ubmitted by Junior Troop 65026
In April 2015, Junior Troop 65026 from Danvers, Massachusetts earned their Bronze award after a year of hard work volunteering for a local nursing home.
The girls in our scout troop provided many hours of volunteer service spending time with the residents and learning their likes and dislikes. They provided holiday centerpieces for Thanksgiving and Christmas, holiday cards, and sang Christmas carols throughout the building. If your looking for some great free greeting card ideas check out MakingFriends® .com site.
They also used money earned from GS Fall Product and Cookie sales to design and build a book shelf that they called a “Boredom Buster Bookshelf”. They filled this bookshelf with games, puzzles, and activities that would provide hours of entertainment for the residents.
The Junior scouts presented the shelf to the residents at a small celebration. Nursing home residents, staff, and family were invited to celebrate the hard work these girls had put towards this project. Cake and cookies were served.
The girls put in countless hours of hard work towards this Bronze Award project and learned many things along the way including dedication, teamwork, and giving back to the community. At the end of this project, they saw the faces of the residents who were overjoyed with appreciation and excitement and it made all the hard work worth it.
Supplies Required for shelf:
- Wood
- Nails
- Paint
- Wood Glue
- Games
- Puzzles
- Word Searches
The Read fun patch makes a great reminder for your troop service project promoting literacy.
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