Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Cori Davis spent three Saturdays organizing volunteers at Jefferson Barracks Park.
Cori Davis could have done her Girl Scout Gold Award project anywhere, but she said she wanted to improve an area close to home. The Gold Award is the highest achievement possible in the Girl Scouts. It requires girls to create and implement a plan to improve the community. Davis, who graduated from Mehlville High School in June, called different parks and found out Jefferson Barracks Park needed a lot of love at its Lewis and Clark interpretive panel. She organized volunteers from Girl Scout Troop 2970 and the Friends of Jefferson Barracks, spending three Saturdays working in the park. The team removed evasive honeysuckle and spread mulch in the area. “The area was very weedy, so we went in and took it all out and also the railings in …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Katie Leicht and Amanda Schultz are painting a map of America on the blacktop at Oakville Elementary School.
Two Mehlville High School students are giving back to a district elementary school. Katie Leicht and Amanda Schultz are painting a map on the blacktop playground at Oakville Elementary School. The two girls are creating the map as part of their Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts. “We both went to Beasley (Elementary School), and we always liked playing on the map on the playground,” Schultz said in a district release. “We thought it would be a cool thing to give back to another school and give other kids the same experience.” The project will take a week and when it’s done, they’ll videotape themselves demonstrating games on the map. Students can use the games when they return to school in the fall. Leicht and Schultz started …
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Combining two of her interests, humanitarian work and photography, Katlyn Sansone created a Gold Award project for Girl Scouts, as well as many smiles from her subjects.
Each Wednesday, Mehlville Patch will be highlighting a young person in the community who is making a positive difference in the lives of others. These kids are doing outstanding academic work, winning an award or exhibiting exemplary qualities. Know great kids? Nominate them by e-mailing sarah.flagg@patch.com. Name: Katlyn Sansone School: Mehlville High School Age: 18 Accomplishment: Sansone used her skills in photography to create portraits and family albums for women at Our Lady’s Inn, a women’s shelter for homeless, pregnant women and their children. Key to Awesomeness: When Sansone was deciding on a Gold Award project for Girl Scouts, she decided to combine two of her interests. Sansone’s passion is photography and she plans to make a…
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