Ft Myers Girl Scouts Make Donation To Local Soup Kitchen
Channel: OutsidetheBoxManager
Date: 2011-11-12

Fort Myers, Florida Girl Scout Troop 245 made the decision that they wanted to do something positive for their community with a portion of the profits they had made selling Girl Scout cookies earlier in the year.  There were a number of possibilities to choose from, the girls each had an opportunity to present their ideas, once the ideas that seemed reasonable and practical were on the table the girls discussed amongst themselves and their leaders what they wanted to do most.  They finally decided to make birthday baskets consisting, of cake mix, a cake pan, balloons, noise makers, birthday themed plates and napkins, utensils, and tie dyed t-shirts.  

The Girl Scouts hand delivered the "Birthday In A Bag" packages to the office of Lisa Cronin, Volunteer Liaison at the CCMI (Community Cooperative Ministries Incorporated) Soup kitchen.  Ms. Cronin greeted and thanked the girls as a group and explained in general terms the extent of need in Fort Myers, the limited amount of available resources to satisfy those needs, and how excited she was to see the Girl Scouts embracing the spirit of volunteerism.  She then led the girls on a tour of the food pantry, offices, grounds and the soup kitchen itself ... explaining along the way how each component worked hand in hand with the other to derive maximum benefit from every available resource.

This video was taken during the food pantry part of the tour.

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