Wednesday, December 16, 2015

About Digital Cookie: Consumer FAQs

How do I order cookies from the digital cookie platform?
If you know a Girl Scout- get her to send you a link! Don't know one? Call out cookie locator hotline at (205) 980-4750 x1400 and we'll set you up with a girl in your area! She'll be able to send you a link to order and have the cookies shipped to you. 

ABOUT DIGITAL COOKIE 
What is the Digital Cookie platform and how does it work? 


The iconic Girl Scout Cookie Program you know and love is going beyond the booth and allowing girls to sell in their native digital space by offering them new channels to enhance their cookie sale and new ways to learn twenty-first century business skills. Over 1 million excited Girl Scouts are ready to take their cookie sale to a whole new level! 

In true Girl Scout style, the girls initiate the cookie sale. With the Digital Cookie platform, customers will be able to buy Girl Scout Cookies through one of two digital sales platforms, depending on their area. Some girls will invite friends and family to visit their personalized cookie website, or take in person orders using a mobile app. With these options, customers can place their orders online, pick their delivery method, and pay by credit card. Other girls will take in person orders using a mobile app that allows for credit card processing, direct shipping, and the ability to invite friends and family by email to purchase cookies online. 

Are you taking door-to-door sales away?
Door-to-door sales are here to stay! Far from replacing the traditional cookie program, the Digital Cookie platform expands and enhances a girl’s experience by giving her a fun new way to learn twenty-first-century skills while providing another way to sell cookies. So this cookie season, depending on your location, a Girl Scout could approach you through a door-to-door sale, at a booth sale with a digital device, or through an email invitation to visit her Digital Cookie website.

Where does the money from the Digital Cookie platform sales go? 
As with the traditional Girl Scout Cookie Program, 100 percent of the net revenue earned from cookie sales will remain with the Girl Scout council that sponsors the sale. Girls decide how to spend their troop cookie money and reinvest it in their communities through “Take Action” projects and learning experiences, including travel. As a result, customers who purchase Girl Scout Cookies are not only getting a delicious treat—they are also making an important investment in their communities. 

Monday, December 14, 2015

GSNCA Selects Central Alabama 2016 Women of Distinction


Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama will hold its annual Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 11, 2016, 11:30 a.m. at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham. This luncheon will recognize outstanding women representing Central Alabama.

The Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon pays tribute to women who have made special contributions to their community through civic, academic or professional involvement and are exemplary role models for today’s girls.   

Neeysa Biddle, AlbertvilleSt. Vincent’s Health System, President & CEO, will receive the Frances E. Couch Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nancy Goedecke, Birmingham - Mayer Electric Supply Company, Chairman of the Board/CEO, will receive the Mildred Bell Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Anne Moman, Northport – Community Volunteer, will receive the Karen LaMoreaux Bryan Lifetime Achievement Award. 

 Lifetime Achievement Awards honor the memory of beloved civic leaders whose contributions had far-reaching impact in their communities. These awards are given annually to women who have prior affiliations with Girl Scouting and have made lifelong contributions to their communities by distinguishing herself through professional, community or humanitarian efforts.

This year, GSNCA will honor women who excel in categories that relate to the organization’s core initiatives: financial literacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and healthy living. Girl Scouts will also honor women in the categories of today’s leader and tomorrow’s young woman of distinction.


The 2016 Central Alabama Women of Distinction Honorees are:

LaJuana Bradford, Trussville – Regions Bank, Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility - Financial Literacy

Alice Womack, Mountain Brook – Oakworth Capital Bank, Client Advisor – Financial Literacy

 Kim Greene, Mountain Brook – Southern Company, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – STEM

Linda Sewell, Birmingham – Energen, Vice President of External Affairs - STEM

Ann Heard-Nesbitt, Birmingham – Cooper Green Mercy Health Services, Senior Clinical Dietitian – Healthy Living

Dr. Donna Slovensky, Vestavia Hills – UAB SHP, Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs – Healthy Living

Kelly Carlton, Indian Springs – United Way of Central Alabama, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Today’s Leader

Maibeth Porter, Birmingham – Maynard Cooper & Gale, Shareholder – Today’s Leader

Vickie Saxon, Birmingham – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Resources – Today’s Leader

Dr. Ura (Bunnie) LaMoreaux (posthumous), Tuscaloosa – Bun Lam Enterprises, Founder and President - Today’s Leader

Briana Danielle Nicole Kinsey, Birmingham – Daring to Defeat Diabetes, Inc., President and Founder – Tomorrow’s Young Woman of Distinction

Justine Panian, Tuscaloosa – Crimson Carnations, President – Tomorrow’s Young Woman of Distinction

Proceeds from the Women of Distinction Luncheon provide direct support to Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama, which serves more than 9,500 girl members in 36 counties.

An additional luncheon will be held for the North Alabama Women of Distinction in April. 

For more information on reservations or sponsorships, please contact Tonya Mines at 800-734-4541 x1030 or tmines@girlscoutsnca.org. Tickets to the luncheon are $60 for general admission and $45 for Girl Scout members.

About Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama
We're over 13,000 strong—9,500 girls and 3,800 adults in 36 counties in the state of Alabama who believe girls can change the world. It began over 100 years ago with one woman, Girl Scouts' founder Juliette Gordon "Daisy" Low, who believed in the power of every girl. She organized the first Girl Scout troop on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, and every year since, we've made her vision a reality, helping girls discover their strengths, passions, and talents.


Today we continue the Girl Scout mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama is a United Way partner. To volunteer, reconnect, donate or join, visit www.girlscoutsnca.org or call 800-734-4541.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

UAB Benevolent Fund Designates $12,151 to Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama



The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Benevolent Fund recently designated $12,151 to the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama (GSNCA).

The donation, given through United Way of Central Alabama campaign, will help girls access the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and build courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.


Pictured: GSNCA Director of Development Tonya Mines, UAB Employee Emergency Assistance Program Coordinator Meg Feltham, Clinical Lab Scientist/Supervisor-UAB Highlands and Girl Scouts board member Cynthia Smothers, GSNCA CEO Karen Peterlin.

About Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama
We're over 13,000 strong—9,500 girls and 3,800 adults in 36 counties in the state of Alabama who believe girls can change the world. It began over 100 years ago with one woman, Girl Scouts' founder Juliette Gordon "Daisy" Low, who believed in the power of every girl. She organized the first Girl Scout troop on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, and every year since, we've made her vision a reality, helping girls discover their strengths, passions, and talents.

Today we continue the Girl Scout mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama is a United Way partner. To volunteer, reconnect, donate or join, visit www.girlscoutsnca.org or call 800-734-4541.