Girl Scout Junior Troop 6479 Earns Bronze Award

Members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 6479 earned their Girl Scout Bronze Award by helping elementary schools impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The Bronze Award is the highest award that a Junior level Girl Scout can earn. It is earned by completing at least 25 hours on a project of lasting impact.

The original project goal was to find ways to help schools in Florida and Texas rebuild after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma impacted those areas. The girls decided to raise money towards that cause. The girls worked with their own elementary school, Mill Run Elementary, to develop a fundraiser. It so happened that Mill Run was already in the beginning stages of partnering with Juan N Sequin Elementary in Texas and Ivey Lane Elementary in Florida, so the timing was perfect for Troop 6479 to partner up with Mill Run to raise funds for the schools. The girls helped advertise and run the annual Run for Fun fundraiser at the school. Not only did they advertise the event by calling friends and neighbors, creating posters and sharing on the school morning announcements, but the girls laced up their tennis shoes and participated in the run as well.

The girls then decided that they would use the funds earned during their Girl Scout Cookie Sales to benefit this cause. Cookie customers were even more generous knowing that the girls were going to use the funds to help the two schools impacted by the hurricanes. The girls managed to raise $500 through their cookie sales which added to the funds earned through the Run for Fun event.

Thank you for your efforts to help other children rebuild their schools – Well done, troop 6479!

Photo caption: Troop 6479 members Emma, Gabi, Aisha, Cora, Kayla, Kylie, and Ellie (not pictured Caitlyn) present their donation to Mill Run Elementary Principal John Cornely.