Girl Scout Junior Troop 208 participates in Pet Appreciation Day and Jingle Bell Walk

By Niki LeVasseur:
Like Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scouts, the girls in Troop 208 of Englewood love animals.

Earlier this year, Girl Scout Junior Troop 208 toured Suncoast Humane Society, and decided to donate a portion of the cookie sale proceeds to help the animals. They contributed $200 and became Shelter Angels to both a cat and a dog. The Shelter Angel Medical Fund is used to provide special medical needs for pets that otherwise would not have a chance for adoption. The girls were happy to learn that both animals found their "forever homes."

Recently, the girls were invited back to Suncoast Humane Society to participate in the annual Pet Appreciation Day and Jingle Bell Walk. The Girl Scouts, along with Santa and Mrs. Claus and SantaPAWS, led the one-mile walk for the animals. The mission of Suncoast Humane Society is to reduce the number of homeless animals and improve the quality of human and animal life through their companionship. Girl Scout Junior Troop 208 is pleased they have been able to help support this mission.

Lee 14 Holiday Tea Party and Service Project

Girl Scouts from Lee 14 celebrated the holidays with a Tea Party. All the girls brought canned food items to donate to a local church food pantry to the event.

Girl Scout Daisy Troop 138 Holiday Service Project

Girl Scout Daisy Troop 138 of Sarasota put together stockings of games and necessities for the less fortunate for Christmas.

Girl Scout Brownie Troop 757

Girl Scout Brownie Troop 757 decorated canned food they collected for Thanksgiving like Turkeys before donating them to the local food pantry for some added Holiday Cheer!

Girl Scout Brownie Troop 757 also made swap banners for all the swaps they will collect at this year's events at their first sleep over of the year.

Girl Scouts Visit Sterling House for Pumpkin Caroling

Since the 1960s, children of all ages have watched Charlie Brown’s friend Linus, clutching his blanket, waiting with Sally in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin to rise up and bring toys to all good little boys and girls. During this TV classic, the Peanut gang stops by the pumpkin patch before they head out to go trick-or-treating, and Linus asks if they came to sing pumpkin carols. No pumpkin carols are sung during the show, but Girl Scout Troop 208, dressed in costumes, made an early Halloween visit to the residents of the Sterling House, an assisted living home, and sang several Halloween songs.

--Submitted by Niki LeVasseur and Troop 208

Lee Girl Scout Troop 2055 Service Projects

Girl Scout Troop 2055 in Lee visited the Sterling Assisted Living Home to visit the residents and share cookies.

They also donated giant bags of pop tops to the Ronald McDonald House in Lee County! Awesome Job Girls!

Photos Submitted by Girl Scout Troop 2055

Thank you for all your help!

Thank you to everyone who helped at Camp Caloosa Clean Up Day! You help keep camp beautiful for everyone.

Girl Scout Troop 2055 helped at Camp Caloosa Clean Up Day. The girls trimmed trees and bushes and had a great time. Thank you for all your hard work!

Back to School Girl Scout Style!

5th year of Project Kindness

Project Kindness celebrated it's 5th year of helping needy kids!!! School supplies were delivered to Memorial Elementary in Arcadia on August 18th and a Back to School Event was held at Jordan's Crossings (Habitat neighborhood) on August 19th. Stevie Peacock, Girl Scout Senior from Venice Troop 151 & founder of Project Kindness, with friends Jen Fryer, Adrienne Seitz, and Morgan Wallace sorted, packed, and delivered supplies for 300+ children.
This was a true community effort with support from the Sarasota office of the Florida State department of Revenue, Sarasota office of the State Health Department, Habitat Director of Volunteer Services (Janet Pederson), Habitat Director of Family Services (Fred Scheerle), dozens of Pine View School students and faculty members including Principal Steven Largo, Boca Royale Country Club members especially Mr. & Mrs. George Faist, Girl Scouts, St. Thomas More Youth group , and friends and family from across the globe.
The event at Habitat included face painting, balloons, coloring books, Health Department information, cupcakes, and school supplies for all. Each child received a pack full of notebooks, paper, a ruler, folders, composition book, and a pencil box of supplies based on school level. Elementary kids received markers, colored pencils, hand sanitizer, glue sticks, pencils, erasers, scissors and crayons while older students received markers, hand sanitizer, pens, pencils, erasers, and high lighters.
The support doesn't end at the start of the school year, Stevie will visit Memorial Elementary each quarter to read to the 7 kindergarten classes. She will also deliver Halloween treats in the Fall, Beanie Babies, new crayons & candy during the Christmas & Chanukah holidays, and Girl Scout cookies & juice in the Spring.

--Article Submitted by Mary Peacock