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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 […]
Stories from 2016 Cookie Season, Part 2
Girl Scout Cookies don’t just taste great, they also inspired some feel good stories this season. We loved hearing these heartwarming tales! Chelmsford Troop 85000 witnessed an amazing display of generosity at their Cumberland Farms booth sale in January. A man approached their booth, asked how many cookies the girls had left to sell […]
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 […]
Girl Scouts on TV!
Did you catch the Girl Scouts on WCVB NewsCenter 5? Cadette Girl Scout Troop 72814 from Marlborough recorded a video clip for the EyeOpener newscast. The girls and their troop leaders promoted the benefits of selling cookies, donating to Cookies for a Cause and the Cookie Locator. Be sure to check out their “Wake Up […]
If Hunger Games Characters Were Girl Scout Cookies
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the characters in The Hunger Games were replaced with Girl Scout cookies? No? Well, we have. And we’ve compiled our thoughts into this list of characters and what we believe is their spirit cookie. There is no cookie quite like Caramel deLites, and the same can […]
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