Girl Scouts of North East Ohio are celebrating 100 years of service in 2012. As part of its celebration events, area girl scouts will be conducting a special Good Turn Day collection drive on Saturday, March 24th in support of Goodwill. Scout leaders should contact Aimee Linderholm at 330-724-6995 Ext. 426 to sign up.
The 2011 Good Turn Day with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts was held on Saturday, November 5th.
Here’s just a few of our scout
volunteers …
Above: Wadsworth l-r Ben Walton, Josh Puluscsuk, Matthew Rhoads, Andrew Rhoads
Below Center: Wadsworth(back l-r) Julia Bressler, Claire Kemmerer, Emily Eggleton, Emily Brazier, Jayne Blinkhorn, (LeadersChantelle Eggleton, Lisa Poressler), Kayla Horstman (Front l-r) Ana Huskins, Mini Pittman. Kayla Horstman
Left:Midway (l-r) Britney Mace, Zoe Brown Troop #90643
Center: State Rd Scouts (l-r) Diana Haas, LeaAnn Haas, Annaliese Dietz, Cassie Baldwin, Abi Baldwin, Tommy Farmer, Michael Abrams, Sean Langbein, Zach Langbein, Ian Lambert
Right: Midway (l-r) Brianna Hartwell, Brooklynn Andrick, Anaya Mayes Troop #90643
Left: Midway (l-r) Sam Flick, Ray Mahanke, Sam Buckalew Troop 18
About Good Turn Day…
Phil Stauffer, Vice President of Retail Operations. “Scouts do a ‘good turn’ for the community by collecting used clothing, books, housewares, and other items to be donated to Goodwill or by volunteering their time at a donation site. To recognize ‘Doing a Good Turn’ in these neighborhood service projects, a patch is then available to them.”
Good Turn Day also helps make the public aware of Goodwill’s need for donations of quality, gently used goods. The items collected are sold in Goodwill’s 12 retail stores to support its mission of helping individuals prepare for, find, and retain employment.
“The event creates a wonderful triple play,” said Nancy Ellis McClenaghan, President and CEO. “It gives individuals a way to pass along items they don’t need or want without harming the environment. It also helps the scouts learn firsthand about service. After Good Turn Day, the money raised by selling the donations helps individuals in need of employment assistance and enhances the local economy.”
For more information about Good Turn Day, contact Aimee Linderholm, at 330-724-6995 x 426 or alinderholm@goodwillakron.org
For Good Turn Day 2011, multiple Goodwill agencies from across Ohio worked together to participate on November 5. Those agencies include Goodwill Industries of Akron, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland & East Central Ohio, Goodwill of Lorain County, Sandusky Bay Area Goodwill Industries, Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries, and Goodwill Industries of Ashtabula.