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  08/24/10   Grand Junction Girl Scout earns one-of-a-kind award for saving lives

Grand Junction 14-year-old Amelia Watson won’t soon forget the cold morning of Jan. 15th. She put her life at risk to save her grandmother when her grandmother accidentally ignited a liquid oxygen supply and her bedroom erupted in ... [view full release]

  08/23/10   Limon Girl Scouts visit nursing homes

From Girl Scout Troop 161 Girl Scout Troop 161 of Limon has been busy this summer visiting Nursing Homes in Hugo and Assistant Care Facilities in Limon, including Carla's Cluster Care and Limon Village.  We ... [view full release]

  08/19/10   Troop 1944 delivers blankets to The Children's Hospital

From Troop Leader Jen Pollock Troop 1944 made blankets in honor of Taylor Easterberg, a boy in their grade at Prospect Valley in Wheat Ridge who has Leukemia. He beat the cancer this spring after nine months of ... [view full release]

08/11/10   Pagosa Springs Girl Scouts take 1st in parade

The Girl Scouts of Pagosa Springs were showing their patroitism during the Fourth of July Parade. The girls won 1st place for their float.   ... [view full release]

07/22/10   Glennwood Springs girls busy with service, jamboree

Girl Scouts in the Glenwood Springs Service Unit have had a busy summer. They participated in a spring clean up of the bike path (pictured are Sandi, Hanna and Sophie. They also had a great time at the ... [view full release]

07/12/10   Castle Rock Daisies learn to be courageous and strong

A troop of Girl Scout Daisies from Castle Rock has been busy completing their petals. Here they are learning to be courageous and strong at a stranger danger presentation with 3rd degree black belt Peggy F. at "Karate ... [view full release]

  07/09/10   Take a look at the fun girls are having at camp

We've assembled some photo galleries of day camps and resident camps. Check out all the fun Girl Scouts are having this summer! ... [view full release]

  06/16/10   Cadette Troop 52316 enjoy Springs trip

The girls in Cadette Girl Scout Troop 52316 had a great time on a trip to Colorado Springs in June. See a few photos below. view full release]

06/15/10   Cadette troop's cookie efforts pay off at Glenwood

During this year’s cookie season, Cadette Girl Scout Troop 2286 from the Starry Sky unit in Highlands Ranch realized that one of the incentive awards offered for the troop super seller groups was tickets to the Hot Springs ... [view full release]

  06/15/10   Grand Junction Cadette troop ends year with Colorado Springs adventure

Cadette Troop 5 of Grand Junction ended their troop year with a bang, traveling to Colorado Springs for a weekend of camping, hiking, cave exploring and even spent the night in the Primate World at the Cheyenne Mountain ... [view full release]

  06/15/10   Parker Cadette troop partners with Peace Jam

Cadette Troop 2292 from Parker has developed a working relationship with the Peace Jam group from nearby Ponderosa High School.  The PHS Peace Jam club is an award-winning service organization that has had great success in implementing recycling ... [view full release]

06/11/10   Glennwood Springs Daisies explore the great outdoors

Daisy Troop  2143 of St. Stephen's School took their first trail outing  to Grizzly Creek Trail to learn about the great outdoors in Colorado. Some of the girls had not ever hiked this trail, even though they have ... [view full release]

  06/09/10   Unit Camp at Meadow Mountain Ranch

A few photos from the Unit Camp at Meadow Mountain Ranch! ... [view full release]

06/04/10   Troop 692 helps animals for Bronze Award

Our troop, Junior Troop 692, chose to help out the Aurora Animal Shelter for our Bronze Award. We made cat toys and dog treats and we also made flyers, and passed them around to collect supplies. When we ... [view full release]

  06/04/10   Troop 53124 collects tennis shoes to be recycled

When the Girl Scouts of Troop 53124 learned about recycling tennis shoes from Cadette Troop 52316, they got excited. Nike Factory will recycle old tennis shoes by grinding them up and making playgrounds out of them. Instead of ... [view full release]

05/26/10   Ralston Valley troops present expo to earn Bronze

The Girl Scouts of Colorado Troops 1721 and 1822, from the Ralston Valley Service Unit, presented the Open Hearts and Open Minds Awareness Expo on May 16 to earn the Bronze Award. This Expo showed that we made ... [view full release]

05/24/10   Longmont Juniors celebrate Bronze with back yard fun

Girl Scout Juniors in Troop 445, of Longmont, celebrated their achievement in earning the Bronze Award with root beer floats and back yard fun. ... [view full release]

05/18/10   Fun filled adventure at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Prairie Hills 2nd grade Troop # 3701 enjoyed their fun filled adventure at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo May 14-15th for their first overnight camping trip. ... [view full release]

  05/13/10   Lincoln Academy girls help out at pick-up time

On May 5th Junior Girl Scout Troop 1630 decided to help their school, Lincoln Academy, by volunteering during student pick-up time. This is where parents drive up to pick up their children after school lets out. We asked ... [view full release]

05/13/10   Troop 2892 keeps busy with service

Troop 2892, from Green Valley Ranch, had a busy April with community service projects. Troop leaders Power C.  and Nicole R. are shifting the focus of the troop to showing the girls how important it is to serve ... [view full release]

05/13/10   Troop 256 donates cookies to Hearts Across the Miles

The 8 and 9 year old girls in Troop 256 worked hard to sell and send 886 boxes, or nearly 74 cases, of Girl Scout cookies to Hometown Heroes.  The cookies were sent through Hearts Across the Miles. ... [view full release]

05/06/10   Normandy Daisies help support pediatric cancer research

Girl Scout Troop 2458, the Kindergarten Daisies of Normandy Elementary hosted a bake sale on Saturday, May 1 at Woodmar Park in Littleton, Colorado to support Cookies for Kids’ Cancer. Through local bake sales, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer ... [view full release]

04/28/10   Troop 3499 donates 230 boxes to military families

Local Brownie Troop 3499 from Meiklejohn Elementary School gave 230 boxes of cookies to military family. ... [view full release]

04/28/10   Fruita Songfest a success

About 20 Girl Scouts in the Fruita Service unit met the morning of April 17 for two hours of singing!  There were old songs, and new songs, animal songs, silly songs, patriotic songs. Suzan Nelson, a former Girl ... [view full release]

04/28/10   Boulder leaders-daughters try belly dancing

Leaders and their daughters from the Viento/Tradewinds Unit in Boulder were treated to a new experience. Leaders and their daughters were treated to a belly dancing show and  then a lesson from Megan. We all found ... [view full release]

04/22/10   Louisville Daisies deliver scarves to shelter

Members of Girl Scout Daisy Troop 3961, based at Monarch K-8 in Louisville, hand-made fleece scarves. ... [view full release]

04/22/10   Troop collects 216 shoes for people of Haiti

Troop 2794 collected 216 pairs of shoes for the people of Haiti for the www.Soles4souls.org   program. They had two boxes set up; one in Odyssey and one in Westerley Creek in Denver. The shoes were brought ... [view full release]

04/14/10   Sterling girls learn you can't take it back

Girl Scout Brownie Troop 82861 from Sterling did a toothpaste and toothpick activity to make an important point. They took all the toothpaste out of the tube and had to put all of it back in using only ... [view full release]

03/25/10   Troop 2136 chooses Denver Options as Hometown Hero

Denver Options was recently elected as a “Hometown Hero” by local Girl Scout Troop 2136. Each year during their cookie sales, the troop chooses to honor a local non-profit or other organization for the work they do in ... [view full release]

03/24/10   Troop 2037 busy with community service

MARCH 23, 2010 -- The Girl Scouts in Troop 1037 have been busy with community service projects. They cleaned up a local cemetery, donated 288 boxes of Hometown Heroes cookies and did some volunteer work cleaning, feeding, watering ... [view full release]

03/24/10   Daisy Troop 3941 finds success in first cookie sale

Submitted by Marnie M. Leader, Daisy Troop 3941   MARCH 24, 2010 -- The 2010 cookie sale was the first and very successful for Daisy Troop 3941 of Region 5 in the Bear Creek Service Unit. We started with a parent ... [view full release]

03/24/10   Belleview Elementary Girl Scouts celebrate GS 98th birthday

MARCH 24, 2010 -- What's a birthday party without a birthday cake? Well, cupcakes in this instance. Girl Scout troops from Belleview Elementary got the chance to decorate cupcakes at their celebration of the 98th birthday of ... [view full release]

03/24/10   Little troops can do big things too

MARCH 24, 2010 -- The girls in Colorado Springs Troop 921 may be small in number (seven great girls!), but they sure do have big hearts! When they heard about the Cans for Colorado food drive in November, these ... [view full release]

03/24/10   Westminster Brownies collect hygiene items for FISH

MARCH 24, 2010 -- Our Troop 53874 held a hygiene drive this winter. We put signs up through out the school, and a group of girls went into each class to tell the students about the drive. The troop ... [view full release]

03/22/10   Longmont Daisies donate cookies to Habitat for Humanity

MARCH 21, 2010 -- Daisy Troop 3392 from Longmont was excited to donate money from their cookie sales to Habitat for Humanity. Carey McClure, Director of Development for Habitat for Humanity, spoke to the troop about Habitat and how ... [view full release]

03/22/10   Troop 2222 shares Hometown Heroes cookies with Care and Share

MARCH 21, 2010 -- Girl Scout Daisy Troop 2222 toured the Care and Share food bank one day after school to learn how a food bank works. They each brought a canned good for a donation. The afternoon began with ... [view full release]

03/15/10   Parker Girl Scouts mark Girl Scout Week, World Thinking Day

MARCH 15, 2010 --  Junior Girl Scout Troop 1292, along with representatives from each Girl Scout program level from Parker performed the flag ceremony for the Parker Town Council on Monday, March 1 st .  During the Town Council ... [view full release]

03/12/10   Denver Brownies donate cookies to Park Hill Food Bank

MARCH 12, 2010 -- They did it again! The girls from Brownie Girl Scout Troop 3573 recently donated Girl Scout cookies to the Greater Park Hill Community Food Bank. This is the second year that this troop has ... [view full release]

03/11/10   Denver-area troops focused on Africa for World Thinking Day

Submitted by Marilee C. Co-Leader Daisy Troop 3941   MARCH 11, 2010 -- World thinking Day was a great day for our Region 5 Girl Scout troops as they thought about one another and the millions of ... [view full release]

03/11/10   St. Louis Girl Scouts kick off Girl Scout Week

MARCH 11, 2010 -- St. Louis Girl Scouts in Louisville kicked off Girl Scout Week by celebrating Girl Scout Sunday.  A number of Girl Scouts were awarded the "Family of God" and "I Live My Faith" religious medals. ... [view full release]

03/11/10   Prowers County Service Unit skating event a fun time

MARCH 11, 2010 --  More than 30 Girl Scouts and14 leaders and parents enjoyed skating on March 8 at Sk8terz in Lamar.  Most of the Girl Scouts who attended had never had rollerskated before. This was the first ... [view full release]

03/10/10   Denver Brownies read, play with Lowry Head Start preschoolers

MARCH 10, 2010 -- Girl Scout Brownie Troop 967, from Bill Roberts at Stapleton, visited Lowry Head Start last week. It was part of the Brownie Quest portion that they had to pick a community service to perform ... [view full release]

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