Gold
Melissa organized people in her community to build a shelterbelt planting, a natural habitat for trees and animals, at the local nature center. They used environmentally safe herbicide to clear the area of grass, planted trees, and maintained them. Melissa also researched the trees that grew in the nature center and made a guide of the trees, including her own drawings of the leaves and information about each tree. The project is sustained as the habitat can now take care of itself. The tree guide is a permanent part of the nature center exhibit.
Silver
Darbie, Laura, and Maddy redesigned an intake room at Alexandra House, a 24-hour emergency shelter that provides support services and advocacy to victims of domestic and sexual violence. They repainted the room and two small end tables and bought new decorative items to brighten the room. It is now more welcoming and hopefully will help the women and children feel safer in a new place.
Bronze
A troop made fleece blankets during their meeting time to donate to a local nursing home. Once completed, the girls delivered the blankets and spent the afternoon with the residents playing games. The girls also performed some songs for entertainment.
