Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout!
Woman Scouts of Nassau County (GSNC) is excited to announce that it will be keeping its inaugural Legacy Luncheon party as element of its ongoing celebration of the 110th Anniversary of Woman Scouts. The party will be an chance for Girl Scout alum, previous volunteers, Girl Scout households, and Girl Scout supporters to share tales and memories about their ordeals with Female Scouts and how those activities formed their lives. GSNC will also pay back tribute to the long lasting influence of these in the Girl Scouts of Nassau County family members that have handed absent in excess of the previous two decades. The Legacy Luncheon will get area on Monday, May possibly 2, 2022, at The Backyard Metropolis Resort.
“The Legacy Luncheon is an chance to look back again at 110 several years of excellent achievements, admit Female Scouts creating a difference nowadays and honor future kinds,” mentioned Randell M. Bynum, Chief Government Officer of the Woman Scouts of Nassau County. “Juliette Gordon Low’s eyesight life on and is strengthened with the aid of Woman Scout family members who embrace the Woman Scout mission of generating the entire world a far better spot.”
Other than highlighting recollections of Lady Scout associates, GSNC’s unique record collections will be showcased at the Legacy Luncheon. Champions lost around the past couple years will be remembered via a unforgettable candlelight ceremony, with the families of the honored legacies.. GSNC’s CEO Rande Bynum will have a conversation featuring Carrie Meek Gallagher, the visitor speaker at the Luncheon.
Carrie Meek Gallagher, the director of the New York Point out Division of General public Support, Long Island Place of work and Female Scout alum. Professionally, Gallagher oversees Long Island’s general public utilities companies make sure Extended Islanders have entry to safe, reputable, and sustainable water, gasoline, electrical, and telecommunications companies. As a Lady Scout, Gallagher attained the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award in 1990. Carrie’s Gold Award targeted on serving to mentally handicapped adults by bringing Lady Scout Cadettes to a point out-funded home to undertake different functions these as earning arts and crafts, playing game titles, and singing with the people so they could interact with the outside the house world and stay active. Gallagher served as a Nationwide Delegate at the Lady Scout National Council Session exactly where she fulfilled Maya Angelo.
“Being a Girl Scout is getting a portion of a household, and we’re thrilled to honor the record of that family members by this celebration,” mentioned Bynum. “Paying out tribute to Lady Scout champions and how their legacy life on by the Girl Scout working experience is deeply crucial to us. This initially-ever Legacy Luncheon will be the 1st of several packages we maintain that will commemorate all who have made the earlier 110 several years of Girl Scouting so extraordinary.”
Girl Scout Alum, volunteers, and families who would like to attend the Legacy Luncheon, both of those specific and comprehensive-table tickets are offered at www.gsnc.org. To master much more about the Legacy Luncheon, obtain tickets, share your Woman Scout tale, develop into a sponsor or make a donation, go to https://legacyluncheon110yearsgs.swell.presents/.
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