West Bloomfield Teens Volunteer To Beautify Detroit Park

A group of teens from the Good Girl Comeback, a local non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young girls, has partnered with Chick in the Mitt, a Michigan based lifestyle blog, and will travel to downtown Detroit on June 17, 2014 to restore a neighborhood park that Chick in the Mitt adopted as part of Mayor Duggan’s park initiative, which will keep 150 parks maintained and usable for residents.

“At the Good Girl Comeback, our main goal is to help teens see the goodness in themselves and others and the best way to do that is by volunteering,” Chelsea Gheesling said. “When the girls volunteer we encourage them to put their needs aside to help their fellow neighbor and by doing that, they learn how to truly care about one another and themselves.”

Gheesling founded the Good Girl Comeback to help girls set goals for themselves, build confidence, and become independent thinkers and virtuous leaders.

Courtney Taylor and Chelsea Gheesling are the founders of Chick in the Mitt and have adopted half an acre of land at the intersection of Carrie Ave. and Brimson St. through the Adopt-a-Park initiative. The parks maintained from May 1 - October 31 and volunteers are are expected to mow, weed, and pick up trash.

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Good Girl Comeback is a nationally recognized nonprofit that empowers teens to set goals which build confidence, kindness, and personal fulfillment. Through seminars, one-on-one mentoring, and volunteering, the GGCB encourages girls to become independent thinkers and virtuous leaders, who see the goodness in themselves and others.

Chick in the Mitt is a blog founded by Chelsea Gheesling and Courtney Taylor, two Michigan grown girls who love to live life indulging in all of their senses. Through Chick in the Mitt, the two share what they love about Michigan and take readers on a journey to See, Hear, Touch, Taste and Feel the state they adore.