Did you know that thousands of hours of volunteer service are provided by Girl Scouts locally each year? Furthermore, did you know that most of these hours are provided by Teen Girl Scouts? Teen GS are girls in grades 6 through 12 and are Cadette, Senior or Ambassador level Girl Scouts (GS). The following highlights some recent teen GS service projects in our community.
8th Annual Broadlands Costume Swap
Cadette GS troop 4758 sponsored the annual costume swap in October. This environmentally-friendly event is a great way to help keep costumes out of landfills by offering an opportunity swap a costume or purchase one for only $5. The proceeds from the event benefit SHARE, our Girl Scout Council’s fundraising program to benefit GS in need and fund the many GS programs and campsites.
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Broadlands Halloween Parade
Twenty-six girls and nine adults from Girl Scout troops 4758, 6369, 4480, 1380 and 4099 partnered with the Broadlands Events committee to help run the annual Broadlands Halloween Parade. Troop 4480 has been handling the logistics, ordering supplies and running this event since 2014 and this is their last year volunteering as GS since they will be graduating high school this year. The GS presence at this fun parade will continue as new troops step up to volunteer for this role.
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Veterans Day Dance
Girl Scout troop 1467 sponsored the annual Veterans Day Dance at Heritage Hall in Leesburg to honor the Veterans who live in the senior/rehabilitation center. With support from girls in troops 4758, 3234, 1380, and 3919 the girls donated drinks and appetizers, decorated the hall, served food, and visited with the residents. Handmade Veterans Day cards were distributed to the senior Veterans. The center provided a live band that played great tunes and jazz music from the 1940s, which ended up with a Girl Scout conga line through the hall much to the delight of the residents and their family members in attendance.
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Troop 4758 ready for the Costume Swap to begin
Girl Scout volunteer gives out candy to parade participants
Girl Scout volunteers at the Veterans Day Dance
