Girl Scouts earn bronze award for donating to Northern Home for Children
Lily Palmer, Clara Domanska and Erica Bellamy of Girl Scout Troop 98 earned a bronze award (the highest junior Girl Scout honor) this spring for collecting stuffed animals to be donated to the Northern Home for Children in Roxborough and to the Stenton Family Manor, a shelter for families. The girls donated at least 20 hours of work to this cause. The troop will have a ceremony soon to honor their work. (Photo courtesy of Mary Ann Domanska)
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