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Service Project
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Description
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Location
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Membership Level*
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Time Frame
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Contact
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Bags for Foster Children
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Collecting and filling bags to benefit the foster care kids in
your area
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All Areas
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All
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Aug - Sept
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Donna Farnham
(757)410-1406
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Be a Santa to a Senior
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Provides gifts to seniors without visitors
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Throughout NC and VA
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All
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Nov - Dec
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Varies www.beasantatoasenior.com
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Community Action Team
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A team of Girl Scouts helping at a variety of community
events
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Throughout NC and VA
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All
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Year Round
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Donna
Farnham
(757)410-1406
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Educate Mommy and Me Learning Bundles
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All Areas
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All
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All
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Year Round
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skane@physiciansforpeace.org
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GSCCC Angel Tree
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Provide gifts for a family in need
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A Place for Girls
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All
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Nov - Dec
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Dale
McClure
(757) 410-0213
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Operation Homefront
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provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to their
families and to wounded warriors
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Newport News, VA
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All
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Year Round
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Carol H. Berg
(757) 272-6122
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REACH Reading Enriches All Children
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Re-organizing, alphabetizing books
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Norfolk, VA
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CD, SR, AB
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Year Round
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Sarah Sterzing
(757) 627-4722
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Ronald McDonald House
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Prepare meals for 2 - 25 people to be frozen and used at a later
time
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Norfolk, VA
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JR - AB
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Year Round
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Vickie Kennedy
(757) 627-5386
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YWCA of South Hampton Roads
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Women In Crisis Domestic Violence Shelters & Programs need
donations of clothing and other items
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Norfolk, VA
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All
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Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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(757) 625-4248
www.ywca-shr.org
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* DS=Daisies, BR=Brownies, JR=Juniors, CD=Cadettes, SR=Seniors,
AB= Ambassadors
Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors can earn the Community Service Bar for providing
service in the community.
Other
Community Service Opportunities
Equi-Kids riding that
benefits your body & mind
Hospitality for the Homeless (HFH),
based in Norfolk, VA, serves as a re-distribution agency for
travel-size toiletries to those in need.
Samaritan
House Serving homeless families & victims of
domestic violence. Music and Arts Community Service
Project Opportunities
Tidewater
Arts Outreach matches artists and musicians with
opportunities to share their talents with the special needs
population. For more information contact Tidewater Arts Outreach at
(757) 410-4010.
The Lou Henry Hoover
Memorial Sanctuary Project is a living memorial to a
dedicated member of the Girl Scout movement. A Lou Henry Hoover
Memorial Sanctuary is any natural area designated by a Council for
the purpose of providing a setting where Girl Scouts can gain an
understanding of the inter-relationships of all forms of life.
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If you are already providing service in the community and would
like to share your project ideas with other troops, please
contact Theresa Perry
with details.
To find out about community organizations that may need
volunteer help or may direct you to a community service project,
visit the following Web sites:
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