Girl Scouts in Westborough

Here you may find information and stories about Girl Scouting in Westborough, MA. As of Jan, 2009, Westborough has 28 Girl Scout troops in grades K-12 in town, and approx. 315 registered girls in town. For information on membership contact Monica at Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts at 508-853-1070, x 110
 

Community Invited to Thinking Day Event , Sun Feb 21 2-4pm

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COMMUNITY INVITED TO THINKING DAY EVENT
February 22 is World Thinking Day. Every year on this day, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides devote themselves to thinking of one another with love and friendship. The theme for Thinking Day this year is, "Together we can end extreme poverty and hunger." The recent tragic events in Haiti can clearly serve as a way to educate our girls about the issues of poverty and hunger throughout the world and how acts of kindness can make such a positive difference.
Westborough Girl Scouts invites the community and Girl Scouts of all ages to their Thinking Day event on Sunday, February 21st.  It will run from 2-4 at the St. Luke's Parish Center, third floor.  Troops will have information and poster displays on the various World Centers, countries in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, various Girl Guide programs from other countries, opening ceremony and much more.
In celebration of World Thinking Day, donations are being accepted at the event for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund (JLWFF) and the Westborough Food Pantry.  A portion of the funds raised by the JLWFF this year will go to Haiti disaster relief. The purpose of the Fund is to extend Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding to girls around the world and to support international friendship through service, training events, and exchange visits.
Westborough Girl Scout troop 30516 is hosting the event. The troop members have been hard at work planning since last fall.  The leaders are Sharon Collins and Marilyn Lyle. For information on this event or Westborough Girl Scouts call Judy at 508-870-1895.

February 22 is World Thinking Day.

Every year on this day, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides devote themselves to thinking of one another with love and friendship. The theme for Thinking Day this year is, "Together we can end extreme poverty and hunger." The recent tragic events in Haiti can clearly serve as a way to educate our girls about the issues of poverty and hunger throughout the world and how acts of kindness can make such a positive difference.     

Westborough Girl Scouts invites the community and Girl Scouts of all ages to their Thinking Day event on Sunday, February 21st.  It will run from 2-4 at the St. Luke's Parish Center, third floor.  Troops will have information and poster displays on the various World Centers, countries in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, various Girl Guide programs from other countries, opening ceremony and much more.    

In celebration of World Thinking Day, donations are being accepted at the event for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund (JLWFF) and the Westborough Food Pantry.  A portion of the funds raised by the JLWFF this year will go to Haiti disaster relief. The purpose of the Fund is to extend Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding to girls around the world and to support international friendship through service, training events, and exchange visits.    

Westborough Girl Scout troop 30516 is hosting the event. The troop members have been hard at work planning since last fall.  The leaders are Sharon Collins and Marilyn Lyle. For information on this event or Westborough Girl Scouts call Judy at 508-870-1895.

 

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Girl Scout Cookie Sales Continue!

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Sunday, 24 January 2010 22:25
COOKIE BOOTH SALES IN WESTBOROUGH
Girl Scout cash and carry cookie sales for Westborough will continue over the next few weekends.  Cookies may be bought on Friday, January 29 at the Stop and Shop Lyman Street from 3-6 p.m.  On Saturday January 30 from 9-4 at Roche Brothers,8-12  at Stop and Shop Lyman St,9-5 at  Lowe's and 10-12 at the Willows.
On Sunday, January 31 Girl Scouts will be selling from  12-4 at Roche Brothers, 9-5 at Stop and Shop Lyman St, 12-4 at Stop and Shop Otis St, 10-4 at Lowes, 12-5 at the Mass Pike service center. Also, on Tuesday February 2 at Stop and Shop Lyman St from 12-3 p.m.
The baker this year is Little Brownie Baker and there are eight varieties. All boxes sell for three dollars and fifty cents. The troops are also participating in a service project during the sale. Customers may donate money or purchase boxes of cookies to be delivered to the recipients of Westborough Meals on Wheels, home bound senior citizens and to the military personnel through the Blue Star Mothers of Massachusetts.
For information please call Judy at 508-870-1895.

Girl Scout cash and carry cookie sales for Westborough will continue over the next few weekends.  Cookies may be bought on Friday, January 29 at the Stop and Shop Lyman Street from 3-6 p.m.  

On Saturday January 30 from 9-4 at Roche Brothers,8-12  at Stop and Shop Lyman St, 9-5 at  Lowe's, 10-12 at the Willows, and 12-2pm at Stein Mart in Bay State Commons.

On Sunday, January 31 Girl Scouts will be selling from  12-4 at Roche Brothers, 9-5 at Stop and Shop Lyman St, 12-4 at Stop and Shop Otis St, 10-4 at Lowes, 12-5 at the Mass Pike service center.

Also, on Tuesday February 2 at Stop and Shop Lyman St from 12-3 p.m.

The baker this year is Little Brownie Baker and there are eight varieties. All boxes sell for three dollars and fifty cents. The troops are also participating in a service project during the sale. Customers may donate money or purchase boxes of cookies to be delivered to the recipients of Westborough Meals on Wheels, home bound senior citizens and to the military personnel through the Blue Star Mothers of Massachusetts.For information please call Judy at 508-870-1895.

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Westborough Girl Scouts Rededication for New Troop Members

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Sunday, 24 January 2010 21:55
WESTBOROUGH GIRL SCOUTS REDEDICATION
Westborough Girl Scout troops 30629 and 30859 recently held an investiture for new members of their troop.  The troops meet together and members are in grades four to six.  New members received their Girl Scout membership pin.  The returning girls participated in the ceremony by rededicating themselves to the Promise and Laws of the organization.
The troop recently attended a swimming lesson program and are conducting their cookie sales now.
For information on Westborough Girl Scouts call Judy at 508-870-1895.

Westborough Girl Scout troops 30629 and 30859 recently held an investiture for new members of their troop.  The troops meet together and members are in grades four to six.  New members received their Girl Scout membership pin.  The returning girls participated in the ceremony by rededicating themselves to the Promise and Laws of the organization. The troop recently attended a swimming lesson program and are conducting their cookie sales now.For information on Westborough Girl Scouts call Judy at 508-870-1895.

Westborough Girl Scout troops 30629 and 30859 investiture for new members

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Westborough Girl Scouts Carve Creations

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Thursday, 03 December 2009 23:06
Rachel Van Heest, Westborough Girl Scout troop 30596, read about the Ecotarium's call for help in carving pumpkins for their annual Great Pumpkin Fest. The  idea was brought to her Girl Scout troop about helping out. Together the troop  came up with the idea to open it up to the thirty Girl Scout troops in town. Each of the 315 girls was invited to bring a parent with them, for safety reasons, and their own carving utensils.  The event was planned for a Sunday afternoon at the walkway at Fales School. Due to the storm that day girls and parents came and picked up pumpkin. They brought them home to carve and returned them for delivery.  With each pumpkin that was carved the girl  received a free ticket into the Ecotarium’s event. If the girls did not take their tickets then they were donated  to the Westborough’s YWCA. Special thanks to the parents that helped with the carving, picking up, and dropping off pumpkins. Without their help this event would not have been possible.
Rachel Van Heest, Senior Girl Scout, with some of the pumpkins donated to the Ecotarium Pumpkin Fest.

 

Rachel Van Heest, Senior Girl Scout, with some of the pumpkins donated to the Ecotarium Pumpkin Fest.
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Girl Scout Alumnae Invited to Camp Bonnie Brae's 90th anniversary

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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:43

Camp Bonnie Brae logoEAST OTIS – July 10th is the requested deadline to register for Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts’ Camp Bonnie Brae 90th anniversary celebration, to be held at Camp Bonnie Brae on July 25th.

If you were ever a camper or a counselor at either Camp Bonnie Brae or Camp Edith G. Newell, and even if you weren’t, you are invited to join the fun and relive favorite camp memories. The day will feature typical camp activities; swimming, boating, hiking, singing, games and crafts. The evening will feature a Wish Boat ceremony, a camp fire and s’mores, of course, and more.

You can register for just the day, stay for dinner, or stay overnight. To receive a formal invitation or to find out more, send us a note at info@gscwm.org  or call Brenda Wolfe at (800) 462-9100.

 

 

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Elizabeth Anderson earns Girl Scout Silver Award

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Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:30
Elizabeth AndersonWestborough resident Elizabeth Anderson has earned the Girl Scout Silver Award and will be honored at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester on May 3.  The Silver Award is the second highest award granted to a Girl Scout in grades 7-9.  Elizabeth has been a Girl Scout for 10 years and is a current member of Troop 30195.

The Silver Award is a service-oriented award pursued by girls on individual journeys who want to make a lasting difference in their community.  Prior to completing the Silver Award project, a Girl Scout must earn a leadership award, a career award, and complete a community assessment through which she identifies the issue she will address and starts to make the contacts that will help her in completing a Silver Award project.  She must also establish a relationship with an advisor who mentors her on the project.

Elizabeth’s Silver Award project was entitled “Fun Fiddlers.”  It consisted of a series of 10 fiddle lessons for a group of 12 students in grades 4-6 from Westborough and the surrounding area.  As a two-time Scottish fiddle champion, Elizabeth taught a variety of Celtic and American fiddle tunes.  Elizabeth provided each student with a book of tunes she compiled and an accompanying CD which she recorded herself.  The project culminated with a concert at the Willows at Westborough.  This project benefited Elizabeth’s students, the fiddle community, and the Willows residents, who enjoyed the concert very much.

Elizabeth is a freshman at Westborough High School, where she plays in the orchestra and is a member of the Tri-M music honor society and the Community Cooking Club.  She takes weekly private classical violin and fiddle lessons and is the principal second violin of the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra.  She has attended the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School for the past 3 years.  Elizabeth is also an outdoors enthusiast and belongs to Venture Crew 100 and the Girl Scout GO Group which does an annual backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail.  Elizabeth has recently been honored by being chosen to attend a national Girl Scout Destination this July in which she will travel to Costa Rica and spend 10 days backpacking, white     water rafting, rappelling, learning to surf, and living in the homes of native families. 

Elizabeth is the daughter of Janet and Warren Anderson and sister of Ben.
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Girl Scout Gold Award to Leah Garber

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Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:15
Leah Garber 2009 Girl Scout earns Gold AwardThe Girl Scout Gold Award, highest award in Girl Scouts, will be given to Leah Garber at a council wide ceremony on May 3rd at the Crowne Plaza in Worcester.  Leah is a member of Westborough Girl Scout troop 30633 led by Charlene Aldrich and Judy Wilchynski.  Leah will graduate from Westborough High School on June 6. She is a member of the National Honor Society and vice president of the rollerblading club. Her interests at school involve being a member of the Environmental Club, and a member of the indoor and outdoor Track and Field team. . Leah has been a member of Girl Scouts for 10 years, and will continue as a lifetime member. This summer she will be working as a lifeguard and swim instructor. She plans to study business a Northeastern University in the fall.
 
Her project consisted of two parts. The first piece was educational. For this she recreated the town recycling brochure that explains dump rules and has recycling statistics. In addition, she held a seminar at a local church for kids and adults. For adults, she presented a Power Point on how to recycle, why to recycle, and what to recycle. At the seminar, informational pamphlets from the Board of Health and the Mass DEP in Worcester on recycling, composting and energy savings  were distributed. The pamphlets remaining were donated to the Board of Health  for use within Westborough. Mr. Ben Harvey, of E. L Harvey’s and Sons, and Mr. Paul McNulty, Director of Public Health, attended the seminar and served as Leah's advisors during the project.  At the children’s seminar, they were taught about recycling and then made bird feeders out of recyclable materials. The second part of the project involves the implementation of recycling receptacles in town at playing fields. Leah has worked with the John Walden, manager of the Department of Public Works,  and Ben Harvey of E. L. Harvey and Sons to obtain them, have graphics placed on them, and have the receptacles placed at fields around town so attendees at sports events can use them rather than just throw water bottles away. Leah has worked with John Walden to arrange for placement and continued emptying of the receptacles over the spring to fall months.  These will be picked up regularly by the DPW. During the project Leah worked very closely with town officials and private business to implement her Gold Award project.  Since then, she has been asked to participate in a recycling information program at Solomon Pond Mall and participated in an educational program at the Harvey Farm. 
Paul McNulty, Director of Health, Board of Health Westborough, Leah Garber Westborough Girl Scout and Ben Harvey, E. L. Harvey and Sons
Last year, approximately 5,500 girls across the country received the Girl Scout Gold Award. That was around 5.4% of the eligible registered Girl Scouts in grades 10-12.  If the project is a service, it should be something that creates change or action with long-term possibilities, empowering others besides just the girl; if it is something tangible, it should come with a plan for use and maintenance within the community. The project is more than a good service project—it encompasses organizational, leadership, and networking skills. Requirements for the Girl Scout Gold Award are several and must be completed and approved prior to the start of the project.  Each girl must earn the Girl Scout Gold Leadership award, earn the Girl Scout Career award by having a paying job or to do a total of 40 hours related to career exploration. In earning the Girl Scout 4B's Challenge award the girls have an opportunity to assess their skill set and achieve two goals related to self improvement, create a community profile to find out the community needs and assets, create a vision for change within the community and to focus on developing a specific network of people who will help with the vision.  Each Girl Scout then makes an application for her project to the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts Gold Award committee and is assigned an advisor from the committee.  Tammy Breen, GSCWM Teen Program Specialist, oversees the volunteer committee advisors and is responsible for all Gold and Silver award applications and the council ceremony.
 
 
Leah is the daughter of Dr. Larry Garber, Southboro and Leslie Garber of Westborough. 
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