By:
Lime Green Giraffe Webmaster, Zora F. & Grace J.
Hi my name is Zora Felix. I am the Webmaster for the Lime
Green Giraffe.
The Girl Scout National Convention in Columbus, Ohio was
my first Girl Scout convention. The weekend fun was called G.I.R.L. 2017. My
favorite part \was the Hall of Experiences. Just like the name I had a great
time and got to experience lots of really fun and amazing things. My number
one favorite thing about the Hall of Experience were the two Girl Scout Cookie
booths.
There was one big thing that I remember about the cookie
booths. That was the differences in the cookies! Some of the cookies were the same
flavors but they had different names. And then same cookies were the same as we
sell here in Georgia. (It turns out the there are two Girl Scout Cookie bakers
that supply cookies to different parts of the country. We get our cookies from
Little Brownie Baker. The other cookies come from ABC Baker.)
I also liked that
some of the learning sessions were held in the Hall of Experiences. The Hall
had some great booths. There were booths where you could buy things or enter
raffles. There were also booths with awesome information about Girl Scout
things and ones that featured business.
My favorite booth of course was the pop-up Macy booth
because we could buy all kinds of makeup products plus we got our eyebrows done
for free.
My favorite informational booth was about the Cayman
Islands.
One of the booths that really attracted moms and troop
leaders was one that had all types of vintage patches and pins. The vintage
table was really cool because people saved up patches and pins that aren't even
sold or created anymore.
There was so many people in the Hall of Experiences,
which was cool too. And if people needed to charge their phones, there were
charging stations with eight slots. There were Samsung and iPhone chargers--
how convenient!?
In the Hall we did a lot of walking plus we were carrying
bags so there were little benches where we could sit and take a breaks if
needed. I mostly spent my time with my buddy in the Hall of Experiences because
there were so many fun things to do and most of the sessions that interested me
were there.
There were so many awesome things to see and do in the
Hall of Experiences but I couldn’t everything so I summed up here what was cool
and the things I did at the Girl Scout National Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
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G.I.R.L. 2017 was truly fascinating. I was of course so happy
when my mom told me I had the opportunity to go. Our bus ride from Atlanta was
a little bumpy but it was worth it.
The first day I was at the event they had a big gathering in
one of the halls. It was wonderful with all the motivational speakers and getting
to hear about what would go down in these few days, and how it would change my
life for the better.
I took a lot of things away from this trip, especially from
the speakers who motivated us. I enjoyed the presentation that Gabby Douglas
gave even though I thought she could have said a little bit more. I enjoyed the
other speakers as well.
My favorite part of this whole entire trip was when Angelica
Hale sang on the last day there. Her performance was phenomenal and at the end the
stage was covered in confetti and there were fireworks. It was fun and it did
scare me a little bit but this was a great experience and I cannot wait for the
next G.I.R.L. in Orlando, Florida three years from now.
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