving organization in Pennsylvania. GSEP is headquartered in Miquon, Pennsylvania with service centers located in Valley Forge, Allentown, Reading, Delaware County and Northeast Philadelphia. More information is available at www.gsep.org or call 215-564-2030. Directions to The Dolce Inn From the Northeast:
From the South: Take 95 North to Route 476 North (Exit 7). Take 76 West (Schuylkill Expressway) following signs for Valley Forge to Exit 328 (Route 202 North - King of Prussia). The hotel is one mile on the right. From the East: Take the Atlantic City Expressway to Route 42 to the Walt Whitman Bridge. Follow 76 (Schuylkill Expressway West) to Exit 328. Follow the exit signs to Route 202 North - King of Prussia. The hotel is one mile on the right. From the West: Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Exit 326 (Valley Forge). After the toll plaza, take the third right, Exit 328 (Route 202 North - King of Prussia). The hotel is one mile on the right. From the Philadelphia International Airport: Take 95 South to Route 476 North (Exit 7). Take 76 West (Schuylkill Expressway) following signs for Valley Forge to Exit 328 (Route 202 North - King of Prussia). The hotel is one mile on the right.
CONTACT: Jeff Baxt, Director of Communications, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, +1-215-564-2030, ext. 1048, +1-267-205-2375 (cell), +1-215-564-6953 (fax), jbaxt@gsep.org First Call Analyst: Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080312/DC16476LOGO-a Web Site: http://www.gsep.org/
2008-04-27 08:09:23 0345793 PRNEWSWIRE
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