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Junior Girl Scouts are scouts in grade 4 and 5. The Girl Scout Bronze Award
is the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout can earn. It requires her to learn
the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project
that will make a positive impact on her community. Prior to completing the
Bronze Award project, girls are required to earn two badges related to their
project, one of the Girl Scout Signs, and the Junior Aide Award or two
additional badges relating to Girl Scouting and leadership. Once they have
met these requirements, they can plan and complete their Bronze Award
project. Bronze Award projects take about 15 hours from planning to
completion and show that the Girl Scout understands and lives by the Girl
Scout Promise and Law. Bronze awards are generally earned over a two year
period.
The Girl Scout Bronze Award recipients from Troop 73616 are Kaleigh McNamara
for her "Stools for the Library" project, and Hannah Bruno, Lauren Chandler,
Caitlin Donahue, Taylor Manning, Katie McMahon, Maya Moreschi, Meghan
Piller, Corinne Palumbo, Eliza Sheehan, Eleanor Spellman and Caroline
Wilkins for creating and carrying out a service project called "People to
Pet Food Drive" to benefit the Norfolk Food Pantry and Norfolk Animal
Shelter. Their leaders are Janet Chandler, Megan Donahue and Tara Spellman.
The Girl Scout Bronze Award recipients from Troop 73600 are Genny Cohen,
Hollyann Edwards, Emily Kuzeja, Jenny Mutch and Emma Powers. The title of
their Bronze Award project was "Let's Make A Difference". The girls planned
and held a Senior Appreciation Day at the Norfolk Senior Center which
included various activities such crafts, games, refreshments, and visiting
time. The troop recruited all their family members to help with a Fall Yard
Clean-up Day at several homes of Norfolk seniors: they raked leaves,
trimmed trees and shrubs, picked up trash, swept driveways and walkways, as
well as decorated the yards with pumpkins and flowers. In addition the
troop helped to serve breakfast to seniors at their Veterans' Day
celebration, and decorated the Senior Center's Christmas trees with many
ornaments including some which were handmade by the troop. The girls also
collected new toys which were donated to the Salvation Army's Toys For Tots
program. The leaders from Troop 73600 are Jennifer Kuzeja, Dawn Cohen and
Jane Powers.
The Girl Scout Bronze Award recipients from Troop 73617 are Erin Carter,
Emma Lopez and Isabel Ladoulis. Their Bronze Award project was a pre-school
reading group for children ages 4-7 held at the Norfolk Public Library back
in October of 2009. Each session featured a theme with stories, crafts and
other activities. Their leader is Lorna Carter.
For more information on Norfolk Girl Scouts, please contact Town
Coordinators Wendy R. at
wrobeson@wellesley.edu
or Lois A. at
loisabramo@verizon.net.
Photos:
Troop 73616 Bronze Award Recipients
Katie McMahon, Maya Moreschi, Caroline Wilkins, Taylor Manning, Corinne
Palumbo, Megan Piller, Caitlin Donahue, Kaleigh McNamara, Hannah Bruno,
Eliza Sheehan, Eleanor Spellman, Lauren Chandler
(Photo by Ken Carter)
Emma Lopez from Troop 73617, Bronze Award recipient.
(photo by Ken Carter)
Isabel Ladoulis from Troop 73617, Bronze Award Recipient
(photo by Ken Carter)
Erin Carter from Troop 73617, Bronze Award Recipient
(photo by Ken Carter)
Shown in the picture from left to right are Hollyann Edwards, Emily Kuzeja,
Emma Powers, Genny Cohen, and Jenny Mutch. The picture was taken after the
girls helped to serve breakfast at the Senior Center as part of their Bronze
Award project.
(photo by Jen Kuzeja)
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