CAMPOREE 2026 - MAY 1 - 3, 2026 AT CAMP CANADENSIS!

See registration details/flyers below - Deposits were due March 6th

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Current Topics/Activities

Note:  Unless otherwise specified, ALL events below are intended for registered members of SU72 (Hillsborough) ONLY.

SERVICE Reminders:  Adult volunteers may be required to chaperone service activities.  Girl Scouts should be wearing vest/sash/smock when volunteering in public.

April 2026

• SERVICE Gardeners and Butterfly Lovers - this SERVICE project is for you! Help tend our Hillsborough Girl Scouts Pollinator Garden.  One sign up = One month of work!  Tending to this garden means coming EACH WEEK OF THE MONTH to weed and refresh the hummingbird feeder.  Do it as a family!  Do it as a troop!   This is an SU72 Community Service Award activity.  Signup here.

• Public Event EARTH DAY BEACH CLEANUP 2026 - Saturday, April 25th -  10 AM to Noon at Sandy Hook National Recreation Area: Beach Sweeps are a Jersey Tradition for over 40 Years!  Groups of volunteers band together with buckets in hand to help clean up our beaches before the season begins. This is not a SU72 Sponsored event - families and troops will sign up individually with waterspirit.org.  Participating Girl Scouts can request a Beach Clean-Up patch.  This is an all ages, family and friends event.  See this FLYER to find more information along with the links to sign up to order patches.

• OUTDOORS SERVICE EARTH DAY CLEAN UP - Sunday April 26th - 10 AM - 12 noon - Join us for an Earth Day clean up right here in Hillsborough at Camp DeWitt.  We will spend some time cleaning and getting Camp DeWitt  ready for Summer and then make an earth friendly craft to bring home. We will also have a meditation moment to take time to appreciate the natural world. This event is open to registered scouts only - this is a TROOP/IRM event. Girls must be accompanied in ratio by a registered and background checked troop leader/troop volunteer or IRM Mentor.  Click here for the flyer with more information on how to register!   Registration closes: April 11, 2026

May 2026

• Camporee - Fri May 1st - Sun May 3rd at Camp Canadensis

• SERVICE HES STEAM Fair Volunteers (5th grade and older) - Fri May 8 6:30 - 9 PM- The HSA of Hillsborough Elementary School is looking for girls to assist at their STEAM fair. Girls may use this either as their LAST event for the 2026 SU72 Community Service Award or put it towards next year. Please note that if you use it for this year, you'll need to submit for your award by May 15th! Sign up here.

• SERVICE Memorial Day Cards (D/B) - Wed May 13 6:30pm-7:30pm Library Program Room A - Looking for Daisies and Brownies who need ONE MORE event to earn their 2026 SU72 Community Service award to color cards for Memorial Day breakfast. Please note that you'll need to submit for your award by May 15th! Sign up here.

• SERVICE BoroSAFE Hope for Tomorrow Volunteers (C/S/A) - Thur May 14 5-8pm Municipal Building - BoroSAFE is looking for Cadettes and older to help at their Hope For Tomorrow event. Girls may use this either as their LAST event for the 2026 SU72 Community Service Award or put it towards next year. Please note that if you use it for this year, you'll need to submit for your award by May 15th!  Sign up here.

• AWARDS Complete your Community Service Award submission by May 15th!

• Learn about Hillsborough Girl Scouts! Join us Mon, May 18th from 6-7pm at Hillsborough Library Program Room if you are looking to join Hillsborough Girl Scouts next school year.

• SERVICE Memorial Day Breakfast Volunteers (9th grade and older) - Sat May 23 7 - 9 AM - Looking for older girls to assist with the Veterans breakfast during the Memorial Day parade. This event counts towards the 2027 SU72 Community Service Award. Sign up here.

• SERVICE Memorial Day Parade - Sat May 23 (All levels) - Troops and girls are encouraged to walk in the Hillsborough Memorial Day Parade! This counts for Hearts of Service! Sign up here

• AWARDS Mark your calendars! Our Annual Court of Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 29th at 7 pm in the ARIS Cafeteria.  We are excited to recognize our Hillsborough Girl Scouts who have earned their Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards as well as those who have earned the National Leadership & Advocacy Awards (Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors) and ALL level Girl Scouts who have earned our own SU72 Community Service Award.  In addition, we will recognize adult leaders and volunteers who received GSHNJ Council Adult Achievement Awards, our own SU Outstanding Volunteer Award and tenure awards.  Please review and complete the following forms for our SU records and to be recognized at our Awards Ceremony. NOTE: Some of these forms are to be filled out by parents/girls rather than troop leaders as many are individually earned. The deadline to complete any of our SU72 forms below is MAY 15.

  • • Years of Service - Leaders, if you are celebrating a 5 year interval anniversary (5, 10, 15, etc) as a troop leader/SU team member, please complete THIS FORM if you haven't done so yet . NOTE: if you started with your troop when they were 1st year Daisies, you should be celebrating 5 years when they are 1st year Juniors and 10 years when they are 1st year Seniors.

    • Outstanding Volunteer Award - Leaders, do you have parents (non-leader parents) who have been especially giving of their time and dedication to Girl Scouts (cookie and/or nut manager parents, parents who have volunteered to take care of troop financials or parents who have organized service projects or other activities for the troop)?  If so, please complete THIS FORM. NOTE: Leaders should not be submitted for this award as leaders are eligible for Leader specific awards at both the Council and National level.

    • SU72 Community Service Award - ALL level Girl Scouts are eligible to receive this award. THIS FORM should be completed if they have participated in 5 or more of the eligible activities (only listed activities are eligible). 

    • Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards - If your troop or any of the girls in your troop completed or plans to complete their Bronze, Silver or Gold Award project by June 30th, please complete THIS FORM.  NOTE: Only one form needs to be completed per project. IMPORTANT: You must ALSO complete the required GSHNJ paperwork if you haven't done so already (this is separate from our SU72 form). Please refer to the gshnj.org website for those forms.

    • National Leadership & Advocacy Awards (Junior, Cadette, Senior & Ambassador Girl Scouts) -  Refer HERE for more details and to see if you qualify). Complete THIS FORM if you have earned any of these awards.

National/Council Activities:  

• GSHNJ Calendar of Events including hikes, and other fun events

• GSHNJ Clubs/Teams:  Learn more about Council-run special interest groups/teams for Girl Scouts including Family Ramblers (for girls & their families), SheStormz Robotics Team, Astronomy Club, Media Girls, and the HNJGIRL Advisory Board.  These clubs/teams are independent of individual troop activities.

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