My team
My team
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Total raised: $21,080.53
Goal: $24,000.00
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After an 11-year break, I’m running again—and this time, I’m doing it for a cause that means a lot to my family: Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.
First an injury, then motherhood, caused me to slow down and hang up my running shoes. For a while, I described myself as a “former runner.” But something inside me kept asking: Could I come back?
This year, I stopped wondering and started training. It’s been humbling, empowering, and honestly—pretty exciting to rediscover this part of myself.
Now, I’m proud to be running my very first Falmouth Road Race on August 17 as part of the “Run Like a Girl Scout” team. I’m raising $1,500 to help more girls grow in courage, confidence, and character through the power of Girl Scouts.
Girl Scouts has already given so much to my daughters—Mary Kate and Bridget—and to me as a troop leader and volunteer. We've made incredible memories and learned so much together. I want even more girls to have those same opportunities.
💜 Will you help me cross the fundraising finish line?
Every gift makes a difference. Thank you so much for your generosity and support!
– Maura
Description
Building strength and confidence in girls is the cornerstone of Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts’ (GSEMA) mission. Girl Scouts allows girls the opportunity to take risks in a safe and supportive environment, challenging them to try new things and build their confidence. Armed with this assurance, girls go on to do great things: leading peers and others, innovating and forging new paths, and thinking outside the box to benefit their families, communities, and beyond. GSEMA membership is 30,000 strong, with girls and adults in 178 communities in eastern Massachusetts.
Girls gain valuable skills in the four pillars of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Life Skills, STEM, Entrepreneurship, and the Outdoors. The Girl Scout programming is a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun age-appropriate activities including earning badges, selling cookies, exploring science and the outdoors, and implementing community service projects. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun age-appropriate activities including earning badges, selling cookies, exploring science and the outdoors, and implementing community service projects.
For over 110 years, Girl Scouts has delivered diverse leadership programming to develop the next generation of strong female leaders with self-confidence and positive values who seek out challenges, maintain healthy relationships, and are committed to improving their communities and beyond. There are currently over 50 million Girl Scout alums; 60% of female members of the 117th Congress are alums, virtually every female astronaut who has ever flown in space is a Girl Scout alum, and every female secretary of state in U.S. history is a former Girl Scout- Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton.
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22 | Barbara Sicuso | $28.10 |
| Jul 14 | Anonymous | $55.35 |
| Jul 10 | Anonymous | $28.10 |
| Jun 29 | The Iovino Family | $55.35 |
| Jun 17 | The Goltz Family | $55.35 |
| Jun 14 | Christine Sicuso | $39.00 |
| Jun 14 | Sarah Sweeney | $55.35 |
| Jun 12 | Stephanie Cullen | $109.85 |
| Jun 12 | The Dyer Family | $55.35 |
| Jun 11 | Isabelle Jenkins | $11.75 |
