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Meredith Lepp and Kim Gardner - Girl Scouts of America · Look Who's Talking

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You are listening to Look Who's Talking. I am
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Cameron Minter and our host with the most is
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Jessica Coffie Dickerson. So you're going to
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do that? Yes, I'm going to do that. They didn't
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even know I got engaged. Yes, they did. The last
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show, we found out. Well, now I'm a married woman.
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Yeah. It's been a month. She's married now. I'm
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married now. It's been a whole month. A whole
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month. A month since we changed. A month. Yes.
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Love, just love, just bliss. Oh, no, it wasn't.
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Yes, it was. It's just blissful, blissful, blissful.
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To him, yes. Towards him, yes. But the whole
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planning process. Yeah, yeah. I would never in
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life. Well. I'm glad I don't have to do it again.
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Yeah, because. But I would never do it again.
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You already went over that. We understand that
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process. No, go to the courthouse. Oh, lies you
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tell, lies you tell. Kim, was I a beautiful bride?
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Yes. Fantastically beautiful. The bride to be.
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No, the bride has already been. Right. I'm sorry.
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I was trying to get my music right. Oh, okay.
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Yeah. So, for my picture, was it the wedding
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that you thought I would have? You know what?
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I haven't thoroughly looked. I haven't thoroughly
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looked. I haven't thoroughly looked. There's
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been a lot going on in my little life here, but.
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Uh -huh. I did check you out. You was looking
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good. Thank you. I did not get to see the decorations
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and all of that. Are you serious? I'm serious.
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I know to look for it. So, you know, I had selfie
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booths. Yeah, there were three selfie booths
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and four opportunities to take pictures. Look
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at you. I loved it because all of our guests
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were up. They were moving. We have food trucks.
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Oh, my gosh. You declined my invitation. No,
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no. Life got real serious. But I'm so happy for
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you. Thank you. I'm so glad you didn't mess this
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up for us. I'm so thankful that you didn't mess
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this up for us. I did not. It was a lovely day.
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But again, I'll never do it again. Very good.
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Very good. Once in my life. Yeah, that's you.
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Oh, we should have went to the courthouse. No.
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But I am not in debt. Mama and daddy is not having
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that. Oh, they are not. And guess what? They
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had such a good time. I'm sure. Yeah. So they
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were meeting like the day before we had this
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tailgate at Keeneland, right? It was an I do
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tailgate. And like a lot of my out of town guests.
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came to you know i said i'll dress like the derby
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like people got into it however my my well my
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dad he got into it but he's not necessarily a
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people person he didn't realize how many people
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like from work and up this way he would have
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to meet because to him i'm just just just jessica
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yeah i just don't know but i've lived now i live
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i've lived more time in Lexington than I did
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in Paducah. So, yeah, they met everyone that
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wanted to introduce, shake hands. I hope you
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tagged your parents in the social media because
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I'm going to tell them to start listening to
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the show. No, they are not on social media. How
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can I get to them? They are 71 and 72. They are
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not on social media. And if they get on it, that's
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when I will get off. Oh, wow. It's so wow. Yeah.
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Wow. We we have strict rules. Listen, tell everybody
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your husband's name. Why? So they can look. No,
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I'm just that's right. It's time to look them
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up. It's time to check them out. His name is
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Desmond Desmond. And he's a mortician. Yes. Yes.
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So I deal with, you know, the beginning of life
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for occupation. And he lives with the end of
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life. Yeah. So y 'all meet in the middle. Yes,
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we meet in the middle. Meet in the middle. That's
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perfect. Well, congratulations. I'm so happy
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for you. It's been fun. I just knew you were
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going to ask me this one thing. Yeah, I'm going
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to ask you this. Oh, okay. I'm ready for it.
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You ready? I think I know the question you're
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going to ask. Okay. Well, there are so many questions
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I want to ask, but I'm going to just do one on
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this show. Okay. Okay. Have you talked about
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what you're going to do? That's not the question
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I thought you were going to ask. I thought you
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were going to ask. See, I know that one. What
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is the one thing after you've gotten married
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that you're just like. Yeah. Yeah. Well, let's
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go there then. Yeah. What is it? Him like leaving
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just things in the shower. What? Why is this
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rag there? Yes, welcome to the rest of your life.
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If you've used that bar of soap, throw it away.
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Throw it away? Yeah. You a one and done soap
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bar? No, but I'm saying it's not even a bar at
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this point. It's a flat piece of paper. Oh my
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goodness. Yeah, yeah. Why do you not just throw
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it away? Welcome to life living with a man that's
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not a woman. That part. But since we've been
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married, I have not had to wash clothes or fold
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them up yet. Oh, you got a good one. I got a
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good one. That's good. That's good. Now, what
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was the question you were really going to ask?
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It was just going to be about Christmas. Have
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you discussed Christmas or are you under the
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illusion that just because you've done Christmas
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over Mama's house all your life, that that's
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what's going to happen? You know what? We haven't
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talked about Christmas. See, that's going to
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be a problem. You just got months. I mean, we
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kind of talked about it this year when we weren't
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married. Uh -huh. But. Yeah. Trust me. Every
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holiday is going to be an issue. No, it's not
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because I don't even like driving home for the
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holiday. It's no longer about you. Well, I hope
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that we can create. Yes. Now that is. Driving
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for hours. That is the best. Is that my thing?
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I mean, I don't want to sound bad. No, I understand
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what you're saying. That's exactly what we do.
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We want to make our own memory. That's right.
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Yeah. However, that means they're coming to you.
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No, they're not. Very good. Very good. Everybody's
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coming to your house. They will stay in Paducah.
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We'll go the week before, maybe. If not, I'll
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ship them their gifts. Sounds like a plan. That's
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not going to work. But you know what? My family,
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they're real. They're cool. They're like, oh,
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are y 'all coming here? It's not just your family.
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His family lives here. It's his family. His family's
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going to want to spend time together. Just trust
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me. We'll talk about it again. New Year. We'll
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talk about it in New Year. Yeah, of course. That's
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coming up. I see some head shaking going on.
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I've got some folks that agree. Oh, my gosh.
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You have a pin again. That's right. All right.
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So, you know what? I think it's time for Coffie
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Break. You know, it's been so long, I wasn't
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for sure if that button was going to work. All
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righty. So for today's Coffie break, I want to
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say a quote from Mark Twain. Mark Twain? Yes.
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Give every day the chance to become the most
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beautiful day in your life. So there are plenty
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of times where the days just might not pan out
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to your ideal day. But that doesn't mean it has
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to be the worst day. That's right. You kind of
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choose how you want your day to be. You know,
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it's always refreshing to say, I know I'm going
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through this, but someone's going through something
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else. Right, right. And then when we compare
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what we're going through to what someone else
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is going through, you become grateful. Yeah,
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it just doesn't add up. You know what I'm saying?
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And it's always important to keep your mind on,
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you know, Yeah, you're going through, but you're
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going to make it. It can always be worse. It
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can definitely always be worse. It can deal with
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this. Yeah. Yeah. Well, look at you, Mark Twain
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in it. Mark Twain. Mark Twain. Philosopher. You
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know. A philosopher. That one really did something
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to me when I read it because I'm like, oh. The
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past couple of days, I didn't make it the best.
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That's right. But when you realize, oh, I have
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the choice. That's it. I'm the one who gets to
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choose. And sometimes my fearless leader, our
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executive director, Sharon Price, she says. Today's
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not the day to be mad. We're not going to be
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mad about that today. And it really is a choice.
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No matter how someone comes to you, that doesn't
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mean you have to match their energy. That's right.
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That's right. But then this match your energy
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world, it's hard to remember. It's hard to. It's
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the remembering or the awareness. That's it.
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Because I can match your energy. We can all match
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energy. Let's not go there. All right. All right.
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We have a fantastic show for you today. We've
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got some special guests. I can't wait to talk
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to these ladies. Will you introduce who we have?
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Yes. Today on the show, we have Meredith and
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Kim, both from the Girl Scouts of America. That's
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what I called Ned. That wasn't the one I wanted.
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I know you want. I can't go find it. Okay. We
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are excited. First, let me say I was a brownie
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and I still remember. What? How does it start?
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What? Oh. I just remembered it and then just
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forgot it. You was a brownie. I was a brownie.
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And, oh, to live by the Girl Scout law. What's
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the first word? On my honor. On my honor, I will
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try to serve God in my country. to help people
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at all times and to live by the Girl Scout law.
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I am 43 and I still remember that. Yes. Yes.
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So I thought this was going to go left real quick.
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No. So I'm excited to have you all here and to
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let our viewers know all about the Girl Scouts
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of America and hopefully the upcoming collaboration
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we have with you all. So if you could just please
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tell us a little bit about yourselves. You go
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first. Okay. Well, my name is Meredith. I was
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also a Girl Scout when I was younger. I started
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as a Brownie and moved probably until I was a
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cadet in middle school. I became a Girl Scout
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leader in 2010. I had two girls. I started their
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troops in kindergarten, led their troops both
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all the way through senior and high school. They're
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both in college now, lifelong or lifetime Girl
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Scout memberships. They are both still involved
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in Girl Scouts. They work at camp. They do volunteer
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activities, all that. I am currently the community
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recruitment and engagement coordinator for GSUS.
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Well, for our council here, Lexington, the Wilderness
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Road Council. So I just work with recruitment.
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of girls and adults, and then I also support
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the volunteers. I work with the girls in different
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capacities. I do a little bit of everything.
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Yeah, that's it. Fantastic. And I'm Kim, and
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I am also a Girl Scout. So my road was a little
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different. I wasn't a brownie. I joined when
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I was a junior and then went through cadets as
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a middle schooler. The Girl Scouts are real important
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for me. I joined when I was 10 and we kind of
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had a tragedy in our family. So my mom was kind
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of unavailable. So my Girl Scout leader really
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became a surrogate mother. Oh. And she was an
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amazing woman. I'm from Indiana. She was from
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Maine. She was a French -Canadian woman from
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Maine. Oh, wow. So she was very exotic. You know,
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from somebody who was basically raised in a cornfield
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in Indiana. So she was amazing. And she was just
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really important to me during those years. My
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daughter was also a Girl Scout, so a family of
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Girl Scouts. And I'm a regional membership manager
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for the Wilderness Road Council here in Lexington.
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And Meredith and I are part of the same team.
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And so I oversee a team of folks who are doing
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recruiting and programming and adult engagement
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and all kinds of different things. So, yeah.
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I got a question. I mean, as soon as I found
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out the Girl Scouts was coming, I had a question.
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So I remember, I think I was a Boy Scout. I don't
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know. But has it changed? I mean, because when
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I was little, we actually went outside. We actually
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played in the dirt and things like that. But
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I have to wonder, has the Girl Scouts changed
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their approach or are they still out in the woods
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and doing other things like that? What's different
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about Girl Scouts from when I was little? I would
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say that we try to adapt as time goes on, as
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things change. We change our programming and
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our outlook. Our mission stays the same. Every
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age of girls, every activity that we do, it's
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honestly up to the girls. It is a girl -led program.
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So whatever the girls want to do is what they
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do, obviously with guidance from their leaders.
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But if they want to be outdoors, they get outdoors.
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We have programming from outdoor activities,
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STEM. STEM has become a huge thing because it's
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so important. We have so many. um possibilities
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for the girls to to do we have um lots of annual
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activities or one big huge annual activity that
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we do excuse me that is a stem related activity
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but then each troop can do what they want so
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my my specific troops when my girls were growing
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up we did a little bit of everything just based
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on what the girls wanted to do we like to focus
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on things that they wouldn't necessarily get
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to do with their own families or their own excuse
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me personal lives But every troop is different.
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So if a girl wants to be outdoors, you absolutely
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can get outdoors. Our council has programming.
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So even if they're not with their troop, they
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can still register and do activities in any capacity
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that they wish. So outdoors, STEM, entrepreneurship,
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obviously cookie sales. All of those things.
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Life skills, that's a huge thing that we've really
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been focusing on also with the older girls. Because
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I think that's just so important. These girls,
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you know, they get through middle school, they
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get through high school, they go off on their
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own and they're like, what do I do now? So we
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focus on the small things, but we also focus
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on the big things at the same time. So to answer
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your question, I think that it has changed, but
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it's primarily the same. We just have maybe even
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more activities or more opportunities than we
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had when we were kids. That's true. It's just
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very adaptive. A loaded question I hit you with
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off the bat. Okay, we're going to take a quick
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commercial break. We will be back with Kim and
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Meredith on Look Who's Talking. Thank you for
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watching. All right. We are back. And I am with
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Meredith Lepp and Kim Gardner. And they are here
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with the Girl Scouts or from the Girl Scouts
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of America. Meredith, there's something that
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you said before the break that that just reached
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me. Because basically you said with the programming
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now, Girl Scouts is really girl led what the
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children want to do. And that reminds me of Head
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Start. That's how we lead in the classroom. We
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also have STEM. They lead the conversations for
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us because one, that's one of the best ways they
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they have to. to learn, but also to grow. So
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I absolutely love that. So let's get into a little
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bit about the collaboration between Head Start
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and the Girl Scouts of America. What? Can you?
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Yes, Cam. There will be a collaboration. Well,
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on a national level, there's already a collaboration.
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So you all can talk a little bit about that.
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Sure. So we're very excited about this partnership
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between the Girl Scouts and Head Start. And so
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basically what the Girl Scouts USA and this partnership
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has been able to do is provide free memberships
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for girls that are transitioning from Head Start
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into kindergarten. So we hope to be talking to
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girls and their families this summer through
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end of school celebrations or whatever. And what
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the partnership means is that parents can go
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on with a QR code, sign up their girls for Girl
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Scouts. And again, it's completely free. They'll
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receive three activity booklets for the summer.
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Just fun things that the girls can do. And then
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we'll have programs throughout the summer for
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the girls for them to become familiar with Girl
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Scouts and what the Girl Scouts are all about.
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And then we'll do troops. We'll form troops with
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the Head Start girls. And then in the fall, our
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program year starts the 1st of October. Those
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girls who are placed in troops, those Head Start
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girls, will again receive free memberships to
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become a Girl Scout. So they'll basically have
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free membership for about a year and a half to
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experience all the wonders of Girl Scouting.
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That's fantastic. Well, it is awesome. We're
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very excited. How young can you be to be a Girl
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Scout? And when does it end? Yeah, so daisies
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begin in kindergarten. So those are five -year
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-olds. And so it goes all the way up to ambassadors
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who are seniors in high school. We also have
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collegiate Girl Scouts. Oh, my God, I didn't
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know that. Yeah, who have gone all the way through
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Girl Scouts K -12, but they want to take that
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experience into college as well. So, yeah, so
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K -16, I guess, is when Girl Scouts are available.
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I feel like there should be, like, a nationwide
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Girl Scout reunion. Where they bring all, if
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you were ever, Brownie, Girl Scouts, or whatever.
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Come let people know, because I think that's
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the great way to reach out amongst generations,
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if that makes sense. Especially thinking of collegiate
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level. We hope that our kindergartners get to
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that level. So being able to have that kind of
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role model peer interaction would be great. But
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also there are things that me as a 43 year old
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can learn from. Those who may be older than me
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to say, hey, you've reached this point in life.
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Wait until this, you know. Sure. I absolutely
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love Girl Scouts. So if someone how can someone
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become a member? So with the. The Head Start
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collaboration, the partnership that we have,
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they have to go to the GSUSA site, register there
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as the Head Start students or the Head Start
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kids. That goes through the GSUSA site because
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it is a national partnership. If they are local,
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they can go to our local website, which is the
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Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road, and
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just get online. There's a button you can click
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to join, and you just go through the process
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online, and it's done. It's very simple. Or you
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can reach out. We can help you also. do it for
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you online or over the phone or whatever. So
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what if, say I have a parent that has children
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of different ages, one within the Head Start,
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which I think you said would be free, and then
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one not. And they're like, I don't know if I
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can afford for my older child to be a part. Are
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there any opportunities or scholarships that
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could help families out? Absolutely. We have
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financial aid scholarships that will pay for
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membership for the girls. It will also help pay
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for volunteers. If you're going to be a volunteer
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with the troop and you just don't have the money
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to pay that membership, you can also get financial
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aid scholarships for the adults as well. We also
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have scholarships for uniforms. It covers the
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basic sashes or vests and the basic patches that
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start the uniform. So we don't want to have any
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barriers for any girls, any volunteers, anyone
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to join Girl Scouts. So there's always that financial
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aid. We also have had two different insurances
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that have agreed to pay the membership cost,
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Medicaid or Medicare being one of them, and they
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reimburse for the membership. they get the financial
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aid from. And then our council office also has
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our own financial aid. So there's plenty of ways.
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Absolutely. There are no barriers. Come on. Be
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a Girl Scout, right? Absolutely. Yes. You know,
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one thing that Jessica was talking about is so
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true. And, you know, we didn't know that we're
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all Girl Scouts before we met Jessica. But it's
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a sisterhood. And if you do remember the law,
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which I went through with the Girl Scouts about
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10 months, so I do not know all of the law. But
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the very last part of the law says. Every Girl
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Scout has a sister. And it's a sisterhood. And
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it is just so exciting. It's fun to meet girls
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who are women now, who are former Girl Scouts.
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And you know what? I had a sister who ignored
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me, even though we lived in the same house. But
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I can say, being a Brownie, being in the Girl
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Scouts, that was my first introduction to sisterhood.
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group work you know um and it was so much fun
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we we always had a good time um but my favorite
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time was selling cookies yes i'm so glad you
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said that selling cookies that is the fundraiser
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that has never died it has never gotten out of
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you all's reach and it seems like i mean it's
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I mean, I know you all are not in the cookie
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business, but you are in the cookie business.
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And that is one of the ways that people are introduced
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to the Girl Scouts. So I was going to say, too,
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you know, the cookie sales is the biggest girl
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led business in the nation. It is absolutely
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girl led. It is obviously. You have the leaders
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that are in charge and handle the money and all
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that. But there are so many different life skills
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that the girls learn. And that's what we try
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to preach to, not preach, but teach the girls
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is this isn't just about getting out there and
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selling cookies. We get a very, very small amount
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of cookie proceeds for the troops. They get to
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keep a little bit of the money from the sales.
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But the most important part of the sales is learning,
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you know, customer service. Communication skills.
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I mean, the very first time you have a tiny little
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five -year -old at a booth and somebody goes,
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I don't want any cookies. And they're just like,
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oh, my gosh. They learn how to handle rejection
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very quickly because that does happen a lot.
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And we just had a board member whose daughter
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was a daisy this year, very first year daisy.
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And apparently she her daughter was working at
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cookie booths and she was texting our CEO and
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saying, you would not believe the change in her
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from the very first cookie booth to now because
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she's come out of her shell. She's talking to
25:29
people. It's those it's those skills that everybody
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needs. You know, entrepreneurship. It adds to
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really what it's all about. And some of those
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skills are not even addressed until college or
25:39
high school where they have a class where they're
25:42
trying to. And by that time that. child has decided
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no that's not for me right I'm not reaching out
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so I I love that and and just to approach me
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when I don't want cookies is a challenge but
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I try to be very polite because as you said they're
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learning how to enact how to you know offer something
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if you reject it okay let's go on to the next
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one and it also builds confidence yes I think
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about Those who are more timid, shy, that will
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have to go up to a person and ask them a question.
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You know, not everyone has that personality to
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be able to say, hey, you want to buy some cookies?
26:23
Right. Yeah. I was that person. I bet you were.
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I was the top sales. Oh, here we go. I sold,
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or can we say my mom sold, about 450 cookies.
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That's awesome. You know, we had a record this
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year of a girl that sold over 5 ,000 boxes, I
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think, at our council. Oh, my gosh. Thank you.
26:48
Thank you for bringing that up. Just bring her
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down a little bit. No, I mean, it just shows
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how things have changed. When I was a kid, I
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have no idea how many boxes of cookies I sold,
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but I can remember laying on my parents' bed
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with a phone book. and going through and finding
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every person that I can think of. Phone book.
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Hold a call on them. Hey, this is Meredith. Hey,
27:07
yourself. I did, and that's okay. That's okay.
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I mean, we adapt. They're going to look it up
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and say, what's a phone book? Instead of phone
27:16
books, now we have apps where we just email people
27:18
and text people, you know. But, yeah, it's definitely
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one of those things that girls will remember
27:22
forever. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. It's it's
27:26
good. It's good to see some of the things, you
27:29
know, so many different nonprofits and organizations
27:33
that existed when I was little have either phased
27:38
out, closed their doors or adapted. And I'm so
27:42
glad to see that the Girl Scouts have adapted
27:44
and they are still strong and they're still in
27:47
our community doing their thing. Absolutely.
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So can you I know that you have an event coming
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up. in June. Can you talk to us a little bit
27:56
about that event? Right, so the Girl Scout Zoopalooza.
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It's going to be so much fun. It's at the Wilderness
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Road Girl Scout office on Executive Drive here
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in Lexington off Winchester Road. And it's on
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June 27th, so it's a Saturday. All Girl Scouts,
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so our Head Start girls are really welcome to
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come from 2 to 4. And all kinds of fun activities
28:19
and snacks. And then we'll do a virtual tour
28:21
of the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, D .C. Nice.
28:25
And see all the baby animals and learn about
28:28
zoology and all kinds of good stuff. So it's
28:30
going to be a great event for particularly our
28:33
new Girl Scouts, our Head Start girls. So do
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you have to already be a member or is this an
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event where someone can come and sign up? I would
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say that they're not going to turn anybody away.
28:46
It's primarily for new members and Head Start
28:49
girls and current members, but a new member could
28:51
be someone who just walks in the door and decides,
28:53
hey, I want to join. So, yeah, absolutely. Anybody
28:55
can come. So can you tell our viewers, how can
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they sign up to be a part or sign their chosen
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up to be a part of Girl Scouts? Just go on the
29:05
website. We have the GSWRC .org, I think, is
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the website. You just go on, click the button
29:12
that says join or different participation. There
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are options to be a volunteer, to register and
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be a troop leader or register as a volunteer.
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It'll automatically send you an application,
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volunteer application, and then also a background
29:26
check. And then as the girl, you just put her
29:30
in there. She goes into a little bit of a pool.
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And then we figure out where she is, what troop
29:35
she could go into, what age group she is. Or
29:37
if they already know somebody who's in a troop,
29:39
they can search for that troop number and just
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automatically join that troop. Oh, wow. That's
29:45
perfect. That's fantastic. Thank you all so much
29:48
for being on the show and spending time and letting
29:50
us know. Offering such a great program to our
29:55
kiddos. Thank you for having us. We're really
29:57
excited about this partnership. Thank you. Yes.
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