GSEM Bronze Award Project Catalog

Blessing Box Melissa’s Home for Hope

Project Details: Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Junior Troop 3125 worked to support their neighbors with a blessings box, a freestanding structure that provides basic non-perishable food and hygiene items, to help those in need and earn their Girl Scout Bronze Award. The members of Troop 3125 rehabbed and installed a worn-out blessings box and relocated it to their neighborhood. The Girl Scouts worked with a domestic violence advocate to provide design and location tips. They also shopped for donations with their troop funds earned through participation in the Girl Scout Cookie program to fill the blessings box initially and met with a local coordinator to restock the box as needed moving forward.

Bronze Award Team: Troop 3125

Issue: There was a need in this community for easy access to personal care products, books, and non-perishable food items. Root Cause: Poverty and domestic violence are the primary reasons for this lack of necessities. Target Audience: The general community has access to the box, but specifically it is promoted to victims of domestic violence.