Troop 1601 - Girl Scouts - New London, IA

09/18/2026

A lot has happened since the end of cookie season. So here is a brief recap. It was announced that our troop was not only one of the top 3 selling troops of the council, but THE Top Selling Troop of our council! Our Troop which was 15 girls at that time, sold a whopping 11,991 boxes of cookies! We were also able to donate 300 boxes to our Tiger Food Pantry! They smashed that season. As a result, we earned a troop incentive trip which we did early August. Our Troop went for a weekend overnight stay at Camp Little Cloud in Dubuque. We had lots of fun at camp and then we went and explored the Crystal Lake Caves before heading back home. Badges and fun patches were earned and all the fun was had.

2 of our girls hit the 1500 box mark and were able to attend the CEO Celebration at Fun Station in Cedar Rapids where they got to play and spend time with CEO Dianne before she retired!

Several of our girls also hit the 700 boxes sold mark and attend the Lost Island Waterpark and Theme Park as a reward! Several of us camped at their campgrounds as well, this trip was so fun!

Since the end of cookie season we have grown from 15 girls to 20 and our troop is officially full! But, it’s so easy to get a troop started if your girl is interested in going on adventures like these. Girl Scouts is so fun just ask any of these girls!

We also had several of our girls go to Camp Liberty this summer for another Troop Camp experience, Equestrian camp! We got to do lots of hiking (not their favorite part, lol!), swimming, rock wall climbing, low ropes & most importantly, ride horses! Aside from the spiders in the primitive cabins we were lodged in, the girls had an incredible time.

We are looking forward to this new season of Girl Scouts and see how much more fun and many more experiences we can have and watch all these girls grow into incredible young women.

Lastly, we want to thank you for all your support in our product seasons, without you, we couldn’t do all these amazing things for these girls!

09/18/2026

Wednesday, 13 of our 20 girls were able to join us on our float for the New London Homecoming parade. We had lots of fun tossing candy to our community and promoting the start of our upcoming fall product sales that being Oct. 2! Mark your calendars, you won’t wanna miss out on those sweet treats!

05/28/2026

Our troop has grown to 18 with renewals this year! With that being said, even though we do a great job with the fall & cookie product programs, we are so large that even that doesn't cover the expenses for everything we do with the girls. And the girls have been purchasing their own uniforms & memberships since we've started the troop.

We are starting a new fundraiser that each of our scouts will participate in. This fundraiser will help us pay for their uniforms, continue to purchase patches for them, pay for summer camps, other special events & their membership fee. So, if a girl scout comes knocking on your door with this paper, please know that is a legitimate fundraiser and every $ collected goes directly to the troop to be used on the things listed above. Thank you for your consideration in donating, it is very much appreciated!

04/30/2026

6 of our girls were able to attend this delicious event.

Twenty amazing Girl Scouts participated in Get the Scoop! 🍦✨

The girls earned a badge while learning hands-on skills like decorating cakes and cupcakes, making ice cream, and creating custom mixes on the famous frozen stone. A fun and sweet experience from start to finish!

04/29/2026

04/15/2026

❤️ one of our Brownie Scouts ❤️