Pink Flamingos Flock to Reading Lawns
A benefit to get a local Girl Scout Troop to the Girls Scouts’ 100th birthday in DC.
Spiky thin legs support flaming pink bodies. When they flock to a Reading lawn, they draw attention, often smiles. The eight girls in Cadette Girl Scout Troop 71290 are “flocking” to raise money to attend the 100th year celebration of girl scouting in Washington, DC -- with plastic flamingos. Attending the celebration with some 200,000 other girl scouts from the United States and England and Scotland would be a “once in a lifetime” experience, according to troop co-leader Ellen Penafiel. The cost would be about $450 per girl. So the girls came up with a couple of fundraising ideas and are learning some life skills as they raise money for the trip. They sold flowers for Valentine’s Day, cookies for St. Patrick’s Day. This month, after …
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Mary
11:49 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
You really shouldn't be tagging onto another fundraiser. It draws attention away. It's also impolite. more ›