Shruti speaks to a large crowd at a Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts event. Shruti, a high school senior from Lexington, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, through her project, “Speak Up!” to help girls find and raise their voices by enhancing the public speaking capabilities of students internationally. Through online and in person camps, workshops, and classes, Shruti led global teams of teachers in creating and teaching robust curriculums for an international audience to develop public speaking, confidence, and argumentation abilities. Shruti’s classes covered topics such as introduction ..read more

Members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 62798 visit the Danvers MDAR Apiary and explore a beehive–after stepping into bee suits. Last fall, members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 62798 from North Reading earned their Girl Scout Bronze Award after becoming concerned about the endangered status of bees given their critical role in our ecosystem. After visiting the Danvers Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources apiary where they explored a beehive to learn about the local bee population, they were inspired to take action by educating their community through a variety of creative activities int ..read more

A member of Boston’s Daring Diva’s Girl Scout Cadette troop meets with a healthcare practitioner to launch their Menstrual Love Silver Award service project. Last year, Girl Scout Cadette Troop 82487 from Boston, otherwise known as the “Daring Divas,” earned their Girl Scout Silver Award by addressing inequalities in their community surrounding lack of menstrual product access, knowledge, period shame, and negative stigma. For their project, Menstrual Love, five members of the troop collected and distributed menstrual products and educational materials to several local youth organizations. Aft ..read more

Sarah speaks about the high school robotics team, and demonstrates the “Big Robot” at a STEM Sisters event. Sarah, a senior from North Easton, earned her Girl Scout Gold Award after learning an alarming statistic about young girls in STEM. Sarah learned that girls begin to show startingly low confidence in STEM at an early age, and often decide not to participate in STEM activities as a result. Sarah used her Gold Award platform titled, STEM Sisters, to challenge and address this issue in the North Easton community. When asked about what motivated her, she said that “girls often do not see the ..read more

On June 11, almost 100 people came to Camp Cedar Hill for the Pathways to Leadership Celebration.There are many different ways to support the Girl Scouts, and at this event we had an opportunity to formally recognize and thank members of the Juliette Gordon Low Planned Giving Society, members of our Friendship Circle, Lifetime Members, and Pathway to Leadership donors for their contributions. GSEMA’s Pathway to Leadership commemorative brick program provides an opportunity for members of our community to reserve a prominent place in Girl Scout history. Individuals interested in participating ..read more

“A circle’s round, it has no end. That’s how long I want to be your friend.” A familiar camp song to many may have gained a new meaning on June 24, 2022. Eileen “Mac” McCaffrey, (1942- 2019), was a Girl Scout in every sense of the phrase. She started as a camper & youth member, before jumpstarting her camper career as a counselor, then as a volunteer, business manager, and assistant director to both day and resident camps at Wind In The Pines. It’s safe to say that Camp Wind in the Pines was one of Mac’s favorite places to be.  Mac’s Daughter, Kate “Lollipop/Cooky” McCafferey, has ..read more

GSEMA was thrilled to welcome over 240 Girl Scouts to Camp Cedar Hill for our 10th Annual STEM Conference & Expo on April 30! Thirty-five amazing local organizations and dozens of STEM professionals gathered to share their work, teach something new, and get girls excited about science, technology, engineering, and math. This was the first year that our STEM Conference was offered for all ages and we are thrilled to report that it was well-received by all! Visit our STEM Conference webpage for a recap and photos from our annual event. The day began with a morning session, designed for 187 ..read more

Gold Award Girl Scouts don’t just change the world for the better—they change it for good. We are so proud of our GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship finalists, who are exemplary leaders and inspiring role models for us all. Sriya V., Marlborough To address inconsistent education and struggles with online learning through the pandemic, Sriya developed a curriculum for a series of consistent online classes to help students retain information and learn new concepts over the summer. Julianna L., Hopkinton Julianna spread awareness about how to register to vote, local elections, and the import ..read more

It all started at a cookie booth sale. As they were selling Girl Scout Cookies, Lauren and her fellow Girl Scouts were approached by a Mansfield resident requesting their help in reducing the high number of plastic straws being used in town. “She shared a link to a viral video of a sea turtle that had a plastic straw stuck up its nose,” says Lauren, “and after watching, I knew I had to do something.” Lauren started researching this issue, and learned plastic straws are not easily recyclable because they are too lightweight to make it through mechanical recycling sorters. Additionally, toxins ..read more

Content contributed by Ambassador Girl Scout and GSEMA museum volunteer Aviva and GSEMA museum volunteer Betty MacKenzie A new website, created by recent graduate of Gann Academy, Aviva, went live July 19th.  CorneliaWarren.WordPress.com is all about Cornelia Warren, who many believe to be one of Waltham’s greatest citizens.  Aviva learned about Cornelia Warren in a high school history class and was inspired by her life. Aviva is a lifetime Girl Scout, and started as a Brownie. Although her troop visited Cedar Hill, and learned about the history of Girl Scouts, Aviva ..read more