2025-2026 Inspire Discovery

Welcome Neighbor Playroom

Issue: Children of refugee families staying at the Peter and Paul Community Campus needed toys.

Root Cause: The refugee families are coming to the United States with little to no belongings, and items like toys are a luxury.

Education: Alice created social

media posts and flyers to ask for donations, as well as spoke to church members for items and progress updates.

Project Details: Motivated to provide refugee children arriving in the St. Louis area with a safe and fun place to play and relax, Alice partnered with Welcome Neighbor STL to build their facility a dedicated playroom at the new Peter and Paul Community Campus. Alice’s Bronze Award project included rehabbing the playroom space and working with her community to collect donated toys, rugs and furniture. She also added several small drawstring bags so that when it was time for the families to leave the center to move into more permanent housing, the children would have a bag of toys to take with them.

Bronze Award Girl Scout: Alice, Troop 1739

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