A Busy Month for Hardscrabble Girl Scouts

Farmingdale's Hardscrabble Association of Girl Scouts ended the year volunteering, celebrating and learning.

The group hosted Outdoor Day at Bethpage State Park, in which the girls participated in different themed craft activities, yoga and a scavanger hunt about America's founding fathers and other history trivia. The theme of the day was "Red, White and Blue."

"It was a overcast type of the day, but the smiles and fun all the girls enjoyed brightened up the day.  The days events ended with a wishing circle to show that girls scouts is larger then just one troop," said parent Emily McIlwaine.

The Hardscrabble Girl Scout Daisy Troop also recently did a community service project, in which they made more 100 cat toys and donated them to Second Chance Animal Shelter in Levittown. They collected mismatched socks and filled them with cat nip  and poly-fill to create the toys.

The first year Girl Scout Brownie Troop 3124 did a special class meeting in learning yoga and how to learn to relax and be more peaceful.

The group also participates in a mentoring program in which alumni Farmingdale Girl Scouts volunteer with the current members.

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