Passion to Action
Passion to Action
We love finding new ways to share the incredible stories of Maine Girl Scouts with our community. In that spirit, we have launched a new podcast series, Passion to Action, in collaboration with Daughters of Change and First National Bank.
Passion to Action will spotlight some of our future leaders, amazing girls who are already out there making a difference through Girl Scouting. Told in their own voices, we will be highlighting the stories of Girl Scouts across Maine, featuring the incredible work these young “daughters of change” are doing, and the positive changes they are already making in their communities.
A big thank you to First National Bank for supporting Girl Scouts of Maine, making this new collaboration possible!
Podcasts
Episode 18: Resilient, Ready, and Strong
Did you catch the last Passion to Action podcast? If not, listen to the "Resilient, Ready, and Strong" episode below to hear from 14 year old Girl Scout, Morgan about how she is elevating her leadership skills and focusing on her ambitions.
Did you catch the last Passion to Action podcast? If not, listen to the "Resilient, Ready, and Strong" episode below to hear from 14 year old Girl Scout, Morgan about how she is elevating her leadership skills and focusing on her ambitions.
Episode 17: Defining the Girl Scout Leadership Experience 
In this episode of the Passion to Action podcast series, you'll get to hear from our CEO, Mara Moorhead, as she and Marie discuss:
- Girls and the adults who support them
- How they have grown from their experience
- Why it means so much to them
Episode 16: Perseverance and Leadership
Charlena LaVallee is a Gold Award Girl Scout, Girl Representative on
the Girl Scouts of Maine Board, a member of the Girl Scouts of Maine
Global Action Team and Teen Advisory Group, and all around
rockstar.
She is an inspiring leader who never gives up,
and as a high school senior, she has enough dual credits to have
completed her first year of college when she graduates this
spring!
In this episode, learn more about:
- How Charlena got involved in leadership roles and the steps she took to get there
- Her passion for working with children
- Her advice to girls involved in Girl Scouts
- Her plans for the future
Episode 15: A Place for Girls
Morgan Reilly is an adult Girl Scout and the program lead at A Place
for Girls. She has two associate degrees, one in Accounting and one
Business Administration from Central Maine Community College. She
joined Girl Scouts of Maine as the program lead for A Place for Girls
in September of 2019 and loves every minute of it.
Funded
by the United Way of Maine, A Place for Girls is Girl Scouts of
Maine’s comprehensive after-school program for elementary and middle
school-aged girls. It is designed to help girls understand and follow
positive values, build self-confidence, and improve healthy
relationships.
In this episode learn more about:
- Morgan’s experiences with Girl Scouts
- How A Place for Girls serves girls and the community
- How to get involved
If you are interested in getting involved with A Place for Girls as a volunteer or giving opportunities, please contact customercare@gsmaine.org.
Episode 14: The Many Facets of Creating Girl Leaders
Laura Genese, Marketing and Communications Director at Girl Scouts of
Maine, has a unique perspective on how Girl Scouts builds girls of
courage, confidence, and character. As a mother, troop leader, and
employee, Laura has vast knowledge and experience when it comes to
Girl Scouts. She said, “When the opportunity came up to work at Girl
Scouts four years ago, I took it, and I’m so glad that I joined the
team!”
In this episode learn more about:
- Laura’s experiences with Girl Scouts
- Opportunities offered by Girl Scouts
- Why her
work is so rewarding
- The progression of her
involvement with Girl Scouts
- What she’s learned firsthand
Episode 13: Financial Literacy for Girls
On the latest Passion to Action podcast, we meet Jennifer Boynton and
Michelle Curtis from First National Bank, two Daughters of Change who
are passionate about teaching young girls and children about financial
literacy. As parents and adults, teaching girls to be savvy about
finances is one of the most important tools we can give them for their
futures and it's never too late to start. Listen to the podcast on our
webiste to hear tips and ideas about how you can get the financial
ball rolling for the girls and young women in your lives.
In this episode, they discuss:
- What a community bank is
- Why it's so important for for girls and young women to understand having independent finances
- Why it's never too early to start having these conversations with the girls in your life
- Tips and ideas to teach girls and young women about finances
- How these lessons build upon themselves as children grow
- Resources available to help
Episode 12: Making the Most of Opportunities
Episode 12: Making the Most of Opportunities
Meet Jackie Newell: a lifetime Girl Scout, a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, and a Member at Large for the Girl Scouts of Maine Board. She is a bilingual Fulbright Scholar who is in the process of getting her Masters of Science in Project Management at the Roux Institute.
As a Girl Scout, Jackie was able to go on many different adventures and experience new things—all of which helped her achieve a successful career as a project manager!
In this episode learn more about:
• Jackie’s travel experiences
• Her career
• How to get involved with Girl Scouts
Meet Jackie Newell: a lifetime Girl Scout, a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, and a Member at Large for the Girl Scouts of Maine Board. She is a bilingual Fulbright Scholar who is in the process of getting her Masters of Science in Project Management at the Roux Institute.
As a Girl Scout, Jackie was able to go on many different adventures and experience new things—all of which helped her achieve a successful career as a project manager!
In this episode learn more about:
• Jackie’s travel experiences
• Her career
• How to get involved with Girl Scouts
Episode 11: Preparing Girls for a Lifetime of Leadership
Girl Scouts of Maine is dedicated to preparing girls for a lifetime
of leadership—in their own life and in the world. As women, we face a
number of unique challenges, but we also have an unparalleled reach to
make positive impacts. Girl Scouts is deeply committed to filing a
pipeline of women leaders to make those impacts.
In this
episode in collaboration with Daughters of Change and First National
Bank, you’ll meet Kathleen Dean. She is a shining example of a
burgeoning woman leader. As a Future Leaders Scholarship recipient,
Kathleen is committed to community service. She said, “I am ready to
take on this imperfect world and use my strengths and leadership
abilities to pave the way for the next generation of girls and help
them grow into women who will do the same for generations to
come."
In this episode learn more about:
- Kathleen’s love of community service
- The importance of the lifelong friendships she has made
- What she feels are some of the biggest challenges women and girls face today
- How she is putting her leadership skills to work
- Her plans for the future
Episode 10: Global Adventures for Girls
In this episode in collaboration with Daughters of Change and First
National Bank, you’ll meet Shannon Johnson, a Girl Scouts of Maine
volunteer and Travel Coordinator, and Greta Smallidge, a Girl Scout
who loves to adventure and travel the world.
You’ll hear
them discuss all of the travel opportunities and benefits that Girl
Scouts of Maine has to offer, how girls thrive off of travel
experiences, and how the girls discover a sense of empowerment and
personal growth on each trip!
Girls can experience all
that our country has to offer, whether they’re “blasting off” at Space
Camp in Alabama, taking in a Broadway show in New York City, or
visiting the birthplace of Girl Scouts’ founder, Juliette Gordon Low,
in Savannah, Georgia. And they can plan even bigger adventures around
the world, traveling with other Girl Scouts who share your love of
adventure!
In this episode learn more about:
- The progression of the travel program
- The amazing adventures offered
- Trips Shannon and Greta have taken
- The personal growth and sense of empowerment the girls discover on each trip
- How girls thrive because of travel experiences experiences
Episode 9: It's not just a box of cookies!
In this episode in collaboration with Daughters of Change and First
National Bank, you’ll meet Kirstin Powell-Williams, Collaboration and
Content Program Specialist, and Sophia Trickey, and Vivian
Peavy.
You’ll hear them discuss the Girl Scout Cookie
Program, and how it provides girls like Vivian and Sophia with an
ability to learn, grow, and thrive through all of life’s
adventures!
As the largest girl-led entrepreneurial
program in the world, girls learn important life skills like financial
literacy, and business ethics. All of which helps cultivate girls who
are full of courage, confidence, and character!
In this
episode learn more about:
- What really is the Girl Scout Cookie Program?
- How girls are putting their entrepreneurial skills to work for themselves, their troops, and their communities.
- How these young women are blazing trails with cookie sales!
Episode 8: Reflections of a Young Leader
New Passion to Action Podcast episode...listen now.
Meet
Gold Award Girl Scout and Pinnacle Awardee, Audrey Hankinson. Audrey
is an extremely accomplished Girl Scout who earned her Bronze, Silver,
and Gold Awards, is a Future Leadership Scholarship recipient, served
as a girl member of the Girl Scouts of Maine Board of Directors, and
is a counselor at Camp Natarswi. She also volunteers as part of the
Gold Award Committee.
Now a sophomore in college and a
lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, Audrey is studying American Sign
Language and Theater.
In this episode learn more about:
- Audrey's Girl Scout adventures and opportunities
- Her time spent at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- The Student Conservation Association trip that took her out of her comfort zone and across the country, and what that led to
- Audrey's Pinnacle, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards
- Her work as a Girl Scout Alum
- What she's doing now as a Future Leaders Scholarship recipient
- How the Girl Scouts helped her become the leader she is today
- Her plans for the future
Episode 7: Developing Determination, Skills, and Bonds for a Lifetime
A new Passion to Action Podcast has dropped! Listen in as we explore our
Junior Maine Guide Program at Camp Natarswi and discover the
determination and skills required for Girl Scouts to earn their JMG
certification. You meet Tree, Vicky, and Delaney and learn how the
Junior Maine Guide program helps develop our female leaders through
determination, skills, challenges, and lifelong friendships.
Episode 6: The Importance of STEM for Girls
Listen to the latest edition of the Passion to Action Series in
collaboration with Daughters of Change and First National Bank to meet
Rhonda Forrester, a licensed Civil and Environmental Engineer and
volunteer with Girl Scouts of Maine! Rhonda’s passion is being a mentor
for one of the four key areas of focus in the Girl Scout Leadership
Experience–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). In this
podcast you'll hear about why Rhonda loves what she does, her passion
for sharing STEM with girls, the variety of careers available, the
financial security STEM offers, and why it's important for more girls to
be going into STEM.
Episode 1: Passion to Action Kick-off with Joanne Crepeau and Susan Norton
In this first episode, Daughters of Change Founder, Marie Sola speaks
with Sue Norton, former Girl Scout Troop Leader and Executive Vice
President & Chief Administrative Officer of the First National Bank
and our own Joanne Crepeau, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Maine. We will be
discussing our mission for the Passion to Action Podcast, why it's
important, what we hope to accomplish, and how Girl Scouts of Maine is
building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world
a better place. How cool is that?!
Episode 5: Building Leaders in the Great Outdoors
In this Passion to Action podcast in collaboration with Daughters of
Change and First National Bank, you'll meet Kayla Norster, Outdoor
Program and Adult Learning Specialist for the Girl Scouts of Maine,
and Courtney Evans, Clinical Counselor, Troop Leader for two troops, and
Adult Learning Facilitator for the Girl Scouts of Maine. Both women are
deeply engaged and immersed in one of the four pillars that form the
foundation of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience–the Outdoors. Listen
to the podcast here to get the scoop about the different outdoor
adventures and opportunities offered by the Girl Scouts and how you can
get involved, young or old, and how Girl Scouts help build girls and
adults of confidence, courage, and character, who make the world a
better place.
Episode 4: Bringing Girl’s Voices to the Global Stage
In the latest podcast of the Passion to Action series in collaboration
with Daughters of Change and First National Bank, you will meet Maine
Girl Scout, 17-year-old Devlin Geisler–a high school senior, a very
active member of the Girl Scouts of Maine, a volunteer for local
organizations working with kids, and a summa cum laude honor roll
student. You'll hear about her intensive efforts around the UN’s
Commission on the Status of Women, the project she is working on for her
Gold Award, and what she’s learned along the way. Listen to the podcast today!
Episode 3: Tiny Steps for Homeless Female Veterans
In the third podcast of the Passion to Action Series in collaboration
with Daughters of Change and First National Bank, Marie Sola speaks with
17-year-old, Daughter of Change, Kasey Jordan of Tiny Steps. Kasey is
working on her Gold Award Project, Tiny Steps, with a goal of helping
homeless female veterans. Give it a listen!
Episode 2: You’re Never too Young to Accomplish Big Goals with Gold Award Girl Scout Rebecca Hatt
In this second podcast of the Passion to Action Series, Marie Sola
speaks with 16-year-old, Gold Award Girl Scout, Rebecca Hatt. Rebecca
shares her affinity for the arts, her Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and
Gold Award projects, why she chose the projects she did, her strategies
to make these projects happen, and what she’s learned from being a Girl
Scout. Listen now!
Facebook Live Replays
Giving Back to Empower Girl Leaders
Watch the latest Daughters of Change Facebook Live where Marie Sola got to speak with Julia Munsey, President and Chair of the Girl Scouts of Maine Board, and Donna Watson, First Vice-President of the Board. During this amazing live, these ladies spoke about Girl Scout volunteers and supporters and how they are giving back. Give it a listen to from Julia and Donna on why it's important to help young girls and women find their voices through leadership.
Developing Girl Leaders
Be a Role Model
Financial Literacy for Girls!
Live with Pinnacle Award Girl Scout Maddie Buzza
Your talents and experience have the power to change girls’ lives!
Future Female Leaders
From the Trail to the Maine Legislature with the Girls from Troop 30
Family Adventures in Girl Scouting
Passion to Action with Devlin Geisler
Protecting the Ocean with Ariadne Dimoula & Claudia Lowd
Passion to Action Podcast Introduction
