Cadette Girls Scout Troop 1434 Earns Silver Award
Six girls in Girl Scout Troop 1434 - Service Unit 16 have earned their Silver Award. This is the highest award Girl Scouts ages 11 – 14 can earn. It recognizes accomplishments in Girl Scouting and community service, while working to better their lives and the lives of others.

In addition to working in the Food Bank of Delaware sorting food, they conducted activities for families in the Emmaus House of Homeward Bound in Newark. Two Game Nights were held where the girls played games with the children while the parents learned about nutrition from local nurses. They also collected paper products to donate to the house.

To top off the year, they hosted a fabulous picnic with food, crafts and games enjoyed by the adults and children. The girls completed the budget, list of items needed for the picnic and planned the activities for the whole day. Over 40 hours of planning went into the event.

Pictured: Michelle D, Angela L, BreAnn J, Sarah M, Sarah O, and Shelby T
 

Daisy Girl Scout Troop 579 took their first camping trip. On Friday May 16th, five girls (4 in kindergarten and 1 in first grade), two parents and troop leader Brenda Ptak traveled to Country Center Camp, located in Hockessin Delaware.

Arriving on a damp and misty evening; girls hiked their gear to their Adirondack unit (a three sided building with a roof), and set up camp. A camp fire warmed everyone, while girls enjoyed roasted marshmallows and s’mores. After singing a few camp songs, girls snuggled into their warm sleeping bags for a good nights rest.

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May 20, 2008 was an exciting evening at Christ Episcopal Church, Milford, DE. That was the night some of the ladies of Christ Church and the girls from Girl Scout Troop 109 gathered to sew hats for the Seamen’s Center in Wilmington. The Seamen’s Center is a home away from home for the seamen coming from foreign countries. The climate in these countries does not allow the men to be fully prepared for winters on the Delaware shore and surrounding areas. Thus the hats are a welcomed gift to these men.

The ladies of Christ Church together with the girls learned about the Seamen’s Center and learned to layout, cut and sew the hats. Pictured are the ladies and girls of Troop 109. The girls will be able to apply this learning session to be put toward their Community Service badge.

A total of 53 hats were cut and several sewn that evening. The ladies will be busy finishing these hats to be given to the Director of the Center, Ms. Joan Lyons at the Annual Episcopal Church Women meeting in October along with winter gloves being collected throughout the Diocese of Delaware.

Special thanks to all who participated. The men will know people care and will be grateful to Episcopalians in Delaware and the Girl Scouts.
 

Members of Girl Scout Troop 1334 recently camped out at the newly refurbished Connie Bell at Sandy Pines. Troop 1334 enjoyed hiking, the challenge course, making crafts in the screened porch and putting on a puppet show on the stage. Troop 1334 also visited the Salisbury Zoo during their trip.
 

On Friday May 16th, Service Unit 45 had a special ceremony to recognize the recipients of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. Our keynote speaker was Donna Smith, COO of Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay.

Service Unit 45 had 6 Gold Award Recipients, who completed their "Comfees from the Heart" project. Our one Silver Recipient, Paula M., conducted a book drive for AI duPont Hospital.

Our Service Unit was proud to present 46 Bronze recipients: Troops 1316 (Fall Festival for Emmaus House), Troop 1224 (Cape Henlopen Clean up and dune grass planting, Troop 509 (Made Toys and did a supply drive for Delaware Humane Association), Troops 623 & 418 (Welcome Bags for Emmaus House and Lynam House, Troop 141 (Packets for children newly diagnosed with Type I Diabetes at AI duPont Hospital), Troop 408 (Decorating and painting latrines at Country Center).

The girls proudly received their awards on stage at the ceremony, attended by family and friends. Our Service Unit is so proud of the wonderful projects and service our girls completed!
 

Brownie Girl Scout Troop 1482 from Lewes, Delaware made snuggly fleece blankets as part of the Dare to Share program and gave them to Beebe Hospital's Ladies Auxiliary to hand out to children who need some extra comfort.

Back Row: Taylor J, Lauren T, Lily Z, Katie B, Victoria H, Hannah D, Lauren T, Erin G. Front Row: Olivia W, Savannah S, Lauren M, Hannah L.

Brownie/Junior Girl Scout Troop 92 of Service Unit 2 participated in a service project to help the 4-H Club of Kent County Delaware assemble Hero Packs for children that have military parents who have been deployed to other countries. These Hero Packs include items to help the children communicate with their parents (i.e. phone cards, stationary, postage stamps, disposable cameras) as well as fun items (i.e. frisbees, craft items, stuffed animals). Troop 92 collected items for these packs and were able to assemble 30 Hero Packs. Breana S., Brownie, wrote letters to various organizations asking for monetary donations. She was given a donation of $350 for the cause by the Elkton Police Department. The Troop hopes to be involved in the distribution of some of these Hero Packs.

Front row: Molly R., Breana S., Kamryn B., Haley B.
Back row: Mackenzi S., Madelyn M., Kyra G., Tori D., Samantha D., Seneca H., Cara J., Jordan S., Kayli B.

Shown here are representatives of Cadette/Senior Girl Scout Troops #37, #371, & #1456 of Accomack County presenting the Victim Kits they put together, to nurses for the emergency room of Shore Memorial Hospital and the SAFE Program Coordinator of Peninsula Regional Medical Center. The kits will be given to women who come into the emergency room after being physically or sexually assaulted. The 60 kits included toiletries and a change of clothes enclosed in a decorated canvas backpack.

Service Unit 12 made a cookie donation to the Blood Bank of Delaware! Pictured are Marissa A., a Cadette from Troop 790; Christina T. a Junior from Troop 504; Samantha G., a Cadette from Troop 1090; Brittany S. from Troop 577 and Paige McIlvain from the Blood Bank.

Sisters Tori A., from Brownie Troop 974 (left) and Jessica A. from Junior Troop 1010 (right) both of SU 39 attended the Phillies baseball game on March 29 where all scouts could run the bases after the game. The picture is of them waiting in line on the field to run the bases.
 

Troop 873 of Middletown hosted Thinking Day, March 8th, 2008 at Redding Middle School for over 80 local girl scouts. The troops created displays for various countries offering games, foods, cultural tips, and flags. Entertainment was provided by Troop 873 and friends during lunch. The scouts were treated by a visit from Zenebu Komara a native of Liberia who gave a description of her experiences fleeing this country.

Right (not in order): Bethany C, Amber D, Lily G, Emma I, Jennifer K, Pastor Karin Tunnell, Zenebu Komara

On February 17 & 18, 2008, Cadette/Teen Troop 464 attending the Teen Potluck Overnight at Camp Country Center with Renee Naughton. They sewed pillows, made washcloth bunnies for the children at A.I. du Pont Children’s Hospital, decorated clipboards and tiles, did team-building activities and archery with Carlyn, and enjoyed songs and guitar-playing with Mandy Anderson.

Photo: Karli, Sherry, Amanda, Renee, Kelsey, Jabraya, Ciera

Girl Scouts from SU 12 paid a visit to the mayor at City Hall in Dover Jan. 9. Dover Mayor Carleton E. Carey Sr. read a proclamation encouraging Dover citizens to participate in the annual Girl Scout cookie sale, which kicked off Jan. 5. The sales "fund the dreams of young girls, helping them set goals and learn money management," Carey said. Gabrielle F, Victoria H, Morgan H, Mary B, and Tara P, participated. The Girl Scouts presented the mayor with the first boxes of Girl Scout cookies to hit the Dover area.

On January 30, 2008, Cadette/Teen Troop 464 went to the New Castle County Police Station Community Services Building on Rt. 13 in New Castle for a tour of the new facilities. Sr. Corporal Dowe gave the full tour and a very educational insight into the variety of positions held there. The 911 Call Center Staff showed us how their computers track emergency calls and response times, and we saw a group of detectives hard at work. After the tour, we had a question and answer session in a conference room with Sr. Corporal Dowe who helped us with our Law & Order IP. Before we left, he presented each one of us with a goodie bag. If anyone would like to set up a tour for their Troop, you can call Sr. Corporal Dowe on 302-395-8061, and he’ll be happy to reschedule it for you.

Left: Jabraya, Karli, Kelsey, Sr. Corporal Dowe, Amanda, Sherry
Right: Co-Leader Denise, Sr. Corporal Dowe, Leader Carol

On January 19-20, 2008, Cadette/Teen Troop 464 went to Camp Todd and stayed at Choptank Lodge. They made sit-upons, worked on “An Invitation to the Dance” IP, “Cookies & Dough” IP, “Creative Cooking” IP and finished up our “Law & Order” IP. Everyone enjoyed being outside in nature, hiking around the camp, and posing for pictures.

Top:  Karli, Allie, Sherry, Ciera, Amanda, Jabraya, Kelsey. Right: Co-Leader Denise, Sherry, Kelsey, Amanda, Jabraya, Asst. Leader Donna, Leader Carol, Karli, Ciera, Allie in front.
Left: Co-Leader Denise, Amanda, Allie, Sherry, Jabraya, Karli, Leader Carol, Kelsey & Ciera in front