Girl Scouts Create Norcross Butterfly Garden to Honor 6-Year-Old

A local Girl Scout troop is unveiling a butterfly garden in Norcross to dedicate a 6-year-old girl who died last year after battling mitochondrial disease.

Girl Scout Troop 164 will honor Ainsley Paige Higgins at 4 p.m. this Saturday, March 30, in Thrasher Park as they celebrate the new city garden. The garden has earned the troop the Silver Award, which is the highest honor for Cadette Scouts.

According to troop leader Patty Mussak in a news release, the scouts felt helping kids in need was a powerful message they could connect to. They learned about Ainsley through the church where she had attended preschool, and her parents, Lisa and Matt Higgins, had founded The Ainsley Paige Higgins’ Dare To Hope Foundation. The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life of other children with rare medical conditions.

“We knew of Lisa’s work in spreading the message about mitochondrial disease, and wanted to support that effort,” explained Mussak. “We also wanted our Silver Award to be an everlasting message in our town of how people working together can bring about change.”

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