Girl Scouts help spruce up local home

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Girl Scouts help spruce up local home

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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 00:00

The Girl Scouts of Citrus Council, which covers Central Florida, is one of 36 councils participating in a nationwide pilot program for the Girl Scouts of the USA’s 100th anniversary in 2012.
Through the pilot program, the girls are encouraged to find ways to give back to their community by creating projects based on green space, water, air quality, waste management or energy. And because the girls can’t do it alone, they are urged to invite their schools, neighbors and the community at large to help with projects that are meant to be self-staining, and a continuous gift to the environment.
To that end, Girl Scout Troop 7066, which meets at the First Christian Church in Kissimmee, on Saturday, April 10, took on the project – with the support of family, friends and members of the community – of helping Grace Landing, a nonprofit that is providing living space for young adults over 18 years old who have aged out of the state foster care system. The nonprofit is using a home on Boggy Creek Road provided by Osceola County. The Girl Scouts helped spruce up the home and the homesite.
“I am really proud of the girls that came to the workday,” said Melba Rubera, Osceola County program facilitator for Girl Scouts of Citrus Council, which is headquartered in Orlando at 341 N. Mills Ave.