Troop Spotlight: March 2023
Troop Spotlight: March 2023
March 31, 2023
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.
G-Team appears on WVMT
Two members of the council’s G-Team – a group of Girl Scouts learning about the media – participated in a live radio appearance at WVMT in Colchester, VT, on March 3. Ivy, a Brownie, and Eryn, a Cadette, did a fantastic job of representing Girl Scouts! They are shown here with morning DJs Kurt Wright and Anthony Neri, and also spoke “Radio Food Dude” Bruce Newbury during the show, who was included remotely.
Cookies for veterans
The New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, NH, was grateful for a donation of Girl Scout Cookies from local Girl Scouts.
A caring donation for senior citizens
Thanks to the generosity of the residents of Amherst and the Mont Vernon Library, Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 20202 collected over 100+ puzzles and many memory books for seniors living in the greater Nashua area senior homes. On delivery day, the troop was blessed with great weather and really enjoyed the smiles these brought to so many.
A virtual campfire sing-along
Troop 40126 in Bethel, VT, enjoyed celebrating Girl Scout Week with a virtual campfire and real birthday candles. Girl Scouts is now 111 years old!
Busy in Bow
Junior Troop 58502 in Bow, NH, are busy learning new skills and making the world a better place! On November 23, they engaged the community in games during the town’s tree-lighting ceremony. On November 6, they climbed Mount Kearsarge. On March 15, the troop facilitated a flag ceremony for the Bow Town Meeting. On January 29, they learned about indoor rock climbing at NH Climbing and Fitness.
Catching up with Concord Girl Scouts
Troop 61345 has had a busy year so far! They celebrated Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday with a Halloween party in October, worked on the Dancer badge with a dance party at Worthy Mind and Movement in November, and also went to Winant Park for a night hike that month for Senses and Trail Adventure. The Girl Scouts hiked 1.5 miles through sunset and dusk and into the dark while they collected trash.
In December, they visited Concord Coalition Against Homelessness and learned about what they do to help people in their community, made holiday cards for people who use services provided by Concord Coalition Against Homelessness, and finished out the year by going ice-skating at the Everett Arena in Concord.
In January, they met at Worthy Mind and Movement, a yoga studio in Concord to do some yoga for My Best Self, and met at Revival Kitchen and Bar in Concord where they made granola in a commercial kitchen to work on their Snacks badge.
February means Valentine’s Day, so they made Valentines and collected stuffed animals to donate to Family Promise of Greater Concord which serves families with children experiencing homelessness. Later, they held their meeting at Epsom Central School, where they learned about what the school nurse does and earned their First Aid badge. They invited Brownies in Troop 12390, the Epsom Brownie troop, to this meeting - five attended in addition to six from their troop.
And in March, they met at Bonafide Green Goods, a store in Concord, to learn about alternatives to single-use plastics. They did a scavenger hunt for alternatives to common single-use plastic items, decorated reusable cotton bags to keep, and took home samples of bar shampoo to try, as part of Global Action and World Thinking Day. The troop also learned about the work of the American Red Cross and assembled fire preparedness bags for the Red Cross to hand out at upcoming public events in Rochester and Maine as a part of Global Action.
Troop 59165 creates Valentine’s Day joy
Girl Scouts in Bedford, NH, Troop 59165 decided that they wanted to do something to help the homeless community.
Leader Margo Houde said:
In reaching out to some of the different organizations in Manchester, we found out that Families in Transitions was looking to have someone plan and coordinate a Valentine's Day party for the children residing at their facility. Our girls jumped at the chance and used their materials and troop funds to put together an amazing celebration! Festivities included decorate your own cookie, bingo (including prizes!), coloring, bracelet making, Valentine making, and a few other fun crafts. They even put together "take and make" bags for the children to take with them for something to do later. Some of the children weren't able to join us at the party, so the girls put bags together for them that included everything from the party - cookies with supplies to decorate them, prizes and crafts! The girls did an amazing job and learned a lot about Families in Transitions and what they do for the community.
Hospital helpers
Troop 30228 of Waterbury, VT, visited the University of Vermont Medical Center, where the staff was very happy to receive donations and thanked the troop for thinking of them.
Derby racers
Girl Scout Troop 10427 of Raymond NH participated in the Pinewood Derby in Candia, NH, alongside the Boy Scouts.
Flowers brighten the day
Amherst, NH, Troop 22720 Ambassadors decided to spend part of their cookie money doing a random act of kindness for National Flower Day. They gave 45 flowers in 45 minutes to people at Shaw’s in Milford - and one recipient was so moved he went back in to buy his wife a bunch of flowers!
First aid flyers
Cadette Troop 59226 of Windsor, VT, earned their First Aid badge, which included interviewing the whole crew of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team.
Cookies turn into pet donation
Rochester Troop 60244 in SU 223 voted on allocating 25% of their cookie proceeds to purchase donations for the NHSPCA from Rochester Petco on Sunday March 26. They worked together in three groups of two with a budget of $350 each, doing math together and making sure they got everything on their list and more!
COOKIE BOOTHS
Troop 51466, Pelham, NH
Girl Scout Junior Jasmine got some appreciation from her local police department when selling cookies in Pelham, NH.
Troop 30456, St. Albans, VT
The Girl Scouts of Troop 30456 are loving cookie booth season in St. Albans! It wouldn't happen without support of the local businesses. Shout out to Rail City Market, Tatro's Soup & Sandwich and the co-op store in St. Albans. Bottom right, Mia conducts a taste test of all the flavors. The number one question Mia was asked when selling cookies was “Which one is your favorite?” So she had a cookie tasting at home! Her mom said they had fun ranking them. The verdict? Tagalongs! Closely followed by Adventurefuls and S’mores.
The troop has not decided yet what they will do with their proceeds. But Mia loves to do extra virtual activities to gain patches and plans to use her Program Credits for those.
Troop 58710, Pembroke, NH
Big smiles for customers of this Pembroke, NH, troop.
Troop 59220, Dover, NH
Troop 58013, Dover, NH
Troop 63088, Concord, NH
Troop 30261, Newport, NH
Manchester, NH, troops at the mall
Troop 63806, Hopkinton, NH
Troop 58007, Shaftsbury, VT
Troop 51726, Manchester, VT
Troop 58710, Pembroke, NH
Outdoors…
And indoors!
Trailblazer Troop 63154, Randolph Center, VT
Troop 10410, Swanzey Center, NH
Troop 10633, Manchester, NH
Troop 51056, Nashua, NH
Troop 30463, Hinesburg, VT
Troop 30261, Claremont, NH
These creative Girl Scouts sold even more cookies by playing a bingo game. As a result troop leaders will get “pie-d!”
Troop 30002, Barre, VT
Troop 13946, Barrington, NH
Troop 58187, Orwell, VT
Troop 61845, Essex Junction, VT
Troop 51726, Manchester Center, VT
This troop sold cookies at Town Meeting and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Troop 62031, Merrimack, NH
Troop 51766, Essex, VT
Troop 59216, Lee, NH
Troop 59216 held a cookie booth on Saturday, March 18, and almost had a sellout. They started with 132 boxes and had only 7 left at the end.
Troops 51154, 59156, 63603 and 61230 of Hollis, NH
Troops 51154, 59156, 63603 and 61230 had a blast doing their cookie booth at the Merrimack outlets.
Troop 60244 of Rochester, NH, at the Fox Run Mall
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