Meet GSSJC Board Member Mimi Chew
Adults can help mold the future
by Tami De La Fuente |
More About Mimi Chew
What is your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?
It is a toss up between Thin Mints and Caramel deLites.
What is your favorite saying?
What a person does for himself, he takes with him, but what
he does for other people, remains to live on and become a
lasting legacy. |
Mimi Chew is an assistant vice president at Bank
One, and says she is surrounded by Girl Scouts, even at work!
“My boss is serving as her troop’s cookie mom, and
many of my colleagues are troop leaders or troop volunteers,”
says Mimi.
Her late husband Ervan Chew, who also served as a board member,
introduced Mimi to her GSSJC family.
“Ervan’s
life was so touched by his experiences as a Boy Scout that he
wanted to adopt Girl Scouting as a volunteer mission,”
says Mimi. Ervan, whose father raised all four Chew boys on
his own after the death of his wife, was a career Boy Scout
who learned life skills and self-esteem through the program.
“When he realized that Girl Scouts was doing the same
thing for girls, and being inclusive of all races, creeds, and
colors while providing excellent programs, he wanted to become
active with San Jacinto Council,” Mimi adds.
Mimi helped develop the Ervan Chew Memorial Scholarship that
is awarded annually by the Emerald Circle to a Gold Award Girl
Scout. She feels it is a true testament to the legacy of achievement
Ervan wanted Girl Scouts to aspire to. “The message to
our girls needs to be: if you work hard, there are those organizations
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will reward your efforts. By staying focused and making smart
life decisions, you can do it,” says Mimi.
Mimi currently serves as the treasurer of Emerald Circle, and
was a delegate to the GSUSA National Conference in 2003. She
has also visited Our Cabaña World Center in Mexico. “Girl
Scouting is truly a global fellowship…you can meet a Girl
Scout literally everywhere in the world.”
A third generation Chinese American, Mimi is also a native Houstonian
and a graduate of the Jesse H. Jones High School Magnet Program
and a graduate of the University of Houston where she earned
a degree in finance.
“Many Asian families are focused
on doing well in school, making smart career choices, and doing
well from an individual standpoint. But Ervan taught me that
it’s also important to give back, so that those without
a strong family base might have a chance to be encouraged and
to meet their goals,” says Mimi. “Girl Scouting
provides that needed adult link, between a child and a parent,
at a time when girls have the potential to make some dangerous
choices…as an adult in Girl Scouting, we literally can
help mold the future, one girl at a time.” |
MDC 2004 is heading north! |
| Mark your
calendar for Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July
24 and plan now to attend Membership Development
Conference 2004! This year’s
annual adult event will be held at The Woodlands
Waterway Marriott Hotel.
See the CIN for more details and
updates. www.gssjc.org |
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Girl Scouts become weather girls for a day
Junior Troop #1227 is featured on News
2 Houston’s afternoon news broadcast. Girls helped Meteorologist
Frank Billingsley give the weather forecast.
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