After three weeks of preparation, Cadette Troop 1183 of Berkeley Lake unveiled their work. The garden was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
If all goes as planned, scores of butterflies will soon be flitting around a newly installed butterfly garden in Berkeley Lake. The 12 members of Cadette Troop 1183, along with the help of master gardener Susan Hanson spent three weeks preparing a small plot of land near the Berkeley Lake Chapel and filling it with native flowering plants. It was part of a project that the girls (all 6th graders), took on to commerate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America. Wendy Weber and her co-leader Wendy Tait presented each of the girls their well-earned Tree/Nature badges. "It's just a small area," explained Weber. "With Susan Hanson's help, we turned the soil, planted and adding paving stones." Hanson helped the girls plant purple cone …
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Seniors marked the Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary by reminiscing over tea.
Sashes, songs and s’mores brought about a dozen senior women back to their childhood. Girlish laughter filled the Bethesda Park Senior Center as these women celebrated the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary with a tea on Tuesday. Marie Wright of Buford proudly displayed her sash full of badges. “I was a Girl Scout starting as a Brownie in second grade.” Wright joined as a child near Palm Beach, Florida. She then continued with the Scouts through high school, in college and has served as a Girl Scout leader and a volunteer. Wright has been with the organization now 31 years and counting. Over that time, Wright has seen the organization evolve. “The Girl Scouts are constantly updating. So they are constantly changing to meet the needs of the…
