2019 Report to the Community

South Rural

Girls who are more civically engaged develop a strong sense of responsibility for others. The Girl Scout Council offers countless opportunities to connect with our community.

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any eastern Missouri Girl Scouts, alongside their troops, give back regularly by volunteering at local shelters, organizing events raising awareness for a cause, or even writing notes to those who need it the most. They also come together every spring to participate in the Girl Scout Council’s largest community service initiative, April Showers. Since 1998, the region’s young change-makers, with the generous support of family, friends and neighbors, have collected more than 24 million personal care items for individuals and families in need. Last year, a Ste. Genevieve troop, Troop 2624, started out collecting from a large subdivision and soon realized they had thousands of personal care items. They took this moment as an opportunity to create a goal—they decided they were going to collect 2,624 items, their troop number. “With Ste. Genevieve being such a small community, our Girl Scouts see how important this initiative is,” said Roseanne Ahne, troop leader. “For some of them, they know the people the donations are directly benefiting. And as they’re helping load the vehicles at the collection sites, they’re being thanked, and it makes them want to give back even more.”

+870K hours of community service completed last year 1.5 million personal care items collected for April Showers in 2019

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