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!

Podcast

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 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!
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?!

Facebook Live Replays

Future Female Leaders
Did you miss this live? Catch the conversation here!

Allison Maurice is a Girl Scouts of Maine, Future Leaders Scholarship recipient. Currently, in her first year at Dickinson College. She plans to study either Chemistry and Environmental Science or Biology and Environmental Science.

Allison and I will discuss how Girl Scouts became her community, what she learned as a result, her lifelong love of STEM, and what she feels are the biggest challenges facing women and girls today.

From the Trail to the Maine Legislature with the Girls from Troop 30: Did you miss the latest Passion to Action Facebook live? Thanks to our collaboration with Daughters of Change and First National Bank, you'll get to see Marie Sola chat with the girls of Girl Scout Troop 30 from Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland, Maine. You'll hear about how these Girl Scouts earned their Bronze Award by working with their local legislators to improve the Minot Trail System for their community. Together, they drafted an act to fund wildlife rehabilitators and helped to not only get it passed, but get it funded too! You won't want to miss this! Watch the replay here.
Family Adventures in Girl Scouting: Did you miss the last Daughters of Change Facebook Live for the Passion to Action series with Girl Scouts of Maine and First National Bank? No worries, you can watch it here! In this episode Maria Sola speaks with our very own Samantha Lott Hale, Program Manager & Regional Office Supervisor, her husband Ben, a troop leader, and volunteer, and daughter Addie. They are a Girl Scout family!

Listen in to learn how the whole family can get involved in Girl Scouts, adventures, opportunities we have available, and the bonding experience this creates for the entire family–even the dads!
Passion to Action with Devlin Geisler: Did you catch Maine Girl Scout Devlin Geisler live? Watch the replay now and hear the story of 17-year-old Devlin, a high school senior, and Bronze and Silver Award Girl Scout, and Gold Award Candidate that was selected in 2020 to attend the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as a delegate for the Girl Scouts. Devlin and her fellow delegates had to swerve due to COVID cancelling CSW, which you will hear all about in this podcast. Ultimately, she was able to attend the CSW in March of 2021, followed by the Gender Equality Forum in July.
Protecting the Ocean with Ariadne Dimoula & Claudia Lowd: Daughters of Change was live on Facebook on August 13, 2021 featuring inspiring Girl Scout Alum mother-daughter team Ariadne and Claudia to discuss how Girl Scouts shaped their lives, what they saw that they wanted to change, how they are putting that change into action, the journey that brought them to where they are today, and some sage advice for other daughters of change. Watch the replay below.
Passion to Action Podcast Introduction: Daughters of Change was live on Facebook on July 15, 2021 with Joanne Crepeau, CEO at Girl Scouts of Maine and Sue Norton, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the First National Bank to talk about our latest collaboration, the Passion to Action Campaign. Watch the replay here to learn more about how Girl Scouts are making a positive impact every day as leaders in their communities across Maine.