The inspiring true story of the first Girl Scout troop founded for and by girls living in a shelter in Queens, New York, and the amazing, nationwide response that it sparked “A powerful book full of powerful women.”—Chelsea Clinton Giselle Burgess was a young mother of five trying to provide for her family. Though she had a full-time job, the demands of ever-increasing rent and mounting bills forced her to fall behind, and eviction soon followed. Giselle and her kids were thrown into New York City’s overburdened shelter system, which housed nearly 60,000 people each day. They soon found themselves living at a Sleep Inn in Queens, provided by the city as temporary shelter; for nearly a year, all six lived in a single room with two beds and one bathroom. With curfews and lack of amenities, it felt more like a prison than a home, and Giselle, at the mercy of a broken system, grew fearful about her family’s future. She knew that her daughters and the other girls living at the shelter needed to be a part of something where they didn’t feel the shame or stigma of being homeless, and could develop skills and a community they could be proud of. Giselle had worked for the Girl Scouts and had the idea to establish a troop in the shelter, and with the support of a group of dedicated parents, advocates, and remarkable girls, Troop 6000 was born. New York Times journalist Nikita Stewart settled in with Troop 6000 for more than a year, at the peak of New York City’s homelessness crisis in 2017, getting to know the girls and their families and witnessing both their triumphs and challenges. In Troop 6000, readers will feel the highs and lows as some families make it out of the shelter while others falter, and girls grow up with the stress and insecurity of not knowing what each day will bring and not having a place to call home, living for the times when they can put on their Girl Scout uniforms and come together. The result is a powerful, inspiring story about overcoming the odds in the most unlikely of places. Stewart shows how shared experiences of poverty and hardship sparked the political will needed to create the troop that would expand from one shelter to fifteen in New York City, and ultimately inspired the creation of similar troops across the country. Woven throughout the book is the history of the Girl Scouts, an organization that has always adapted to fit the times, supporting girls from all walks of life. Troop 6000 is both the intimate story of one group of girls who find pride and community with one another, and the larger story of how, when we come together, we can find support and commonality and experience joy and success, no matter how challenging life may be.

Emerging singer, songwriter and performer Tenille Townes is debuting a new version of her single “Somebody’s Daughter” today. Stream/purchase the track HERE. Produced by Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves, Lucie Silvas) and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, the new rendition was recorded with Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee’s Troop 6000, an initiative that serves girls without permanent housing. 16 girls fromTroop 6000 came into the studio with Townes to earn their musician badge and learn about music...Continue reading

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Troop 6000, established in 2017, is New York City's first homeless shelter-based Girl Scouts of Greater New York City troop.

These young girls have been through so much!

Troop 6000 is making a real difference.

Troop 6000, established in 2017, is New York City's first homeless shelter-based Girl Scouts of Greater New York City troop.

The members of Girl Scout Troop 6000 were honored by the City Council Tuesday for making history as the first troop in New York City history exclusively for

Girl Scout Troop 6000 was created in February 2017 by Giselle Burgess, a homeless woman who serves as a community engagement specialist for Girl Scouts...

A year-old organization seeks to give some of NYC's most underprivileged girls a way to take in the wild.

The season for Thin Mints and Tagalongs might technically be over, but for NYC's Troop 6000, it's just getting started . . . for the first time ever.

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The members of Girl Scout Troop 6000 in New York City are part of the first troop organized exclusively for homeless girls.

The members of Girl Scout Troop 6000 are just like any other girls. They go on trips, draw, sing and dance and sell those cookies. But their connection goes beyond Tagalongs and Thin Mints.

The newest chapter of this girl scouting program sets out to serve migrant families brand new to New York City.

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We are in full-blown Girl Scout cookie season -- one of the BEST times of the year, right? Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Greater New York It is that time when little girls, dressed in

Troop 6000 will be selling cookies at Kellogg's NYC, a cereal cafe located in Manhattan's Union Square from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. until Friday

The girls blew past an initial goal of selling 6,000 boxes within the first two days of the sale.

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