Valparaiso Area Girl Scouts

Junior Girl Scout Troop 86, 4th graders at Central Elementary School in Valparaiso, recently spent a day at Sunset Hill County Park picking up trash and learning how to be comfortable in the out of doors. The girls learned how to build a fire, cooked...

At a recent Valparaiso School Board meeting at Flint Lake Elementary School, Valparaiso area Girl Scouts and their leaders attended in force for the purpose of urging the Board to reconsider the newly implemented fees for the use of school...

Over 95 Girl Scouts and their leaders gathered at Central Park in Valparaiso on Sunday, Oct. 20 to cheer on walkers for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The girls made posters and pom-poms and stood along the walking route to encourage all of...

Imagine this: …an Ambassador Girl Scout troop kayaked down the Nantahala River …a Senior Girl Scout troop explored the field of engineering sponsored by the Women in Engineering at Purdue University and Valparaiso University. …a Cadette Girl...

September is registration month for Girl Scout troops in the Valparaiso and Washington Twp. areas. Daisy Girl Scout troops accept girls in Kindergarten and 1st grade; 2nd and 3rd grade girls can join Brownie troops; Junior Girl Scouts are grades 4...

Girls in 6th grade wanting to join Girl Scouts this year should attend the registration Open House on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso between 6:00-8:00 PM. Information will be available about leaders, meeting days...

”The Worlds of Girl Scouting” was the theme for the recent Girl Scout Day Camp at Camp Butternut Springs in rural Valparaiso. Over 130 Daisy, Brownie, Junior, and Cadette Girl Scouts from Valparaiso and surrounding communities spent a week...

Recent Valparaiso High School graduate Hannah White, an Ambassador Girl Scout, was presented her Gold Award at a council-wide recognition ceremony on June 8, 2013 held at the Hilton Hotel, Rosemont, Illinois. A 10-year Girl Scout, White chose St....

Danielle Weiler has received the highest award in Girl Scouting, the coveted Gold Award. The daughter of Teresa and Jerome Weiler, Danielle has been a Girl Scout for 13 years, starting as a Daisy Girl Scout in Kindergarten and continuing through...

Brownie Girl Scout Troop 148 of Parkview School completed their Pet Badge when they recently visited the Healthi Paws Pet Boutique & Salon on Calumet Ave. in Valparaiso. The Brownies watched Maui the cast get groomed and shaved. They also learned...