Reaching Girls in Underserved Areas
Through GSCCC's Community Troop program, girls who may
not have easy access to Girl Scouts otherwise are given opportunities
to grow within the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Community Troops
are led by trained Girl Scout staff members, called Community Troop
Specialists, who guide girls through activities in various schools,
churches and community centers, as well as virtually. Girls take part
in engaging, challenging, and fun activities like earning badges,
traveling, selling cookies, exploring science, getting outdoors, and
doing community service projects—all part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
The program serves girls in K-12 grades. Approximately 2,000 girls participate annually! All girls in the program come from underserved areas in our Council.
St. Helena Elementary
(Full story on the GSCCC
Blog)
Third grade girls at St. Helena Elementary in Norfolk,
VA are benefitting from a partnership with Girl Scouts of Colonial
Coast (GSCCC) and our Community Troop program. Rochelle McMorris, a
Norfolk Public Schools (K-4) math specialist, and GSCCC's Community
Troop Manager Tameika Hopkins, are helping girls who may not have easy
access to Girl Scouts otherwise, have opportunities to grow within the
Girl Scout Leadership Experience through the Community Troop Program.
Community Troop Manager Tameika Hopkins said, "St. Helena Elementary requested art-based badges for their students. They recently earned their Jeweler badge with plans to earn their Painting badge."
Meet
Girl Scout Daisy Sapphira (PDF)
Thanks to our
community troop outreach efforts, Sapphira and other girls who may not
have been able to become Girl Scouts are now having that
experience—even through pandemic challenges!
The Girl Scouts Community Troops program is made possible with the support of our partners and funders.
