Girl Scouts at Niabi Zoo May 28, 2009

More than 40 River Valleys Girl Scouts traveled to the Niabi Zoo this month as part of the 1,000+ Club event where the girls had the opportunity to have breakfast with the elephants.  The elephants even created two works of art for especially for the girls. Congratulations to all girls who made it into the 1,000+ Club in 2009 and get ready for another exciting 1,000+ Club event in 2010!

Our 2009 Cookie Program Activity celebrations will wrap up with the 500+ Club Events on June 20 at Camp Singing Hills and June 27 at Camp Elk River where over 400 River Valleys Girl Scouts have been invited to enjoy a day of adventure at camp.  Look for photos from those events coming soon!

UPDATE: We added new pictures to our Facebook page–check it out!

Girl Scout Troop 21305 Donates Cookies to Soldiers May 13, 2009

The Girl Scouts of Troop 21305 chose several charitable ways to use their cookie proceeds. They  donated $0.02 per box sold to a local food shelf, which amounted to $60. They also sent donations to the residents of the apartment fire in Montgomery, Minn., where one girl’s mom was living. All residents of the building were displaced. Additionally, the girls chose to send cookies to soldiers — particularly, Lieutenant Colonel Brian Pfarr, older brother of one of their classmates.

The girls received the following letter of thanks:

Cookies to soldiers overseas February 3, 2009

Last year my daughter collected about 225 boxes of cookies that we sent to five soldiers from our small town, who were serving overseas. Each soldier got 45 boxes of cookies. One soldier, Doug Miner, emailed me a picture of his unit–38 guys (and his commanding officer) each holding a box of Girl Scout cookies.

- Jennifer Walsh

Worthington Service Unit Cookie Rally February 2, 2009

Worthington Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors hold cookie boxes and order forms at their “Imagine If We Could Change The World” cookie kickoff event Saturday, January 17 at Max 493 in Worthington, Minn. Cookie sales are now under way and will continue through February 4.