STERLING  — Dozens of local Girls Scouts gathered at Sholan Park on Oct. 15 for the annual investiture ceremony.

Nine troops in the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts council were on hand for the occasion held on the shores of the town beach that featured swearing in new Daisy scouts followed by s’mores and a good deeds raffle. The girls from Leominster, Sterling, Princeton, and Jefferson created a circle with each other and recommitted themselves to the Girl Scouts promise for the year of scouting ahead.

Daisy troop 65386 and Brownie troop 65179 joined with their troop leaders Caitlin Leary, Alanna Malatos, Courtney Mankus, and Julia Metzidakis. Each of the troop leaders have daughters in the respective troops they lead, which meet in Sterling every other Sunday and are both full.

Eight of the 10 daisies in troop 65386 were sworn in at the ceremony, including 5-year-olds Mariah Malatos and Stella Turk, both from Leominster, along with other new scouts in various troop levels. The Malatos family also includes Girl Scouts Brownie Zabelle Malatos, 7, and dad Ryan Malatos, a captain in the Leominster Police Department.

Alanna Malatos said that swearing in her daughters and the other eager girl scouts was very meaningful for her.

“It was a full circle moment to be able to pin both my girls to welcome them into Daisies and Brownies as I was when I was little,” she said.

The mom of two is a troop leader for both of her daughters’ troops, pulling double duty along with Leary, who also has a daughter in each troop. When asked what she likes about being a Girls Scouts troop leader, Alanna Malatos said she relishes “being able to experience adventures and to teach my girls lifelong skills and values as both their mom and leader.”

“Overall, I enjoy leading both troops with my leader friends to be able to give the girls opportunities to learn and grow with each other while being part of a very long tradition that connects generations of girls across the world.”