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News Articles: Girl Scouts

The girls excitedly raise their hands during an activity at Girl Scout Troop 6000's weekly meeting at the Row Hotel on Wednesday evening.

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How this Girl Scout troop offers community to migrant children

The Girl Scouts have been part of American childhood for generations. And now that quintessential experience is helping young girls, who are new to the United States get a sense of belonging. It comes through a Girl Scout troop based in one of New York City's largest migrant shelters.

The shelter has around 3,500 migrants, and all of the Girl Scouts are children of families seeking asylum. For the last few weeks, NPR's Jasmine Garsd has been spending time with them, and brings us their their story.

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May 14, 2024
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A public health patch swen on a Girl Scout sash

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Atlanta-area Girl Scouts work with CDC to create new public health patch

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum Public Health Academy partnered with Girl Scout Troop 14567 to produce a public health fun patch.

March 11, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Name Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens visited the legislature Thursday. House Speaker Jon Burns recognized the mayor's dedication to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, and Dickens spoke on statistics in crime reduction.

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‘Lawmakers’: Atlanta’s mayor — and hundreds of scouts — visit the Gold Dome on Day 31

Lawmakers in the House fulfilled an important requirement for the session today, and several special visitors came to the Capitol.  

March 07, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Thin Mints and Samoas are perennial bestselling Girl Scout Cookies, but Adventurefuls, Lemon-ups and Do-si-Do cookies also have die-hard fans.

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My daughters sold Girl Scout Cookies. Here's what I learned in the Thin Mint trenches

There are no Wonka-like scenes of Tagalong rainbows and Do-si-do stools. But parents can be forgiven for feeling like Oompa Loompas — hardworking cogs in a well-oiled machine.

February 29, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
People protesting proposed rock quarry

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Crawford County approves rock quarry, despite community pushback

More than 100 people attended a Crawford County commission meeting to protest a proposed quarry. The final decision was not what many had hoped for.

July 20, 2023
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  • Eliza Moore
Some residents of Crawford County, Ga. oppose a Kentucky company's plans for a granite quarry near a historic girl scout camp that opened in 1922..

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Granite quarry in Crawford County could jeopardize historic Girl Scout camp, residents say

The community of Crawford County is banding together to protest against a Kentucky company's development of a granite quarry on 437 acres of forest land.

July 17, 2023
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  • Eliza Moore
The headquarters of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails in Albuquerque, N.M., is shown on June 7, 2021. Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches.

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MacKenzie Scott gives the Girl Scouts nearly $85 million

The philanthropist donation goes to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches. The funds will help the organization recover from the impact of the pandemic, which drove down membership.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Girl Scouts website calls Raspberry Rally a "thin, crispy cookie infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in chocolaty coating."

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An inside look at how the Girl Scouts chose their next cookie flavor, Raspberry Rally

The new Girl Scouts Cookie is a kind of sister to the iconic Thin Mint, and the second fruit flavor to hit the lineup of cookies.

August 24, 2022
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  • Halisia Hubbard
Amerie Jo Garza's name is displayed before the game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on May 27, 2022 in the Queens borough of New York City.

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Girl Scouts posthumously honor a 10-year-old Uvalde victim for heroism

The honor was presented to Amerie Jo Garza's family. The organization additionally gave a presentation of colors at Amerie's funeral Tuesday, it said.

June 01, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
The Girl Scouts hope their new cookie, called Adventurefuls, essentially a brownie with caramel icing, will pull cookie sales out of their pandemic slump next year.

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Next Year, The Girl Scouts Will Introduce A Brownie-Inspired Cookie

Get ready to grab your wallet — the Girl Scouts are introducing a brand-new brownie-inspired cookie.

August 18, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
This June 7, 2021, image shows the headquarters of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The pandemic has left the Girl Scouts with an unusual problem this year: millions of unsold cookies.

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The Girl Scouts Have Unsold Cookies Left. 15 Million Boxes!

The 109-year-old organization says the coronavirus — not thinner demand for Thin Mints — is the main culprit for the glut of leftover cookies.

June 14, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Scarlett Helmecki joined an all-girls Scouts BSA troop in Delaware two years ago and recently became an Eagle Scout.

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'She Just Wanted It': One Girl's Journey To Becoming An Eagle Scout

Scarlett Helmecki, the first girl in Delaware to achieve the rank, accepted the Eagle Scout challenge two years after joining an all-girl BSA troop.

March 30, 2021
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  • Sophia Schmidt
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta is cancelling all 2020 summer camp programs until August 9 in response to the coronavirus.

Girl Scouts Of Greater Atlanta Cancels 2020 Summer Camp Programs

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta is canceling all 2020 summer camp programs until Aug. 9 in response to the coronavirus, the organization announced Monday...

May 06, 2020
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  • Jade Abdul-Malik
Juliette Gordon Low officiates a Girl Scout.

Remembering The Girl Scouts' Georgia Roots

Georgia’s Girl Scouts recently joined the debate over a Savannah bridge name. As it stands, Talmadge Memorial Bridge honors a segregationist. The Girl...

January 17, 2018
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  • Emily Cureton and
  • Celeste Headlee

88.5 GPB-Atlanta Midday News For Tuesday January 16, 2018

Winter Weather Bribery Scandal Sentencing Girl Scouts Lobbying For Bridge Name Change

January 16, 2018
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  • Drew Dawson

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