Amazing G.I.R.L.s (Go-getters,
Innovators, Risk-takers, Leaders)
Cookies take Girl Scouts to the
moon (and back!)
Many love eating Girl Scout cookies, but few know the
amazing adventures that those boxes of yummy treats
provide for Girl Scouts.
Troop 51514 from Wexford funded an exciting trip to the
moon on a space shuttle using the proceeds they earned
through the Cookie Program. Not the actual moon, of
course, but a simulated journey at The Challenger Center
at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia.
“We all had different jobs in the simulation and then
built and launched rockets made out of paper,” said Amy
Herne, co-leader of the Junior troop. “The girls had to do
a budget, purchase the parts, and each person on the
team had a defined role, like safety manager.”
The trip was made possible by the girls’ participation in the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program. “We funded
space camp 100% with cookie money,” Herne said. “The girls didn’t pay a dime.”
Greensburg Girl Scouts deliver cookies to local first responders
Girl Scouts from Troops 27038 and 26831 in
Greensburg delivered Girl Scout Cookies to
local police, firefighters, paramedics, and
other emergency personnel in April.
The girls collected donations for the cookies at
booth sales in the month of March during the
annual Girl Scout Cookie Program.
They raised enough donations to purchase
300 boxes of cookies, which they delivered
in person to volunteer fire departments, the
police department, the emergency room at
Westmoreland Regional Hospital, and other
local agencies throughout the Greensburg area.
“The girls wanted to thank the men and women who work to keep us safe,” said Chrissy Schaeffer,
leader of Troop 27038. “We’ve always had great support from them, especially from the Crabtree
Volunteer Fire Department, so the girls wanted to find a way to give something back.”
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Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania 2015-2016 Annual Report