Girl Scout Troop 3553, based out of Waples Mill Elementary and made up of 16 fourth-graders, invited Oakton Patch Editor Nicole Trifone to its Monday meeting to learn about journalism. As part of the session, the Girl Scouts worked together to write an article about their troop and its upcoming events.
We are Girl Scout Troop 3553 and we are here to say we have many community service projects coming this winter.
Some of the projects are:
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- Girl Scout cookie sales, Dec. 20-March 15
- Thanksgiving dinner (provide dinner for a needy family)
- Toys for Tots, December
- Holiday Sing-along, December
We help with many fundraisers, which we like to do.
"I like that we raise money for charities," Julia said.
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The cookie sales will help raise money for the troop.
"I want to use the cookie funds to have more field trips," Vivian said.
Some of the girls wrote what they like about Girl Scouts.
"Girl Scouts are fun because we do services to help people. We raise money by yard sales and stuff. With the money we do things that are beneficial to the troop," Mahi said.
"Girl Scouts are fun cause we go camping. Also we do Thinking Day. We also go on fun field trips," Tallulah said.
"I think that camping, selling cookies and the sing-along are the best things about Girl Scouts. Also, field trips can be fun like the Fall event," Amanda said.
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