Troop Spotlight: April 2025
Troop Spotlight: April 2025
April 30, 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.
An ooky spooky good time
Girl Scouts got to meet the cast of the Addams Family after the show in Burlington, VT, March 29..
Meeting the Mounted Patrol
Troop 60533 in Bedford, NH, were finishing the Cadette Animal Helpers Badge and went to the Manchester Mounted Patrol to visit miniature horse Milly. The Mounted Patrol has two female officers - Officer Brianna Miano and Officer Kelly McKenney. Sgt. Derek Feather was at their visit as well. All three shared how they take Milly into schools, the library and all sorts of places. She definitely has a calming effect on the children around her. They also got to meet the Mounted Patrol horses, General Stark and Bruno. Milly showed off her new hair perm when Officer Miano took out her braid and Officer McKenney fluffed up her bangs. Bruno gave them the pleasure of bowing to them. Everyone had a great time and found it empowering that the Manchester Mounted Patrol consists of two women. The Manchester Mounted Patrol along with Milly is a nonprofit and relies on donations and help mucking stalls, brushing and cleaning the horses, as well as feeding them.
Helping feed the hungry in Nashua
The Brownies in multilevel Troop 51595 in Nashua celebrated Girl Scout Week 2025 by collecting food in memory of Nashua Girl Scout Rachel Brownstein, who died in 2016. With the help of five Nashua troops, former Girl Scout leaders, friends, family and neighbors, as well as Rachel’s family they collected and donated 690 pounds of nonperishable food and hygiene items and donated them to the Nashua Soup Kitchen, Inc. The Girl Scouts hope to continue the drive and get 1,000 pounds next year!
Caring gift of cookies
Juniors Troop 60290 of Bedford, NH, visited the Manchester Army National Guard during Drill Weekend and donated over 50 packages of Girl Scout Cookies on Saturday, April 5.
Leader Chris said: It was very meaningful as many of our girls have connections to the National Guard and military service members. We hope to raise even more and go again next year. The girls especially loved the tour of the armory, learning about the cannon, and swapping stories about badges and patches with the female soldiers.
Spreading the joy of cookies
Averey, a Brownie in Girl Scout Troop 65008 in Nashua, NH, donated Girl Scout Cookies to Boston Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s pediatrics, the Nashua Fire Department, and Nashua Police Department.
Stop-motion videographers
Troop 30463 in Hinesburg, VT, chose to do the Stop Motion Videography program in which they learned how to make a claymation animation by manipulating clay, taking photos, then adjusting the frame rate to produce a video. This is offered by the council’s STEM on-the-go program.
Exploring future careers
Troop 12232 of Plymouth, NH, invited 12 women in various careers visit to talk about what they do for work. Each Girl Scout got 5-8 minutes with each woman to talk about their careers. Participating this year were an owner of a local farm, an artist, an Army representative, a local school guidance counselor, a woman who runs a homeless shelter, a university volleyball coach who brought her old Girl Scout sash, a leading female meteorologist from the university nearby, and police.
Leader Morgan said: This is the second year we have done this and both times it went well! The girls write up emails/letters that I send to the women. Last year we did have Sally Jensen attend for NASA. We invite women from all over our service unit (the police were a big hit both years).
Fulfilling wishes
Girl Scout Troop 30356 had been discussing donating to Riverside Rescue in Lunenburg, VT, when the no-kill shelter posted a wish list. The troop responded with a $100 donation in cat litter and chew toys.
Still selling cookies
Troop 58502 in Bow, NH, hosted a cookie booth during a community Easter event at Bow Memorial School.
Just getting started
Troop 65850 is a brand new troop in Salem, NH.
World Thinking Day honored
Girl Scouts participated in a big World Thinking Day celebration April 12. The Circle of Friends Community hosted their annual Thinking Day Event in Durham, NH, with over 200 participants. There were 25 countries represented with booths, activities and food.
Cookie gifts
Troop 60904 in Somersworth, NH, donated cookies to the town’s police and fire departments and to Lydia's House.
Delivering cookies and fun
With the collaboration of other troops of SU 210 Amherst and Mont Vernon, Troop 60262 of Amherst collected donated Girl Scout cookies to deliver to the Veterans Home in Tilton, NH. Thanks to the help of the Service Credit Union, they were also able to collect personal hygiene items to deliver to the Veterans Home as well. Overall, they collected 150 boxes of donated cookies and delivered about $500 worth of personal hygiene products.
Troops 60262, 59155 and 22707 also spent the afternoon playing board games with the residents of the Veterans Home.
TV explorers
Brownies of Troop 30456 of Saint Albans, VT, went on a special tour of the NBC5 news station. It included practicing the weather in front of the green screen and watching a live news segment. Meteorologist Marissa Vigevani hosted the tour.
Serving others is rewarding
After making goodie bags for the homeless, Troop 30066 of North Ferrisburgh, VT, decided to volunteer to help serve meals at their local Salvation Army soup kitchen. They found it to be a very new and rewarding experience. Their duties included setting up the tables, serving the meals as people came in, and then cleaning up and wiping things down after.
Magical Baking – German Pretzels
Comments from participants:
This recipe was fun to make. I always thought it was hard to make pretzels. I am glad I can now make them at home. Thanks.
I love getting to do this every month. I always have a great time!
STEM on-the-go van
The Amazing Properties of Paper
Girl Scouts explore the science and engineering concepts of paper pinwheels, whirlybirds, paper airplanes and flip books. Testing planes was a lot of fun!
Troop 51403 of East Dover, VT
Troop 64415 of Worcester, VT
Troop 51726 Manchester Center VT
Leader said: The girls had a great time. There were almost too many activities. They would have been fine with having time to finish their flip books and completely eliminating the rollercoaster.
Troop 65370 Essex Junction, VT
Ad Astra Escape
Girl Scouts had to solve a series of challenges to rescue their troop leader!
Troop 13940 Winooski, VT
Troop 30123 Huntington, VT
Troop 30228 Duxbury VT
Troops 30002 and 30056 in Barre, VT.
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