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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. |
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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. |
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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!
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
