Girl Scouts Receive $5,000 Grant From Duke Energy Foundation
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FORT WAYNE – Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana recently received a $5,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation to support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) in Cass, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Wells and Whitley counties.
The GSLE focuses on building skills in four areas: STEM, the outdoors, life skills and entrepreneurship, according to a news release from the Girl Scouts.
Highlights of recent Girl Scout troop activities held in these counties included:
• Troop 10390 in Whitley County held a special ceremony at the Peabody Library honoring graduating seniors and Gold Award recipients.
• Courtney Tobin in Troop 10390 earned the Girl Scout Gold Award by creating a “Kindness Box,” a 24/7 emergency nonperishable food box open to her community.
• Troop 53008 in Huntington County made gingerbread houses, learned to make soap, took a class in self-defense and tried their hand at making pottery.
• Girl Scouts in all the counties sold Girl Scout cookies, including Troop 00044 in Wells County and Troop 00463 in Huntington County.
To learn more about Girl Scouts and register, visit www.gsnim.org.
