Emma Purdy and Halo Martin, of Girl Scout Troop #1302, were presented with their Silver Award at the Girl Scout Bridging ceremony on Mon. Aug. 12. These girls each worked more than 50 hours planning, working and presenting their projects.
Emma prepared the land, installed concrete blocks and finally placed a bench onto the blocks. The bench has a plaque that tells this bench was donated in honor of Cecil and Barbara Hall. The bench is near the play area so is useful for parents to sit and watch their children when at the park or for the children to sit and rest or for anyone walking by to have a seat to rest a bit.
Halo repainted the sign that identifies the park. She had to sand the sign and prepare it for painting. She designed the sign to be pleasing for people to see, and then painted it for all to see and know this is Dominion Valley Park.
The girls did their projects at the park as a thank you for allowing the girl scouts to use the park twice a year for weekend camporees. Both girls were helped in their projects with other members of their Girl Scout troop as well as leaders, parents and friends.
This award is the second these girls have received. They earned their Bronze Award as Junior Girl Scouts and now the Silver as a Cadette Girl Scout. Next, they will begin work on the highest award in Girl Scouting – their Gold Award. Leaders, parents and other troop members are very proud of these girls for their accomplishment of their Silver Award.
