Food collection and donation to SHELTER
For families hitting hard times that are in need, SHELTER provides Thanksgiving food items
The girls were able to collect food from their own homes and/or collect from their neighborhood. Together, the troop rallied together and not only sorted the food, separating canned from pantry items, but also created homemade Thanksgiving cards.
This exercise prompted thoughtful discussion focusing on thinking of others, donating your time and a little of what you can spare, and thankfulness for what we have every day - friends, family, and a great community.
Directly after our meeting, I brought the food and cards over to PHE, where they were combined in a very large & heavy yellow bin with other food items from other Girl Scout Troops. We, however, were the only troop that created their own special touch with the holiday cards!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Task #3 is to compose a poem, about anything the girls chose. This, of course, took much thought! Steph below wrote a poem about tickling...
They learned how many different uses a bandana has, how to tie a couple of useful knots (overhand and square knots), and enjoyed making S'mores while telling crazy stories around the make-shift campfire!
Then, the girls wrote a timeline of THEIR story. Starting at an age around 6 years old, and in some cases going up to over 100 years old, they wrote what they thought they'd be doing at that age. Very interesting!
Lindsay is tired of waiting for the parade to begin...
Finishing up the parade route through Crescent Drive in Downtown Pleasant Hill - good job, ladies!
