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Get to Know the 2016-17 Cookie Program
Today marks the first day of the 2016-17 GSEM Cookie Program! This means you will start to see girls selling cookies at booth sales around your neighborhood. ‘Tis the season! Here are a few important and fun things you should know about this year’s cookie season: 1. How to Find Cookies Use the Cookie Finder […]
Norton Juniors Featured on NECN!
Click the image above to watch the full clip! Last Monday, November 14, Junior Girl Scouts from troops 85390 and 65493 of Norton were featured on NECN! As part of their regular “Money Saving Monday” series, the station interviewed the troop members about thankfulness. The girls listed a variety of things they are thankful for, […]
Earn money for troop activities through the Fall Product Program!
Get in on the action! Starting September 23, girls can sell nuts, candy and magazines to earn money for their Girl Scout activities early in the troop year, all while learning and practicing key life skills. The program is short, fun and engaging! The nuts and candy are delicious and designed specifically for Girl Scouts, […]
A Big Announcement on National S’mores Day!
August 10 marks the day we celebrate s’mores—the amazing summertime outdoor snack we all adore. And this year, we have even more reason to celebrate… Girl Scout councils across the nation announce the introduction of a brand new Girl Scout S’mores™ cookie! Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts’ new cookie is a crispy graham cookie double-dipped […]
Emily – A Girl Scout with Global Impact
Emily, a Senior Girl Scout from Brookline, joined in elementary school, and has since spread her love of Girl Scouting throughout eastern Massachusetts, and abroad in China! At the 2016 Leading Women Awards this past March, Emily was selected to introduce one of the honorees. She remembers being nervous to deliver a self-written speech in […]
Brookline Juniors Earn Including All Girls Patch
Earning the Including All Girls Patch heightens Girl Scouts’ awareness, understanding and acceptance of people’s differences and disabilities. Junior Troop 88200 from Brookline, MA, recently earned this patch through the five steps described below. 1) Strengths and Weaknesses: Together, the girls looked at how individuals with disabilities are portrayed in advertising, and how this influences […]
CEO Pat Parcellin on Exceptional Women, Magic 106.7!
Our CEO, Pat Parcellin, was recently invited to join Sue Tabb of Magic 106.7 on Exceptional Women, a Sunday morning radio program. Pat discussed many aspects of Girl Scouting today—the 100th anniversary of the highest award a Girl Scout can earn, the Gold Award; badges girls earn in many disciplines and skillsets; our wonderful volunteers […]
Stories from 2016 Cookie Season, Part 1
Thanks for sharing your 2015-16 cookie season stories with us. We loved reading about your adventures, successes and ingenuity! Quincy Cadette Isabelle put her marketing skills to work during Valentine’s Day weekend. She created heart-shaped note cards to place on cookie packages. Any time she spotted a potential customer leaving Roche Bros. holding […]
Celebrating Cookies for a Cause 2016 at Hanscom
The sun was shining brightly on Saturday, March 19, when we gathered at Hanscom Air Force Base to distribute nearly 20,000 packages of Girl Scout Cookies to six military and veteran organizations. The event concluded our 2016 Cookies for a Cause program, which allows Girls Scouts to accept donations for military organizations, food pantries and other […]
Kind Words from One U.S. Soldier
We love this note of thanks from a U.S. soldier and thank him for his service. We are so proud of Gloucester Brownie Troop 60227 for truly exemplifying what it means to be a Girl Scout! Hi! I’m currently deployed to the Middle East with the [Mass. National Guard’s 1060th Transportation Company]. And I just […]
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