Troop Spotlight: March 2025
Troop Spotlight: March 2025
March 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.
Clay pens
Troop 63487 of Derry, NH, enjoyed the Clay Pens on-demand program presented by the council. A clay pen is a pen that is covered in Sculpey clay. The ink is removed, the pen shell is covered, then baked, and then the ink is reinserted. The leader said “The instructor was very engaging with our troop. All of the girls loved the meeting and some called it their favorite!”
Sledding on cardboard
Troop 30066 of South Burlington, VT, decided to use their empty cookie cases to make cardboard sleds. They tested out their durability and found out they coasted a long distance!
,br> We have Alexis P. in The Mint Mobile, Jenny B. in The S’mores Space Explorer and Marissa L. and Mia P. in The M&M Tagaventure.
Keeping their community warm
Girl Scout Troop 51605 is a multi-level troop from Nashua, NH. They recently completed a Take Action project for their Brownie Quest, Agent of Change, aMAZE, Mission Sisterhood Journeys.
These Girl Scouts identified a need in the community for simple items such as clothing, blankets, and toiletries, and distributed them to students in need right in their own schools. The 16 members of the troop range from second to ninth grade and worked together to collect items to add to the local school closets.
Happy birthday to us!
Carole Macalaster is the leader/mentor for Girl Scout Cadette Jaelle Rowe of Troop 91805.
Playing the past
Troop 61033 of Brookline, NH, had a wonderful field trip to The Palace Theatre’s production of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" as part of their badge work for Playing the Past.
Taking action in Mason
Mason, NH, troop 59253 has been busy! February they helped make blankets for Project Linus and in December they held an essential needs drive for Saint Vincent de Paul.
Magical birthday baking
Girl Scouts from our council and from other states participated in our Magical Baking class online, part of our celebration of Girl Scouts’ 113th birthday.
Comments from our bakers:
Trivia was a fun way to pass the time when baking. Yummy recipe, thanks!
Another great event! You make the recipes so accessible, thank you :) the girls loved it
Great program, Mrs. B. The girls only needed help with the oven (and me doing dishes between the cupcakes and frosting).
Putting cookie proceeds to work
Troop 30066 in North Ferrisburgh, VT, spent an evening making homemade granola and Chex mix to put into some special goodie bags they plan to distribute to the homeless. They used some of their cookie money to buy the bags, have their troop number printed on them and then filled them with a water bottle, a pair of warm socks, a toothbrush and tube of toothpaste, deodorant, a rain poncho, a small packet of tissues, some crackers, granola bars, beef sticks, the homemade granola and Chex mix, and a Burger King gift card.
Caring for our feathered friends
Raymond, NH, Troop 10427 Juniors have enjoyed making bird feeders every year since they were Brownies, and this year was no different.
Recognized with state resolution
Two members of Troop 60180 in Loudon, NH, were recognized by the New Hampshire Senate with a resolution noting the achievement of their Bronze Award. Haily Camley and Charlotte Erickson, now Cadettes, accepted the honor from senators Innis and Pearl at the New Hampshire State House on March 13.
The scent of Egypt
Troop 60244 of Rochester, NH, learned about Egypt for World Thinking Day. They learned how to make Egyptian musk (perfume) out oils found in King Tut’s tomb from the Guyer Travel Network in preparation for the day.
Galentine’s Day bingo
Two Cadettes from Bedford, NH Troop 58108, Exelia R. and Cameron R., created and held a Galentine bingo event for our service unit in February. The event was open to all Girl Scouts in town and each one could bring a friend. The hope was for Girl Scouts in town to have fun spending time together and perhaps bring in new members. One new person did join!
Exploring book binding
Troop 58108 also went on a field trip as part of their Book Binding badge activities. They visited the NH Bindery in Bow, NH. Tom and Sam provided the troop with a tour and explained how all the machines they use work. The troop asked lots of inquisitive questions and really enjoyed learning about the company, machine-assisted binding, and hand restoration work. Did you know that the NH Bindery is one of only three operations in the USA that does gilded edges on books?
World Thinking Day
Pemibaker service unit brought many troops together for a day of world learning in Plymouth, NH.
Cookie booths and donations
Selena and Emilee of Raymond, NH, Troop 10247 dressed up as Wonder Woman for a cookie booth so they could channel their inner superpowers. They have each sold over 1,000 packages each!
Troop 58501 in Newmarket, NH, hosted booths at the Epping Walmart, Greenland Tractor Supply, and Newberry Farms Market.
Global Leadership Conference
Inspiring a new generation of female leaders to have hope for the future, our 38th annual Girl Scout Global Leadership Conference took place March 7-9 at Salve Regina University with the theme of Global Connectivity. Nearly 275 high-school-age Girl Scouts, volunteers and presenters took part in the conference. That includes Girl Scouts from 22 councils in 14 states, as well as Girl Scouts Overseas.
One of our Gold Award Girl Scouts, Morgan Summerton of Sunapee, NH, spoke at the event.
Elizabeth Mapplebeck, Mackenzie Pike, Sarah Lemear of Girl Scout Troop 10633 in Manchester, NH, greatly enjoyed the Global Leadership Conference and said they plan to return next year.
Organizer Karen Pehrson, center, shown with members of Troop 10011 of Merrimack, NH.
Proclamation of Girl Scout Week in New Hampshire
We had Girl Scouts from around the state join CEO Patricia K. Mellor and council board Vice President Courtney Morin at the State House in Concord, NH, on March 12 at a ceremony with Gov. Kelly Ayotte as she proclaimed March 9-15 Girl Scout Week in New Hampshire. Participating Girl Scouts were ; Girl Scout Junior Anne Felong, Girl Scout Junior Riley Podraza, and Girl Scout Cadettes Addison Sargent and Elizabeth Sargent from Troop 58710 in Pembroke/Concord; Girl Scout Junior Sydney Mackey from Troop 62031 and Girl Scout Daisy Peyton Mackey from Troop 64322, both in Merrimack; Girl Scout Cadette Dalia Corbett from Troop 60180 in Loudon; Girl Scout Brownie Sehanya Ranasingha from Troop 63487 in Derry; Girl Scout Daisies Noelle Iani and Nancy Tobey of Troop 65830 in Atkinson; and Gold Award Girl Scout Kaelyn Gagnon, a Girl Scout Ambassador in Troop 13912 in Merrimack.
Troop 60244 was able to donate 109 boxes of cookies to First Church Congregational in Rochester, NH.
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