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Girl Scouts Paint New Mural at Wasserman Park
Girls from Cadette Troop 12129 painted a new mural on the bath house at Wasserman Park to earn their Silver Award.
Girls from Girl Scout Troop 12129 earned their Silver Award by painting a brand new mural at Wasserman Park this summer.
The girls decided on this project after determining they wanted to do something for our town. The girls chose Wasserman Park because they use the park a lot for Girl Scouts, sports, and other activities, and they saw the old fish mural of the bathroom wall was peeling. They wanted to design a new mural with a new approach, since the fish mural was there when a pool was there and is no longer. They got approval from their project advisor Matt Casparius, who is the Director of the Merrimack Parks and Recreation Department. “We have had several buildings within the park, including the one that your project focused on, that had fallen into a state of disrepair over the years,” said Mr. Casparius.
The girls spent hours prepping the area around the building. They took down some branches and bushes around the building, raked leaves, cleared the steps to provide more area for people to walk, and pressure washed. Then, they went on to paint the whole building and finally the mural on the wall facing the road down to the playground. The mural shows many scenes of what the park is all about now, including a dog for the upcoming dog park that will be built this fall.
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Matt added, “Your Silver Award project brought this building back to life with a clean and fresh look. The new mural provides a vibrant and colorful view to all Park Visitors as they enter into the Park.”
The girls all had specific roles in this project. Grace Musto designed the mural, Amber Bacon was in charge of making the final project presentation to Matt, Evelyn Morales was in charge of publicity, and Mikayla Ottman oversaw the whole thing as project manager.
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The girls hope everyone will love the mural as they do. They would like to thank Nashua Wallpaper for donating paint and Matthew Casparius for being their Silver Award project advisor.
For questions, please contact Michele Ottman at 603-429-3959.
(Picture 1 – image of completed mural)
(Picture 2 from left: Mikayla Ottman, Grace Musto, and Amber Bacon)
(Picture 3 from left : Matt Casparius, Grace Musto, Amber Bacon, Mikayla Ottman, Evelyn Morales)
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