Troop Spotlight: May 2024
Troop Spotlight: May 2024
May 31, 2024
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.
A visit to the Girl Scout Birthplace
Baeleigh Benedict of Rochester Troop 60244 and her family made a quick visit to the Girl Scout store in Savannah, GA, to learn more about how to plan a full week trip at the birthplace of Girl Scouting.
Reeling them in
Girl Scouts of Troop 10427 in Raymond, NH, enjoyed a successful day of fishing.
Plymouth troop spreads the love
Plymouth, NH, Troop 62526 made a lot of people in their area happy with a series of Girl Scout Cookie donations. Two cases were split between Campton Police, Campton Fire Department, and Plymouth Pease librarians. They have several girls from Campton and the library hosts three troops and leader meetings.
One case went to Plymouth Police and one case to Plymouth Fire, who, ironically, dealt with the Flying Monkey fire a few hours later and then the cookies were shared with those responding by mutual aide. Two cases went to the Plymouth Area Homeless shelter at Whole Village.
One case was split between the kitchen and Environmental Service staff at Speare Hospital. Rather than bringing it to nurses and doctors, the mother, who is a registered nurse, felt that these employees never get acknowledged.
Girl Scout Cookies were also delivered to Plymouth Congregational Church for the “Feed my Children Program,” Plymouth Congregational Church for use at various church functions including a statewide Women’s Retreat, the Circle Program, which operates a mentorship program and Circle Camp free to at Risk Girls during the summer, two banks that service their unit, and to the residents of the low-income veterans apartments in Plymouth. Many are seniors and served in Vietnam War.
Saint Albans troop parades, donates cookies, and enjoys art
Troop 30456 won Best Youth Float at the Maple Festival parade in Saint Albans! The theme this year was Totally Eclipsed by Vermont Maple and the girls decorated the float with syrup being poured over an eclipsed sun/pancake. Two of the girls dressed as the sun and moon as they tried to get in front of each other throughout the parade.
Brownie Mia delivered Gift of Caring cookies to her local fire department. They were very grateful!
The Brownies of Troop 30456 had an art show! After completing three art pieces for the Art and Design badge, they got a chance to display them for friends and family. Troop leaders and Cadettes served refreshments as everyone got to explore the talent, then they had a little special badge distribution.
Staff-run troops provide STEM centerpieces
Thirteen council-run troops were challenged to research and make a table centerpiece that represents women who made a contribution in a STEM field. These centerpieces were displayed at the tables at the NH Tech Alliance’s TechWomen/Tech Girls Connect and Awards event on May 16. For the past several years, our Girl Scouts have provided their table decorations. Here are their amazing creations:
From left: Troop 60247 - Sally Ride, astronaut who loved to play tennis; Troop 57777 – Katherine Johnson, mathematician who helped NASA send astronauts to the moon; Troop 60888 – Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
From left: Troop 60556 – Dr. Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist who invented a device for laser cataract surgery; Troop 64928 – Marie Curie, science who won two Nobel prizes in the field of radiation and built an ambulance to take X-ray equipment into war.
From left: Troop 58427 – Jane Goodall, chimpanzee researcher; Troop 58778 – Mary Anning, discovered dinosaur fossils; Troop 58811 – Hannah Davis, a Jaffrey, NH, native who manufactured bandboxes to store and protect personal items like hats.
From left: Troop 58456 – Dr. Sarah Palmer, an Exeter, NH, native who received her medical doctor degree in 1880 from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania; Troop 58235 – Bernice Perry, first female aviator and well-known philanthropist and photographer from Manchester, NH.
From left: Troop 58428 – Catherine Furbish, marine botanist who discovered and named two plant species; Troop 51635 - Margaret Knight, first woman granted an American patent and inventor of flat-bottom paper bag.
Silver Award sustained
Troop 30121 from Fletcher, VT, participated in Green Up Day. Ironically, they found the tick signs that former troop members did for their Silver Award project about five years ago.
Play ball!
Troop 60250 of Landgrove, VT, attended a NH Fishercats game as a reward for donating the most packages of cookies during cookie season.
Rocking and racing
Troop 20507 of Concord, NH, volunteered to help at the registration table for the Rock’n Race Run/Walk to raise money for the Payson Center for Cancer Care on May 18. This is Ambassador Lilly Genest.
Meat and eat
Lunenburg, VT, Troop 30356 made some impressive charcuterie platters as a cookie activity. Charcuterie is a type of French cuisine devoted to prepared meat products like bacon, ham, sausage, and pâté. A typical charcutier board has three meats, three cheeses, three starch options, and three extras like fruit, nuts, or vegetables.
Raymond troop does all the things
Raymond, NH, Troop 10427 has been hiking, leading songs, and earned their Detective and Gardening badges.
GREEN UP DAY EVENTS IN VERMONT
Troop 51726 participated in Green Up Day in Manchester. “Mr. Charlie Green for president” won the sculpture contest!
Troop 63133 (plus one little sister) in Middletown Springs helped host the town’s Green Up Day on May 4. They handed out trash bags, stickers, and birdhouses, and showed community members how they can build their own green-bean teepees at home.
Woodstock Girl Scout Troop 60419 cleaned up the River Trail in their town.
Troop 63357 of Barre
Troop 61845 in Essex Junction.
Troop 30330 in Wallingford.
Troop 30228
Some of Troop 30456
Troop 40126 taking the Route 100 Challenge in Stockbridge.
Troops 30002, 30048, 30560, and 30056.
STEM ON-THE-GO EVENTS
Geology
Loudon, NH, Troop 60180
Nottingham, NH, Troop 62216
Night Science
Troop 51876 of Bristol, VT, enjoyed learning about how things glow in the dark at a Night Science event with the STEM on-the-go van.
Solar Science
Girl Scouts from different troops made solar oven s’mores, tested products on UV beads, and made cyanotype prints at the Solar Science event at Camp Farnsworth on April 27.
MARKING MEMORIAL DAY
The Girl Scouts of Troop 63184 in Claremont, NH, placed flags in St. Mary’s cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day.
Girl Scouts of Troop 30456 in Saint Albans, VT, participated in the Saint Albans Memorial Day parade and celebration in the park.
Plymouth, NH, troops in SU 224 marched in the Memorial Day parade despite the rain.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders visited with Vergennes, VT, Troop 64852 before their town’s Memorial Day parade.
Troops from Northfield and Belmont, NH, participated in their local Memorial Day parade.
Troops 62053 and 62711 Londonderry Memorial Day Parade
SU241 at the Essex Memorial Day parade.
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