Seventh grade girls from Girl Scout Troop 1062 in Granger were awarded the Girl Scout Silver Award in January, the highest honor a Cadette Girl Scout can achieve.
The 10 seventh graders who earned the Silver Award included Lauren Alertsen, Mya Browne, Felicity David, Addi Dorenkamp, Peyton Faust, Becca Hansen, Adalyn Smith, Khyann Vance, Kaylee Kraft and Kaitlynn Marks. The leaders who assisted the girls were Susanne David and Lindsay Alertsen.
All of the girls are seventh graders at Woodward-Granger Middle School, and most of them have been in Girl Scouts since kindergarten.
Only 10% of Girl Scouts earn the Silver Award, David said, which is a national award with national standards and “represents the time, leadership, creativity and effort girls contribute to making their communities better.”
The Granger Girl Scouts partnered with the Puppy Jake Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping military veterans through the assistance of well-bred, socialized and professionally trained service dogs.
The girls reached out to their community for help, and they raised a total of 140 donations.
“The girls showed great concern for military veterans,” David said. “They wanted to do something that would benefit this group after a Puppy Jake representative come to one of our meetings and talked to the girls about what they do and how they help our military veterans.”
For more information about this organization, visit the Puppy Jake Foundation website.
