K's project was a companion project to her troop mate M's project. M coordinated a "Letters to Santa for Make A Wish Foundation" project, where she went to several Girl Scout troops' meetings and had the girls write letters to Santa, then delivered the letters to Macy's on "Believe" day. For each letter to Santa written and delivered to Macy's, $1.00 was donated to Make A Wish Foundation. But on "Believe" day, each letter was worth $2.00. Marilyn delivered over 250 letters to Macy's. Way to go, M.
The
Bronze Award is essentially a 15 hour service project which requires
each girl to take a leadership role. K, with assistance from Amanda
(her Troop leader), Matt and myself, took this project on. We started
with a timeline for what needed to be done and when, K set goals,
composed a letter to friends and family asking for assistance, helped
design a flyer for her "Afternoon in the Park" event, emailed family
and friends, distributed flyers to friends and family, updated her Girl
Scout troop routinely, wrote thank you cards, planned her "Afternoon
in the Park" event, baked and frosted cakes, hosted her "Afternoon in
the Park" event, and finally delivered the toys, backpacks and gift
cards to the Make A Wish Foundation house in Tustin, California.Her goal was to collect 5 backpacks, enough items (toys) to fill 5 backpacks, and $100 in gift cards. She collected 18 backpacks (!!!), enough items to fill at least 8 backpacks, and $100 in gift cards. Her project was a huge success. A rough estimate of the dollar amount of what we donated today is around $600-650 retail. We are so proud of K!
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