Junior Girl Scouts share the fun
While working on leadership and community service projects, Junior Girl Scout Troops 1119 and 2120 recently discovered that helping others helped them feel good about themselves. They found that doing a deed for someone else as an individual or with a group is worth the effort.
In pursuit of the Girl Scout’s Across Generations badge, the young girls found various ways to assist an older person. The projects included being a helper by raking leaves; sharing the fun by singing Christmas carols and visiting with residents at McMinnville Boarding Home for the Elderly; and making a friend while playing games of Bingo with Senior Center patrons.
The sister scout troops also conducted a food drive through cooperation with Kroger and its customers. They managed to collect 640 items that have now been donated to the Senior Center food bank.
Troop leaders Rebekah Blake and Donna Bell indicate the girls will be looking for more opportunities to touch the lives of others through volunteer community service, while tapping into their own special skills.