December Our Promise Newsletter

Daisy Drop Box & Brownie Bundle

Now Supporting Our Brownie Leaders Due to the overwhelming success of the Daisy Drop Box program, we launched our new Brownie Bundle for the 2023-2024 membership year. The addition of Brownie Bundle was made possible thanks to support from the Her Future is Our Future Campaign. This fall, Brownie Bundle was piloted to 150 Brownie troop leaders to serve our 2nd grade Brownies. Third grade Brownie troops will be added in 2024-2025!

The Daisy Drop Box program was developed in 2019 to assist volunteer leaders in providing consistent and quality experiences for Girl Scouts’ youngest members, the Daisies (kindergarten-1st grade). Since then, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri has mailed Daisy Drop Boxes monthly to Daisy troop leaders who then use the curriculum and supplies contained within to host fun and engaging troop meetings. The box activities align with our national curriculum, including options for troops to explore the Girl Scout pillars of STEM, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Outdoor Adventures. This innovative program has effectively eased the burden on GSEM’s dedicated volunteer troop leaders, allowing them to focus on connecting with the girls in their troop rather than gathering supplies and planning activities. In 2022, we successfully supported 287 troops, serving 4,200+ Daisies in eastern Missouri.

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As a first-year leader with my troop, I cannot begin to tell you how amazingly helpful the Daisy Drop Boxes have been! It has provided me with the assurance that I’m headed in the right direction, while also allowing me some extra time (that would otherwise been spent researching activities) to get to know the girls better. Kathleen Brueggemann, Troop 345

Meet the Program Managers! Pam Johnson, Daisy Drop Box

Pam Johnson has been a staff member with Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri for 13 years. Following in her mother’s footsteps, she proudly served as troop leader for both her daughters’ Girl Scout troops. After earning her undergraduate degree, Pam’s career included consumer and marketing research, as well as early childhood education. She began supporting our Girl Scout volunteers as a member of our council’s Product Programs team and became Program Manager for our Daisy Drop Box program in 2019. “I’m thrilled to support our wonderful Daisy troop leaders, both new and returning, as they connect their Daisies with Girl Scout values, traditions and engaging badge programs. Troop leaders build strong bonds of community and are the heart of Girl Scouting!” Meredith Dean, Brownie Bundle Meredith Dean has been active with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri for the last six years as she’s led her older daughter’s troop from Daisies to now Juniors. During that time, she has served as the Troop Leader, Troop Treats & Reads Manager, Troop Cookie Manager, Neighborhood Manager, and Neighborhood Troop Organizer. When her younger daughter became a Daisy last year, she jumped on the opportunity to utilize the Daisy Drop Box and has sung its’ praises since! Meredith is now using her Troop Leader insight to develop the Brownie Bundle Program. “The Brownie Bundle Program is an opportunity for leaders to have everything they need for a badge or patch delivered directly to their home every month! It includes meeting instructions, supplies, and most importantly, girl-led opportunities.”