Troop Spotlight: May 2025
Troop Spotlight: May 2025
May 31, 2025
Girl Scouts around our council are always active – camping, traveling, doing service projects, and making the world a better place. Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains invites all Girl Scouts in our council to share photos of their adventures, achievements, projects, and more. Send your photos to us at customercare@girlscoutsgwm.org. Be sure to include a description of the event, your troop number and levels involved, when it took place, and any other relevant information.
Paper pinwheels
Troop 30463 of Hinesburg, VT, learned a lot about the amazing properties of paper with a STEM on-the-go van program.
Climbing into sleep
Troop 30228 of Waterbury, VT, spent an overnight at Petra Cliffs.
Shelter stories
Plymouth, NH, Troop 62526 went to the NH Humane Society in Laconia and delivered Girl Scout dog treats which the girls made, cat scratcher boxes made from cookie cases, old blankets and towels (a collection combined through donations of the Plymouth Congregational Church), toys, other pet food supplies and several boxes of Girl Scout cookies and candy. The girls got to meet some dogs and read to the cats as well as had a full tour of the facility. The girls were working on a Take Action project for a Journey as well as finishing requirements for Daisy’s Animal Observer, the Brownie’s Pets, and Junior’s Animal Habitat badges.
Lots of cookie donations by Troop 62526
Plymouth, NH, Troop 62526 delivered donated Girl Scout Cookies to a number of hometown heroes in their area. In the past month they delivered over 36 cases of cookies. Five of those cases came from a donation made by Plymouth Rotary especially for first responders.
Girls delivered to the fire and police departments of Plymouth, Rumney, Campton, Thornton, Groton, and Ashland. From the cookie booth extras they also delivered cookies to the National Guard Armory in Plymouth, The Circle Camp (Girls camp in Hebron for at-risk girls), Pease Public Library (Plymouth) librarians, teachers at Plymouth Elementary, Plymouth Regional High School, Campton Elementary and Mountain College School as well as the public works departments of Plymouth and Campton, Plymouth highway/public works, National Guard, Campton Highway, Campton Elementary School, Thornton police and fire, Ashland fire, and Waterville police/fire.
They also delivered 10 cases to Feed My Children 48 Hours of Food deliveries sponsored by Plymouth Congregational Church. They give weekend food to 37 families each week in Plymouth.
Hide and seek
Raymond, NH, Troop 10427 enjoyed earning their Geocacher badge. Geocaching is a search for a treasure hidden by others that you find using a GPS device.
From New Hampshire to New Mexico
Troop 60180 of Loudon, NH, sold lots of Girl Scout Cookies to be able to travel to New Mexico in March. The troop planned the trip, visiting White Sands National Park and Carlsbad Caverns, going horseback riding, and making decisions about what to do along the way.
Leader Sheena said “We discovered a new part of the country that we hadn’t been to before and got to enjoy and learn about New Mexico. We learned about life there from locals at the horseback riding place. We learned about the land from the White Sands park Ranger and learned so many scientific things from exploring and reading the signs walking through Carlsbad Caverns. We also met female college students that were volunteering at the Caverns to clean lint that builds up from visitors and they taught us about what they did. We developed our skills by talking to a lot of people and asking a lot of questions. We did a lot of research before we left and we planned the entire trip ourselves.”
Girl Scout Dahlia said “The trip was completely worth the cold long cookie booths!”
A look back at one Concord troop
Concord, NH, Troop 61345 shared their past year’s worth of activities with us. Leader Alison describes the photos.
We toured the WIN waste to energy plant in Penacook and learned all about what happens to Concord's trash.
We made cards for Concord Coalition to End Homelessness for the holidays. We donated 56 boxes of cookies to them at the end of the cookie season this year too. One of our girls, Lydia Scott, sold over 1,000 boxes. She worked 24 hours at booths over cookie season. Here she is closing it out strong on the last few minutes of her final booth shift of 2025.
We learned about Staying Fit with Jennifer Roff of 43 Degrees North gym in Concord.
We participated in the Loudon Speedway Light Up the Night run in December. In April, we LOVED helping out at Helping Hands weekend!
We toured Granite State Candy Shop's production facility to learn about entrepreneurship and innovation in business. We had a NH DHHS entomologist teach us about bugs. Even though it was 45 degrees and raining, we found some bugs!
We worked on our Simple Meals badge at Revival in Concord. We made salad, spaghetti, meat sauce, and snickerdoodle cookies. We celebrated World Thinking Day by learning about Venezuela and making (and eating!) arepas. We have a new member who is a recently arrived immigrant from there. Her mom showed us what to do!
Aubrey Nelson from the New Hampshire Energy Education Program, taught us about energy efficiency in homes and buildings. We also built wind turbines to help us understand how energy can be generated. We have been learning a lot about energy and water and seeing some awesome women in STEM careers in action. We toured the Concord drinking water treatment plant and learned that Concord doubles its water consumption in the summer months!
We made mosaic tile trivets at Studio 550 in Manchester in November. We started working on bat houses in November also. After the girls measured and marked the bat house pieces they played foosball.
Brownies and Juniors went backpacking for the first time May 17-18. They hiked into Zealand Falls Hut Saturday and spent the afternoon exploring before sleeping overnight in the hut. The girls carried all of their food and gear 2.8 miles in. They enjoyed watching a spectacular mountain thunderstorm from the safety and shelter of the hut Saturday night and had a beautiful hike out followed by Super Secret Ice Cream on the way home. The nine girls and five adults who participated had a great time and are already hoping to do this again at another hut in October.
Magical baker
Rachel is a Girl Scout from Hinesburg, VT, who made Eastern European Apple Noodle Kugel and Kolachy Cookies as part of our Magical Baking International Edition.
An overnight in the enchanted forest
Girl Scouts gathered at Camp Twin Hills in Richmond, VT, for the council’s Enchanted Forest Overnight May 16-17. There were weather-related challenges, so activities were adapted and the campers made fairy houses out of recycled water jugs, paper lanterns, and fairy bracelets. They also played games, sang songs, had a campfire with s’mores, and were able to enjoy a campfire breakfast. At the end of the evening they walked through the enchanted camp to get back to their cabins for bed with fairy lights glowing!
One parent said: It was great to have activities planned, especially due to the rain. I thought it was very well organized and provided a great opportunity for our troop to try camping with the extra support from the staff, making for a successful trip and the girls asking for more.
Indoor field day
Troop 59134 of Plaistow, NH, worked on their Field Day badge. They tie-dyed uniforms to start - team pink and team blue. Although it rained that day, they made the most of it indoors. Their fun in fiction was Hungry, Hungry Hippos ( so much fun) game. Their historical game was a Nerf gun target competition. Their scientific game was constructing catapults to see who could shoot Peeps the furthest, and the grand finale was a pentathlon obstacle course.
“This badge was definitely a favorite!” said leader Jenn Clark.
G’day, mates!
Troop 51726 of Manchester Center, VT, hosted a Girl Guide leader (Annalise, front) from Australia. The girls enjoyed sharing their Girl Scout traditions, uniforms, and songs, and asked many questions about Australia and being a Girl Guide. They exchanged SWAPs, and they even tried Vegemite! Some of the troop members remembered the Nutbush dance that they learned during troop camping from the Australian counselor last summer. Fun was had by all, and they plan on continuing the relationship by being international pen pals.
Patriotic in Plymouth
Girl Scouts in the Pemibaker Service Unit 244 marched in the Memorial Day parade in Plymouth, NH.
A “beary” good time
Troop 63730 of Tamworth, NH, spent a day at Clark’s Bears and had a great time.
More bears
Kate Morin and daughter Angela of Hudson, NH, Troop 64097 visited Clark’s Bears as a family and enjoyed their day together.
Circle of Friends bridging
Circle of Friends service unit held their bridging ceremony at Little River Park in Lee, NH. Leader Corinne George said “It was a wonderful day to celebrate the amazing work and accomplishments for all these girls.”
,br> Lee Boy Scouts lent their bridge for the Girl Scouts to use, as the large bridge at the park had been removed.
GREEN UP DAY EVENTS IN VERMONT
Springfield, VT, Troop 51293
Troop 30228 of Waterbury, VT
Girls from Barre, VT, Troops 30002, 30048, 30560, and 30056 participated in Green Up Day as part of the Daisy Make the World a Better Place petal.
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