Category: Community Service
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Bee the Change: Emily’s Mission to Save Mason Bees
When a Girl Scout recites the Promise and Law, she vows to be friendly and helpful, responsible and respectful, use resources wisely, and make the world a better place! Emily Huffstetler, a high school senior, is on a mission to save the dwindling bee population. Five years ago, Emily’s family built a Mason Bee house,…
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Keeping Knoxville Beautiful
When troop 20596 decided to tackle a littering problem for their Take Action project, they agreed on a sustainable solution by providing a recycling bin for a local park that did not previously offer such a resource. Abi, AJ, Allie, Ari, Bella, Ellen, Emma, Jessie, Kaylin, Lauren, Olivia, and Rachel are all members of the…
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Girl Scouts Blaze Trails and Pick Up Litter with Hiking Club
The Hiking Club at the Mead’s Quarry Loop at Ijams Nature Center Have you ever been enjoying the beauty of the great outdoors and find yourself distracted by litter? The Girl Scouts of the Emory Valley Service Unit (EVSU) have and decided to do something about it. The girls and adult volunteers of the EVSU…
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A Year of Service: From One Generation to Another
The Beaver Creek service unit, made up of approximately 54 troops with 500 girls and 200 volunteers, has always been passionate about service and giving back. They decided to take it to a new level and “adopt” an organization for a whole Girl Scout year. For their inaugural year, they selected the Wesley House with a specific…
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Girl Scouts Make Sense: The Zipper Story
Standing in a small classroom filled with children’s toys is an unexpected find: a wooden tunnel with three thousand blue zip ties attached. At five feet, each side lined with eight beams of hand-strung zip ties, it’s especially striking as the light from the window illuminates the color. Named the Zipper, it serves as a…
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Girl Scouts Create Recycled Bench for Animal Shelter
The Oak Ridge service unit (SU) collected over 1,000 pounds of plastic caps during the 2018 membership year. Once the caps were all collected, the SU members drove to Evansville, Indiana to have the caps melted down into benches. The Girl Scouts within the unit decided that their benches could be best utilized at the…
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Memorial Day Flag Placement
Girl Scouts from our north area participated in Memorial Day flag placement activities in honor of our veterans. Girls placed flags on veteran’s graves at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery on May 25th in honor of Memorial Day. Park Rangers said it was the largest group of Girl Scouts ever to attend one of these events.…
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Bronze Award Girl Scouts Donate to Niswonger Children’s Hospital
When Hannah, Isabel, Kaycee, Briley, and Allie (who helped with the project) decided on their Girl Scout Bronze Award project, they choose something close to their hearts. After a close friend of their troop volunteer lost her son Tyler to a rare form of cancer, the girls decided to take action in his name to…
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Girl Scouts help clean up the Obed Wild and Scenic River
As Girl Scouts, we love the outdoors and serving our communities! To celebrate Earth Day 2018, girls from our council worked with local park rangers to clean up Obed Wild and Scenic River. This year also marked the 50-year anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 that protects wild and scenic rivers…
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Girl Scouts Celebrate Earth Day
This weekend we celebrated Earth Day and today we celebrate the amazing Girl Scouts who have worked hard to help keep the Earth healthy and beautiful! For their Silver Award project, Olivia, Ella, and Jessica worked with a park ranger at David Crockett Birthplace State Park to create a perennial flower garden at the campground…
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