Girl Scout Troop 1009

We sold Harvest soup and Sand Art brownies at the Willowick Senior Center's craft fair. After two shifts we sold twenty-two mason jars!

We hung posters, served samples, and tried to make our booth look as festive as possible. 

The Making of 204 Mason Jars!

After a few breaks, one trip to the store, and multiple samples of the brownies, we finally finished 75 brownie and 129 soup mason jars.

During our breaks, we made posters to promote our mason jars at the craft fairs. We even decorated each mason jar with a fancy ribbon and a small recipe sheet. 

Troop 71009's Halloween Party 2013

(From left to right) Our troop was composed of a gangster, a hippie, a vampire, a mermaid, a Bond lady, Athena, Super girl, a fairy, and another vampire. Happy Halloween from a group of oddballs!

To go with our costumes, we made Halloween themed treats: mummies (hot dogs in crescent rolls), eye balls (grapes), candy corn pudding, pumpkin bread, pumpkin roll, pumpkin cookies, and fingers (mozzarella cheese and green peppers)! Delicious!

Haunted Hayride 2013: Glow Stick Evolution!

We practiced hard, both physically and mentally to remember the fifteen minute long dance routine. We performed over fifteen routines to a full house (every time) on both October 25th and October 26th. It was cold, tiring, and absolutely fun!

We were the superheros of the Haunted Hayride, receiving high-fives, hugs, and plenty of pictures. Everyone loved to find out who was hiding beneath the glow!

We received applause, whoops, and cheers throughout the night (the only time we were booed was during Justin Bieber). We were stars, or rather, glow sticks! (Amy was the green glow. Nicole was the purple glow.)

Service Unit Halloween Party 2013.

As a witch, gangster, gypsy, flapper, creature of the night, and Super Girl, we helped make the Halloween Party a big success. We served chips and punch. We ran crafts that included personalized trick-or-treat bags and decorating (then eating) cookies in the shape of pumpkins. The Girl Scouts used their trick-or-treat bags later when the leaders passed out candy.

We ran games such as the old "carry the fake eyeball to the bucket by balancing it on a spoon while running"  and "put the skeleton back together by racing to receive the numbered body parts". We were even the judges of the costume contest, picking the funniest, scariest, cutest, most bewitching, most original, and most boo-tiful (beautiful) costumes.

After the Halloween party was over all brave souls walked over to Willoughby Coal. There, on the third floor, we spoke to ghosts! They replied by turning a flashlight on / off, answering our questions when we played them back on a recorder, and making spooky noises.

Scrubbing windows, cutting / sewing fabric, and ironing / hanging up curtains for Claire's Gold Award project. With rags atop our heads, we whistled while we worked and sang "It's a Hard Knock Life" with our own lyrics.

Year Of Healthy Living

The first assignment for our Year Of Healthy Living was to eat twenty-one meals (one week) with a fresh fruit or vegetable. Megan W. and Claire purchased their fresh fruits and vegetables at the West Side Market.

Megan R. and Nicole purchased their fresh fruits and vegetables at the Sun Plum Market. 

Strawberry Jog 2013.

We were official pointers! We showed the runners which direction to travel and counted the number of runners to make sure we didn't lose anyone.

Our neon yellow shirts were not a fashion statement. They proved the authority we had. The power of the pointer finger!

Girl Scout Fun Day at Holden Arboretum. We face painted and played games with younger Girl Scouts and girls who wanted to be Girl Scouts.

The games we played included the parachute game, down by the banks, and minefield. We face painted everything from a dog's face to Cinderella to the Chinese symbol for love! Fun Day was just that, a fun day.

Designing, sketching, planning, measuring, and finally painting a carefully thought out mural. Through a process that took many days, we created our masterpiece depicting the Girl Scout symbol and the Boy Scout symbol surrounded by leaves colored to match the rainbow. We also added a sponged border around the entire painting.

Ta-da! This is our finished masterpiece! 

Vintage Ohio 2013.

5 hour shift = $30.00 per person! The kids were at the admission tent. We took tickets, put on wristbands (purple for drinking, yellow for designated driver / under 18), handed out wine glasses, and distributed maps and bags. The adults were at the Wine Store. They worked the cash registers and assisted people in purchasing various types of wine.

It was a busy and tiring day at Vintage Ohio but it was worth it. Troop funds trump sore feet!

Four Day White Water Rafting / Caving Camp Out

From Friday (July 19th) to Monday (July 22nd) we traveled from state to state challenging ourselves with ADVENTURE! We drove from Ohio to Pennsylvania, to West Virginia, back to Pennsylvania, again to West Virginia, once more to Pennsylvania, and finally to Ohio. We started our trip off with a bit of white water rafting at Ohiopyle, which is actually in Pennsylvania. We split up into three rafts and paddled our way through seven and a half miles of Class 3 rapids. We had multiple swim breaks and a delicious lunch break of lunch meat sandwiches. Through jokes and good advice, our awesome guides helped us travel safely on the Youghiogheny River. Our rafts never flipped and only one of us fell out (Miss Kim).

The weather was absolutely perfect for being on the water for five hours because it was not sunny. In fact, it was raining! Before we were even allowed in the water, we were briefed on the basic hand signals we would see along our trip. These included paddle forward hard, fall into the boat, and you are doing a good job. We were warned that we would not see the "you are doing a good job" signal again. We were nervous at first but at the end our screams turned to squeals. I think we all would like to white water raft again.

Saturday was hike day. We explored most of Camp Roy Weller as we followed the yellow trail, the red trail, the green trail, and the blue trail. We found wonderfully colorful mushrooms ranging from yellow to purple and a bit of wildlife which includes that cute orange salamander you see below. We also went for a walk in this calm creek as the thunder rumbled above us. It was too late when we realized that we should head back to camp. Half of us made it back with about twenty seconds to spare. The other half was completely drenched, to say the least. We spent the rest of our Saturday playing games (Spoons, Speed, Signs...) and telling two minute mysteries! We also made delicious bags of GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts).

On Sunday we went to the Laurel Caverns. We went on the Lower Caving tour. It began at the Visitors’ Center and took us to almost the bottom of the mountain, 45 stories below. We got to see over two miles of caves covering both the undeveloped cave and the lit portion. The trip took about four hours. Most of the passages were between ten and forty feet high but there was a lot of climbing up and over rocks. The caves had interesting features including a serpent shaped rock, a room called "The Stomach", and graffiti dating back to the 19th century. In the caves we watched our feet more than anything else. That's what the helmets were for. We didn't have time to watch where our heads were going. By the time we finished our tour we were extremely dirty and tired.

Did I mention our tour came with a bit of entertainment? Other tours were going on simultaneously. These included a group of 47 boy scouts that sang. Their songs included "California Girls", "I Kissed A Girl And I Liked It", and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". After caving, we divided into two groups, those who wanted to gem mine and those who wanted to "Kavernputt" (a ten thousand square foot eighteen hole miniature golf course.)

Below you can catch a glimpse of the wonderful Fawn Lodge full of awesome amenities such as electricity, flush toilets, and showers. Fawn Lodge has a full kitchen and sleeps thirty-two. We totally love roughing it! Monday was our last day so we packed up and cleaned up. Our day wasn't done though. We drove back to Ohiopyle to hike along the Youghiogheny River. After our hike we went to Cucumber Falls and ate lunch on top of it! How many people can say they have eaten on top of a waterfall?

Just so you get a sense of how high up we were, Cucumber Falls is thirty feet tall. The first picture shows the top and the second picture shows the bottom. We walked through the water and explored a little. We even got to see natural water slides (a shallow channel kind of like a water slide you would see in an amusement park but a lot rougher). We all had a nice time on our trip through the delicious food, awesome accommodations, and exciting adventure.

Twilight Art Camp 2013.

Monday - Thursday before our white water rafting / caving trip Amy, Claire, and Nicole volunteered for Twilight Art Camp. Claire had 9-year-olds. Nicole had 9 and 10-year-olds. That group was called "The Diamonds". Amy had 11 and 12-year-olds. That group was called "The Epic Es".

In our four days at camp the girls in our groups went on creek hikes, did scavenger hunts, watched nature presentations, listened to storytelling, cooked meals outdoors (including cake in an orange), made leaf print shirts, designed covers for journals, fabric painted bags, created butterfly habitats, made friendship bracelets, played games, and had fun. We were busy but we enjoyed helping out.

Step 3 of 3 for the Sow What journey: Harvesting Plants In Our Garden

Tracey and Nicole completed the third step of the Sow What journey. We harvested, planted, and weeded for three hours. Since the Ice Cream Festival was going on, we rewarded ourselves with a bowl of yummy ice cream when we finished.

Here is a list of everything we did for Step 3:

PLANTED: Peppers, Yellow Dragon Beans, White Kohlrabi, Purple Kohlrabi (shown below), Red Russian Kale, Toscano Kale, Hyssop (companion plant to kale), and Mexican Mint Marigolds

HARVESTED: Peas, White Kohlrabi, and Purple Kohlrabi

We also weeded a community garden, watered the plants, and cultivated.

Service Unit Pool Party 2013

This pool party was definitely short and sweet after a dog named Zeus (lightning) crashed our party. We got to swim for about forty minutes before they kicked us out of the pool. On the drive home, it was a torrential downpour.

After taking a class and learning the basics of crocheting, our goal was to make beautiful bags for our Service Unit Girl Scout leaders. Our bags turned out wonderfully. Each bag had a poem and a piece of chocolate in it.

White Cane Walk 2013 at Legacy Village. Below is the training that taught us how to lead a blind person around obstacles, across the street, and up / down stairs. For the actual event, we worked the food tent. 

We served beverages (water and coffee) and refreshments. Earlier refreshments included bagels, bananas, and granola bars. Later refreshments included chips, pretzels, and Chick-fil-A sandwiches. The food was free to walkers and volunteers. 

Step 2 of 3 for the Sow What journey: Planting In Our Garden

Besides working hard and getting dirty, we learned a lot about the different types of plants. We learned which plants act as companion plants, how to plant them, how they grow, and when to harvest them. We planted in straw bales and old tires after we pulled up all the weeds.

We ran into our old friend, the wolf spider, and even got to pick asparagus. The weather was perfect and we had a pleasant time planting. 

Memorial Day Parade 2013. Be it for marching band or Girl Scouts, six of us marched in the Memorial Day Parade.

It was a relatively short parade but a very respectful one with a beautiful ceremony at the end.

At the end of the parade we ran into Nate and Josh (our fellow scouts). 

We ran an awesome bridging ceremony at Chagrin River Park. From Daisies to Brownies to Juniors, about forty young Girl Scouts bridged to a higher rank. We started the ceremony with reciting the Promise / Law and ended the ceremony singing "Taps".

After every girl crossed the beautiful bridge they were handed a bottle of bubbles. Everyone lined up across the bridge and blew the bubbles. The rain held out just long enough for us to fit in the ceremony. We felt the first raindrop at the end of "Taps". 

Camporee 2013 at Camp Y-Noah.

This Camporee was one of our favorite camp outs. From Friday night to Sunday morning, this camp out was jam-packed with songs, s'mores, smiles, and plenty of adventure. There were horses, heights, and houses made in forty minutes. We had lots of fun as our fears were put to the test.

On Friday night (shown below) we arrived at our cabin, Powertown #5. It was supposed to be a large Adirondack with electricity, except for one problem, the power wouldn't work. As the Y-Noah workers tried to solve the problem we ate our favorite meal of the entire camp out (strawberry / chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, and sausage) and got a private square dancing lesson. When we got back to our cabin, they were offering us a lodge. We took them up on their offer and moved all of our stuff at ten o'clock at night. We moved to Knight Lodge; the heaven of all sleeping accommodations at a camp. With ceiling fans, showers, flush toilets, and two rooms of bunk beds, the second we walked in, we fell in love. 

This is Saturday morning where breakfast was served at 7:45. We had French toast and sausage. Then we were off to horseback riding. We were each given a helmet and assigned a horse. Our horses took us on a short ride up and down hilly trials. It was a pleasant start to a busy day. 

We had a little time before we had to get to the alpine tower so we went wandering in the woods. We found this secret seesaw. We turned it into an awesome catapult that sent people two feet in the air. We revisited this spot on Sunday to do it again.

Here's the alpine tower. It was a fifty-five foot climbing tower with ladders, ropes, and many footholds to help you get to the top platform. Trust me, it wasn't easy but most of us made it to the top. When you made it to the top you had to do a chicken dance. The best and probably the most scary part was getting down. I was shaking before, after, and during, but I was so happy that I tried it and even happier I made it to the top.

The next thing on our schedule was Survival. For this, we had forty minutes to build a shelter before a giant storm hit. After lots of little cuts and bruises, we finished building a shelter that was given a B-. We all fit in it but we would have gotten a little wet from the storm. After we built our shelter, we got to destroy it. That was a lot of fun! We then walked ten feet to Archaeology which started with us digging chocolate chips out of a cookie. Then we dug up broken pottery hidden in the sand.

This is Low Ropes. There were three platforms and two planks. The goal of the game was to get from the first platform to the third platform without letting you or the planks touch the ground. If you or the planks touched the ground you had to start over. After seven attempts, we did it! 

Before dinner, there was more free time so we decided to go kayaking. We raced each other and enjoyed getting wet. Carli even found a sparkly fake fish. We all had fun but most of us ate dinner with wet butts. After a dinner of chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn, we went to the campfire. The Y-Noah counselors sang many songs and performed lots of skits. These included: If I Was Not A Camp Y-Noah Counselor A... I Would Be, Bee Bee Give Me My Honey, and a submarine skit. The campfire ended with delicious s'mores.

This is Sunday morning. Our first activity was High Ropes which consisted of two courses that were about twenty feet in the air. The course (shown below) was the harder of the two. For this one, you had to walk across the line using only the ropes to get across. 

To get to the two courses you had to climb a telephone pole that had assorted handholds and footholds. The second course (the one Miss Nancy is on) was simpler but longer. You had to walk across the line using the "rails" on either side.

Our last event of the camp out was zip lining. The problem was that to zip line you had to climb a twenty-five foot rock wall with spinning handholds and footholds. After zip lining we ate lunch and drove home. We were definitely tired but we all had lots of fun. 

Riversweep 2013. Joining hundreds of other volunteers, our girl scout troop helped to beautify the East Flats of Cleveland. Our troop alone collected broken bottles, torn clothing, and other random items to equal fifteen garbage bags of trash. As a thank you, we received an adorable t-shirt with a kayaking frog on it and pizza.

Wanting to volunteer more, after Riversweep we drove to a tent by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History where they were setting up for Parade The Circle. We got to paper mache one of the floats that will be in the parade. The float is going to be coral and the moon.

Murder Mystery sleepover at the Grange. The mystery was to figure out which one of us was a vampire because that person turned poor Nora Flexion into a vampire. Now, none of us were what you would classify as "normal" but only one of us was the vampire!

Carli:  DWAYNE DENARTERY (Drain The Artery)

Claire: ANITA LOTTA TAI-PEI (I Need A Lot Of Type A)

Kathryn: JUAN STEPHAN LAGRAVE (One Step From The Grave)

Megan: JACQUELINE HYDE (Jekyll And Hyde)

Miss Kim: HOWIE BLEDSOE (How He Bled So)

Miss Nancy: KILLIAN KILLAGAN (Kill Him Kill Again)

Nicole: FREDA EVERTIN (Afraid Of Everything)

Tina: ROBIN O'POSITIVE (Robbing O Positive)

Okay, now see if you can follow this...

Jackie is a health food freak / body builder by day and a party animal by night. She is dating Juan and she's also part of a clan that turns people into zombies by clogging their arteries with fatty foods. Nora was going to be her next victim.

Juan is the poorest kid in school and works odd jobs for mad scientists. His father is an undertaker and wants Juan to follow in his footsteps. Juan is close friends with Killian and he is also a werewolf.

Killian is reclusive and strange. She is a famous recording artist that lives alone in a dark castle on top of Deadman's Bluff. She loves everything spooky. She wants to take over the world with man-eating plants. Nora had received the first plant because of her terrible guitar playing.

Howie was the victim of a freak lawn mower accident during Hurricane Vlad. Every organ was replaced. He was dating Anita until he realized he could melt girls' hearts with the tongue of a poet. He was secretly in love with Nora.

Freda is afraid of the dark, scared of insects, and terrified by animals. She lives in an old mansion. Her family owned the amusement park Six Black Flags, but it was washed away during Hurricane Vlad. She has secret tunnels connecting to everyone's basement, is secretly in love with Howie, and freezes people (including Anita's mom) in liquid nitrogen.

Robin is a child prodigy who completed college at age 12 and medical school at 15. Robin O'Positive is a vampire BUT Robin O'Negative was actually at the party. O'Negative had escaped from an insane asylum and locked up her sister (O'Postive). Nora knew her secret so O'Negative tried to strike her with lightning.

Dwayne claimed to be a handsome young prince from a small Eastern European country. He expected people to treat him like royalty but he was only a bum from New Jersey. He was dating both Anita and Nora. He's also a vampire hunter.

Anita is a natural leader. She is popular, outspoken, and she hates Dwayne. The only reason she dating him is because she thinks that he's a prince. Anita wanted to rule his country. Anita is the vampire and she turned Nora into one.

Simple, right?

Step 1 of 3 for the Sow What journey: Prepping Our Garden

Prepping a garden is the perfect way to spend Earth Day. After three hours of fighting the most stubborn weeds, mud became a good friend.

2013 archery event at Camp Ledgewood.

While one half of the troop competed in Iron Crafters, the other half helped out at the archery event run by Marge. They helped with the archery station, ran an outdoor trail signs hike, and did outdoor cooking (making delicious apple treats in a Dutch oven). 

Iron Crafters 2013. 

We designed. We built. We won! The theme was video games and the secret ingredient was colorful mesh tubing. Our opposing team did Pac-Man. We started with the idea of Mario and went off from there.

We wanted to design four different worlds for our hero (a cute puppy) to travel through. The goal of our game was reaching this giant magical star. We each designed a specific world. Kathryn designed the Under-The-Sea World. Megan designed the Underworld. Nicole designed Beach World and the Giant Star. Flower World was a group effort. Racing against the clock and using our budget carefully, we painted and glued until the last second. When our two hours were up we were tired and covered with paint, but it was all worth it.

2013 Willoughby Hills Easter Party.

We face painted and sold cookies. We painted everything from Batman to tigers to bunnies. We sold about thirty boxes of cookies. It was both a fun and productive day.

Girl Scout cookie booth at Gander Mountain. We sold 39 boxes of cookies, almost matching the cute Daisies that sold cookies before us.

For a requirement of the Car Care IP, we had to learn the basics of car care from a mechanic. We got a lesson from John Krauss (boy scout leader / car mechanic). He taught us the dos and don'ts of car maintenance.

Girl Scout cookie booth at the Giant Eagle in Willowick. Impressed by our rainbow of cookies, people bought over a hundred and forty boxes. 

Willoughby Hills Pancake Breakfast. 

Crochet class at the Grange. Working on a badge requirement, we started to make bags for the Girl Scout leaders of our service unit. Our goal is to make thirty colorful, pretty, crocheted bags. 

Taking a tour with Jim Cermak (the owner) of Sugarbush Creek Farm. We went through a step by step process of how the sap from maple trees turns into the maple syrup we love to put on pancakes, waffles, etc. Did you know the maple season only lasts 8 to 10 weeks and it takes 30 to 50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup? The tour was very interesting but, of course, the best part was the samples!

February 12th Girl Scout meeting.

We started the meeting off with a Mission Sisterhood project provided by Kathryn and Nicole. It's called "Focused On Friendship". You have two minutes to answer three questions and get to know the person sitting across from you. When the two minutes is up, you move over to the left, where you will find a new set of questions. Some of the questions were:

1. What is your favorite tongue twister?
2. What would be your ideal allowance?
3. If you had a tiger, what would you name it?
4. What do you look for in a friend?

We ended the meeting with an upcycling project which was also a badge requirement. We made simple, no-sew scarves out of large colorful t-shirts.

Cross country skiing at Chapin Forest. With a beautiful, warm day and a layer of snow on the ground, we decided to go cross country skiing. We followed a trail marked with orange arrows on blue plates. These arrows lead us to some small hills and lots of twists and turns.

Being "experienced" cross country skiers, we had a couple falls along the trail. We made it our mission to fall as many times as possible. We fell on bridges. We ran into trees. We even braked for squirrels. All in all, we had lots of fun.

Posing for a picture after cooking a meal for sixty people at the Ronald McDonald House. We spent the entire day finalizing our meal, buying the ingredients, cooking the food, and sampling our delicious buffet. Our meal consisted of muffin meatloaves, jackpots, salad, mashed potatoes, green beans, and dirt for dessert. 

Volunteering at the Service Unit Bingo event. We helped our fellow Girl Scouts pick out prizes when they yelled "Bingo!". We also checked their cards to make sure that they actually got a "Bingo!"

101 Crochet class at JoAnn Fabrics. They gave us a tour of all the various yarns in the store.

They also taught us the basics of crocheting. Our goal was to create frogs made out of yarn, but each one of us decided to do something a little different. 

Here are some of our awesome finished products! 

January 8th Girl Scout meeting at our new meeting place - The Grange.  

Volunteering at Hope Church in Kirtland. We broke off into pairs and helped the people go through the rooms to pick out presents for their children. Each of our groups got a shopping cart and a garbage bag. They were filled with toys, books, clothing, and more by the end.

Setting up / organizing toys, books, and clothing at Hope Church in Kirtland. We helped prepare the rooms for the event the next day (which we were also volunteering at.)

December 11th Girl Scout meeting. We made 86 mason jars, did some badge work, exchanged gifts, and had a holiday party, all in one meeting!

Gift wrapping at Barnes and Noble on December 9th. This was our second gift wrapping fundraiser attempt. We had four groups each taking two hour shifts. First shift was Dave, Tina, and Gillian. Second shift was Miss Nancy, Carli, and Megan W. Third shift was Tracey, Nicole, and Megan R. Fourth shift was Miss Kim and Claire. In our combined effort that day, we made a total of $23. This, along with the money we made on December 1st, brought our complete total up to $34.

Santa's toy shop at the Willoughby Hills Breakfast With Santa.

Country Lights at Lake Farmpark! We were elves in Santa's workshop. We freshened water, refilled paint, passed out paint shirts, laid down fresh newspaper, and helped the children make their toys. Don't you think elves should get more credit for everything they do around Christmas time?

Willoughby Hills Winterfest. We passed out raffle tickets to the people who donated toys and we were also line control for Santa.

By the end of the night, we had collected not a whole truck full, but a whole ambulance full of toys for Toys for Tots! 

Gift wrapping at Barnes and Noble on December 1st. This was our first gift wrapping fundraiser attempt. We made a whopping eleven dollars! 

November 19th Girl Scout meeting. We made delicious pesto pizza and applesauce. Yum!

Taking down the flags at Eastlake's Boulevard of 500 Flags.

Although there weren't many flags to take down when we arrived, we busied ourselves with retying the improperly tied ropes on many of the flagpoles.

Tina singing "We Belong" by Pat Benatar in the Willoughby Middle School talent show.

Inquire! Innovate! Invent! at the University of Akron. We talked to female engineers, created / designed our own engineering projects, and did a service project for younger girls.

Traveling back in time from 2012 to 1860. We became slaves that tried to run away through the Underground Railroad. We only trusted friends of friends as we tried to reach Hope (Cleveland) and eventually Cannon (Canada). As we traveled on our difficult journey, we had to be on the lookout if the wind was blowing from the south (slaveholders were coming). We met actors many times along our lantern lit hike and they told / reenacted their stories of the past. In the end though, our too large group didn't escape. We were caught by slaveholders! They threatened to feed us to the wolves, throw us in the creek, and tie us to the trees. All in all the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad provided us with an interesting and educational experience.

Goodwill "Good Turn Day" 2012. We donated twenty bags of clothing and volunteered.

Girl Scout recruitment meeting. We did a craft, making leis out of paper flowers, beads, and duct tape. We also played games (Blue Aardvark). 

Haunted Hayride 2012! 

Girl Scout recruitment meeting. We sang songs (Princess Pat, Alligator, and Make New Friends) and played games (Blue Aardvark, Old King Glory, and Down By The Bay).

Leading a fun game of ships and sailors! 

Volunteering in the cold wet rain at the Magical Whooloween at Penitentiary Glen. We lit lots of luminaries and helped out with an adorable owl craft.

Going to Giant Eagle, interviewing management, and researching food labels for one of our first lessons in our Sow What? journey.

A group of cowgirls volunteering at the Barnyard Bash. 

Lake Farmpark's Fright Site Set Creation for the Haunted Hayride. 

This group cut milk cartons, shoveled dirt into the them, and placed candles in them, transforming the milk cartons into luminaries. We transported three wagons full of luminaries around the park.

This group cut and bound corn husks together, forming bundles. Then, they transported and tied them up around the park. 

Helping with archery, running games, and leading hikes at a Service Unit archery event run by Marge at Camp Ledgewood. 

Girl Scout Senior Bridging Ceremony on August 25, 2012. A dinner, a ceremony, and a campout. A great night for our last day as Cadettes!

We are officially Senior Girl Scouts! We felt like movie stars. The paparazzi (our moms and dads) blinded us with lots and lots of photos.

Roasting marshmallows for some more s'mores! Yum!