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Program Partners

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts partners with businesses and organizations throughout the council who believe in supporting and enriching the Girl Scout experience. These partnerships help expand opportunities for Girl Scouts to explore their interests and ambitions by increasing access to local experts, resources, badge and Journey earning opportunities, discounts, and unique experiences.

Ready to become a Program Partner? Complete the Program Partner Application.

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Our Partners

Boston Pizza Tours

Boston Pizza Tours
Boston, MA
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Discover Boston's oldest neighborhood on a Pizza Tour through the North End. Enjoy 3 different slices of pizza, bottled water and cannoli to finish. During this 2+ hour walking tour (approx 1.0 mile) the scouts will see and learn the history of 5 Freedom Trail sites, including Paul Revere house, Old North church, USS Constitution, etc..

Our North End Pizza Tour is a TripAdvisor "Hall of Fame" activity, and we even partnered with Adventures by Disney (yes, that Disney!) back in 2017. Girl Scouts have been enjoying Boston Pizza Tours for 10+ years.

Boundless Adventures

Boundless Adventures
Berlin, MA
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Every Girl Scout Troop has a few “favorite” activities on their annual calendar! Adventuring at our high ropes course provides an experience to bond, grow individually, and never get tired of. Troop members and their families can all participate at the discounted group rate. There are 9 courses, 4 levels of difficulty, and 17 ziplines, appropriate for beginners or advanced adventurers. Our mission is to give our guests the opportunity to challenge themselves mentally & physically. Climb and swing your way through obstacles and have a great time doing it!

This program will satisfy elements of the Junior through Ambassador Climbing Adventure Badges as well as the Ambassador Ultimate Recreation Challenge Badge.

Common Ground Yoga

Common Ground Yoga
Framingham, MA
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Common Ground Yoga makes movement meaningful for all ages. Through non-heated, Aerial yoga classes, breathwork, and mindfulness, you can find the mobility, strength, and balance you’ve been looking for. Find us in-studio, online, and outside.

Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun
Uncasville, CT
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The Connecticut Sun offer exciting family entertainment all Summer Long. The Sun are the top Women's Professional Sports team throughout New England, and offer many opportunities for Girl Scouts including our annual Girl Scout Day!

We will be hosting our Girl Scout Day on Sunday July 9^th! We look forward to hosting Girl Scouts from throughout New England when the Sun take on the Washington Mystics at 2 PM at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Dance Prism

Dance Prism
Concord, MA
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Dance Prism has offered an exclusive Girl Scout group program to our performances for the last decade and we are excited to offer it again this year. We provide troops insight into how we put together a fully staged production with some sneak peeks on the stage!

Click here for show dates and information on how to register.

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Lincoln, MA
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Established in 1950, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is the largest park of its kind in New England encompassing 30 acres, 20 miles west of Boston. Providing a constantly changing landscape of large-scale, outdoor, modern and contemporary sculpture and site-specific installations, the Sculpture Park hosts more than 60 works, the majority of which are on loan to the Museum.

Each two-hour program includes a 30-minute dynamic, conversational tour at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum followed by a creative and collaborative hands-on art making workshop. As they explore artwork with a trained Museum Guide, Girl Scouts learn about artistic mediums, inspiration and techniques. Tours are tailored to group interests and badge requirements. Badge options include Painting, Outdoor Art, Trees, and Collages.

Earth & Aerial Yoga

Earth & Aerial Yoga
Hudson, MA
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Our unique fitness and wellness studio is located inside a gorgeous, bright, modern industrial space in the heart of Hudson, MA. Our studio is open to all and provides a safe space for people of all ages and backgrounds to practice, play, and explore their physical and mental limits. Our supportive community is comprised of students and expert trainers who come together to share their experiences and help each other through a rewarding and transformative journey.

Looking for a uniquely fun activity for a Girl Scout field trip? Have an aerial yoga party! Your private experience will be fully customized to your group’s specific needs, and will focus on your chosen style and difficulty level of practice. Coming in with a bunch of aerial yoga beginners? We’ll guide your group through a variety of fun, beginner-friendly aerial yoga poses, including some simple inversions. Want to step it up a notch? We’ll take your crew to the next level! Want something completely different? Let us know what you’re looking for and we’ll be happy to make it happen! Regardless of your choice of practice, and unless you opt out (but why would you?!!), your group class will end with a relaxing and rejuvenating rest inside your own personal silk cocoon.

Fearless Focus Program

Fearless Focus Program
Pembroke, MA
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Fearless Focus Program strives to inspire children and teens of all ages to discover the power of self-confidence. Weekly class topics (for ages 5-18) include: Confident Body Language, The Importance of Good Posture, DIY Skin Care and Grooming Tips, Makeup Tips, Social Savvy and Conversation Starters, Public Speaking Tips and Practice, Online Safety and Etiquette, How to Handle Friendships Problems, The Beauty of Volunteering, Manners, Social Etiquette, Positive Body Image, Nutrition, Exercise, Yoga Workshop and so much more.

Our student success stories are numerous because we understand it takes time and practice to become more self-assured. We give our students a safe space to become more comfortable with who they are and we encourage them along their journey to self-discovery and self-confidence.

FitMoney

FitMoney
Newton, MA
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FitMoney is a nonprofit financial literacy curriculum provider offering free and accessible lessons to all. Girl Scouts can earn many Financial Literacy badges in mastery of budgeting, saving, smart spending and even taxes. Working with the Financially Fit Junior Certificate, FitMoney offers Troop Leaders an easy and fun way to engage their Girl Scouts in discussion about smart money behaviors.

Financial habits and behaviors are formed in children by age 7, so let's start teaching this crucial life skill as early as kindergarten. All FitMoney lessons are free for students, families and youth organizations. Join now to start learning about financial literacy on your way to earning important and fun badges.

FMC Ice Sports

FMC Ice Sports
Multiple locations in MA
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FMC Ice Sports provides award-winning programs that are intended to make skating affordable, comfortable, and enjoyable for skaters of all ages, abilities, and commitment levels. It is our goal to create the best learning environment for each season's enrollment while accommodating the variation of levels, ages, and goals our programs serve.

Choices range from Learn to Skate to Learn to Play Hockey and can progress to further development with Skating Clubs and Hockey teams!

Come join the FMC community today!

Ice skating fun patches are available for individuals to purchase here.

Girl Boss Chess Inc.

Girl Boss Chess Inc.
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Girl Boss Chess is keen on providing Girl Scouts with a unique chess education that combines both critical thinking skills and key life-skills to promote condence in girls. We are committed to helping girls grow their condence, by teaching them chess strategy and its applications, how to pivot when mistakes are made and by encouraging them to take chances and not be afraid to think outside the box. As girls earn their Girl Boss Chess patch and charms, progressing from level to level, we are excited to build a community of Girl Scouts, who turn to chess, not only as a fun sport, but also as a metaphor for life.

Greater Boston Safety Training

Greater Boston Safety Training
Woburn, MA
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Safe Sitter® is designed to prepare students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. The Instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role-playing exercises. Students learn:

Safety Skills: Students learn how to prevent unsafe situations and what to do when faced with dangers such as power failures or weather emergencies.

Child Care Skills: Students learn tips to manage behavior that will help them stay in control of themselves and the children in their care. Students also learn the ages and stages of child development, as well as practice diapering.

First Aid & Rescue Skills: Learning skills such as choking rescue and CPR is often students’ favorite part of the class. Students also learn a system to help them assess and respond to injuries and illnesses. Greater Boston Safety Training partners with the American Health and Safety Institute to include a First Aid and CPR certicate.

Life & Business Skills: The ability to screen jobs, discuss fees, and greet employers will set students up for success now and in the future. Students practice these skills through various role plays.

Greater Boston Stage Company

Greater Boston Stage Company
Stoneham, MA
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Greater Boston Stage Company brings vibrant professional theatre and dramatic education beyond the boundaries of Boston, featuring world and regional premieres alongside fresh interpretations of familiar work. Within this setting, we uniquely foster the artists of tomorrow by providing ongoing performance and employment opportunities to our company of current and former students.

Calling all Girl Scouts! Get involved with our education program. Check out The Young Company for information on upcoming classes and performance opportunities! Check out our Theatre for Young Audiences Series. This year we welcome the national tours of Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide To School and Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.

Greater Boston Stage Company invites you and your families to join us for a special performance of Little Women: The Broadway Musical on December 3rd at 3pm. Tickets are $20 for Girl Scouts and their families. Use code S23GIRL.

Hipstitch Sewing Studio

Hipstitch Sewing Studio
20 Church Street Wellesley, MA, 02482
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Hipstitch is a Sewing studio with three locations around the Boston Area.

We offer sewing classes, summer camp, offsite after school classes, and parties, and specialized workshops!

Our vision at Hipstitch is to redefine sewing and crafts as hip, youthful, and fashion forward for today’s creative generation. Sewing and other forms of creativity opens up new doors to the world of self-expression self-expression — which provides a powerful lifelong skill to pass down for generations to come.

We’ve created a beautiful and fun atmosphere for students of all ages to feel comfortable expressing creativity, meeting new friends, and creating memories.

iCode of Wellesley

iCode Of Wellesley
Wellesley, MA
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iCode of Wellesley is the premier STEAM afterschool, classes and summer camp based in the heart of Wellesley. We have a modern campus with current equipment for all of the latest STEM activities. iCode of Wellesley is the premier STEAM after school and summer camp with programs offered all throughout the year. We offer classes on all 7 days a week with a very flexible schedule, allowing our students to gain a variety of skills on the hottest and newest topics of interest at reasonable pricing. We offer the programs onsite at our campus, at your school oronline (live instructor-led classes).

KidsInDeed

KidsInDeed
Newton, MA
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KidsInDeed is an empathy-based educational program created for elementary school age children. The goal of the program is to empower young children, regardless of their socio-economic background, to know that they can make a meaningful difference in the lives of other young children in need. The program develops social-emotional learning through child-to-child service initiatives. The model nurtures empathy, promotes kindness & compassion, and fosters civic-mindedness.

Discover your Empathy Super Powers while helping other children your age in the hospital. Create fun stories and games for children in the hospital and learn how being empathetic brings joy to others and you! Through giggles, games and giving, you’ll exercise your “empathy muscle” and experience first-hand how you can make a meaningful difference in the life of another young child in need.

We’ll come to you and your troop or meet you online! Email us at team@kidsindeed.com.

Earn your Resilient, Ready, Strong Brownie patch or Considerate & Caring Daisy Petal award.

The Kindness Rocks Project

The Kindness Rocks Project
West Barnstable, MA
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This global movement was founded right here in Eastern Massachusetts! Discover "The Art of Connecting" at The Kindness Rocks Project where one message at just the right moment can change someone's entire day, outlook on life. Find workshop opportunities, inspirational speaking, team building opportunities, share your story, find books, kindness rock painting supplies, free downloads and more on our website.

Magic Brush Pottery

Magic Brush Pottery
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Tewksbury, MA

Join us for a positive, fun, informational art experience of paint your own pottery, fused glass, canvas painting, and more which align with the following badges:

Brownie Painting Badge
Brownie Potter Badge
Junior Drawing Badge
Junior Jeweler Badge

We also have just for fun packages and service projects!

MetroRock Climbing Centers

MetroRock Climbing Centers
Multiple locations in MA
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MetroRock's experienced staff can confidently offer Girl Scouts all of the information and coaching needed to earn their Climbing Adventure badge. MetroRock staff will focus on the basics of tying in, belaying, and climbing, allowing plenty of time for skills verification. Programs can be tailored to the experience and goals of each individual group. Programs are offered as single day adventure and overnight experiences are available too.

New England Sci-Tech

New England Sci-Tech
Natick, MA
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New England Sci-Tech is a non-profit STEM education center and maker space dedicated to project-based, hands-on learning for youth and families across the New England community. We offer workshops for Girl Scouts in electronics, space science, radio electronics, astronomy, robotics, photography, coding, computers, and more. Girl Scouts can engage in STEM topics and earn badges. Email info@nescitech.org to schedule a workshop.

North Shore Glass School

North Shore Glass School
Salem, MA
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At the North Shore Glass School, Girl Scouts can learn the ancient art of working with glass to create unique and magnificent pieces. In our classes, Girl Scouts will make beautiful fused glass pendant jewelry pieces, suncatchers, slumped bowls, holiday ornaments, and festive seasonal keepsake works of art.

Old Colony History Museum

Old Colony History Museum
Taunton, MA
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At the Old Colony History Museum, Girl Scouts will gain an appreciation and understanding of the history of Southeastern Massachusetts. Our programs aspire to interpret the area’s history in ways that are accessible, inclusive and meaningful to local residents and visitors of all ages and origins.

Plimoth Patuxet Museums: Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Plymouth, MA
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Through engaging experiences with history, Plimoth Patuxet Museums tells the stories of the Indigenous people and English colonists who met along these historic shores in the 17th century. Major exhibits include Mayflower II, Historic Patuxet, the 17th-Century English Village, and the Plimoth Grist Mill.

Plimoth Patuxet's Girl Scout offerings include self-guided patch programs, hands-on workshops, guided tours, and more.
The Rhythm Room: The Rhythm Room
North Attleborough, MA
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The Rhythm Room offers a unique look at creating music through tonality rhythm and pulse. In a fun safe and comfortable environment while utilizing teamwork listening skills and imagination. We explore through buckets, drumsticks, electronics, and world percussion.
Sew Studio Southborough: Sew Studio Southborough
Southborough, MA
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At Sew Studio, we offer machine and hand sewing workshops for all ages! Our studio can accommodate up to 15 students, with each Girl Scout having use of a sewing machine to complete their project. We provide a sewing tutorial at the start of each class so beginners are welcome. Troops can choose from a variety of projects, the most popular being bags and stuffed animals. Each Girl Scout will complete their sewing project in our 2 1/2 hour workshop!
South Shore Safety: South Shore Safety
Hanover, MA
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*South Shore Safety offers Girl Scouts two dynamic, interactive courses:
Home Alone/Staying Safe, and Babysitter Safety. Both courses align with Girl Scout badges. We make serious business fun!*

HOME ALONE STAYING SAFE, (4-5 Junior) 2.5-hours This class covers both home alone safety and street smarts. It will prepare kids to handle most home alone situations, from an unexpected knock on the door to an emergency 911 phone call. It also covers food/kitchen safety, choking rescue, basic first aid, handling fears, basic street smarts, self-defense techniques and lots of prevention!

BABYSITTER SAFETY TRAINING, (6-8 Cadette) 2.5-hours Parents will feel more secure and be more likely to hire someone who has taken Babysitter Safety Training. Kids who are trained in Babysitter Safety will have more confidence in dealing with the challenges that may face them while caring for children of all ages and stages, from accidents to tantrums. Students will learn about infant and child-care, child development, basic first aid and choking prevention, injury prevention, safe marketing strategies and much more. Certificate of Completion included.
Windkist Equestrian Centre, Inc: Windkist Equestrian Centre, Inc
North Andover, MA 01845
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Windkist Equestrian Centre offer an afternoon program for Girl Scouts to experience horseback care and riding. Junior Girl Scouts will be able to earn the Horseback Riding Badge. Note: Use of an indoor riding arena permits riding all months of the year and in all weather conditions.

Troop/group leaders and volunteers, please note that if the Safety Activity Checkpoints for a specific activity states “Council Approval: Required” (i.e. all overnights, challenge courses, horseback riding), be sure to submit a GSEMA Safety Approval Form 4 weeks in advance of your activity (or with as much notice as possible) and BEFORE making any definitive plans, booking with vendors/ partners, or advertising your event. Please email customercare@gsema.org with any questions.

Program Partners

Our Partners

Boston Pizza Tours

Boundless Adventures

Common Ground Yoga

Connecticut Sun

Dance Prism

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Earth & Aerial Yoga

Fearless Focus Program

FitMoney

FMC Ice Sports

Girl Boss Chess Inc.

Greater Boston Safety Training

Greater Boston Stage Company

Hipstitch Sewing Studio

iCode of Wellesley

KidsInDeed

The Kindness Rocks Project

Magic Brush Pottery

MetroRock Climbing Centers

New England Sci-Tech

North Shore Glass School

Old Colony History Museum

Plimoth Patuxet Museums

The Rhythm Room

Sew Studio Southborough

South Shore Safety

Windkist Equestrian Centre, Inc