Community Service Projects Community Service is in integral part of being a Girl Scout. Please support our girls in their efforts to help the community by checking the links below and contributing to their projects. Girl Scouts should check links below for volunteer opportunities in the community.

Please email us at dtp@sahuarogsc.org if you would like to post your Girl Scout community service project or if your nonprofit group would like the request the service of Girl Scout volunteers.

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Check out the Spotlight on Girl Scouts page to see how Girl Scouts contribute to our community.
The Community Food Bank has learning and service opportunities for our Girl Scouts. The Food Bank has a five-acre vegetable farm located in Marana which is open to the public for tours, growing classes and community farming. What a great opportunity for our Girl Scouts to tour the farm and/or help the Community Food Bank during a Girl Scout Service Day. Please call Varga Garland, Director of the Community Food Bank at (520) 622-0525 for more information.

More than 3,200 local youth were recognized during the 2008 Tucson Youth Week. 712 of the 3,228 youth nominated are Girl Scouts! You can read about these honorees by searching here.

Operation Red Heart: People form heart of field

Girl Scouts with US flag at Operation Red Heart

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATION RED SHIRT COMMUNITY EVENT took place on 
Friday, August 3, 2007 at Salpointe High School. Participants
formed a heart in support of girls whose parents are deployed overseas.

Abby & Sofia display the flag and their red shirts proudly! (right)

Interfaith Community Services would like Juniors - Senior Girl Scouts to create handmade birthday cards to send to their clients. The birthday cards need to be legible, upbeat and contain no religious content. ICS would like to provide their own cardstock for the project. Troop leaders can contact Mina Jeffery, the volunteer coordinator, directly at mjeffery@icstucson.org  or 297-6049.
Heartland Hospice is seeking 16-18 year old youth to assist with life-sharing activities with their clients. 30 hours of training are required for this service opportunity. Interested girls can contact Nancy Curran at 325-2790.

Wanted: Girl Scouts On Call
Date: ongoing
Are you outgoing and personable? Have you ever wanted to be on television or the radio? If so you should become a member of our Girl Scouts On Call group. The Girl Scouts On Call group consists on girls ages 5-17. They are the faces of the girls of Sahuaro Girl Scout Council and will represent Girl Scouts in all types of media happenings.  A media happening can be a television appearance, a photo-op at a press conference, an interview on the radio or for a local newspaper, or having her picture appear in a brochure or on our Web site. Media requests are hard to predict and frequently happen on very short notice, so flexibility is a must.

If you are interested have your parent or guardian contact Debbie Rich at 319-3168, 1-800-331-6782 ext. 3168 or drich@sahuarogsc.org. We will be scheduling an informational meeting and workshop in September.

Calling all Mentors, Ages 16+!
Date: ongoing
Project ACHIEVE Mentoring is a collaborative program with Amphi Public Schools and the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona that matches at-risk children with mentors. Mentors meet with the students once a week for about 1½ - 2 hours after school at the child’s school. Mentors and mentees can use this one-on-one time to talk, work on homework and play games. Currently, we are in need of mentors at La Cima Middle School, Amphi Middle School, Prince Elementary, Nash Elementary, Keeling Elementary, Walker Elementary, Rio Vista Elementary and Holaway Elementary. For more information, contact the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona at 881-3300 ext 109, or e-mail lwalker@volunteersoaz.org.
Adopt a Friend! Girl Scout Volunteers Needed
Date: ongoing
The Fountains at La Cholla Retirement Community (next to Northwest Hospital) is looking for volunteers to share hobbies, read, paint, etc. or just chat with wonderful people. YOU pick the activity, and YOU pick the time most convenient for you.
Fore more information, please call Mary Weaver or Gloria Gerwin at 797-2002.
Volunteer with Tucson Clean & Beautiful
Date: ongoing
The Tucson Clean & Beautiful Adopt-a-Park program was established in 1985 as a program to combat the growing problem of litter in parks and other public areas. Through this program, McCormick Park and another 100 park sites throughout the Tucson metro area are available now for adoption by community organizations including Girl Scout troops. Troops may volunteer to adopt their neighborhood park by picking up litter and reporting any maintenance needs such as vandalism to help keep the park a clean and safe place to visit. Volunteer groups can plan a one-time litter cleanup project, or if they agree to clean up a public area as an ongoing project, they can receive official Adopt-a-Park recognition including a sign at the adopted site and an Adopt-a-Park ceremony. Troops can also incorporate this program into their Earth, Ecology, or Environment merit badges, and many other projects and badge awards are appropriate to projects that can be done at community parks.

If your Girl Scout troop would be interested in the Adopt-a-Park program, please call B.J. Cordova at Tucson Clean & Beautiful (520-791-3109) or visit http://www.tucsonaz.gov/tcb/tcbaap.htm for more information.
Lighten Someone's Heart
Date: ongoing
Our Place Assisted Living Homes is seeking Girl Scout volunteers to spend an hour or two with our residents visiting, playing games, making a presentation, etc. It would be wonderful if this could be done once a month. If interested, please contact Cecilia Clemente, Manager of Our Place Assisted Living Homes at 808-2404.

Homes are located at 5105 E. Burns (near Broadway and Rosemont) and  5601 10th Street (near Broadway and Craycroft) in Tucson.

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