Local Resources for Troop Leaders

Below is a list of local companies, groups and organizations who welcome working with local Girl Scout troops to help them earn badges, go on field trips, serve the community, and have fun!


4GoodVibes

Activity/Badges: Junior Jeweler, Outdoor Art Explorer


Beads for Beardslee

Activity/Badges: Junior Jeweler


Berklee College of Music (free concerts)

Badge: Junior Musician


Cradles to Crayons

Activity: All ages service opportunity


Dance Xhilaration Studio, Stoneham

Badges: Brownie: Dancer, Senior: Troupe Performer


Dance Place, Arlington

Christine McDonald, info@arlingtondanceplace.com

Badges: Brownie: Dancer, Senior: Troupe Performer


Friends of the Fells

Badges: Daisy: Use Resources Wisely and Make the World a Better Place petals, Brownie:  Hiker, Outdoor Adventurer, and Bugs, Junior: Animal Habitats, Staying Fit, Geocaching, and Flowers, Cadette: Trailblazing and Trees, Senior: Adventurer and Voice for Animals, Ambassador: Water and Photographer


Ironstone Farm

Badge: Junior: Horseback Riding, Cadette: Animal Helpers


King Arthur Flour: Bake for Good Kids

By mail:  King Arthur Flour​’s Bake For Good Kids program will provide your troop with the flour and materials; the troop bakes the bread, and give part of their baked goods to those in need. (They also keep some to enjoy!)

Activity/Badge:   Service Opportunity


Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Concord

Badge: Daisy: “Hand-in-Hand Journey to Orchard House”, Brownie: My Family Story, Junior: Playing the Past, Scribe, Plus steps in the It’s Your World — Change It!” and “It’s Your Story — Tell It!” journeys.


Ladies of Comicazi

ladiesofcomicazi@gmail.com

Badges: Junior: Drawing, Cadette: Comic Artist


Mary Flynn Murphy (MFM) Dance Studio

Ms. Alyssa – Monkeykid1414@yahoo.com

Badge:  Brownie Dancer


Medford Nursing Rehab Center

Activity: Service


Medford School of Rock

Badge: Junior: Musician


Mudflat Studio, Somerville

Badges: Brownie: Potter


Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT

Activity: Overnight trip


Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington

Board Member: Kayla Graffam 


Rocking Horse Ranch, Highland, NY

Activity: Overnight field trip, Badge: Junior: Horseback Riding


Service Dog Project – Training Dogs for the Mobility Impaired

Badges: Daisy: 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals Journey, Cadette: Animal Helpers


Southwick’s Zoo, Mendon

Programs and badges for all levels, as well as a Southwick’s Zoo patch


Sweet  Meadow Farm

Badge: Junior: Horseback Riding


Tiny Tile Mosaics, Concord

Activity: Craft activity


Trees Medford

TreesMedford@gmail.com

Badge: Cadette Trees


Tufts Department of Music (free concerts)

Badges: Junior Musician


Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS)

tems@tufts.edu

Badges: First Aid (all levels)


Women’s Community of Code

Dr. Laney Strange, laneys@northeastern.edu

Badges: All Ages: Think Like a Programmer Journeys, Brownie: Computer Expert, Cyber Security, Junior: Entertainment Technology (specifically Step 2 “Dig into Video Game Development”), Senior: Website Designer