Girl Scouts: What are they up to these days?
There are impressive projects by some girls. One girl scout in Naperville, Amelia, has chosen Days for Girls (DFG) as her Gold Award project. She has embraced the mission to create a freer, dignified, and educated world by providing girls access to lasting feminine hygiene solutions. There are many places in the world where girls are not allowed to go to school during their menstrual cycle. If you find it shocking that these practices still exist, you are not alone. Amelia knows that once girls receive hygiene kits, they can take them to school every day and no one knows when they are needed and girls no longer miss school!
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Getting kits to girls fills a critical need. Amelia’s idea was to send kits with Girl Scouts who are traveling to the Girl Scout World Centers! The Girl Scouts carry kits in their suitcases and someone at the World Center receives and distributes the kits to the girls who need them. Prohibitive shipping costs are eliminated. The first shipment left in June. Twelve girls went to the Sangam World Center in Pune, India, and delivered 150 kits for girls in need! These Girl Scouts have made a huge impact by changing 150 girls’ lives by providing the supplies they need to attend school every day. We’re hoping the GS World Centers become a delivery source for DFG kits.
There is a Days for Girls Team in Aurora, with a sister team in Asheville, N.C.. The team sews and assembles these kits, then sends them all over the world. Details on Days for Girls is available at www.daysforgirls.org.
— Pam Bellm, Days for Girls – Aurora/Asheville, N.C., Rotary Club of Aurora