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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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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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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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GSCSA Gold Award Girl Scout Kestrel Honored on National Girl Scouts Blog and in Local Newspaper
Kestrel was recently honored on the national Girl Scouts blog and in Blount County’s The Daily Times. GSCSA Gold Award Girl Scout Kestrel was recently honored on the national Girl Scouts blog and in Blount County’s The Daily Times for her Gold Award Project. Kestrel grew up with a love of nature, having visited 49 states and many of…
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Girl Scout Experience: Hannah
Through her Gold Award project, Hannah says that the impact on the community was also an impact on herself. Hannah’s inspiration for her Girl Scout Gold Award project “Interviewing the Elderly” came from a source close to home: her neighbor Barbara. “Just a few short years ago, she moved into my neighborhood and soon enough…
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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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September Green Spot: Heather McPherson and Jackie Quillen
Service unit manager Heather McPherson and service unit event manager Jackie Quillen have re-energized their service unit with fun and enriching events. For example, they hosted an International Tea party this past spring. As a part of this event, they collected and donated 306 books to Greeneville City and Greene County Schools. They also coordinated…
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