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Girls in Manchester got their first Girl Scout experience thanks to the volunteers who stepped up to form a new Daisy troop for kindergartners and first graders. (Courtesy photo)
BEDFORD, NH – They lead Girl Scout troops. They coordinate cookie deliveries. They teach girls essential life skills and mentor them as they gain leadership skills. They are the volunteers who make everything possible for Girl Scouts throughout New Hampshire and Vermont, and Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains is marking their enormous contributions during April, Volunteer Appreciation Month.
The past year has been one of uncertainty and disruption to everyone’s normal routines. That includes Girl Scout activities. Fortunately, many of our volunteers have stepped up and kept their Girl Scouts active in virtual troops, with outdoor activities, on Zoom, and other ways.
“There needs to be a cold, hard discussion, and I’m happy to lead it, if I have to, about whether with this UK strain . should it be a much smaller [arrivals] program that’s based on compassionate grounds?” Andrews said on Friday.
“It’s not for me to make announcements about how many Australians get to come back to Australia. That’s for the federal government. What I’m saying is the game has changed. This thing is not the 2020 virus. It is very different. It is much faster. It spreads much more easily.”
Andrews said there needed to be a conversation about “what’s safe, what’s proportionate, what’s reasonable”.