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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Local Girl Scout Troops Give Back During Holidays

Daisy and Brownie Troops donate gifts to earn their Community Service and Philanthropist badges.

Daisy Troop 20089 and Brownie Troop 20174 recently presented holiday gifts for families in need to Maria Burak, director of human services for the Borough of Caldwell. The local first and third grade girls purchased wish list items off the giving tree at the Caldwell Community Center to help make the holidays a little brighter for others. The Daisy Troop members earned their Community Service badges and the Brownie Troop members earned their Philanthropist badges.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Brownies Donate Cookies to Food Pantry

Lincoln School Brownie Troop 20174 earns 'Give Back' badge.

Brownie Troop 20174 donated more than 30 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to the Caldwell Food Pantry recently. In addition to the cookies, the Lincoln School Brownie Troop delivered more than six grocery bags of food to earn their "Give Back" badge. Caldwell Director of Human Services Maria Burak gave a presentation to the girls, explaining how the food pantry works and how giving back to the community really makes a difference. The Brownie Troop members who made the visit to the food pantry included Amanda Conca, Caroline Male, Sofia Kasbo, Jenna Falco, Isabel Voca, Emily Scott, Gina Strumolo, Lily Polek, Jordyn Houser, Sophia Russo, Elise Lammers and Amanda Gaffney. Other Troop members are Kate Porcello are Angela Nicol. Troop Leaders Beth …

Friday, March 23, 2012

Daisy Troop Plants Pansies at Lincoln School

Troop earns 'making the world a better place' petal.

Some of the youngest members of the Girl Scouts were hard at work planting spring flowers outside of Lincoln School in Caldwell recently. Kindergarten Daisy Troop 20089 members earned their "making the world a better place" petal through working together to plant pansies. The girls did a wonderful job and the front steps of the school are all ready for spring!

Christine Corliss

7:22 am on Sunday, March 25, 2012

The flowers look beautiful! Thank you to the Daisy Troop!   more ›

Friday, March 9, 2012

Girl Scouts Receive Proclamation, Resident Pleads Case for Removing Sidewalks

West Caldwell recognizes 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts.

What started out as fulfilling requirements for a civic badge turned into a mayoral proclamation and an invitation for all local Girl Scouts to attend the West Caldwell Council meeting Tuesday night. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts, Mayor Joseph Tempesta and the West Caldwell Council issued a formal proclamation to local scouts. Sally Backfisch, co-leader of 3rd Grade Brownie Troop 21220 from Jefferson School, initiated the idea when researching requirements for the Brownie Try It Badge for Citizens Near and Far. Requirements for the badge included learning about your local government and attending a council meeting. In addition, Backfisch attended a districtwide Girl Scout meeting on the organization's 100th …

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