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Girl Scout Council to Host Nonpartisan Voter Education Event for Teens

As many as 1,000 teens from throughout the state are expected at Rally the VOTE – Voices of Teens Emerging, a civic engagement rally sponsored by Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines on September 20 in Raleigh. The nonpartisan event will feature special sessions on voter registration and voter turn-out, and North Carolina gubernatorial candidates Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory and Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue have been invited to address the high school teens. Even teens who can not yet vote will learn how they can get involved in the political process and encourage others to vote through the ‘I Promised a Teen I’d Vote’ voter turn-out drive.

North Raleigh Troop Sends Care Packages to Iraq

The Girl Scouts of North Raleigh received a special e-mail from the leader of the Second Platoon 561st Military Police Company currently stationed in Bayji, Iraq, thanking the troop for care packages they sent overseas.

NC Coastal Pines Wins Step It Up Contest

Raleigh, N.C. - Girl Scouts-NC Coastal Pines was announced as the winner of the Step It Up contest at the Million Step March team's finale event. The Girl Scouts received the highest vote total on the Million Step March Web site for their proposed program, Make Every Dance Step Count.

Step It Up Contest: Vote for Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines

Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines has been selected as a finalist in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's Step It Up contest. You can help Girl Scouts be a winner of the contest - and receive $75,000 to support Girl Scouts Make Every Dance Step Count program all over our 41 counties.

Leigh Duque Name Chief Development Officer

Duque brings more than 20 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector – and 10 years of professional Girl Scout experience – to her new position, where she will oversee resource development, communications and property management for the newly created Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines, a merger of the Girl Scout Council of Coastal Carolina and Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council. The new council serves more than 32,000 girl members and nearly 10,000 adult members in 41 central and eastern North Carolina counties.

Girl Scout Councils Merge

Girl Scouts is reinvigorating its local office structure to make the most effective use of community resources and to deliver a superior Girl Scout Leadership Experience to even more girls in the area. The Girl Scout Council of Coastal Carolina joined with Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council to form Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines, effective October 1, 2007.

North Carolina Coastal Pines Names CEO

The Council Realignment Committee of Girl Scout Council of Coastal Carolina and Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council are pleased to announce Rusine Mitchell-Sinclair as the first CEO of the new Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines.

Raleigh Girl Selected as National Young Woman of Distinction

Raleigh’s own Megan George, 18, was honored nationally by Girl Scouts of the USA as a 2007 National Young Woman of Distinction for her extraordinary leadership and community service. The honor is earned by only 13 girls in the country. George received this honor on June 12 for her “Starting Equal and Falling Behind” Girl Scout Gold Award project at a formal celebration of the Girl Scouts’ 95th anniversary in Washington, D.C.

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