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Girl Scouts helping Girl Scouts


Submitted by Rachel Whitmire Denver Jessica Whitmire and Angelina Akdis, rising Juniors from Troop 75 in Denver, spent an afternoon – as well as their hard earned Cookie Credits – helping others. Together they contributed $450 to buy supplies for … Continue reading

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Coronado Girl Scouts win national Junior Citizen Award


Submitted by Shoshana Nash Coronado Elementary School – Littleton You covered this awhile back on Facebook, but FYI… the project was chosen and submitted it for a Junior Citizen award and we won local, then state, and then national. Go … Continue reading

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Troop 3821 delivers to Hometown Heroes


Submitted by Cricket Hawkins Top of the World Summit Troop 3821 chose Swan Center Outreach as their Hometown Hero this year.  They recently visited the horse rescue and proudly donated a check for $356.28 plus 13 boxes of cookies to … Continue reading

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Eagle Valley Troop 1727 helps community clean up


Girls from Eagle Valley Troop 1727 helped with the Eagle Community Clean-up Day in April.

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Girl Scouts of Colorado moves retail focus to online shops; most physical stores to close


Girl Scouts of Colorado (GSCO) is moving the focus of retail merchandise sales to our online shop as we close all physical stores as of June 6, 2013, except for the corporate headquarters location. Our organization is working hard to … Continue reading

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Multi-level troop creates community garden to tie Journeys together


Submitted by Rebecca Schmidt Rock of Ages Lutheran Church Troop 40969 is a multi-troop and has been going through the It’s Your Planet Journey series in all levels from Daisy to Senior. We selected a Community Garden to tie all … Continue reading

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Troop 4000 visits Great Harvest Bread Company


Submitted by Erin Sonnenberg Colorado Springs Great Harvest Bread Company opened their doors and ovens to Brownie Troop 4000 on Saturday, May 4th in Colorado Springs. The owners, Ainley and Mark, walked us step by step through the entire bread-making … Continue reading

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Girl Scout Daisies make lunch for Ronald McDonald House residents


Submitted by Christina Bontempo Denver Kindergarten and 1st Grade Daisies made lunch for the residents of the Ronald McDonald House in Denver on Saturday, May 11. The girls chose RMH as their service action project and used funds raised by … Continue reading

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Feeding children in other countries with cookie money


Submitted by Tina Saunders Westminster Kids Against Hunger Junior girls from Troop 2569 in Westminster packaged food to help feed children in places like Haiti, Uganda, South Africa and Syria. We started doing this about three years ago and every … Continue reading

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Troop 607 creates Geocaching Kit for Sky High


Submitted by Melissa Ellenberger Colorado Springs Troop 607 in Service Unit 13, enjoyed earning the Junior Geocaching badge so much, that they decided to make it a part of their Bronze Award Project. The second year Juniors, created and followed … Continue reading

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