Tag: Girl Scouts
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Manalapan Girl Scouts partner with Undies for Everyone to help children
MANALAPAN — Girl Scouts from Troop 60451, Manalapan, recently partnered with Undies for Everyone, a national organization which provides children who are living in poverty or in crisis with new underwear. The girls in Troop 60451, who are 9, 10 and 11 years old, collected more than 3,400 pairs of underwear with the assistance of…
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Manalapan Girl Scouts partner with Undies for Everyone to help children
MANALAPAN — Girl Scouts from Troop 60451, Manalapan, recently partnered with Undies for Everyone, a national organization which provides children who are living in poverty or in crisis with new underwear. The girls in Troop 60451, who are 9, 10 and 11 years old, collected more than 3,400 pairs of underwear with the assistance of…
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Girl Scouts donate birthday bags to Hillsborough Community Assistance Network
The Girl Scout organization celebrated its 110th birthday on March 12 to commemorate the day in 1912 when founder Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization’s first 18 members in Savannah, Georgia. Hillsborough has more than 400 Girl Scouts and 335 dedicated adult volunteers, according to information provided by Danielle Greco. To commemorate the organization’s…
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Hopewell Valley Girl Scouts celebrate Thinking Day with peace pinwheels
Each year, Girl Scouts across the globe observe Thinking Day, a worldwide celebration of international friendships among the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Traditionally, each troop participates in activities and projects with global themes to honor and learn about their sister Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world. The theme for…
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Advertorial: The Power of Girl Scouts … Join Us!
Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. What do these accomplished women have in common? You are correct that they served as U.S. Secretaries of State, but did you know that all of them were Girl Scouts? Girl Scout alums can be found in positions of leadership throughout our country, for example: 53% of the…
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Girl Scouts at Home program provides activities for all girls during self isolation period
The Girl Scouts At Home program has launched, presented via new website pages that will direct parents and teachers to tutorials, step-by-step badge programs and livestream events. A starter list of programs being offered includes outdoor adventures that can be done while social distancing, science badge activities, engineering paper airplanes, art apprentice, photo magic and…
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Monroe girl puts the ‘G’ in ‘Go-Getter’ through her Girl Scout experiences
MONROE – Josephina Corona puts the “G” in “Go-Getter” as she was one of 24 girls selected nationwide to win the 2019 Girls Scouts Cookie Pro competition. That was the title Josephina, 11, a sixth-grader, named her mini graphic novel she had to make to enter the competition. The novel had to showcase how she…
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Middletown girl is the new face of Thanks-a-Lot Girl Scout cookie
A sweet honor for an even sweeter girl from Middletown is earning her celebrity status. Eight-year-old Brenna McCormick, who is a Girl Scout, is the new face of the Girl Scout Thanks-A-Lot cookie, which are shortbread cookies with fudge. Brenna’s photographs appear on the cookie packaging. Brenna was recognized during a news conference on Jan.…
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Girl Scouts help to feed the hungry at St. Peter’s Church
The young ladies of Manalapan Girl Scout Senior Troop 1798 and Junior Troop 1790 came together recently to cook a meal and serve individuals in need at St. Peter’s Church, Freehold Borough. The girls’ leader, Betty Pylarinos, along with Sami and Abby Pylarinos, prepared and cooked 16 meatloaves on the night of Nov. 8, according…