Community Partners
Community Partners and Member Programming
At Girl Scouts–North Carolina Coastal Pines our community partners are businesses, organizations, and content experts who provide unique opportunities, activities, and events for our members that align with the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Whether your organization excels at STEM, the Outdoors, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship, the Arts, Community Service, or Athletics, we know we can count on you to bring the Girl Scout program to life for our troops and girls.
Approved Community Partners
Co-leaders, area volunteers, and member families, we invite you to explore the many opportunities offered to our members by approved Community Partners from across our 41-counties. Whether it’s a badge earning workshop, exploring the outdoors, or discount admission to an upcoming show or sporting event, you’re sure to find your next adventure in the list below!
The following list of Girl Scout-friendly organizations is intended to offer support to members interested in earning patches, badges, and Journeys, or just to have fun. The programs offered by the organizations may satisfy some of the requirements in connection to Girl Scout curriculum - helping girls to discover, connect and take action.
Entrepreneurship 
Financial Literacy
Life Skills
Advantage College Planning
8321 Bandford Way Suite 001
Raleigh, NC 27615
Advantage College Planning helps high school students prepare for college from initial planning through the application process itself. Girl Scouts looking to earn their Ambassador College Knowledge badge are encouraged to participate in our workshop where we’ll complete requirements 1-3 of the badge. There is a minimum of 4 girls per workshop, maximum of 12. For more information, click here.
Older girls, parents/caregivers, and volunteers can subscribe to the Advantage College Planning blog https://www.advcp.com/blog for notifications about webinars, workshops, and timely articles.
Join the college consulting team at Advantage College Planning for a one-hour webinar, Creating the College List During Covid-19 on January 14th at 7:00 PM. You will get practical tips and action steps on creating a college list based on fit - even when you can’t set foot on campus! We’ll cover:
• The wrong way to build a college list
• The 4 categories that make up a good fit for your student
• The best ways to research colleges from home
• How to create a manageable college list from thousands of potential schools
Register here!
Contact: To register your troop/group for a workshop contact Jamie at jamie@advcp.com or (919) 890-3737.
Agather College Consulting
811909 Shavenrock Place,
Raleigh, NC 27613
Agather College Consulting helps reduce the stress of the college admissions process by educating students and families. Our goal is to find options that meet the student’s financial and academic needs in environment where students can grow and thrive. Owner Liz Agather is happy to provide Girl Scouts looking to earn their Ambassador College Knowledge badge through interactive education and training where we’ll complete requirements 1-3 of the badge. There is a minimum of 4 Girl Scouts per session, maximum of 12.
Fee: No Fee to Participate
Contact: To register your troop/group for a workshop contact Liz Agather at Path4U2College@gmail.com
Cottey College
Cottey College is offering all Girl Scouts graduating in 2022 and 2023 an opportunity to attend a robust leadership experience, Summer Workshop, in June 2021.
Summer Workshop is a week-long summit focused on leadership and skill-building for change makers, and barrier breakers. College professors and administrators will teach interactive courses, guide adventures, and share the knowledge needed to build an incredible future. This a great leadership opportunity! Plus, attendance at the Summer Workshop would award students an additional $3,000/year. Open registration for girls graduating from high school in 2022 and 2023, applications open March 1, 2021. Find more information here: https://cottey.edu/visit/summer-workshop/
Durham Arts Council
120 Morries Dr.
Durham, North Carolina 27701
The Durham Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and local arts agency dedicated to supporting the arts in Durham and the entire Triangle Region in North Carolina and has served the community since 1954. Each year DAC serves over 400,000 visitors and program participants, over 2,000 artists, and more than 300 arts and cultural organizations through classes, artist residencies, exhibits, festivals, grants programs, technical support, creative economy initiatives, arts advocacy, and information services.
Clay Workshop
The Girl Scout Clay Workshop will allow all participants to earn their pottery badge. Participants will visit the DAC Clay studio for two sessions. The first session will allow the girls to learn how to build and paint their artwork and the second session will give all participants the opportunity to learn about glazing.
Duration: Session 1 – 1.5 hours; Session 2 – 1 hour
Notes: Sessions must be a minimum of 2 weeks apart. Each session holds a maximum of 12 participants. Groups that are larger than 12 will be split into multiple sessions.
Contact: For pricing, call Lauren Whittaker at (919) 560-2726
Essential Oils with Lisa
Youngsville, North Carolina
Join doTERRA Wellness Advocate Lisa Faraone for an opportunity to make your own bottle of 100% natural bug repellant, with no toxins, chemicals or additives. Learn about essential oils made purely from plants! All materials supplied. On average the workshop is 1 to 1.5 hours.
Fee: $5 per participant
Contact: Lisa Faraone at essentialplantnature@gmail.com or (412) 552-9745
First Tee
First Tee has established Nine Core Values that represent some of the many inherently positive values connected with the game of golf, many of which directly support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience!
By participating in a First Tee event, Girl Scouts are introduced to these core values which are incorporated throughout the program. Girls will earn the Just for Fun Gold Patch as they enjoy new activities, new friends, and all things outdoors, while learning the basics of golf through unique games and challenges. Registration is required for events as space is limited. Adult guardians- please note these are drop and go events.
Fee: $5 per girl; fun patch included.
If your troop is interested in setting up a private session, reach out to the contact for the location for more information.
North Carolina First Tee Chapter Events/Locations (be sure to select the location nearest you)
Sandhills First Tee (Moore and Cumberland County areas) There are currently no event dates. To set up a private troop/group session contact: Jillian Krein at jkrein@thefirstteesandhills.org or 910-255-3035
Triangle First Tee (Wake County areas)- There are currently no event dates. To set up a private troop/group session contact: Jeanna Gatten at jeanna@firstteetriangle.org
Food Explorers
Food Explorers- empowering children to learn about food and nutrition- can help Girl Scouts VIRTUALLY via Zoom to earn parts of the following food focused badges: Brownie- Snacks, Junior- Simple Meals, Cadette-New Cuisine and Eating for You, and Senior- Locavore. All Food Explorers instructors are Registered Dietitians and have extensive knowledge of childhood nutrition. The Food Explorers program introduces girls of all ages to healthy eating, through hands-on activities, games, and child friendly cooking lessons and can be adapted to fit your needs- including fun, non-badge related cooking classes focusing on seasonal recipes.
Fee: $10/girl; 10 or more girls- $8/girl
Contact: Katie Shepard at katie@food-explorers.com Note GIRL SCOUTS in the subject line.
Growga
Chatham, Durham, Johnston, Orange, and Wake Counties
Growga offers yoga classes and events for all ages. Our mission is to make yoga accessible by working directly with businesses, schools, and organizations to bring our program directly to the communities that we serve. Contact us directly to schedule a private event for your Girl Scout troop today. Minimum of 8 required to host the event..
Info: Minimum 8/Maximum 25, $15 per girl
Contact: Emily Behr at emily@mygrowga.com or (919) 780-3516
Miranda Lee LLC
Miranda Lee is a faith-based Health & Confidence coach who teaches girls learn how to love their bodies and prioritize their mental health. In Miranda's virtual workshops, she explains all the pillars of health and wellness, the basics of fitness and nutrition, and the importance of self-love and acceptance. We need to give the next generation of girls all the tools they need so they won't fall victim to diet culture and unrealistic body standards.Miranda also offers workshops for parents so they can learn how to encourage self-love, support their children's mental health, know the warning signs of eating disorders and more.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest mental health organization is happy to partner with Girl Scouts especially as teens struggle with mental health challenges that COVID-19 has brought on. Trained NAMI members can lead and educate your teen girls on important topics like mental wellness, coping skills, Diversity, Equality, Inclusion (DEI), grief, and more.
Girl Scout Seniors can enlist assistance on earning the Women’s Health Badge as they learn techniques to help them stay emotionally healthy. Girl Scout Ambassadors can reach out for assistance on the Journey: Your Voice, Your World if they choose a Take Action project that focuses on advocating for change around a mental health issue they care about. Girl Scout Cadettes can get support earning the aMAZE Journey as they navigate working through bullying and friendship situations.
NAMI also has a workshop titled: Ending the Silence that they can lead your girls through. View the flyer for more information about this session. Coleaders may want to consider a Sensitive Topic form to be required from Girl Scout parents for their girl to participate. If there are specific topics your girls want to talk about during their workshop, feel free to share that with the NAMI contact when you set it up.
Fee: No fee to participate; no minimum participant number required. Small groups welcome!
Contact: ets@nami-wake.org to set up a workshop
Panera Bread
Looking for a new activity that is a fun and a creative learning experience? The Panera Bread® Bakers-in-Training program is the perfect outing for Girl Scout groups ages 5–12, and a great way to interest kids in kitchen essentials and the fundamentals of baking. Classes must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. Our program aligns with several earned badges (not provided) for Girl Scout troops. A Panera Bread fun patch is available to all Girl Scouts. The program is designed for groups of 10-15 girls. Visit site for additional information and booking.
Fee: $20 per girl
Contact: Learn More
Poe Center for Health Education
224 Sunnybrook Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
The Poe Center partners with schools and organizations across the state to provide health education to children and adults. Engaging programs are available on nutrition & physical activity, adolescent development, general health, substance use prevention, dental health, bullying prevention, mental wellness, and cooking and gardening education. Poe’s field trip destination in Raleigh is a one-of-a-kind- immersive experience featuring unique teaching spaces. Poe can also bring programs directly to a school or organization or provide programs online. For more information on pricing, programs, and schedule visit our website. https://www.poehealth.org/plan-a-program/
Girl Scout Girl Talk programs
Girl Talk for 4-7 graders addresses the timely topic of adolescent growth and development and the physical, social, and emotional changes that girls experience during puberty. Poe educators show off some of our 3-D exhibits, lead activities, and hold candid discussions to help parents/adult caregivers and their girl explore a range of topics from the workings of the reproductive system to the menstrual cycle to feminine hygiene protection and more.
December 10, 2022 - https://www.poehealth.org/events/girl-talk-12-10-22/
Girl Talk 2 for 6- 8 graders is a unique workshop designed for middle school-aged girls and their parent/adult caregivers. This interactive, two-hour workshop discusses the growth and development girls experience during puberty, the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems, the menstrual cycle, fertilization, and conception. Internet safety, peer pressure, abstinence, and sexually transmitted diseases are also introduced. The program has been designed with activities that facilitate and encourage open parent/adult caregiver-child communication.
January 7, 2023 - https://www.poehealth.org/events/girl-talk2-01-07-23/
The Girl Talk programs are for girls AND their parent/caregivers. Girls should not register individually.
Questions? Contact: Lauren McCallum at l.mccallum@poehealth.org or (919) 819-6295. At this time, these events will be in person to follow Poe Center and Girl Scout COVID guidelines.
Raleigh Dance Theatre
PO Box 33691
Raleigh, NC 27636
Girl Scouts-NC Coastal Pines save at Raleigh Dance Theatre’s Storybook Tales!
Saturday, December 10, 2022 2pm and 6pm
AJ Fletcher Opera Theater, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown Raleigh.
Tickets $10 per scout and family member plus $2.15 theatre fees a 40% savings off the general ticket price!
This family friendly performance, about 90 minutes in length, is a perfect day out for Scouts and their families. Enjoy a professional quality ballet production that will delight children of all ages in a beautiful theater.
Tickets will be available directly through Raleigh Dance Theatre at the following link: https://mailchi.mp/e0eae369249c/yp2l8lfsoy
Attending this performance also fulfills one requirement of the Make Every Dance Step Count Patch Program.
Make Every Dance Step Count
Explore the World of Dance! Join Raleigh Dance Theatre for an exciting afternoon of dancing as you learn about the history of classical ballet, basic technique and what goes into putting on a dance performance. Join us in person at The Raleigh School of Ballet Studios.
As a special bonus, you will see a sneak preview of costumed dancers in a scene from Raleigh Dance Theatre’s upcoming Spring Repertoire performance.
Dance with pre-professional dancers, learning ballet steps, stretches, and exercises they do every day. Create your own dance moving in your favorite ways!
All participants are eligible to purchase their Make Every Dance Step Count Patch from the Girl Scouts.
- Date: Sunday, March 19, 2023
- Time: 2-4
- Cost: $15 per Girl Scout
- Registration is Available Directly through Raleigh Dance Theatre at the following link: https://mailchi.mp/b26537942b78/qtp7zxmqof
Girl Scouts-NC Coastal Pines save at Raleigh Dance Theatre’s Spring Repertoire!
Spring Repertoire Features ballets classics and new works!
Saturday, April 22 and Sunday April 23 3pm
Cary Academy Theater
Tickets $10 per scout and family member plus $2.15 theatre fees-a 40% savings off the general ticket price!
This family friendly performance, about 90 minutes in length, is a perfect day out for Scouts and their families. Enjoy a professional quality ballet production that will delight children of all ages.
General admission tickets available directly through Raleigh Dance Theatre at the following link: https://mailchi.mp/df9dd23175cb/x19818e776
Attending this performance also fulfills one requirement of the Make Every Dance Step Count Patch Program.
Questions: raleighdance@att.net
Teens Against Bullying (TAB) Family Resource Center South Atlantic
TAB is currently offering free VIRTUAL awareness campaigns for all Girl Scouts where teen peer leaders spread awareness about the victimization caused by bullying and teach self-advocacy skills appropriate to their Girl Scout age level. This interactive hour long Zoom session will help your girls recognize and bring awareness to the signs of bullying while building self-confidence to support them in standing up for themselves and their friends in advocating for change.
Is your Cadette Girl Scout troop working on their aMAZE Journey? TAB can also help your girls work towards their aMAZE Journey by getting a better idea of the different types of bullying, how bullying can cause long-lasting trauma, how to learn about the signs of victimization, and how they can become advocates for their community. TAB sessions could also apply to other badges like: Daisies- Respect Myself and Others Petal; Brownies- Making Friends Badge; Senior: Mission: Sisterhood! Journey.
TAB also offers free sessions for adults who are working to support a child who is being bullied. They also offer support group sessions every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 11:00am-12:30pm for youth who are experiencing bullying. All sessions are currently VIRTUAL, free and open to attendees in all 41 counties.
Contact: To set up your FREE age-level appropriate session, reach out to Veronica Mero at vmero@frcsa.org and put GIRL SCOUTS in the subject line.
Are you a teen who is interested in being a TAB Peer Leader? Learn more here.
Vine Images
Vine Images is excited to provide online courses for Girl Scouts that are self-paced and mobile-friendly. Photography can be very technical, confusing and it takes a lot of snap shots to learn a new skill. With our online format, girls learn a new skill in just a few minutes through video instruction, review examples of work, see real life demonstrations and then complete a photo challenge geared to perfecting the skill. Each photo challenge builds upon the previous skill and before they know it, they have the skills to locate the best light in their situation and can compose the image to tell a story. Girls work at their own pace which allows them to spend the time needed to become comfortable in the new skill set before moving on.
Fee: $15/girl for the Junior Digital Photographer badge program; badge is not included.
Fee: $25/Kidz Photography Patch program; fun patch included. Ages 5-14.
Ambassador Photography badge program coming soon!
Info: Minimum 8/Maximum 25, $15 per girl
Visit: Vine Images INC for more information and to register.
Whole Brain Escape
410 Upchurch Street
Apex, NC 27502
Whole Brain Escape is an award-winning escape room in the heart of Apex,NC. We have four adventures to choose from: Bustin’ Out of the Eighties, Escape the Supervillain’s Lair, Seekers of the Mystic Orb, and Mystery of the Mad Scientist. Work together with your team to solve puzzles, decipher clues, and escape!
This is a great team building and team bonding activity. All participants will earn their just for fun, Escape Room Patch.
Info: $29 per girl/adult
Contact: Heather Chandler at havefun@wholebrainescape.com or (919) 355-2714 to make your troop reservation!
Whole Brain Escape
410 Upchurch Street
Apex, NC 27502
Whole Brain Escape is an award-winning escape room in the heart of Apex,NC. We have four adventures to choose from: Bustin’ Out of the Eighties, Escape the Supervillain’s Lair, Seekers of the Mystic Orb, and Mystery of the Mad Scientist. Work together with your team to solve puzzles, decipher clues, and escape!
This is a great team building and team bonding activity. All participants will earn their just for fun, Escape Room Patch.
Info: $29 per girl/adult
Contact: Heather Chandler at havefun@wholebrainescape.com or (919) 355-2714 to make your troop reservation!
Outdoors
Eno River Association
4404 Guess Rd, Durham NC 27712
The Eno River Association provides Girl Scouts opportunities to learn about and practice environmental stewardship and natural resource conservation through education programs and service opportunities. The Association offers dozens of customized education programs for various age levels in the areas of Wildlife Biology, Geology & Soils, Water Quality, Chemistry & Resources, Local History, Botany, & other topics. In addition, the Association's 7,400+ acres of natural areas and parklands provide opportunities for community service projects, and Girl Scouts can choose to adopt a trail, organize a private service day, or engage in DIY service projects.
Fee: The cost for each program is $30 per hour (for a group of up to 10, adults & youth), prorated by the half hour and invoiced prior to the program. Eno River Association Members receive a reduced hourly rate. If the fee is a barrier to your participation, please let us know and we will work with you.
Contact: Email education@enoriver.org to learn more and arrange a customized program.
Shepard Nature Trail at Duke Forest
Durham, North Carolina 27708
The Shepherd Nature Trail, located along Hwy 751 in the Duke Forest’s Durham Division, offers a short, self-guided hike and provides a wonderful introduction to the Duke Forest and Piedmont forest ecosystems. The trail is a 0.8-mile loop. This is a self-guided tour. Please review the website ahead of time for directions and read the interpretive signs ahead of time to develop your activity plan. There are no restroom facilities. Please read all posted signs and follow Duke Forest Rules and regulations. Enter the forest at your own risk.
Fee: No Fee to Participate
Contact: https://dukeforest.duke.edu/recreation/snt/
Triangle Rock Club
6022 Duraleigh Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27613
Visit Triangle Rock Club with your scouting groups and open new avenues of exploration!
Climbing requires a combination of tenacity and practice in pursuit of mastery, and Triangle Rock Club offers a Scout-specific weekend climbing program that teaches courage, confidence, and character. Scouts can all enjoy the satisfaction of hard-earned success as they build their character and grow as both a group and as individuals.
Reserve harnesses and belayers for a two-hour block of climbing on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Details
Cost: $15 per scout | $50 deposit required | 8 scout minimum
Ages: 4 and up
No experience necessary
Advance notice of two weeks required. Register here.
Contact: Brenna Adams at brenna@trianglerockclub.com or (919) 803-2254
STEM
Community Service
Fashion Forward Program
Community Discounts
Community Opportunities
Safety and Activity Checkpoints
When contacting a Community Partner, please be familiar with the guidelines provided in Safety Activity Checkpoints and Volunteer Essentials, as these apply. These include, but are not limited to, adult ratios, background checks, incident reports, insurance and more. Remember that Girl Scouts attending programs independently of a troop must be accompanied by an adult.
Accident/Incident Report
Background Check
Health History
Insurance
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