Girl Scouts in Westborough

GIRLS SCOUTS SPONSOR FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE 

The Westborough Girl Scouts are proud to sponsor the fourth annual community food drive on April 10.  All donations will be given to the Westborough Food Pantry. Over the past month an average of seventy families are served with an average of one hundred bags of groceries distributed each week.  The spring food drive has been a great success since its inception in filling shelves that are low on food and toiletries.

The food drive is being coordinated by troops 30859, 30633 and 30629 and will be held at the Tufts Machine lot on 55 East Main Street.  Food donations, gift cards to Stop and Shop and Roche Brothers will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A collection bin will be available from April 4-9 at the Westborough town clerk's office.

•  Suggested items for donations are cereal, crackers, paper towels, jelly, 8 oz. mustard, clam chowder, 32 oz. mayonnaise, bottles and cans of juice, Stop and Shop or Roche Brothers gift cards. Check donations may be made payable to the Westborough Food Pantry.
• Please  do not donate out of date, rusty, badly dented or opened products. They cannot be distributed. 

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.

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.

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.

EAST 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.