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Girl Scouts reaching underserved areas

By Staff | May 9, 2019

NASHUA – Encouraging every girl to reach unleash her inner G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) is what Girl Scouts is all about.

While the traditional Girl Scout troop is still the most common way girls participate, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains is reaching out to girls in underserved areas-or who may never even have heard of Girl Scouts.

“We have this so we can let more girls into Girl Scouts,” Daley Buckwell, membership growth specialist for GSGWM, said.

“We’re adding more all the time – summer troops,” Buckwell said. “Mostly younger ages, but we serve every level.”

The Girl Scouts in Nashua and Franklin troops are already planning camporees – the first time these girls will have ever gone camping. In Franklin, they want to do an overnight trip, while the Nashua troop will spend a full weekend at Camp Kettleford in Bedford with the Hudson-Pelham service unit.

Buckwell said languages and cultures do add a new level of difficulty, but she already speaks Spanish and is learning Swahili.

“We have three Spanish speaking leaders working with us,” she said. “In Nashua, leaders speak Spanish fluently. The majority is Spanish, Swahili and French. We have Nepali and Middle Eastern girls. Some African girls speak French.”