For our bronze award we worked with elementary students to build their literacy skills by reading one-on-one with students after school. During our silver award, each of the members of our troop made several quilts for the NICU at Sparrow. I think it was from this project that my interest and love of crafting projects began (like knitting!)
For my Gold Award project I wanted to do something a little bit closer to home. Growing up as a member of Gunnisonville United Methodist Church we didn't have any outdoor play set that was safe or fun. The one I briefly remember was made of metal, was rusty, and seemed very unsafe. Needless to say no one ever really played on it.
As I grew older the church population grew from four children (when I was a child) to having more than eight at one time. This created a problem as there were more children and the church was without a good place for them to play. It was inevitable that they would run around inside the church, which wasn't safe for them or the older members of the congregation. For these reasons, I decided that I wanted to build a play set that the kids would be able to enjoy for years to come.
During the project I worked mostly with my father, who helped me design, plan for materials, and build the play structure. My girl scout troop and children of the church helped make stepping stones that lead from the parking lot to the play area. Each stepping stone has the name and hand print of a child that was part of the church in 2009. A stone with all the names of my girl scout friends remains closest to the project.
For my Gold Award project I wanted to do something a little bit closer to home. Growing up as a member of Gunnisonville United Methodist Church we didn't have any outdoor play set that was safe or fun. The one I briefly remember was made of metal, was rusty, and seemed very unsafe. Needless to say no one ever really played on it.
As I grew older the church population grew from four children (when I was a child) to having more than eight at one time. This created a problem as there were more children and the church was without a good place for them to play. It was inevitable that they would run around inside the church, which wasn't safe for them or the older members of the congregation. For these reasons, I decided that I wanted to build a play set that the kids would be able to enjoy for years to come.
During the project I worked mostly with my father, who helped me design, plan for materials, and build the play structure. My girl scout troop and children of the church helped make stepping stones that lead from the parking lot to the play area. Each stepping stone has the name and hand print of a child that was part of the church in 2009. A stone with all the names of my girl scout friends remains closest to the project.