One more good deed by local Girl Scouts: Disease-fighting “kits”

Following our visit to West Seattle Girl Scouts’ cookie-case-sorting operation on Saturday, we found out a lot more about what the local Scouts are up to (including this). Now there’s one more event we wanted to share with you, because this one could use your help too: Tuesday night at Holy Rosary, more than two dozen Girl Scouts got together to put together AIDS- and malaria-fighting kits to send overseas, as part of the GS “World Thinking Day,” which had as its 2009 goal for “girls worldwide to say ‘we can stop the spread of AIDS, malaria, and other diseases’.” Fifth-grader Caroline Rouse worked to organize the project, as we learned when we met Caroline and her mom at the cookie loading dock; last night, she led her fellow Scouts in a game as part of the event:

The kits (which include items such as malaria-fighting mosquito netting) cost about $30 each to put together. Girl Scouts from all over West Seattle have been chipping in to buy them, but you can help too – some local businesses and other organizations already have — just e-mail kriskrop@msn.com to say you’d like to donate. Meantime, we’re glad to share what YOUR organization – kids OR adults – is up to, whether it’s an event listing or a heads-up about something like this; e-mail WSB at editor@westseattleblog.com any time (or if you’d prefer a different contact method, all of ours are listed here).

2 Replies to "One more good deed by local Girl Scouts: Disease-fighting "kits""

  • Louise McQuade March 3, 2009 (2:08 pm)

    WAY TO GO CAROLINE ROUSE!! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR HARD WORKING MOM, KRIS.

    Love,
    Aunt Weezie and Uncle Pat

  • Ruth Rouse March 10, 2009 (8:48 pm)

    Great job Caroline. We are very proud of you. We think you are wonderful. Love you. Grandma and Grandpa

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