DATES | GRADE (entering in Sept) | DESCRIPTION | Wednesday Trip Location/Day |
July 10-14 | K-8 | Resilient, Ready, Strong: Learn skills that will help improve your mental wellness as we work through a series of Girl Scout age-appropriate activities designed to help you address stress and anxiety and some of the causes of it. You’ll earn your Resilient, Ready, Strong Girl Scout Patch as you learn how to build up the strength and resilience needed for facing difficult situations. | Fabian Theater |

Celebrate Girls Summer Program
Join us for our Celebrate Girls Summer Program—a robust, seven-week program for girls in Grades Kindergarten-8.
Celebrate Girls Summer Program
July 10 through August 25, 2023 (seven
sessions)
Monday-Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Academy of Earth and
Science
PANTHER Academy, 201 Memorial Drive, Paterson
Cost: $120 per week per girl, includes daily breakfast, lunch, and snack, and a free T-shirt
At GSNNJ’s Celebrate Girls Summer Program, you'll gain important skills in four areas that form the foundation of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Life Skills, Outdoors, Entrepreneurship, and S.T.E.M. Themed activities make every day a fun, new adventure. You'll work on Girl Scout badges, attend field trips, spend time in the great outdoors, and participate in a Book Club.
Activities include:
- Outdoor games, Sports, Bicycle Riding
- Nature walks, Swimming
- Arts and Crafts, Drama, Dance
- Hands-on Science Activities
- Book Club with the Paterson Library
- Girl Scout Badges
- On Wednesdays to Fabian Theater, The Newark Museum, Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Liberty Science Center, a Broadway Show, Space Farms, and Paterson Great Falls & Museum.
- On Fridays to Lake Rickabear Camp in
Kinnelon
-
Week 1 (July 10-July 14) Resilient, Ready, Strong
-
Week 2 (July 17-21) Social Justice
-
Week 3 (July 24-28) Think Like a Citizen Scientist
-
Week 4 (July 31-Aug. 4) Becoming Me
-
Week 5 (Aug. 7-18) Voter Girl
-
Week 6 (Aug. 14-18) Money Matters
-
Week 7 (Aug. 21-25) The Girl Scout Tree Promise

Photo Gallery
View photos from incredible summers at Celebrate Girls:
Celebrate
Girls Paterson Summer Program
Celebrate
Girls Campers Explore Engineering
BD
STEM Day for Celebrate Girls
Celebrate
Girls Marketplace
Celebrate
Girls Campers visit PwC
Celebrate
Girls Campers Get Slimed
Celebrate
Girls Campers Learn to Skate
Celebrate
Girls Campers Enjoy Lake Rickabear
Celebrate
Girls Campers visit Medieval Times
Wildlife
at Celebrate Girls Paterson Summer Program
Community Resources
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey has compiled a listing of Community Resources (national and statewide) for our Volunteers and Families to reference as needed, including hotlines, government agencies, and services for employment, health, housing, food assistance and children/families.
For more information, contact Chief Program Officer
Charisse Taylor at (973) 248-8200.