By LONNIE RESSER Special to the Palisadian-Post Seven senior Girl Scouts in the Palisades have been approved by Angeles Girl Scout Council to proceed with their Gold Award projects. The Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve and is the equivalent of the Eagle Award in the Boy Scouts. It is earned by completing a self-designed community service project that must be subsequently approved by the Gold Committee at the Angeles Girl Scout Council. Many of the projects involve donations of supplies, as the girls are not permitted to seek donations of money. The Gold Award project can be submitted for consideration only after the girls have completed four other extensive requirements as senior scouts, involving at least 75 hours of effort, including Leadership and Career Exploration programs. Six girls from Troop 477 in the Palisades are currently working on their projects. Olivia Mell, a junior at Wildwood, is planning charity dance performances with Emily Kay of Fancy Feet Dance Studio. The performances will be held at children’s hospitals and a senior home. She is also collecting toys and items for the sick children at the hospital where the performance will take place. Toys, such as Barbie dolls or video games (but no used stuffed animals, please), may be dropped off at Fancy Feet Dance Studio, 881 Alma Real Dr., Ste T-27.Lonnie Resser, a junior at Palisades Charter High School, is conducting a book drive to collect books for Coeur d’Alene Elementary School in Venice. Three new teachers need classroom libraries. She will also organize the books in a way that will make them easily accessible by the students. These teachers teach kindergarten, second and fourth grade. Books for this project may be e-mailed to Lonnie at Lresser@yahoo.com. Jackie Kallberg, a junior at PaliHi, is quilting blankets for children at Mattel Children’s Hospital. Lydia Farzin-Nia, a PaliHi junior, is developing a garden educational center at Coeur d’Alene Elementary School in Venice and teaching the students about gardening, a good classroom resource. She will also be doing arts and crafts projects with the students. Her project requires donations of seeds, flowers, soil, fertilizer, wood, watering cans, garden tools, pine cones, peanut butter and bird seeds. Alex Michael, a PaliHi junior, is collecting arts and crafts supplies for children at the Mattel Children’s Hospital. She will be making baskets with these supplies that will allow the children to pass their time spent in the hospital in a constructive and creative way that will also allow them to express themselves. Kelley Costello, a junior at The Archer School for Girls, has completed construction of indoor and outdoor library facilities for the Palisades Presbyterian nursery school, including bookcases, a table, and two benches. She will also be refinishing its outdoor covered reading pavilion. Alice Hernandez from Troop 729 is a junior at PaliHi, where she has started the “Hope Club” for cancer patients. Alice is collecting CDs, DVDs, tapes and video games for cancer patients. She will be painting a mural on canvas for the patients as well. If you would like to donate items, please contact her at 454-6255. The girls would welcome support from the community for these projects with the in-kind donations indicated. Donations can be submitted at Palisades Presbyterian Church’s Janes Hall, or e-mail Lonnie at Lresser@yahoo.com for pickup.
This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access.
