Girl Scouts

Honor Adult Volunteers

To the Editor:

Tuesday, April 22, was designated as Girl Scouts Leader Appreciation Day. How fitting it is that next week, April 27–May 2, is National Volunteer Week. National Volunteer Week reflects the power that volunteers have to “inspire by example” — volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve! All volunteers reap unexpected benefits from their volunteer experience.

We salute the more than 21,000 adults in the State of Connecticut who volunteer with the 55,000 Girl Scouts (girls ages 5–17), providing service in a variety of forms. Girl Scout volunteers are the lifeblood of Girl Scouting and bring the Girl Scout Program to the girls in our local communities. Through these trained and dedicated women and men, the benefits of Girl Scouting reach girls and provide them with high-quality learning activities and help them become leaders in their community and world. While serving as role models and mentors, Girl Scout volunteers share their life and career experiences, specific skills, and a real desire to improve the life of each girl.

Newtown Girl Scouts Service Team thanks the adults, both women and men, who volunteer their time and talents to the 72 troops or 692 registered Girl Scouts here in Newtown who embrace our mission that “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.” If you know a Girl Scout leader volunteer, please thank them!

Yours in Scouting,

Karen Kaechele

Audrey DeBlasio

Newtown Service Unit Managers

15 Chatham Drive, Trumbull                                         April 18, 2008