Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Junior Girl Scout Troop 966 earns Bronze Award


Junior Girl Scout Troop 966 earned their Bronze Award by completing multiple service projects for the Parkville Animal Shelter.

Troop 966 collected donations for the Parkville Animal Shelter during pet adoption events at PetCo in North Kansas City on February 13 and 20th and also collected gently used towels and blankets in donation boxes that they decorated. The girls also made pet treats, and even held a “Smooches for Pooches” Valentine event at a troop meeting where the girls brought treats for the animals at the shelter instead of Valentine treats for each other. They also made pet beds for the cats and dogs at the shelter.

The Bronze Award is a prestigous honor a Girl Scout Junior can achieve. The Girl Scouts’ national website notes that the Bronze Award is a leadership adventure that helps girls develop confidence.

Parkville Animal Shelter’s primary mission is to humanely house, care for, provide medical treatment for, and find permanent homes for the abandoned and stray dogs and cats from Platte, Clay and, to some extent, surrounding counties which have come under our care. The work of the organization is carried out almost exclusively by dedicated volunteers and is financed through donations and fund raising events.

Troop 966 has 20 members from Chapel Hill Elementary, Northview, Acade`mie Lafayette, Meadowbrook, Oakwood Manor, Shoal Creek, and St. Charles.

Troop members are: Josephine Biggs, Paige Borgeson, Talia Burke, Enza Cangelosi, Madelynn Caster, Addison Edwards, Brianna Edwards, Zoe Goss, Elizabeth Hagan, Anna Heagy, Ale’Shae Hayes, Tia Jacobs, Paola Lopez, Alyssa Magrone, Jennifer Marx, Anna Merkel, Elisabeth Nielsen, Madison Swanson, Madalyn Temaat and Paige Whisenhunt.

Day Camp 2010: July 27 - July 30

We are excited to have a new location for Day Camp this year. The theme will be "Sisterhood of the Traveling Sash." Our new location is Wilderness Retreat & Development Center. Our Day Camp staff is working hard to plan another wonderful year.

Parents and grandparents, please consider donating time to help make camp great. We all know many hands make light work.

SU 607 will host The Sisterhood of the Traveling Sash Day Camp on July 27-30 at the Wilderness Retreat Center in Lawson. Bus service is available. Registrations will be accepted until April 23. For more information contact Jen Harris at (816) 216-6303 or e-mail
jenharris607@gmail.com. This camp covers the following schools: Antioch Middle, Briarcliff, Chapel Hill, Davidson, Lakewood, Meadowbrook, Northgate Middle, North Kansas City High, and Oakwood Manor.