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Girls Helping Girls Celebrate Valentine's Day

Girls Helping Girls Celebrate Valentine’s Day

 

Briarcliff Girl Scout Troop 2058 was busy making Valentine’s Day special for unwed teen moms. Through their Girltopia Journey, these scouts have been exposed to the fact that girls who have babies at a young age are less likely to finish school and less likely to achieve a career. So, the scouts continue to support these moms in their quest to earn their general education diplomas. On February 9th, troop 2058 completed their Valentines with Love project.  These outstanding Senior level girl scouts made these young mothers chocolate covered pretzels as Valentine’s Day treats and beautiful encouraging cards. They also donated journal books so that these teens can practice their writing skills as they journalize their pregnancy and new mother experiences.

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Troop 2058 also organized a dress drive to benefit girls stricken with cancer who are getting treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Their project helped provide many new or gently used and dry- cleaned dresses, over 75 to date, for the Annual Pediatric Prom which is an inspirational event where children of all ages can celebrate their progress as they strive to defeat cancer. European Tailors from Briarcliff Manor generously helped repair, dry clean and/or wrap most of the dresses for the troop’s cause. The troop also collected many accessories for the event, including pashminas and costume jewelry generously donated by Island Imports in Hawthorne.

photo#1 Scouts with Dresses

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Girls pictured above from Left to Right:

Front Row: Teresa Marinaccio, Devon Bombassei, Jillian Maguffin, Jackie Contento, Natalie Alfieri, Jenna Whalen, Rekha Crawford

Back Row: Grace Boyar, Kristen Bringsjord and Georgia Burkard

photo#2 Scouts with Cards and chocolates

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