On April 25, close to 70 girl scouts across all levels had their 3rd annual Penn Wynne gathering of all the school’s troops (5 troops, all grade levels). They planted flowers all around school and then enjoyed popsicles and a giant Friendship Circle and sang Make New Friends. Excellent work!

The April 6 volunteer outing at Riverbend was a big success, with Mill Creek Girl Scouts clearing gardens for native perennials and planting a large flower bed.

Riverbend was very appreciative of the time and volunteers, and is excited to continue this partnership with our SU!

Seven Cadettes in Troop 726 recently camped at Dingman’s Campground, a 134-site rustic campground located along the Delaware River in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. They hiked to waterfalls, conquered some strong winds during a 3-hour rafting excursion, and spent each night around a campfire sharing stories and singing songs.

Sixth graders from Cadette Troop 71199 survived a foot of snow at Winter Survival Camp in Dingman’s Ferry, PA, last weekend. The camp weekend is run for regional Girl Scout troops by the Pocono Environmental Education Center and featured a night hike through the woods without flashlights, shelter building, orienteering, and fire building, among other fun activities. They highly recommend it to other troops!

Troop 7503 had an awesome volunteer service day in December where the girls helped out at Cradles to Crayons. The troop’s Daisies and Brownies held a month-long donation drive to gather coats and other items and then spent a morning sorting and packing at the Cradles to Crayons facility.

Mill Creek SU hosted a successful game night featuring Poker Power, LLC, on January 5. More than 75 girls from across GSEP joined the event at Narberth Borough Hall to learn from “dealers” who flew in from as far away as Las Vegas and Chicago to teach girls how the skills used in poker can empower them in the areas of negotiating, discipline, confidence, decision making, and gaining insights by using cues to read people.

Cadette Troop 7250 recently tried to “break a leg” by registering for the CSZ Comedy Sports Philly Improv and Public Speaking workshop.

It was a 90-minute session full of lessons and activities that got Cadettes creating stories from nothing, succeeding together as teams, and building confidence while letting loose. “We used the skills of improv comedy to reinforce the techniques of public speaking and earned the Public Speaker badge.”

Daisy Troop 7503, led by Drea Tarity, kicked off the new year by learning how they can support the unsheltered through community service projects. Kristen Ostendorf from the Clare Project led the girls through a packing party, resulting in over 50 bags of toiletries to be distributed to adults in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. Amazing work, Scouts!

Cadette Troop 7250, led by Rachel Mennell and Julie Karp, recently toured the Eastern State Penitentiary. (They missed the sign up for Scout Days at the ESP, but report this tour was AMAZING!)

The 60-minute general interest private tour highlighted Eastern State’s 142-year history, revolutionary and influential architecture, and stories of people who lived and worked in the building.

Congratulations to the 11 members of Troop 71199, who completed their Bronze Awards in September. Projects revolved around Philadelphia schools, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, after school programming, a cookie booth and recruitment materials for our SU, animal shelters, and a women’s leadership camp in Kenya. Now on to Silver!

Congratulations to Natasha Davis, who was awarded an appreciation pin at last week’s GSEP Volunteer Awards Ceremony, recognizing her exemplary service as Mill Creek’s treasurer.

And, congratulations to all of us! The Mill Creek SU received the CEO Award, in recognition of meeting our membership goals, participating in all GSEP leadership activities, and hosting several SU-wide community service projects.

Our SU held a successful recruitment event in September, with the formation of two new Daisy troops and several new Girl Scouts being placed in existing troops. Many thanks to the Cadettes and Senior Scouts who helped with the event and to leaders who welcomed new girls into their troops!