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Daisy Troop 1703 made a rock garden in front of the tennis courts next to Vest Pocket Park during Beautify Birdsboro on May 8. The mulch was provided by the borough, and the rocks were painted ahead of time by the troop.
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ROCK SPRINGS Allison Reese Zumbrennen doesn’t know it yet, but she just might be a future Girl Scout.
Allison was born at 1:16 a.m. Friday, March 12, 2021, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County to Monica and Alec Zumbrennen of Green River. She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and is 19 inches long.
She’s also the first girl born at Sweetwater Memorial during Girl Scout Week. “The Girl Scouts welcome our newest, future Girl Scout,” said Kris Sherwin, Service Unit Manager for Girl Scouts in Green River.
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For over 10 years, the Green River Girl Scout troops donate a basket of baby items to the first baby girl born during Girl Scout Week. This year, that’s March 7-13. The individual Girl Scouts each donated to the basket of goodies.
(Updated 4 p.m.) Since Girl Scout cookie season started, troops in north Arlington have donated 671 boxes to their hometown heroes: the staff at Virginia Hospital Center.
“It’s very local and very personal,” said Dorine Andrews, the Service Unit Manager for the local scouts. “[VHC] is a real institution in Northern Virginia, and we really feel that the healthcare workers are overworked.”
One of the troops six Glebe Elementary 3rd grade girls of Brownie troop #60229 harnessed the power of Instagram to sell 1,415 boxes, 395 of which they donated to VHC, she said. The troop with the second-most boxes, #60160, donated 59 boxes.
“None of the other troops have really done what this troop has done in terms of social media,” Andrews said. “It really worked well.”