Girl Scout Good Turn Day
A Community Service Project
Girl Scouts Troops of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois have
the opportunity to collaborate with Goodwill Industries of the
Heartland on their Annual Good Turn Days Service Project.
All area Girl Scout Troops have the opportunity to participate
in this community service project on behalf of Goodwill of the
Heartland. Participation in the Good Turn Days Service Project
is voluntary.
The event allows the troop members to benefit their local community
in four ways:
- Participating troops complete a community service project benefiting
an area not-for-profit;
- Troops help the environment directly by collecting goods that
might otherwise be sent to the landfill;
- Troops directly contribute to the community good by helping
to reduce, reuse and recycle goods;
- Troop members earn a training experience (offered by Goodwill
as a thank you) that helps them better understand the
challenges that
people with disabilities face.
Troops use flyers provided by Goodwill or they may prefer to make
their own posters to help publicize the event in schools, churches
or neighborhood centers. Later they collect and deliver those donations
to their area Goodwill Store or Donation Center.
After completing the spring collection, Goodwill staff members
offer participating troops the opportunity for training about Goodwill’s
services for people with disabilities and the organization’s
unique role in community recycling efforts. Training events include
activities to help Girl Scouts increase their awareness of people
with physical and mental disabilities, and how language shapes
attitudes about people and their abilities. Other activities introduce
Girl Scouts to ideas about the ways they can recycle everyday,
household items.
Individual troops receive a certificate of participation and each
Girl Scout receives a patch commemorating their involvement.
Questions?
Please contact your Girl Scout service unit manager or contact
Rosemarie Reese, at Goodwill with any questions you have regarding
the Good
Turn Days Service Project:
rreese@goodwillheartland.org
(319)-337-4158
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