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 | Brownie Troop 40402 Made Fleece Hats to Donate to the Winchester Cancer Center Brownie Troop 40402 from Inwood, WV made fleece hats to donate to the Winchester Cancer Center. The girls have a co-leader that is undergoing treatment for Breast Cancer in Winchester. The girls also completed the Breast Health Awareness Patch Program. Photographer: Lisa Hamaker |
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 | Daisies Collected Pennies for Girl Scouts of Japan Daisy Troop 4764 from Alexandria, Va work on their Yellow Daisy Petal - Friendly and Helpful by collecting over 900 pennies for the Relief Effort for Girls Scouts of Japan. Photographer: Heather Adams |
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 | Troop 81142 Enjoyed Singing and Having Some Fun with their Girl Scout Cookie Booth Sales Booth sales are over, but the troop's song is still in Terry Wambach's head. In Troop 81142, each girl promoted their favorite cookie while sharing a box of Thin Mints. Photographer: Terry Wambach |
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 | Daisies Earned their Magenta Petal Daisy troop 2784 visits with Fairfax Police at the Reston station to earn their magenta petal (Respect Authority). Photographer: Kathleen Foley |
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 | Sending Smiles to our Girl Scout sisters in Japan - Daisies Earned their Green Petal Daisy Troop 4764 from Alexandria, Va work on their Spring Green Daisy Petal - Considerate and Caring by making Smiley Face Cards to send to thier Girl Scout sisters in Japan. Photographer: Heather Adams |
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 | Girl Scouts Marched in Saint Patrick's Day Parade Brownie troop 2025 marched in the Gaithersburg ST. Patricks Day parade. Photographer: Carla Robinson |
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 | Girl Scouts Donated over 300 boxes of cookies to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Girl Scouts from Brownie Troop 2025 and Junior Troop 6579 donated over 300 boxes of cookies to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Photographer: Carla Robinson |
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Troop 1273 Made Cranes For Japan
Troop 1273 made 56 cranes to send to Japan. Girl Scouts were encouraged to send expressions of friendship to their sister Girl Scouts in Japan due to the earthquake and tsunami devastation. The Girl Scouts of Japan made and mailed thousands of these cranes to the United States as an expression of peace and friendship after the September 11th tragedy. Photographer: Jennifer Manguera |
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 | Senior Center Girl Scout Sing-along Girl Scout Brownies participated in a Sing-Along at a Center for Seniors. A dozen hung uniforms, ranging from 1914 to 1973 were displayed while the girls distributed Girl Scout cookies and sang songs. The girls and center members sang numerous songs together. Afterward, the seniors looked at uniforms up close, remarking on which ones they remembered wearing. Many thanks to GSCNC Archives for loaning the uniforms for this event. Photographer: Betsy Kiker |
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 | Girl Scouts Make a Quilt for a Girl's Grandfather Girl Scout Cadette Troop 5522 completed a unique and compassionate service project this winter of making a quilt for one of the girl's bereaved grandfathers. With the guidance of a mother, Michelle Kite, and the advice and hands of professional quilters, Priscilla Stultz and a Troop member's grandmother, Cindy Allbright and leadership of Nora Caprera Wilson, the girls made this lovely quilt from the gentleman's beloved wife's clothing to hold precious memories and keep him warm. Photographer: Michelle Garnica |
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 | Days are Full in Girl Scouting Troop 1889 stayed busy during the month of March with Cookie Sales, Thinking Day and Fairy Camp at Camp Winona. Photographer Name: Stephanie Bibb |
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 | Troop Volunteered at a Local Food Bank Warehouse Cadettes and Seniors from Troop 576 volunteered at the Capital Area Food Bank's warehouse. The girls packed and sorted donated food to help people who are at risk of hunger. The girls are on their way to earning their Silver Trefoil awards! Photographer: Noelle Lee |
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 | Girl Scout Day at the Air and Space Museum Troop 1273 of Silver Spring had a wonderful time at the Air & Space museum doing lots of hands on experiences and learning about everything they could from airplanes to space shuttles. Photographer: Jen Manguera |
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 | The Sport of Geocaching at GSCNC's Camp Tag-A-Long In the summer of 2010, 400 girls and Tag-a-Long (siblings) learned about the sport of Geocaching. As part of the interest project that the PALs units earned, they launched travel bugs. Travel bugs are individually tagged trinkets that make their way from cache to cache. Since August, our seven adventurers have gone over 33,000 miles - including visits to Saudi Arabia, Italy and England. Cutie the Camel is on her way back to DC from California, where she has been visiting the desert! Photographer: Lisa McGrail |
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 | Program Aide Training at Camp Brighton Woods Twenty-one Cadette and Senior scouts from Upper Montgomery County's Association 32 completed their Core and Specialty Program Aide training. Trainer Carol Clanton prepared the girls for the upcoming camping season in an overnight training session at one of the beautiful new lodges at Camp Brighton Woods. Photographer: Christine Collins |
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 | Celebrating 99 Years of Girl Scouting! Recently established Troop #5424 celebrated the Girl Scouts birthday at their second troop meeting on Tuesday, March 8. These Daisies decorated a large 'Happy 99th Birthday' banner and frosted mini birthday cakes! Leaders integrated history, fun facts and Thinking Day stories into the celebration as they continue to introduce the girls to our organization! Photographer: Ashleigh Dorfman |
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 | Young Daisy Girl Scouts Learn About Aboriginal Sand Stories Herndon area Girl Scouts celebrated Thinking Day in style, as they sported fashion wear from around the world. For this multi-cultural event, girls of all ages selected for study a country that, like the United States, has active Girl Scouts or Girl Guides programs. Girls researched their selected country and prepared fun learning activities to share with sister Girl Scouts. These activities ranged from crafts, stories, and games to food and, yes, fashion activities! Girls enjoyed a runway fashion show as they modeled traditional and modern clothing from their selected countries. There were saris, kimonos, and much more! The Thinking Day celebration proved to be a very successful, interactive way for girls to appreciate other cultures. Photography: Robert and Renee Maxwell |
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 | Brownie Troop 6663 Participated in Flag Raising Ceremony During Girl Scout Week
Members of Brownie Troop 6663 participated in the flag raising ceremony at Algonkian Elementary to celebrate Girl Scout Week. The girls learned the proper etiquette of raising and taking down the flags that are flown at the school. Photographer: Winston Royce |
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 | Brownie Troop 6663 Held First Photography Fundraiser
Brownie Troop 6663 recently developed and held their very first troop fundraiser, a Photography Workshop. During the three hour workshop, daisies, brownies and juniors learned the ins and outs of photography and also featured different work stations where kids could take their pictures as practice.
Brownie Troop 6663 provided home made snacks and punch for attendees. Funds raised are going towards Troop 6663's work on their bronze award. They will be making blankets for the local homeless shelters, food banks and making crate blankets for the Loudoun Humane Society. Photographer: Winston Royce |
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 | Celebrating Girl Scout Week Girls from Troop #595 and Troop #1914 kicked off Girl Scout Week on March 6 by serving Girl Scout cookies with homemade bundt cake and coffee, tea and juice at Coffee Hour at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA. Photographer: Tia Murchie-Beyma |
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 | Cadette Troop Selling Girl Scout Cookies Cadette Troop 5324 have been scouts since Daisies and enjoy Girl Scouting. Here in this photo, they are doing their part in helping out with the Girl Scout Cookie Sale. Photographer: Daretia Carmichael |
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 | 2011 Step Show Girl Scout Troop 6563 attended the 2011 Step Show at Trinity and had a lot of fun. Photographer: Sylvia Bryant |
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 | Troops Honored Female Veterans Troop 6563 worked on a service project at a Soldiers Retirement Home in Washington, DC honoring female veterans. Photographer: Sylvia Bryant |
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 | Camp Coles Trip Adventures Brownie troops 404 and 2866 had a lot of fun and learned a lot at Camp Coles Trip. Troop leader Missy Ciccolella taught the girls the importance of fire safety while lighting a campfire and the girls worked hard towards earning the Eco-Explorer try-it. Photographer: Crystal Alton |
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 | Girl Scouts Participated in Wreath Laying Ceremony Brownie troop 404 participated in a wreath laying ceremony at George Washington's tomb. Photographer: Crystal Alton |
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 | Girl Scouts Learn from Montgomery County Police Department Sergeant Jen McNeal Cadette Troop 2686 of Service Unit 32-1 in Gaithersburg invited Sergeant Jen McNeal of the Montgomery County Police Department to speak at their meeting on relevant issues for today's girls and women. Sergeant McNeal addressed domestic violence issues, self-defense techniques, career opportunities for women in police work, bullying issues, and gave the girls many"stay safe" ideas. The troop invited non-Girl Scouts to join them and earned the "Your Best Defense" Interest Project Patch. Photographer: Christine Collins. |
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 | Teen Girl Scouts Sponsor "Rock the Rec Center!" Event Teens from three service units participated and sponsored a "Rock the Rec Center!" event at the Claude Moore Rec Center in Sterling, VA. Service Units 50-6, 50-2, and 50-12 enjoyed rock climbing walls, Girl Scout trivia quizzes, and had an early Girl Scout birthday celebration to top off this fantastic event. Photographer: Barb Males |
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 | Girl Scouts Implement a Silver Award Project Promoting Literacy Girls from Cadette Troop 3377 organized a local "Scrabble Night!" to promote literacy and a love of reading in the community. As part of the project, the girls also collected new and gently-used books that will be donated to the Laurel Learning Center in Reston, a pre-school and early childcare facility for needy families in our area.
Girl Scouts attending the event earned the "Words Rock" patch, developed by Arizona's Cactus-Pine Council. Photographer: Barb Males |
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 | Troop 6457 makes pillowcases for Loudoun Hospital Center The girls from troop 6457 in Leesburg, VA made pillowcases to donate to the pediatric ward at Loudoun Hospital Center. Photographer: Beverly McDonald |
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 | Daisy Petal Fun Troop 5425 wanted to share a picture of their very first cookie booth. Outside the Ace Hardware store in Centreville, VA the Daisies dressed as daisies had fun while selling Girl Scout Cookies. Photographer: Laura Crump |
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 | Girl Scouts Have Fun with Cookie Booth Sales Troop 2814 had fun selling Girl Scout cookies dressed up in their samoas and thin mint cookie costumes. Photographer: Deanna Keys |
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 | Girl Scout Troop Competed in a First Lego League Maryland Qualifier Event Seven members of Girl Scout Troop 2701 competed in a First Lego League Maryland Qualifier Event. They designed a robot that performed four health related missions and also completed a research project on pre-diabetes. As a result of their hard work and dedication, they were awarded the Rookie All Star Award. Known as the Pre-Teen Dreamers, they were the sole all-girl team, competing against 23 other teams. Photographer: Unknown |
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 | Troop 2568 Learns About Japan in Honor of Thinking Day As part of their Thinking Day activities, girls from Troop 2568 in Herndon attended an interactive program provided by the Japan Information and Culture Center, the culture section of the Japan Embassy in Washington DC. Following a video and presentation, the girls were invited on stage to demonstrate Japanese dress styles, play a Japanese game, and sit down for a mock Japanese meal. Afterward, the girls sang a song in Japanese and presented Girl Scout cookies to the program coordinators. Photographer: Therese Howe |
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 | Underground Railroad Troop Outing to Leesylvania State Park Troop 795 attended the Leesylvania State Park's Underground Railroad exhibit in recognition of Black History Month. The girls (and Park Rangers) are standing in front of a quilt showing different coded quilt panels which contained secret messages intended to aid fleeing slaves. This quilt was on loan from the White House. Photographer: Tish DeVere |
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 | Cadette Troop 3393 Visited Hardwood Artisan's Workshop in Woodbrige, VA
Girls from Troop 3393 toured the workshop and showroom of Hardwood Artisan's in Woodbridge, VA. Their enthusiastic tour guide taught the girls about types of wood and machinery used to transform wooden planks into beautiful furniture. During an hour long tour the girl's guide made a wooden box which was given to their troop cookie manager! Photograph by: Brenda Cheney |
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 | Brownie Troop Studied India for Thinking Day Brownie Troop 766 had a great evening learning about India. With each assignment the girls brought in, they all learned about history, a love story (Taj Mahal), geography, about Girl Guides in India, national bird and arts (lots of new dances learned) and many more facts about India. Scouts are looking forward on showing off their poster during a Service Unit World Thinking Day event (where troops proudly show off their WTD poster to other sister Scouts while getting their passport stamped). Photographer: Julie Mulkey |
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 | Troop Celebrated Achieving Gold Awards All six girls of Senior Troop 3034 of Calvert County Maryland celebrated earning their Gold Awards together in one ceremony. All the girls, Amanda Davidson, Mallory Clites, Becky Aikman, Tierney Guido, Laura Belkofer and Sarah Turner, graduated from high school in June 2010. Although they earned their awards at different times, they decided to have one big ceremony to celebrate together. Photographer: Unknown |
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 | Troop 4879 Made Over 40 Name Plates for Babies in the NICU at INOVA Junior Girl Scout Troop 4879 of Broadlands, VA, made over 40 name plates for babies in the NICU at INOVA Loudoun Hospital with the help of Erica Kordes and the March of Dimes. The troop has a special connection with early births and wanted to do something to make the babies' families feel like their little ones were in a cozy spot, not just a hospital. Friend of the troop Erica Kordes, parent of a preemie and also on the board at the hospital, had the perfect solution. Erica was spending sleepless nights making preemie blankets and name plates for the new babies in the hospital. She knew how it felt to have to leave her precious newborn each night and wanted families experiencing this to feel like they weren't alone and to give them hope. Erica is hoping to receive a grant from Pepsi to further her idea for expanding a NICU support project in Loudoun. Troop 4879 hopes to be a part of it. |
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 | Cadette Troop 1424 Learning to Snow Ski Together Thirteen girls and six chaperones went to Liberty ski resort and eight of the thirteen girls had never learned to ski before. EVERYONE learned, and all had fun! Photographer: Jeanne Srour |
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 | Brownie Troop 766 Attended MLK Event Girls attended a MLK event in January in Bethesda MD. Girls learned how to make items for many organizations like Children's Inn-something for their mailboxes daily, Chinese New Year cards for children, and hats for the homeless and learned The girls learned a lot about MLK. Photographer: Julie Mulkey |
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 | Brownie Troop 1257 Camps-In at the Science Museum of VA Troop 1257 learned similarities and differences between the Artic and Antarctica. The girls tolerated frigid water temperatures by simulating animal feathers/fur (bubble wrap) and blubber (shortening); then tested the water temperature under these conditions. Later in the evening, the girls toured the museum, and viewed an Imax movie about the Coral Reef before "lights out" in the rotunda. Photographer: Dawn Ellis |
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 | Troop 5155 Took Donations to Children's Hospital Girl Scout troop 5155 delivered stuff animals and gently used books that were collected during their service project for community service to Children's Hospital. The stuffed animals and books went to Dr. Bear's Toy Closet. These girls had so much fun giving back to other children, that they even went though there own toys looking for stuff to give. Troop 5155 wants to say thanks to everyone that helped. |
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 | Troop 1914 Helped with Accotink's Fall Watershed Cleanup After a thrilling mystery overnight in honor of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday, homeschooled Troop 1914 set aside ball gowns and donned khakis for Lake Accotink's Fall Watershed Cleanup. The girls collected many bags of refuse -- including everything from bottles to a computer -- before they discovered and disentangled a rusty car axle from deadfall at the edge of a creek. With teamwork and heavy gloves, the girls safely hauled the axle up a steep wooded slope and brought it to the marina for disposal.
Photographer: Tia Murchie-Beyma |
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 | Troop 1953 Girl Scouts Brought Cheer to Shelter Residents Girl scouts from North Potomac's Troop 1953 wanted to do some good for the community as part of their Silver Award and redecorated the TV room in the Stepping Stones Shelter for homeless men, women and children in Rockville, MD. Photographer: Diyana Sanders |
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 | Daisy Troop Made Crafts on Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday Daisy Troop 4204 from Gaithersburg, MD volunteered and made crafts at the MLK Day of Service at the Bethesda Marriott Conference Center. Photographer: Rebecca Matthews |
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 | Association 51 Ashgrove West's First Cookie Rally Association 51 Ashgrove West's first cookie rally was a rousing success, with 230 Daisies, Brownies and Juniors attending the Jan. 8 event at Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon! At the rally, troop leaders accompanied girls as they they rotate through stations including Thin Mint Marketing; Tasting Trefoils; Selling Samoas Safely; Tagalong Target Setting; and Dancing with Do-Si-Dos. Thank You Berry Munch to the 20 teen Girl Scouts who led several of the activities, as well as all the adult volunteers who helped make this happen! Photographer: Therese Howe |
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 | Cadette Troop 5881 Enjoys a Day Out Ice Skating Cadette Troop 5881 of Lorton, VA spent an afternoon skating at Fairfax Ice Arena - Just For Fun! Photographer: Vonda Peterson |
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 | Girls Make Dinner for Families Participating in the Fairfax County's Nurturing Parent Program Members of multilevel Troop 2568, SU 51-7, recently prepared and served dinner to families participating in Fairfax County's Nurturing Parent Program at the Southgate Community Center in Reston. The girls made and decorated cakes, served dinner and drinks for the families, then cleaned up. The families and program officials thanked the girls afterward with a round of applause and candy bars; in turn the girls sang The Brownie Smile Song and Make New Friends for the families. Photographer: Therese Howe |
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 | Brownie Troop 6663 Earning the Common Threads Patch Recently Brownie Troop 6663 from Sterling, Virginia visited the Northern Virginia Mosque in Manassas, Virginia to visit with the Imam, A. Nahidian and other mosque leaders to learn more about the Islamic faith and the mosque. The trip was part of the girls work on earning the Common Threads patch. As part of that, they are learning about the diversity within their own troop. During the visit the girls were able to watch the prayer ceremonies and ask lots of questions such as what are the five pillars of Islam? How did Islam get started? What is the travel to Mecca about? At the end, each girl was given the BISMILLAH award, and a plaque with their names written in Arabic by the Imam, A. Nahidian. The girls will also be visiting the different churches and synagogues in the area. |
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