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East Hanover Cadette Troop 234 recently put together more than 200 "Bags of Love" for Healing the Children Northeast!
The troop collected toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, beanie babies, stickers, pens, and other toys to be handed out to children treated by East Hanover resident Gregory Kaiser and his dental team in Punta Gorda, Belize.
Here are the girls displaying their bags before packing them up to go with Dr. Kaiser. |
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Recently, 20 older Girl Scouts from Hopatcong, Mahwah, Pequannock, and Randolph gathered together for midnight bowling from 11PM to 2AM at Boonton Lanes.
The girls had a great time, met some new people, and were reacquainted with old friends from camp. As the night wore on, the girls got sillier in their bowling styles as they tried synchronized bowling, backwards bowling, spin and slide bowling and more. |
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Ho-Ho-Kus Brownie Troop 1168 worked with their school's Student Council to run a "Smarty Pants Thanks for Giving" drive. Every class in grades K-8 participated in the week long drive, collecting more than 816 pairs of pants in total.
All the clothing was donated to the Community FoodBank's Kids Division.
“This is a wonderful gift for the holiday season, which will benefit hundreds of children in New Jersey,” says Ruth Dekker, Kids Resources Manager at the Community FoodBank. “We are extremely grateful to Brownie Troop 1168 and the Ho-Ho-Kus Public School for making this possible.” |
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Junior Girl Scout Troop 451 completed their first service project with Novartis in East Hanover on Friday, September 25. The girls helped assemble care packages for residents of Eva's Village, a social service agency in Paterson. The girls packed supplies donated by Novartis and Girl Scout cookies into the plastic bins for delivery. |
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River Vale Girl Scout Troop 1205 earned their Girl Scout Silver Award last spring. For their leadership project, the girls designed and hand-made comfort quilts for Tomorrow's Children in Hackensack, NJ. Tomorrow's Children specializes in treatments for children with cancer and other blood disorders, having what can be painful procedures. Troop 1205, having taught younger troops to sew, expanded their skills to quilt making- working with color, design and new techniques. To date, they have made more than 15 quilts. Pictured here are Janine, Jennifer and Lauren of Troop 1205. |
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Cadette Girl Scouts Haley Miller, Emily Niehoff, and Megan Reiling of Troop 892 in Mendham earned their Girl Scout Silver Award. They spent more than 40 hours of time on their leadership project, titled "A Walk Through the Mendhams." Another important part of the project was placing recycling receptacles along the walk route. This required the girls to get approval from the Town Council. |
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Junior Girl Scout Troop 832 visited the United Nations and the Girl Scouts of the USA Headquarters in New York City. The group of 5th graders went to NYC as part of their Girl Scout Bronze Award. While at the United Nations, the group had a private tour, which included the General Assembly and an overview of UN-sponsored programs, such as UNICEF. At the Girl Scout Headquarters on Fifth Avenue, the girls received a tour of the executive offices and the Girl Scout musem and archives. They also participated in a focus group with the head of Girl Scout programming, Eileen Doyle. |
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Memorial Day parades and ceremonies are a community tradition all over northern New Jersey. Girl Scouts of all ages to part in the festivities by marching in the parades, participating as colorguards, and doing community service projects in honor of the holiday. This Memorial Day, Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors formed a colorguard at the Park Ridge ceremony. Look at this group of patriotic Girl Scouts! |
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Vernon Girl Scout Troop 999 completed their Silver Award project, a landscape design for the Sussex County YMCA in Hardyston, NJ. The girls solicited donations of materials and supplies and with the help of YMCA staff, mulched the property and planted shrubs, trees and ground cover plants. Troop 999 has been involved in Girl Scouting for more than 8 years and earning their Silver Award is a great accomplishment. Fantastic job! |
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East Hanover Girl Scout Troops 2094, 1942, and 2112 helped out at the Hillside Food Bank. The girls also had the opportunity to meet Governor Corzine. Great job girls! |
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Girl Scouts of all ages attended the March 10, 2009 town council meeting in Pequannock, where Mayor Jorgensen read into the minutes the Girl Scout Proclamation for Girl Scout Week. The Girl Scouts in attendence presented the mayor with some Thin Mints, which he had to promise to share! |
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A Letter from Jessica Burton, Camp Liberty Iraq: My name is Jessica Burton. I am a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army and the Detachment Commander for 2nd Platoon, 664th Ordnance Company. I am writing in hopes that some recognition could be given to an outstanding Daisy Troop and its leaders. I arrived in Iraq with 74 soldiers in December of '08. As soon as I had the opportunity, I listed my Platoon on a web site called anysoldier.com. The web site is set up to have soldiers "adopted" and receive support from the Americans we protect. I recently received a HUGE package from Daisy Troop 737, co-leaders Beth McGovern and Michele Novelli. It was clear how much hard work the girls of this Daisy troop put into the package we received! They actually took the time to fill every one of our little requests-- right down to the desperate need that our female soldiers had for panties! This is the largest package my platoon has received and it fills me with pride knowing that it came from a Girl Scout troop, considering I myself was a Girl Scout until the 11th grade. I want to express my most heartfelt thanks for all the Girl Scouts and leaders who devote their time to mentoring our young American women. Without the guidance I received from Girl Scouts, I truly do not believe I would be as confident and successful as I am today. Thank you for helping mold me into the woman I am today and thank you for your continued mentorship of the young ladies of America! |
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Roxbury Troop 660 from Jefferson Elementary School went on their first camping trip at Jockey Hollow. It was the first camping trip that the entire troop attended! The trip took place November 2008. The third graders and their leaders went on a hike to Washington's Headquarters in the National Historic Park nearby, had a dance party under the pavilion and learned first aid from a nurse! Everyone had a great time at Jockey Hollow! |
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