Medway 5th Grade Junior Troop 67257 completed their Bronze Award this past June.  The Bronze Award is the highest award that a 4th or 5th grade Girl Scout can earn.  The Bronze Award is a project intended to improve the scouts’ local community.  After a troop-led brainstorming session in the beginning of the school year, the girls decided to create “birthday bags” to donate to the Medway Food Pantry at Mahan Circle.  The project was inspired by previous work the girls had done at the food pantry with director Paul Galante.  Birthday bags are intended for patrons of the food pantry with children ages 12 and under.  The bags provide all of the items a child would need to have a celebration on his or her birthday and contain cake mix, frosting, candles, festive plates and napkins, streamers, and balloons.  With guidance from the troop’s coleaders Dara Bartosiewiecz and Jennifer Digiacomo, the girls gained many important life skills such as brainstorming, planning, budgeting, fundraising, decision-making, and teamwork.  To fund the project, the girls used money from their fall product sales, cookie booth sales, and a donation from the Medway Lions Club.  Troop members split into small groups to shop for items and assemble the birthday bags.  The project culminated on June 1st when the troop delivered 50 birthday bags to Mr. Galante at the food pantry.  A small ceremony was held with the troop members’ parents in attendance to drop off the bags as well as to thank Mr. Galante and the Medway Lions for their support in making the project a success.  Mr. Galante has since reached out to the troop leaders to report that the food pantry patrons are very appreciative of the birthday bags.  Troop 67257 has been scouting together since kindergarten, and the girls are looking forward to continuing to serve their community for many years in the future.

The girls who completed the Bronze Award include:

Emma Bailey

Ava Bartosiewiecz

Caroline Dean

Julianne Digiacomo 

Kayla Irish

Alina Kothe

Evelyn Pavlov

Abigail Roman

Clara Scansen

Hannah Soto

Harper Uhe