Girls' World Forum 2012
Part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Girl Scouts of the USA

Girl Scouts of the USA and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) will be hosting the 2012 Girls’ World Forum (GWF) to be held in Chicago, IL on July 12-16, 2012.

The Girls’ World Forum is the third and final event in a series of forums that are part of the WAGGGS's global centenary celebrations. The World Forums, hosted by Girl Guiding UK in 2010 and the World Centers in 2011, have already engaged more than 250 young women in discussions of the WAGGGS Global Action Theme, "Together We Can Change Our World," which addresses the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals include: ending poverty and hunger, promoting gender equality and empowering women, and achieving environmental sustainability.

Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines has the wonderful opportunity to select two girls, ages 14 to 18 to participate in this unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  Girls from each GSUSA council and each WAGGGS country are invited to participate.

Requirements:

• Girls must be between 14-18 years of age as of July 11, 2012.
• Must be a registered Girl Scout and actively involved with Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines.
• Have an interest in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
• Have willingness to develop skills and networks to bring about change in their community and country.
• Be fluent in English, Arabic, French or Spanish (to contribute and benefit fully from the Forum.)

Completed applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on December 5, 2011 to:

Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines

c/o Cindy Kelley-Deaton, Chief Operating Officer

6901 Pinecrest Road, Raleigh, NC  27613

Email:  Cindy Kelley-Deaton or Fax:  919-782-2083

Click here to download the application.

Additional Information:

The Council will cover the event cost of $650 for each participant, which includes food, accommodations and all activity and program costs throughout the Forum. Council financial assistance will also be available to help with transportation costs.  Participants will be responsible for their own spending money. An adult chaperone from the council will accompany the girls.

Deadline to apply: November 22, 2011

Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of District 7710, RYLA is a truly unique leadership conference specifically designed for high school juniors. This district geographically represents the ten north-central counties of North Carolina. Delegates who are chosen to attend this conference are students who have demonstrated leadership potential in scholastic, athletic and civic activities. Those who attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Conference will be tomorrowʼs leaders.

Our aim is to demonstrate Rotaryʼs respect and concern for youth; provide an effective training experience for selected youth leaders and potential leaders; encourage leadership of youth by youth; recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities.

To this end, a truly outstanding program has been developed with discussion moderators, professional facilitators and alumni counselors coming from many disciplines. Discussions and experiential sessions focus on what leadership is; qualities of leadership, team-building activities, trust activities, time and stress management. There is also a high and low ropes challenge course and the opportunity to complete a personality profile. Delegates to the conference are selected and sponsored by local Rotary Clubs. There is no cost to the delegates or their family.

Local Rotary clubs interview and select possible delegates.  Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines is accepting applications to share with local Rotary clubs and must be received by November 22.  Please submit to Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines, attn.:  Cindy Kelley-Deaton, Chief Operating Officer, 6901 Pinecrest Road, Raleigh, NC 27613.  Or you may submit your application directly to your local Rotary club.  Please let us know if you apply directly with your local Rotary club by emailing Cindy Kelley-Deaton.  Notification of delegates chosen to attend the Conference will be made by January 31, 2012. Visit the Rotary District 7710 website (www.rotary7710.org) for more details, to download the application and to find a local club.

The Conference runs from 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 13, 2012, through 1:00 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2012. Students need to understand that they will miss school on Friday April 13. It is held at Camp Kanata in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It is situated on 150 rolling, wooded acres just east of Raleigh. Students are housed at the facility.

Delegates to the Conference are members of a chosen few. They are selected because of their scholastic, athletic and civic achievements as well as their personality and desire to improve themselves. The hope of Rotary is to send them home better equipped to face the world by utilizing those leadership tools they were exposed to during these three days.