Girl Scouts Honor New Hampshire Champions for Girls
May 11, 2011 Manchester, NH -- Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains honored three women who have made a difference and serve as role models for girls at a Breakfast with Champions Wednesday, May 11 at the Radisson Center of New Hampshire in Manchester.
Honorees were introduced by Girl Scouts. Annie Farnsworth, PhD of Sutton, a psychotherapist who founded EmployFlex to promote workplace flexibility and celebrate organizations that support a work/life balance for their employees. Captain Pat Gormley of Portsmouth had a stellar career in the military in the Marines and the Navy on a national level and was a Navy JAG. Gormley and Farnsworth are both on the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women. Constance “Jetta” Morrison, Esq. of Plymouth has several doctorates in law and nursing (including psychiatric nursing), is a nurse practitioner, and has a master’s in business administration. She was appointed by Tom Ridge as a founding member of the Dept. of Homeland Security and has won awards for her humanitarian work with veterans.
Champions were selected for their significant contributions to their state through their work, philanthropy and/or community service. They serve as powerful, positive role models for girls and work tirelessly to better the lives of girls and women every day.
Sponsors of both Breakfast with Champions events included Liberty Mutual, RiverStone Resources, Café Services, The Courville Communities, Landmark Benefits, Lincoln Financial Group, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Heritage Automotive Group, Manchester Monarchs, Mutual of America, TD Bank, Bedford Dental Care, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Citizens Bank, Nathan Wechsler & Company, IPG Employee Benefits, BodyCovers, Harvest Market Bedford, Merchants Bank, Puritan Backroom, Ben Franklin Printers, Harris Trophy, Spectrum Marketing Companies.
Girl Scouts Honor Vermont Champions for Girls
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May 3, 2011 Colchester, VT – Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains honored three women who have made a difference and serve as role models for girls at a Breakfast with Champions at the Hampton Inn. CEO and President of NRG Systems Jan Blittersdorf, Shirley Collado PhD of Middlebury College, and senior political reporter at Channel 3 News in Vermont Kristin Carlson were honored. Introductions of the honorees and presentations were made by Girl Scouts.
Jan Blittersdorf started in nursing and “never imagined” she’d end up in business, let alone technology. But at NRG Systems in Hinesburg, she oversees the operations of a company that measures and helps companies and people worldwide understand the wind. Blittersdorf is especially proud to be chairwoman of the new American Wind Wildlife Institute, a collaboration to ensure that wildlife and their habitat are protected as wind energy development grows.
Shirley Collado, PhD spoke about her upbringing in an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York, where she was the first in her family to graduate from high school. Now she works to develop young leaders and give them exciting opportunities. “Whether a woman is brown, black, red or whatever, she can do whatever she wants,” Dr. Collado said.
Kristin Carlson has earned many awards in her career, including three Edward R. Murrow Awards. But she started in Girl Scouting, where she earned her Girl Scout Silver and Girl Scout Gold Awards. “Girl Scouting gave me a sense of adventure, not to be scared to try new things,” Carlson said, helping her feel empowered. Now as a reporter she does something different every day, and continues to enjoy new challenges.
Operation Cookie: Mission Accomplished!
April 18, 2011 Bedford, NH – Thanks to donations from our customers, veterans’ and fraternal organizations, and Girl Scout troops, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains loaded more than 1,000 cases of Girl Scout Cookies at Bedford headquarters onto a moving van bound for Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth, NH. Through the Family Readiness Program at Pease ANGB, cookies will be distributed to servicemen and women here and abroad.
Every year since the Persian Gulf War, the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s family support program has made it possible to deliver a “taste of home” to our military forces. The April 18 delivery by Able Moving and Storage of Amherst, NH, which donates its truck, fuel and a crew each year, is more than 12,000 individual boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Many donors including veterans’ groups and Girl Scouts wrote cards and letters and sent them with the boxes.
This year Girl Scouts in Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, serving New Hampshire and Vermont, sold 1,579,514 packages of Girl Scout Cookies. All of the proceeds support local Girl Scouts.
THANK YOU, COMMON MAN!
April 14, 2011 Manchester, NH – More than 1,000 people enjoyed a scrumptious ice cream sundae at seven Common Man restaurants, and Girl Scouts are reaping the benefits. This was the fourth year Common Man chefs created a luscious dessert with a popular Girl Scout Cookie and their homemade ice cream, and donated a portion of the proceeds.
The Thin Mints Avalanche Sundae, made with Thin Mints, Common Man-made chocolate ice cream with an “avalanche” of marshmallow, was a hit with 1,036 sundaes sold in March. One dollar from every sundae ordered was donated to Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, for a total of $1,036.
Three Girl Scouts accepted the check from Common Man CEO Jason Lyon on behalf of the Council at the Common Man’s Airport Diner on Brown Avenue in Manchester. Community service has been a hallmark of The Common Man since its inception in 1971. The Common Man family and owner Alex Ray have been recognized numerous times in New Hampshire with the Restaurant Neighbor Award, and several times on the national level by the National Restaurant Association, for their good – and in this case, delicious! – deeds.
GIRL SCOUTS OF THE GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS RECEIVES A NEWMAN’S OWN FOUNDATION CAMPUS COMMUNITY SERVICE CHALLENGE GRANT
Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains was nominated by and partnered with Alpha Phi Sorority at the University of New Hampshire to participate in an innovative student-engagement initiative.
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March 7, 2011 Bedford, NH - Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains was recognized nationally by Newman’s Own Foundation for its dating and domestic violence prevention program, Stop! In the Name of Love. As part of the second-annual Newman’s Own Foundation Campus Community Service Challenge, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains was nominated by and partnered with the Eta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Sorority at the University of New Hampshire in Durham for a Newman’s Own Foundation grant. In a presentation during the America East Conference basketball championship in Hartford, CT on March 6, GSGWM was awarded $10,000.
“Paul Newman was committed to helping ‘make the world a better place’ through his foundation, so it’s wonderfully appropriate that Girl Scouting – whose mission is ‘to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place’ – is recognized along with UNH’s Alpha Phi Sorority for this innovative programming.
“Although we are 99 years old, Girl Scouting’s programs are designed for today’s girls and their needs,” said GSGWM CEO Patricia Mellor, “and having older Girl Scouts mentor younger ones has always been a vital part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.”
Stop! In the Name of Love is a program that was created several years ago by Vermont Law School student and Girl Scout Leader Emilee Drobbin, who developed it as her Albert Schweitzer Fellowship project. It helps girls become aware of images of females in popular media including music, teaches them basic self-defense, and alerts them about potential danger signs when dating. Older Girl Scouts are mentored by the college volunteers throughout the program, which spans several sessions, and are introduced to the college experience. Alpha Phi and Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains partnered to enter the Newman’s Own Foundation Campus Community Service Challenge.
“A priority of the Foundation is to encourage the practice of philanthropy among younger generations,” said Robert Forrester, president of Newman’s Own Foundation. “The caliber of this year’s student group and nonprofit partnerships is quite extraordinary. Newman’s Own Foundation is proud to support the work of Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains and Alpha Phi Sorority, who are making a difference on campus and in the community, inspiring more young people to give back.”
Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains’ application was reviewed and voted on by the Challenge’s Selection Panel. Leaders in philanthropy and social activism, the judges were:
- Jonathan Fanton, president emeritus of New School for Social Research and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and current Franklin D. Roosevelt fellow at Hunter College
- Ben Goldhirsh, CEO and co-founder of GOOD Magazine
- Rebecca Lobo, basketball analyst for ESPN and former player in the Women’s National Basketball Association
Grant recommendations were based on University of New Hampshire’s Alpha Phi Sorority’s involvement with Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, the impact of the partnership on those served by the nonprofit, as well as on the students themselves.
To learn more about the Challenge, see www.newmansownfoundation.org/challenge/.
Newman’s Own Foundation (www.newmansownfoundation.org)
Paul Newman was committed to helping make the world a better place. To carry on his philanthropic legacy, Newman’s Own Foundation donates to charity all net royalties and profits after taxes from the sale of Newman’s Own products. To date, Paul Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation have given over $300 million to thousands of charities around the world.
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NEWMAN’S OWN FOUNDATION UNVEILS CAMPUS COMMUNITY SERVICE CHALLENGE GRANT FINALISTS
9 Nonprofits Participate for $25,000 Top Grant in Innovative Student‐Engagement Initiative;
Grants to be Presented During America East Conference Basketball Championship
February 7, 2011 Westport, Connecticut - Newman’s Own Foundation today announced the nine nonprofit finalists to participate in the second annual Newman’s Own Foundation Campus Community Service Challenge. The selected nonprofits, nominated by and paired with a student group from each of the America East’s nine member universities, are eligible to receive the Challenge’s top grant of $25,000. In total, $80,000 will be awarded to nominated nonprofits.
“A priority of the Foundation is to encourage the practice of philanthropy among younger generations,” said Bob Forrester, president of Newman’s Own Foundation. “The Newman’s Own Foundation Challenge underscores the commitment and enthusiasm of so many young people to make ours a better world. The caliber of the student group and nonprofit partnerships we have received this year is quite extraordinary.”
One student group has been selected as a finalist by each member university for its work with a nonprofit partner. The top grants will be awarded based on:
- The level of the student group’s involvement with its nonprofit partner, and the impact of the partnership on those served by the nonprofit, as well as on the students themselves.
- The actual mission and programs of the nonprofit, the populations and purposes it serves, and the impact the Foundation’s grant will have on it.
The top grant will be $25,000. The next two grants will be for $15,000 and $10,000 respectively. Six nonprofits will each receive a $5,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation. The Challenge’s grant finalists are:
- University at Albany’s Third World Impact, partnering with The Giving Circle, to build a school for 500 students in Uganda, as well as sending Albany students to Uganda to teach.
- Binghamton University’s Boys & Girls Club Mentors, partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of Binghamton, to improve the lives of underprivileged youth through programming that targets personal development, academics, and service to others.
- Boston University’s Student Food Rescue, partnering with Community Servings, Inc., to regularly provide meals to homebound and sick children and families, and advocate for hunger relief.
- University of Hartford’s Habitat for Humanity, partnering with University of Hartford’s Alternate Spring Break, to help build houses in Valdosta, GA.
- University of Maine’s Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, partnering with University of Maine’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service, to connect approximately 800 volunteers with 40 local, nonprofit organizations.
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Baseball and Softball teams, partnering with League of Dreams, to lead baseball and softball clinics for physically and mentally challenged children.
- University of New Hampshire’s Eta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi, partnering with Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, to educate girls about healthy relationships, domestic-violence prevention, and self defense.
- Stony Brook University’s Alpha Epsilon Delta Health and Pre-Professional Honor Society, partnering with Make-A-Wish Foundation of Suffolk County, to grant wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions.
- University of Vermont’s Alternative Spring Break, partnering with University of Vermont, to provide funds for a greater number of students to travel and volunteer with nonprofit organizations around the country.
The nine student/nonprofit partnerships will be reviewed and voted on by the Newman’s Own Foundation Campus Community Service Challenge’s Selection Panel. Leaders in philanthropy and social activism, the judges are:
- Jonathan Fanton, president emeritus of New School for Social Research and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and current Franklin D. Roosevelt fellow at Hunter College
- Ben Goldhirsh, CEO and co-founder of GOOD Magazine
- Rebecca Lobo, basketball analyst for ESPN and former player in the Women’s National Basketball Association
- Dikembe Mutombo, NBA legend and well‐known philanthropist who currently serves as a global ambassador for the NBA
The winners will be presented throughout the America East Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship held at the University of Hartford from March 3‐6, 2011. To learn more, please visit www.NewmansOwnFoundation.org/Challenge
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