Hoffman Estates site for Girl Scouts annual meeting
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois welcomes Stacy Cordery, biographer and author of “Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of Girl Scouts,” to the council’s annual meeting from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 31, at Chicago Marriott Northwest, 4800 Hoffman Blvd., Hoffman Estates.
Cordery, a professor at Monmouth College, will present information from her book on the woman who founded the Girl Scout Movement in 1912 as Girl Scouts nationwide celebrate the organization’s 100th year in 2012.
Copies of Cordery’s book will be on sale with the author available for book signings. Cordery has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Smithsonian Magazine, USA Today and on National Public Radio. For more information, visit stacycordery.com.
To register for the annual meeting, visit girlscoutsni.org/meeting.html. There is an $8 fee for breakfast, but no fee to attend the meeting. For more information, call (800) 925-3327, ext. 7142.
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois serves nearly 20,000 girls and 6,000 adult volunteers in parts or all of Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago counties.
Through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, girls in kindergarten through 12th grade are engaged in discovering themselves, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place. Girls develop leadership potential by participating in age-appropriate activities that enable them to discover their values, skills, and the world around them. Activities in science and technology, business and economic literacy, and outdoor and environmental awareness provide girls with opportunities for fun and friendship while fostering the development of leadership skills and self-esteem. For more information on 100th anniversary activities, or how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois, visit girlscoutsni.org or call (800) 242-5591.