Are you looking for a quick and easy food service project for your troop to do for Girl Scout Founder’s Day? Here is one that helps your local community. Updated October 2020 Here is a wonderful idea for your girls to help out the community and celebrate Girl Scout Founder’s Day. You can start planning …
A Quick and Easy Community Service Project
The picture appeared in my Facebook newsfeed and I felt my heart break. A local food bank posted a picture of empty shelves. Totally barren. It is sad to think of families going to seek assistance, only to be told that there is no food to give. This week, my girls are going to do …
Our First Cadette Community Service Project of the Year
In my last post about my Cadette troop, I shared how we started to work on the Marketing badge since we are selling cookies for the first time since the girls were Daisy Scouts. In an email sent over the weekend, the leader had a change of plans. First, our meeting date was changed and …
A Quick and Easy Girl Scout Service Project
The email arrived as it does each and every year. My boss, the principal of the Religious School where I teach, had forwarded an email from my colleague at the school. This woman teaches in the inner city, where children struggle each and every day to survive. For many years, our community has tied …
Target Has Items for Girl Scout Founder’s Day-16 Cents Each!
This morning, before doing my mother’s grocery shopping, I had time to go into Target and see what fun things they had on clearance. I extreme coupon for charity, and each store has different items on sale on the endcaps. I also have done really well for the past few years picking up odds and …
Fantastic Bronze Award Idea from a Troop in Maine
I was doing some research for my school’s PTA for fundraising by recycling shoes, and I came upon this news story from April 2013. A Junior troop in Maine collected over 280 pounds of shoes to recycle and send to Third World countries. The money they raised was going to a local animal shelter. This …