SARATOGA SPRINGS — A sea of girls in bright pink T-shirts, some with the trademark Girl Scout vests and sashes, filled the pavilion Friday at the Saratoga Springs farmers market at High Rock Park, where they gathered to distribute “Bundles of Care” they had collected for months.

About 650 Scouts ranging from kindergarten to high school age and more than 100 adult volunteers from Saratoga Springs, Wilton, and Greenfield were present to disburse the bundles to local nonprofit and civic organizations.

From Daisies to Cadettes, girls of all ages were pleased with their results.

“I’m happy we helped out the local food pantries,” said Erin Dooley, 12, who has been a Scout since kindergarten. “We go there and see no food on the shelves, and [helping] makes us feel good about ourselves,” she said.

Agencies benefiting from the collection include the Saratoga County Animal Shelter, Estherville Animal Shelter, the Economic Opportunity Council, Franklin Community Center, Saratoga Center for the Family, Head Start, Caroline Street Elementary School and Saratoga Hospital.

Girl Scouts of America has been in existence since 1916, and today, nearly one in every eight girls between the ages of 5 and 17 is a Girl Scout.

“I plan to stay in at least until high school,” said Elizabeth Wichrowski, 12.

Elizabeth’s mother, Gayler Wichrowski, was also a Girl Scout as a youngster.

“The Scouts are more active today than we were, but they still love to go camping and cook on Bunsen burners,” Gayler Wichrowski said.

Elizabeth Conway, 21, has been Scouting for 10 years and is now a leader.

“We’re going to work more with the animal shelter, because when we go in there, the overcrowding breaks your heart,” Conway said.

Other community projects have included planting gardens in parks, serving tea at the Grant Cottage historic site, volunteering for the Adopt-a-Soldier program, making activity packets and handing out teddy bears at Saratoga Hospital.

Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, R-Schenectady, congratulated the youngsters for their accomplishments.

“Don’t forget the heroes in your life, your leaders and your parents, who are very supportive of you,” Tedisco said. “Working together, we can get things done.”

The goal of this event was to recognize volunteerism and the participating agencies, organizers said. The project has stressed youth involvement by helping the Scouts focus on the needs of their neighbors, organizers said.

Friday’s event also marked the first anniversary of Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York. Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York was created in June 2007 when four Girl Scout Councils — Hudson Valley, Mohawk Pathways, Adirondack and North Country — merged. They now serve more than 14,500 girls in Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Greene, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties and a portion of St. Lawrence County.