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Speaker 1 (00:00):
While Girl Scout Cookie season is still several months away,
the organization is hoping to kick off the excitement early
with a brand new cookie flavor.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
They look awesome. They're called Explore more so cookie that
reflects the spirit of exploration at the heart of every
Girl Scout and joining us in the koa Common Spirit
Health Studio now is the CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado.
It's Leanna Clark as well as a Girl Scout Ambassador,
Bianca Morris. Ladies, thank you so much for joining us
this morning. We appreciate it having us. It's fun to
have you guys in the studio today because we're usually
(00:29):
joining you guys around February when it all launches and
we have all the excitement of Girl Scout cookies. But
this new one kind of perked my interest. Tell us
a little bit about Explore Mores. What they're like, go ahead,
be like.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Basically, of course, are a Rocky Road inspired sandwich cookie
with toasted almond cream. I think they're really good. Great
for our chocolate lovers out there. People always come up
to booths and ask what do you have that's chocolate,
and now we have another one for them.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
We the inspiration, Bianca, was this your idea personal?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Girl Scouts in general? It teaches girls to be adventurous
and explore new options, and I think this cookie is
a great way to display that.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Well, I'm glad you mentioned that because you're junior in
high school. If I understand right, mind, if I say
where you go to high school? Go ahead? Kent Denver
teaches you leadership right and gives you confidence in leadership
and those skills. Is what is Girl Scouts meant to you?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Girl Scouts mean so much to me. I've been a
Girl Scout since I was in third grade, so that's
I think this is my eighth year and Girl Scouts
is a source of big self confidence for me, especially
with selling cookies. Being at a booth, you learn to
just talk to people really easily and be very outgoing
and that's helped me a lot in my life.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
If I remember my Girl Scout history, is your vest
is a cadet.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yes, or well we keep the same best from Cadet,
Senior and ambassadors, So those are all the later stages.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
So what have been some of the big projects that
you've had to do as a Girl Scout.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah, Well, some of our biggest stuff. We have the Bronze, Silver,
and Gold awards, which are highest awards for Girl Scouts,
their community service project that you do. That gets increasingly
more complicated. I've done my Bronze and Silver award and
I'm going to start working on my Gold award this year.
So that's something that you work on as a troop
(02:18):
and then in little groups, and then your Gold award
you do on your own. So I'm really excited.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Love that Lee and I probably asked you this the
last time we were here with us, but I'll ask
it again. How relevant? How important is this Girl Scouts
organization now? Even compared to us it was a couple
decades ago.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
It is more important than ever and Girl Scouts. One
of the things I love about Girl Scouts is how
we honor tradition, yet we change with the times to
meet girls where they are today. So we do a
lot around mental health and wellness, a lot around STEM
and I think right now more important than ever is
outdoor adventure and getting girls outdoors, getting them off their phones,
off their screens, doing physical activity in a team building
(02:52):
kind of way. And Girl Scouts it's also a sisterhood,
so these girls are doing things surrounded by the safety
of other girls and under the guidance of a support
of adult that's girl led. So they are calling the shots,
they're making the decisions, they're developing the budgets, the plans. So,
as Bianca said, it really does grow that self confidence
and that self assurance, which is more important now than ever.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I loved my time in Girl Scouts, and you're completely
right of the adventuress that the times we got to
go on camping trips and things like that were the
greatest experiences that I had. And explore mores is a
great name for it. I was expecting it to taste
like something. Oh, it's going to be like a tag along,
It's going to be like a fin minute. It's completely different.
Like because I know you guys had this more one
in the past too, it's not that it is not
(03:34):
you know, I like to open it up too. I
was like, wait, should I try it all as one
or is it because it's a sandwich cookie? They almost
like an oreo.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Yeah, And then we're also hearing it's great dunked in
milk and clce, so yes, some new options.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yes, okay, So give us all the details of cookie
selling season because people might be excited to try this themselves,
but they got to waste just a little bit more.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
The Girl Scout cookies out in the wild right now
is highly unusual. It's just because you all are so special.
But they will be for sale February first through March fifteenth,
So not cookie time right now. But what it is
time for is to join Girl Scouts. Back to school
time is back to Girl Scout time. Girls have been traveling,
going on outdoor adventures all summer. When we get back
to school, that troop Cadence starts up again. So it's
(04:15):
a perfect time for new girls to join us, anyone
ages five to eighteen. We have a ton going on,
so much fun, so much learning, and you can make
just best friends for lives.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Bianca, I know you're young, but what do you want
to do? Do you have any ideas, goals, aspirations of
what you want to do in life? And if you don't,
I have adult daughters now, and when I ask that question,
I say, geez, dad, I can barely just get up
in the morning and go to school. Don't ask me
about that sort of stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, I that's a great question. I have always been
interested in books in literature. I would love to go
into something like that, be an author or go into
publishing something related to that, because I think following your
passion is really important.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Do you feel like when you joined Girl Scouts? Was
there a main reason for it? Do you have family members,
do you friends? Was it like a whole idea of
you wanted to do it yourself or was there a
camaraderie already set forth in it? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
When I started, there was a group of girls at
my school that were in a Girl Scout troupe, and
I joined because we were at the same school and
I was able to hang out with my friends. But
since then, none of the original members have stayed with
Girl Scouts, unfortunately. But I found completely new friends that
have joined and evolved in our troop over the years,
and I've known some of the people in my troops
(05:26):
since sixth grade. We've been really good friends ever since then.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Leanna, I'm not going to put you on the spot,
but I'm just going to say you and I are
probably eight peers age wise. Do you still have the
relationships and friends in the Camaradi When you were a girl,
I was a.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Different kind of Girl Scout. I grew up here in Colorado,
but I was a camp girl, and I think that
just goes to show that Girl Scouts really is choose
your own adventure. I had a troop, but it wasn't
very active as a BRIONI and then it kind of fizzled.
And then I found Girl Scout Camp and I went
to Girl Scout the Camp five summers in a row
here in Colorado, which was life changing. So again it
goes to that confidence, that self assurance. And I did
(06:00):
make friends at Camp one and now lives in Washington
State that I'm still friends with. So you can do
different take different paths and Girl Scouts, but regardless of
the path, you make lifelong friends, gain confidence and learn
so much.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Give us all the details of parents are hearing this
right now, and maybe they do want their student to
join Girl Scouts. Where do they go from here?
Speaker 4 (06:18):
They can go to our website Girl Scouts of Colorado
dot org slash join. They can join right then and there,
and they can also find welcome events that they want
to learn a little bit more before they join, but
everyone is welcome. Forty five dollars a year membership fee
so affordable. And if that is a stretch, we also
offer scholarships so anyone can be a Girl.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Scout CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado Leana Clark Girl
Scout Ambassador, and you are one heck of a representation.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Sixteenth birthday today, the sixty.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Bianca Morris glad to have you both in studio. Thank
you and as all as you went over us by
bringing samples, Yes, that's a winner.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Look Out for the Explore Morris when the cookie sailing
season gets underway in February, because they're very very good.
Thanks guys, thank you, thank you so much,
While Girl Scout Cookie season is still several months away,
the organization is hoping to kick off the excitement early
with a brand new cookie flavor.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
They look awesome. They're called Explore more so cookie that
reflects the spirit of exploration at the heart of every
Girl Scout and joining us in the koa Common Spirit
Health Studio now is the CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado.
It's Leanna Clark as well as a Girl Scout Ambassador,
Bianca Morris. Ladies, thank you so much for joining us
this morning. We appreciate it having us. It's fun to
have you guys in the studio today because we're usually
(00:29):
joining you guys around February when it all launches and
we have all the excitement of Girl Scout cookies. But
this new one kind of perked my interest. Tell us
a little bit about Explore Mores. What they're like, go ahead,
be like.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Basically, of course, are a Rocky Road inspired sandwich cookie
with toasted almond cream. I think they're really good. Great
for our chocolate lovers out there. People always come up
to booths and ask what do you have that's chocolate,
and now we have another one for them.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
We the inspiration, Bianca, was this your idea personal?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Girl Scouts in general? It teaches girls to be adventurous
and explore new options, and I think this cookie is
a great way to display that.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Well, I'm glad you mentioned that because you're junior in
high school. If I understand right, mind, if I say
where you go to high school? Go ahead? Kent Denver
teaches you leadership right and gives you confidence in leadership
and those skills. Is what is Girl Scouts meant to you?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Girl Scouts mean so much to me. I've been a
Girl Scout since I was in third grade, so that's
I think this is my eighth year and Girl Scouts
is a source of big self confidence for me, especially
with selling cookies. Being at a booth, you learn to
just talk to people really easily and be very outgoing
and that's helped me a lot in my life.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
If I remember my Girl Scout history, is your vest
is a cadet.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yes, or well we keep the same best from Cadet,
Senior and ambassadors, So those are all the later stages.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
So what have been some of the big projects that
you've had to do as a Girl Scout.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah, Well, some of our biggest stuff. We have the Bronze, Silver,
and Gold awards, which are highest awards for Girl Scouts,
their community service project that you do. That gets increasingly
more complicated. I've done my Bronze and Silver award and
I'm going to start working on my Gold award this year.
So that's something that you work on as a troop
(02:18):
and then in little groups, and then your Gold award
you do on your own. So I'm really excited.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Love that Lee and I probably asked you this the
last time we were here with us, but I'll ask
it again. How relevant? How important is this Girl Scouts
organization now? Even compared to us it was a couple
decades ago.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
It is more important than ever and Girl Scouts. One
of the things I love about Girl Scouts is how
we honor tradition, yet we change with the times to
meet girls where they are today. So we do a
lot around mental health and wellness, a lot around STEM
and I think right now more important than ever is
outdoor adventure and getting girls outdoors, getting them off their phones,
off their screens, doing physical activity in a team building
(02:52):
kind of way. And Girl Scouts it's also a sisterhood,
so these girls are doing things surrounded by the safety
of other girls and under the guidance of a support
of adult that's girl led. So they are calling the shots,
they're making the decisions, they're developing the budgets, the plans. So,
as Bianca said, it really does grow that self confidence
and that self assurance, which is more important now than ever.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I loved my time in Girl Scouts, and you're completely
right of the adventuress that the times we got to
go on camping trips and things like that were the
greatest experiences that I had. And explore mores is a
great name for it. I was expecting it to taste
like something. Oh, it's going to be like a tag along,
It's going to be like a fin minute. It's completely different.
Like because I know you guys had this more one
in the past too, it's not that it is not
(03:34):
you know, I like to open it up too. I
was like, wait, should I try it all as one
or is it because it's a sandwich cookie? They almost
like an oreo.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Yeah, And then we're also hearing it's great dunked in
milk and clce, so yes, some new options.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yes, okay, So give us all the details of cookie
selling season because people might be excited to try this themselves,
but they got to waste just a little bit more.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
The Girl Scout cookies out in the wild right now
is highly unusual. It's just because you all are so special.
But they will be for sale February first through March fifteenth,
So not cookie time right now. But what it is
time for is to join Girl Scouts. Back to school
time is back to Girl Scout time. Girls have been traveling,
going on outdoor adventures all summer. When we get back
to school, that troop Cadence starts up again. So it's
(04:15):
a perfect time for new girls to join us, anyone
ages five to eighteen. We have a ton going on,
so much fun, so much learning, and you can make
just best friends for lives.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Bianca, I know you're young, but what do you want
to do? Do you have any ideas, goals, aspirations of
what you want to do in life? And if you don't,
I have adult daughters now, and when I ask that question,
I say, geez, dad, I can barely just get up
in the morning and go to school. Don't ask me
about that sort of stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, I that's a great question. I have always been
interested in books in literature. I would love to go
into something like that, be an author or go into
publishing something related to that, because I think following your
passion is really important.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Do you feel like when you joined Girl Scouts? Was
there a main reason for it? Do you have family members,
do you friends? Was it like a whole idea of
you wanted to do it yourself or was there a
camaraderie already set forth in it? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
When I started, there was a group of girls at
my school that were in a Girl Scout troupe, and
I joined because we were at the same school and
I was able to hang out with my friends. But
since then, none of the original members have stayed with
Girl Scouts, unfortunately. But I found completely new friends that
have joined and evolved in our troop over the years,
and I've known some of the people in my troops
(05:26):
since sixth grade. We've been really good friends ever since then.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Leanna, I'm not going to put you on the spot,
but I'm just going to say you and I are
probably eight peers age wise. Do you still have the
relationships and friends in the Camaradi When you were a girl,
I was a.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Different kind of Girl Scout. I grew up here in Colorado,
but I was a camp girl, and I think that
just goes to show that Girl Scouts really is choose
your own adventure. I had a troop, but it wasn't
very active as a BRIONI and then it kind of fizzled.
And then I found Girl Scout Camp and I went
to Girl Scout the Camp five summers in a row
here in Colorado, which was life changing. So again it
goes to that confidence, that self assurance. And I did
(06:00):
make friends at Camp one and now lives in Washington
State that I'm still friends with. So you can do
different take different paths and Girl Scouts, but regardless of
the path, you make lifelong friends, gain confidence and learn
so much.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Give us all the details of parents are hearing this
right now, and maybe they do want their student to
join Girl Scouts. Where do they go from here?
Speaker 4 (06:18):
They can go to our website Girl Scouts of Colorado
dot org slash join. They can join right then and there,
and they can also find welcome events that they want
to learn a little bit more before they join, but
everyone is welcome. Forty five dollars a year membership fee
so affordable. And if that is a stretch, we also
offer scholarships so anyone can be a Girl.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Scout CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado Leana Clark Girl
Scout Ambassador, and you are one heck of a representation.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Sixteenth birthday today, the sixty.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Bianca Morris glad to have you both in studio. Thank
you and as all as you went over us by
bringing samples, Yes, that's a winner.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Look Out for the Explore Morris when the cookie sailing
season gets underway in February, because they're very very good.
Thanks guys, thank you, thank you so much,
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