Be Prepared

Join our Be Prepared Podcast with host Maddi Hoffman as we discuss Belonging with GSWO Service Unit Chair and Troop Leader Kristi Rosz and GSWO Troop Support Manager Jennifer Parker.

Far away or right in your backyard, camping is fun! Join us to learn more about camp and the outdoors with Tori Hinojosa-Houck, GSWO Outdoor Program Team Leader, and Heather Mumma, GSWO Event Registration Specialist.

Discover all the exciting things coming your way in the 2024 GSWO Cookie Program with our guests Devon Beck-Monahan- Director of Product Program and Katie Maskey- Product Program Communication Manager.

Girl Scouts is, as it always has been, the organization best positioned to offer girls the tools they need to be successful leaders now and throughout their lives. Joining us to discuss Building Future Leaders are Aimée Sproles, Kristi Hoffman, and Christine Rasmussen.

Listen in as we interview Ella (junior Girl Scout) and Oliva (recently graduated Girl Scout) to see what Girl Scouts is all about.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Join us as Rebecca Hall, Executive Director of NAMI Montgomery County and Jennifer Roll, School Based Mental Health Therapist for South Community Schools talk through ways to keep mental health at the front of our conversations with Girl Scouts. 

Join us as we speak with Mary Helen Richer from Autism Connections as she discusses strategies for successful social interactions and provides education on autism and working with neurodiversity. 

Tune in during this two-part series as we speak with our two guests, Maria Arcocha White and Patrice Borders, both Girl Scouts of Western Ohio Board members as we discuss diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. During Part 2, Patrice Borders, owner of Prevention Strategies, soon to be Amplify EI (preventionstrategiesllc.com) joins us. 

Tune in during this two-part series as we speak with our two guests, Maria Arcocha White and Patrice Borders, both Girl Scouts of Western Ohio Board members as we discuss diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.  In Part 1, Maria Arcocha White, Founder and CEO of Inclusity (www.inclusity.com) joins us.

Celebrate World Thinking Day with us while we discuss this years World Thinking Day theme, “Our World, Our Peaceful Future: The Environment, Peace and Security”. Our guests are coming to us from Australia and New Zealand, and both have a special connection to GSWO. 

Join us as we discuss Girl Scouts Higher Awards including the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award and why it's an important piece of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.  Special Guests include: Paige McNachtan, 2022 Gold Award Girl Scout Arrianne Byrum, Program Team Leader Suzanne Valle, Chair of the Dayton Gold Award Committee

We are celebrating the Month of the Entrepreneur with this episode by inviting a panel of women entrepreneurs to tell us about their businesses and experience. We’ll also hear a little bit about the Girl Scout cookie program as well. Our guests today are: Sara Anderson: owner/operator of Sara's Sweets, a specialty bakery in Lima, Ohio, specializing in gourmet cupcakes, cookies & custom cakes....

Join us as we discuss Juliette Gordon Low, her birthplace, and how your troop could plan a visit to Savannah, Georiga.  Special guests include: Shannon Browning-Mullis, Executive Director of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Chelsea Smith, GSWO Program Manager

Learn how to navigate conflict with confidence with our special guests:  Alice Young-Basora: Director of Education at the International Peace Museum Hillary Robnick: Volunteer Human Resources Manager at Girl Scouts of Western Ohio

Join us for a chat about the great outdoors with our experts: Alyssa Yaple: Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Marianne Duvendack: A former National Park Ranger and a current Girl Scout volunteer Vicki Proctor: Current Outdoor Team Lead at Girl Scouts of Western Ohio