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Local Girl Scout Troop Organizes Yard Sale to Benefit LA's Downtown Women's Center
Do you have items to donate to the yard sale? Help the troop make the holidays even brighter for the women at DWC!!
South Pasadena Cadette Troop 1491, comprised of SPMS 8th graders Mia Dawson, Cole Fox, Emily Newhall, Ruby Sortino and Ellie Washburn, is having a yard sale on Saturday, December 12 at 1134 Oxley St. from 8am-2pm with all proceeds benefiting the Downtown Women’s Center (DWC), a nationally recognized model for ending homelessness for women. Additionally, the troop is collecting new and gently used towels and donations in the form of $5/$10 Target gift cards to deliver to the DWC in time for the holidays. Please contact the troop’s leaders Jane Washburn (jawashburn1@gmail.com) or Angie Dawson (dawson649@yahoo.com) if you would like to donate items to the yard sale. Towel/gift card donations are being collected in the front offices of all five SPUSD schools as well as the SPUSD district office thru December 18, you can also drop them off at the yard sale. The troop is working with the DWC as part of the Silver Award process – one of the highest awards earned by a Girl Scout. The troop thanks you for your consideration in supporting the drive and yard sale.