Girl Scouts in the West Hills area are staying busy during unprecedented times, including troop 20101. Led by volunteers Carrie Duncanson, Renee Hicks and Kelley Rowland, the troop made up …
Hope is blooming in Bearden
Girl Scouts from troop 20114 worked with retired engineers on designing and assembling a water harvesting system for the Bloom Center, an outreach site that gives opportunities and horticultural therapy …
Girl Scout upgrades community garden
Julia Tootle installed a weather station at a community garden located at Concord United Methodist Church as her Gold Award Girl Scout project.
The weather station, powered by solar panels, provides …
Girl Scout preserves history of Fort Craig School
Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians congratulates Riley Wilson from troop 20856 for becoming a Gold Award Girl Scout. Her project focused on historic preservation and education.
Riley’s project worked to …
Girl Scouts offer virtual activities online
Schools are closed, and kids are stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents are suddenly filling the role of teacher and parent, not to mention caregiver and playmates …
PAWsitive makeover earns Silver Award
What started as a simple paint project turned into something more as Farragut-based troop 20391 earned their Silver Award, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. Ally, Bailey, …
Cookie mayhem and magic
Today we’re submitting a cookie story by guest blogger Patti Loveless. She writes:
My daughter, Rebecca, asked me the other day why I am still with Girl Scouts when we were …
Books, butterflies and bold leadership
Kendal Patty of Knoxville collected over 27,000 donated books to build book trees promoting literacy for her Girl Scout Gold Award. The book trees were on display in Nashville and …