A Day On, Not A Day Off

 This past Monday some of our girls gave up their day-off from school to participate in some service projects at "A Day On, Not A Day Off". Helping others is a key aspect and trait of Girl Scouts. What better way to help celebrate Martin Luther King's goal of the same message.  This year, the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona Council is focusing on reading and sharing the world of reading with others.

For a few hours our girls shared their time to help others in many different ways. A huge hit with our girls, and everyone else there, was to help paint small bookshelves. Some girls even brought a few books to donate to local home libraries and preschools.

Another hit was to help tie quilt pieces together Rag Style.  It was amazing to see how the girls worked together, helping each other out when one needed a little more paint and needed help tying quilt pieces together.

While not all of our girls participated in the "It's Your Story, Tell It" activity, a few shared their voice and opinions about the many aspects of Civil Rights. Their voices were recorded and will be published for schools and libraries in Arizona.  This particular project will be an ongoing on, so our girls that were not able to participate will have many other changes - I do hope all our girls do this and let their own voice be heard!

While our girls were able to work hard and participate in quite a few activities at this event they will be working harder still, to continue to help even more people.  At the end of March our girls will be able to help celebrate Cesar Chavez Day.



In April they will be able celebrate service itself with other girl scouts beyond their own troop. The more the merrier!! And also in April girls will receive recognition for their work.

As troop leaders, one of the main aspects of "A Season Of Service" that we are looking most forward to, each troop is being challenged to complete 100 hours of community service throughout the entire year.  As a troop we know we can do 100 hours!

2013 will definitely be a Season of Service for our Troop!