American Heritage Girls Troop Leader Carla Goad called ahead to make arrangements to deliver the handcrafted Birdhouses. Carla Informed me that the American Heritage
Girls are a Faith Based Scouting Program for Girls.
The girls in Carla's group are 4th - 6th grade, and were working on their "Nature and Wildlife" Badge. The idea is to
help wildlife and donate to a nonprofit organization. The girls chose World Bird Sanctuary
to donate their handcrafted birdhouses. For many of the girls it was their
first time using a hammer! The girls
built wooden birdhouses, assembled with nails. They delivered the birdhouses in a red wagon.
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| The proud girl scouts with the birdhouses that they built and donated to World Bird Sanctuary. |
Carla's Group is from St. Charles, Missouri. We were delighted to receive these lovingly crafted birdhouses to help our birds. The American Heritage Girls told us we
could sell the birdhouses to raise money for our Education Department. By the time of this Blog, we have already sold half
of the birdhouses. The girls and
their leaders and their siblings toured our Nature Center and had a wonderful
time learning about our
animals and wildlife.
We are grateful to the American Heritage Girls MO 3368 troop for all of their hard work. Their efforts help nesting birds and World Bird Sanctuary continue our mission of education. We took some
group photos on stage and Lisbeth Hodges brought out Slayer the Boa Constrictor
for the girls to pet and to get a memorable photo.
Submitted by Michael Zeloski, Director of Education.
Just to be clear, American Heritage Girls is NOT Girl Scouts. These are two distinctly different organizations. As reported, AHG is a faith-based program. Well done American Heritage Girls!
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