Athens, Ga., Area Girl Scouts Create Vegetable Garden for Interfaith Hospitality Network

Young women work with the Athens Land Trust on another urban garden.

  Early Saturday morning, they were in the parking lot of the Interfaith Hospitality Network headquarters, a group of young women assembling boards to make raised beds for a vegetable garden. The network works with local houses of worship to help homeless families find their footing. Putting the boards together took maybe half an hour, but the planning that went into the project demanded a year, said Lynn Faust. She's one of two adult advisors for the group, called Juliets. They are older Girl Scouts--14 and 15 years old--whose common interest in community service brings them together. The young women are on a "Sow What" journey, moving along through the years-long process toward receiving their Gold Award. It's the Girl Scout equivalent …

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Girl Scout Troop Coordinates Tri-County Supply Collection for Tornado Victims

Daisy Troop 11809 of Winder has arranged for much-needed items to be dropped off at locations in Oconee, Athens-Clarke, and Barrow counties.

A local girl scout troop is doing its part to provide relief to victims of storms that devastated much of the South last week.  The eleven scouts of Winder's Daisy Troop 11809 have coordinated a community-wide effort between 3 counties to collect much-needed supplies for affected families. 'The Girl Scouts has a system of volunteers already in place, and inquiries generated a lot of response in a hurry," Troop leader Dawn Johnson said. Drop-off locations include the Oconee County Sheriff's Office, the Northeast Georgia Girl Scouts service office located at 185 Newton Bridge in Athens (Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.-12 p.m.), and the Winder City Fire Department in Barrow County. Additional drop-off points will be announced on…

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Deanna Allen

2:23 pm on Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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