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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Where to Get Your Girl Scout Cookie Fix

It's that time of year again – get out your wallets and get ready to snack on some of your favorite sweet treats, courtesy of the Girl Scouts of America.

It's time to stock up on your favorite Girl Scout cookies, and Huntington Woods-Berkley Patch plans to make it deliciously easy for you. We're making a list of any local troops who can deal a sugary fix of your favorite variety. Here's a handy list of local troops, leaders and their contact information. They're ready and waiting to deliver the cookies you crave. Can't remember which variety you like best? When in doubt, buy a bunch – or check out the Cookie Guide. Troop 70027 Norup International School Brownies Contact Marla Jansen at marblejay@gmail.com Troop 75154 Our Lady of LaSalette Cadettes Contact Christine via email at cmcnish@marykay.com Troop 40834 Pattengill Elementary School Juniors Contact Tara via email at meandmybellas@gmail…

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Leslie Ellis

6:49 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013

Thanks, Marla! I'll add you ladies to the list! :)   more ›

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Girl Scouts Share Holiday Cheer With Senior Citizens

Troops from Rogers Elementary School visited residents of Oxford Towers in Berkley on Dec. 9 to sing carols and snack on cookies and juice.

Local Girl Scouts spread some holiday cheer recently during a visit to Oxford Towers in Berkley. Troop members from Rogers Elementary School sang Christmas carols and shared cookies and juice with dozens of seniors who live in the high-rise apartment building. The girls sported festive Santa hats and the residents wore smiles. Troop leader Tracy Shanley snapped photos during the event and shared them in Huntington Woods-Berkley Pics & Clips so the community could share in the fun!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Metro Detroit Girl Scouts Invited to Share Memories

Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan celebrates its 100th birthday with a video competition.

Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) will celebrate its 100th birthday on Monday by inviting Metro Detroit Girl Scouts — past and present — to join the party and share their best Girl Scout memories on Facebook. The top three most popular video submissions will win a year supply of Girl Scout cookies, two tickets to GSSEM’s annual Cookie gala, which is a gourmet Girl Scout cookie recipe competition, or a Girl Scouts 100th anniversary prize pack. “If you did an awesome service project with your troop, or if you were a top cookie seller in your day, or have a special Girl Scout camping memory, we want to hear about it. This is your chance to share your great Girl Scouts memories with fellow Girl Scout alumnae,” said Denise Dalrymple…

marla jansen

12:50 pm on Saturday, March 10, 2012

And don't forget that buying Girl Scout cookies from the local Brownie troop 70027 at Kroger today from 1-7:00 at Coolidge just south of Maple will help trigger those memories!   more ›

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Girl Scouts Spread Holiday Cheer

Members of Rogers Elementary School Troop 41775 make fleece-tie blankets and collect crayons for patients at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit.

While many folks headed home or out to dinner after the Hometown Holiday Lights Parade in Berkley this weekend, Girl Scouts from Rogers Elementary School put their holiday spirit to use by doing a good deed. Fourteen members of Troop 41775, along with parents and grandparents, bundled off to the Huntington Woods Recreation Center on Saturday night after walking in the parade to create fleece-tie blankets for patients at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. "The Girl Scout Troop has always been very interested in helping other people," troop co-leader Tracy Shanley, who also serves as program coordinator at the rec center, wrote in an e-mail to Berkley Patch. "One of the projects that we have talked about in the last few years was …

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