Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. – 2015 Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. Auction
Auction Ends: Feb 28, 2015 10:00 PM EST

Girl Scouts

Send a Girl in Need to Camp

Item Number
233
Estimated Value
450 USD
Buy Now Price
450 USD
Not Sold
 

Item Description

 

SEND A GIRL IN NEED TO CAMP.  Donate to Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. and by doing so you will help provide financial aid to families who are unable to pay the full cost to send their daughters to camp.

Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson is pleased to present our three American Camp Association (ACA) accredited Girl Scout camps.   Each of our camps meets the stringent safety standards set by the New York State Health Department, Girl Scouts of the USA’s Safety-Wise and the ACA. All ensure that our camps are the best they can possibly be.

This year we will continue to offer a variety of programs at our camp properties including community and troop camping, day camp, resident camp and family, group and partnership camping.

With your donation of $450,  you will receive a pair of ornamental iron gates  said to be designed by Juliette Gordon Low. Size 2 1/2" X 2 1/2".     A spirited child with boundless imagination and vast creativity.  "Daisy" Gordon was a gifted artist, becoming a skilled painter and sculptor as an adult.  She wrote poetry and theatricals, which she delighted in acting out herself.

Among her many artistic talents, she had an unusual flare for metal work.  Daisy learned how to forge in England and it quickly became a creative outlet using the set of tools she made herself.  The "Daisy Gates" represent one of Juliette's extraordinary creative designs.  Embellished with sunflowers (a very popular motif of the early 1900's period) the gates commemorate her parents with monograms of their initials EKG (Eleanor Kinzie Gordon) and WGW (William Washington Gordon).  The family story is that wielding the heavy tools made Juliette Gordon Low's arms so muscular that the next spring she couldn't wear her Paris gowns with their tight leg o'mutton sleeves.  Up until the time of her death, the gates were among Juliette's most treasured possessions.

The beautiful ornamental iron gates are now on display at the Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout National Center in Savannah, Georgia.  The gates represent everything Juliette Gordon Low stood for and everything Girl Scouts stand for today - empowering girls to grow strong in body, mind and spirit.  Juliette Gordon Low embraced creativity and dared to express her spirit through artistic endeavors.  The gates exemplify the strength she used to leave a long lasting impression of her existence in the world.

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