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
- 4goodvibes.bigcartel.com
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- All kids of arts and crafts workshops including: kids hair accessories but they are also happy to organize custom workshops to make things like: bath bomb making, string art, tie die, rock painting, wind chimes, mason jar painting, candle making, jewelry making, and soap making.
- Junior Jeweler, Outdoor Art Explorer
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Beads for Beardslee
- www.beadsbybeardslee.com
- 781-393-5663
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Junior Jeweler
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Chef Gabby – Gabrielle Redner
- www.gabyredner.com/
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Online Zoom group cooking classes for kids
- Brownies: Snacks
- Juniors: Simple Meals
- Cadettes: New Cuisines
- Seniors: Locavore
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Christmas in the City
- christmasinthecity.org/volunteer
- Activity: Junior and older service opportunity
Cradles to Crayons
- www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston/volunteer/student-and-community-groups
- Activity: All ages service opportunity
- Dance Xhilaration Studio, Stoneham
- www.dancexhilaration.com
- Meredith Fucile, 781-484-8282
- Relevant Badges:
- Brownie: Dancer
- Senior: Troupe Performer
- Relevant Badges:
- Dance Place, Arlington
- arlingtondanceplace.com
- Christine McDonald, info@arlingtondanceplace.com
- Relevant Badges:
- Brownie: Dancer
- Senior: Troupe Performer
- Relevant Badges:
Friends of the Fells
- www.friendsofthefells.org
- friends@fells.org
- Relevant 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
- Relevant Badges:
Friends of the Medford Community Gardens
- friendsofmedfordgardens.org
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Daisy: Use Resources Wisely and Make the World a Better Place petals
- Brownie: Bugs
- Junior: Flowers and Gardener
- Activity/Relevant Badges:
- Ironstone Farm
- ironstonefarm.org/
- Badge:
- Junior: Horseback Riding
- Cadette: Animal Helpers
- Badge:
- King Arthur Flour: Bake for Good Kids
- www.kingarthurflour.com/bakeforgood/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 keep some to enjoy!)
- Activity/Relevant Badge: Yummy service
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
- www.louisamayalcott.org/
- Concord, MA – 978.369.4118 x106 or education@louisamayalcott.org.
- Relevant 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.
- Relevant Badge:
- Ladies of Comicazi
- ladiesofcomicazi.com
- ladiesofcomicazi@gmail.com
- Relevant Badges:
- Junior: Drawing
- Cadette: Comic Artist
- Relevant Badges:
Mary Flynn Murphy (MFM) Dance Studio
- Ms. Alyssa – Monkeykid1414@yahoo.com
- Relevant Badge: Brownie Dancer
- Medford Nursing Rehab Center
- medfordrnc.com
- Mellisa Rogers, mellisa0626@gmail.com, 857-234-4565
- Activity: Service
- Mindful Movements for Kids
- mindfulmovementsforkids.com
- Lisa Bouley, lisa@nourishdelight.com, 857-249-8435
- Activity: Field Trip
- Badges:
- Junior: Staying Fit
- Senior: Women’s Health
- Mudflat Studio, Somerville
- mudflat.org
- Relevant Badges:
- Brownie: Potter
- Relevant Badges:
Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT
- www.mysticaquarium.org/fun-learning/scout-overnights/
- Activity: Overnight
Panera Bread – Bakers in Training Program
- bitkids.panerabread.com
- Activity/Relevant Badges: Field trip ages 5-12
- Rocking Horse Ranch, Highland, NY
- https://www.rockinghorseranch.com/groups/girlscouts/
- Activity: Overnight field trip
- Badge:
- Junior: Horseback Riding
Service Dog Project – Training Dogs for the Mobility Impaired
- www.servicedogproject.org
- Relevant Badges:
- Daisy: 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals Journey
- Cadette: Animal Helpers
- Relevant Badges:
- Sweet Meadow Farm
- www.sweetmeadowfarm.com
- Badge:
- Junior: Horseback Riding
- Badge:
- Thrive Pet Healthcare at Medford
- https://www.thrivepetcare.com/locations/massachusetts/medford/thrive-pet-healthcare-at-medford
- 637 High St. Medford / (781) 423-8533
- Relevant Badge:
- Daisy: 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals Journey
- Junior: Animal Helpers
- Relevant Badge:
- Tiny Tile Mosaics, Concord
- www.tinytilemosaics.com/product/be-love-community-kit/
- crystal@tinytilemosaics.com
- Craft activity
- Trees Medford
- www.treesmedford.org/
- TreesMedford@gmail.com
- Relevant Badge: Cadette Trees
Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS)
- publicsafety.tufts.edu/ems/
- tems@tufts.edu
- Relevant Badges: First Aid (all levels)
Tufts Entrepreneurs Society
- gordon.tufts.edu/programs/tufts-entrepreneurs-society
- tuftsEsociety@gmail.com
- Relevant Badge: Junior Business Owner
Tufts Community Music Program
- as.tufts.edu/music/musiccenter/program
- Edith Auner, edith.auner@tufts.edu
- Relevant Badge: Junior Musician
- Tufts Mountain Club
- tuftsmountainclub.org
- Contact: Community Director https://www.tuftsmountainclub.org/faq
- Relevant Badges:
- Brownie: Hiker
- Junior: Outdoor Art Explorer and Animal Habitats
- Trail Adventures (all levels)
- Relevant Badges:
Women’s Community of Code
- https://khoury.northeastern.edu/home/laney/wcoc/
- Dr. Laney Strange, laneys@northeastern.edu
- Relevant Badges:
- All Ages: Think Like a Programmer Journeys
- Brownie: Computer Expert, Cyber Security
- Junior: Entertainment Technology, specifically Step 2 “Dig into Video Game Development.” This step has the option of creating an interactive story or game using a downloadable coding program, such as MIT’s Scratch or Carnegie Mellon’s Alice.
- Senior: Website Designer
- Relevant Badges: