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GIRL & TROOP STORIES
TROOP 602
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REBECCA
Over the summer, Rebecca
spent some time with
Outward Bound Costa Rica.
For the duration of the trip,
she spent her time at their
rainforest base in Costa Rica.
Rebecca spent two weeks on
course with the organization,
learning about Costa Rican
culture on homestays with
local families. She was also
challenged to step out of her
comfort zone to participate
in some adventure. Overall it
was a unique experience for
this Girl Scout.
Troop 602 started the kindness project at their
school. The idea is to promote kindness through
a “kindness tree”. Students would write special
notes on green leaves brought in by the troop.
These notes were made out to friends and
posted on the kindness tree.
Throughout the 2019 school year, Girl
Scouts from Troop 855 at Millenia Gardens
Elementary have been very active. While
working in a meeting with mayoral candidate
Aretha Simmons, the troop also took on
community and project-based activities in
the fall. The troop chose six different Nursing
homes within the US and sent them a “We
Give You A Hand for Serving Heart” as part of
their Community Base Month in September.
In the same month, the girls adopted a
shelter and provided baskets of jeans,
homemade quilts and two baskets for the
You Matter Blessing Bags filled with toiletries.
TROOP 855
In August, Girl Scout Senior Sophia
Fugler attended the Women’s Equality
Day town hall meeting with Florida
House Representative, Anna Eskamani
to learn what actions women
representatives are taking during
their term in office and how to help
accomplish those shared goals.
Now Troop 602 is looking to expand the
project to start a kindness movement in their
community. In the hopes that it will spark
interest in other schools and evolve to include
notes to people in hospitals and volunteers.
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
October was Homemaking month, where the
girls made homemade pillows and learned
to sew and crochet. November was Princess
Within month where they learned about selfconfidence,
self-esteem, self-respect and
self-care by taking a yoga class. They capped
off the month with their annual Friendsgiving
Dinner and started December with a special
baking activity.
This event commemorated the 99th
anniversary of the 19th amendment
that gave women the right to vote.
“It’s been an absolute pleasure to run Troop
855” expressed Co-leader Ms. Ford.