Category: Community Service
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Girl Scouts Participate in Ijams River Rescue
As part of their Bronze Award, Girl Scouts led multiple clean-up sites as part of the Ijams River Rescue event in Knoxville on April 7. Their troop adopted Walker Springs Park several years ago, and often cleans up park trash to prevent garbage from entering Ten Mile Creek and the Knoxville waterways. Thank you for…
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Silver Award Girl Scout Creates a Recycling Initiative
“Our goal was to help the school,” said Olivia, “but we helped the community, too.” Olivia, a Silver Award Girl Scout, created a recycling initiative at her school. She worked with the principal and a sponsor to make sure all the teachers had the proper recycling bins. Olivia also helped educate her school on the…
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Gold Award Girl Scout Helps Sustain Decreasing Butterfly Population.
Gold Award Girl Scout Lindsey created a butterfly garden to help sustain and grow a decreasing butterfly population in her area. Today is not only Pi Day it’s also National Learn About Butterflies Day! One phenomenal Gold Award Girl Scout created a project centered around butterflies. Lindsey created a butterfly garden to help sustain and…
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Girl Scouts Volunteer to Fight Food Insecurity
Katie and Cydney earned their Girl Scout Bronze Award by addressing the needs of students who are food insecure in Hamilton County. Entering the gymnasium at East Brainerd Church of Christ, volunteers are greeted by rows of tables filled with pre-packaged food items in huge boxes ready to be sorted. Within one hour, all these…
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Girl Scout Experience: Eleni
Eleni shared about her Gold Award, which honors babies too fragile for this world and provides memory boxes to families in need. Eleni, a 10-year Girl Scout, was a 2017 Gold Award recipient for her Project Memories of Angels. This prestigious award is the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn, recognizing extraordinary leadership through…
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Girl Scouts to donate 900+ boxes of candy to Gatlinburg first responders
Girl Scouts to donate 900+ boxes of candy to Gatlinburg first responders Knoxville, Tennessee: The Girl Scout Council of Southern Appalachians will donate 916 boxes of candy to first responders of the Gatlinburg fires. The delivery will take place Monday, December 12 at the Sevierville Fire Department, 122 Prince Street. The council’s girl members and its…
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