Girl Scouts, Bailey Thayer (left) and Zola Palmer (right) following their meeting with Parkitects.
By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
CHERRY VALLEY – Girl Scouts, Bailey Thayer and Zola Palmer are making a difference in their community.
When brainstorming service project ideas, the fourth and fifth-grade juniors suggested improving the village playground behind the Cherry Valley Community Center – formerly the Cherry Valley School – by adding more equipment.
Specifically, Zola is excited to add spinners to the current equipment. “I like to spin,” she said.
Bailey is looking forward to adding a handicapped swing to the mix. “There are not many in the area, and we have kids in our school that are disabled and are wheelchair-bound. I think it would be nice to have options locally for them to play on a playground,” she said.
Caitlyn Thompson, Oneonta, a Girl Scout with Troop 3007, got to work early this morning with cans of paint and rollers as she repainted the helicopter landing pad at the FoxCare Center for her Silver Award project. Thompson, an eighth grader, is currently interested in helicopter rescue and hopes one day to become EMT certified. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Oneonta Girl Scout Liv Robinson, above, places a commemorative stone in the center of the Interactive Cancer Memorial & Survivor Garden she and other members of Troop 30132 built at the OWL Nest in Fortin Park. The two-year project includes a stone walkway, an interactive arbor where names of those lost may be written, and a forthcoming “wind phone” booth, where people can send their memories out on the wind. Following the dedication, each girl was presented with the Girl Scouts’ Silver Pin, one of the highest awards. At right, from left, Julia Rissberger, Bailey Roy, Sasha Dudek and Liv Robinson pose for a group photo as they cut a celebratory cake. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Girl Scout Hannah Sheldon of Springfield Center captures the spirit of the holiday at today’s 104th Springfield Center Fourth of July Parade, which marched down Main Street in 94-degree heat. Hannah is with Troop 967, Springfield Center. At right, Springfield Center’s Loretta Fish attended her hometown’s Fourth of July Parade for the 30th time today; she posed with son Alex Dowd, 8. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Oneonta Girl Scouts Holly Beitzel, right, and Bridgette Dickson recite the Girl Scout Oath in Neahwa Park on Wednesday afternoon as part of their troop’s award ceremony. The ceremony saw Beitzel and Dickson get promoted from Brownie to Junior with several of their friends also earning Junior rank. Caitlyn and Natalie Thompson, pictured at right, both of Oneonta, were also recognized during the ceremony for earning their bronze and silver awards respectively. (Parker Fish/AllOTSEGO.com)
CHICKEN & BISCUIT DINNER – 5 – 7 p.m. Support the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts program in Morris. Enjoy a delicious dinner or get takeout. Cost, $9/adult. Morris United Methodist Church, 17 Church St., Morris. Call 607-316-8239.
CHICKEN DINNER – 5-7 p.m. Boy and Girl Scouts serve a chicken and biscuit dinner. Price, $9 adult, $5 children. Morris United Methodist Church, 17 Church St., Morris. Info, Harry Graves (607)316-8239
3-D DESIGN WORKSHOP – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Come tinker with your designs for 3-D printing. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, hmloneonta.org/calendar/
The girls of Girls Scout Cadet Troop 30728, Amethyst Gardener, Elizabeth Serafin, Jillian LaHood and Tiffany Gardner, stand outside the Oneonta homeless shelter this morning before delivering their donations of “Comfy, Cozy Totes.” The project has won the Silver Award, the highest honor a cadet can achieve, for the Oneonta troop. The girls had to identify a need in the community, create a plan, contact individuals, fund raise, carry out the plan and ensure it would have lasting results. For nearly two years the girls collected over 250 children’s pajamas, each with a custom sewn-on heart shape created especially for the project sewn. The cadets also donated five totes of themed boxes of toys and activities containing books, craft supplies, toys and games. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Caitlin Wiltsey, Maria Griswold and Kara Piefer of Girl Scout Troop 30043 sort through 1,438 donated children’s books they collected for Tenfold Plus‘ “Bookcase for Every Child” project. Tenfold Plus, an Oneonta philanthropy begun by 10 Oneonta women, aims to provide 90 Head Start children with a personalized bookcase stocked with reading material. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
The local chapter of The Sweet Adelines are working with area Girl Scouts to help them earn their Young Women In Harmony Activity patches. Threes groups of girls; Daises, Brownies and Girl Scouts, met with The Sweet Adelines at Valleyview School on Saturday morning where they learned about harmonies, rounds, duets, trios, music recognition and more. Here, Linda Allen, front, Oneonta, and Betty Bennett, Oneonta, lead Candence Coren, Libby Cox and Emma Gross of Laurens in a dance routine. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)
Members of Girl Scouts troop 30132 received their bronze awards on Wed. at the Elm Park Methodist church which recognized their leadership and community service in setting up a science fair that had 40 participants and 150 attendees. Here, group leader Rachel Rissberger embraces Anna Fleury after presenting her, along with Sasha Dudek, Julia Rissberger, Jessica Phillipe and Sabrina Scianimanico with their award pins.
