Category: GSCSA
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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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“Only One You” Rock Project
To complete her Girl Scout Silver Award project, Mia had her entire elementary school student body and staff paint a rock (approximately 1,400 people). The rocks represent how each person is unique on their own and when they come together they create something awesome! The rocks were installed in a garden in front of the…
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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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Volunteer Recognition: Cassie
Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians North Area would like to recognize one of our amazing volunteers! Cassie came to GSCSA with an open heart and willingness to volunteer in the fall of 2017. She helped start a new troop in an elementary school that did not have a troop. They now have 9 girls…
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Silver Award Girl Scouts Create Book Box
Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians kicked off National Library Week with Bridget and Evie, Silver Award Girl Scouts who worked together with their school to put a book box in their pavilion. They asked and were given permission from the Daily Times to use an old newspaper box. Smart thinking! With the goal of…
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Girl Scout Aviation Fun Patch Event Gets Girls Involved in Aviation
Girls had a great time at the GSCSA Girl Scout Aviation Fun Patch event this past weekend! Attendees learned from women active in aviation like flight instructors and commercial pilots. They even got to climb aboard an airplane, glider, and a hot air balloon! Check out this video of the fun & educational event.
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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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