2009.01.29
Girl Scout Junior Troop 351 completes the Bronze Award
Girl Scout Troup 351 at Botany Bay Plantation, a new SC wildlife preserve, where the girls participated in a trash pick-up. Courtesy of Anne Fox.
Girl Scout Junior Troop 351 is proud to announce the completion of the Bronze Award by 15 of their troop members. The Bronze Award is the highest Award that can be earned by a Junior Girl Scout. The award reflects the promise to help others and to serve the community.
The scouts worked with leaders in the Edisto Beach community to help educate visitors to their island about the importance of environmental protection to nesting loggerhead turtles found on their island.
The girl scouts designed posters and magnets that were presented to the city council and are displayed in the Edisto Beach community and the South Carolina Aquarium Turtle Hospital. The girls participated in a trash pickup at
Marking a turtle nest that had to be moved by the Turtle Patrol because it was in the tide zone. Courtesy of Anne Fox.
Botany Bay Plantation. They served as members of the Turtle Patrol each morning before sunrise, clearing the beach of trash and looking for fresh turtle tracks. They donated crafts that they made to the turtle patrol to use for education and awareness.
The following girls completed the Bronze Award: Nikki Alexander, Kate Becker, Rachel Crutchfield, Morgan Day, Danielle Flory, Jessica Foster, Darian Fox, Sammy Godoy, Brooke Hall, Allie Hannabass, Bailey Hannabass, Hannah Johnson, Yoli Oswald, Maddie Robinson, and Jane Ward.
"We are having a celebration dinner this Sat. at the Pizza Pasta Pit with 70 friends and family," Anne Fox said.
The girls presented posters to the rangers at the Edisto Interpretive Center. Courtesy of Anne Fox.
-Submitted by Anne Fox
