Mariners Troop 7010

🌟 Special Interest Quest 🌟

Try something new • Meet troop leaders • Explore what’s possible

Looking for a fun, hands‑on way for girls to explore new interests and discover what Girl Scouts has to offer beyond their home troop? 👀💚

Join us for Special Interest Quest — a Saturday afternoon full of discovery, creativity, and adventure!

📅 Saturday, August 29
⏰ Noon – 5:00 PM
📍 Camp Graham
👧 For Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors & Ambassadors
(4th grade and up)

✨ What is Special Interest Quest?
It’s an interactive event where girls rotate through hands‑on workshops, meet leaders from different Special Interest Troops, and try out activities they focus on during the year — all in a supportive, girl‑led environment.

🤝 Attend solo or together!
Girls register individually, but are absolutely welcome to attend as a troop experience.

💡 Why Special Interest Troops?

🚀 Dive deeper into interests like outdoor adventure, STEM, travel, sailing, and more
🧭 Build leadership, independence, and confidence
🤝 Connect with other girls who share similar passions
🌱 Stay engaged and inspired as girls grow in Girl Scouts
✨ Girls can join a Special Interest Troop and stay active with their home troop.
These experiences enhance — not replace — their current troop journey.

🎟️ Cost & Registration:
Scouts: $15
Adults: $5 or $10
✅ Register here:
👉 https://my.cheddarup.com/c/special-interest-quest
🧵 Custom event patch included when you register by June 1!

🛠️ Sample workshops may include:
🚣 Paddling
🏹 Archery
🪓 Axe Throwing
⛵ Sailing
🤖 Robotics
🎨 Outdoor Art
…and more!

📣 Leaders & families:
Please share this opportunity widely — in your troops, service unit pages, and with friends who may be interested.
👉 Feel free to repost and share!

We can’t wait to explore what sparks your girl’s curiosity! ✨

The Mariners Creek Week clean-up paddle was a success—and quickly turned into something much bigger.

We found ourselves carrying boats over fallen trees, walking across sandbars, and filling bags one piece of trash at a time—without anyone losing interest. The girls were all in from start to finish.

At the end, we weighed it all:
184 pounds of trash.
More than any one of us.

Mariners devoted 4.5 hours to cleaning up Ellerbee Creek where it joins Falls Lake. While Ellerbee Creek runs through Durham, it’s part of the Falls Lake watershed that provides drinking water to much of Wake County.

But what made it even more meaningful is that this wasn’t just our effort. As part of Durham Creek Week with Keep Durham Beautiful—and a broader statewide effort to protect our waterways—341 volunteers in Durham alone have already removed over 10,000 pounds of trash from local creeks, streams, and rivers.

What felt like a few hours of adventure became part of something much larger. The girls earned 4.5 hours toward their service bar—but more than that, they built confidence, strengthened friendships, practiced leadership, applied real-world math and science, and continued developing their paddling skills… all while spending time in the beauty of the forest.

As next steps in their water explorations, we’ll be learning more about how lake water becomes clean drinking water, what happens to sewer and stormwater, and where the items we collected—like tires and bags of trash—ultimately go.

Huge kudos to the Mariners and the parents who made this day possible. And a big thank you to Keep Durham Beautiful for providing the supplies—trash bags, gloves, grabbers, safety vests, and the watershed map—that made this experience possible and got us out on the water in March.

From a creek in Durham to drinking water for Wake County…
This matters.
Mariners Troop 7010

Mariners is leading a Creek Week clean-up of Ellerbe Creek at Falls Lake by canoe/kayak and along the trail on Saturday afternoon. This should be a fun and fulling afternoon. Thank you to Keep Durham Beautiful for leading the charge and providing trash bags, trash grabbers, vest and more.

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Ready to splash into adventure?

Mariners Girl Scout Special Interest Troop 7010 is all about water, waves, and wild fun—just for girls in grades 6–12!

We’re talking sailing, canoeing, kayaking, paddle-boarding, camping, and swimming. You’ll master boating safety, learn clean boating tips, discover awesome marine environments, and even explore cool water-related careers—all while making memories and new friends.

Dive into new skills, boost your confidence, set big goals, and challenge yourself in ways you never imagined. Whether you join us as your main troop or add Mariners to your Girl Scout experience, you’ll get year-round action: outdoor adventures in the warm months, and indoor fun when it’s chilly.

No experience? No worries! Every skill level is welcome. All you need is a sense of adventure and a love for good times.

So grab your swimsuit, bring your curiosity, and get ready for a troop that’s anything but ordinary!

Mariners has activities throughout the year tailored to the weather and the season.

Join our mailing list to learn more.

Reach out to NC Coastal Pines and ask about troop 7010.

Wanted:

Do you like to do things outside? Do you enjoy being around water? Do you like boats or have you wanted to try boating?

If you answered “yes” to any of those questions and are a girl in 8th - 12th grade, Mariners might be for you!

It’s just $25 to register for a year of new opportunities (financial assistance available.) Older girls do more to direct and lead activities and build skills that can land fun jobs or pursue dreams.

Go to https://www.nccoastalpines.org/ for more information and to register.

Mariners: All things water for girls 8 - 12th grades
Sailing, camping, canoeing, kayaking, paddle-boarding
and more!