2024 Community Service Opportunities
Scouting with Heart 2024 (Valentine Card Making for our Island's Senior Citizens)
- Community Service Valentine’s Day challenge! Help our Service Unit provide 350+ valentines for Mercer Island senior citizens living in community settings like Island House, Aljoya, Sunrise Assisted Living, Assisted Living at Covenant Shores, and Aegis Living for the THIRD year in a row! Together, we will be Scouting with Heart! Troop and/or individual scout participation is welcome!
- Friday, February 2nd, 6-8pm at the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church - Troop 46803 will host a Fun Friday to make Valentines for Scouting with Heart. Sign up here
- Troops can also make cards independently or together as a troop and drop off at Kara Lucas’s house on Feb. 11th from 9am-5pm. Please see guidelines on what to include on cards (also see examples below) and help us know how many we expect to receive by signing up with our sign up genius here
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Past Cards
Previous Events
12/1/23 and 12/9/23: Toys for Tots toy collection drives
7/15/23: Volunteer at the Girl Scouts table at the Mercer Island Summer Celebration
February 2023: Scouting with Heart - Valentine's Card Making
12/10/22: Toys for Tots (collection at Mercerdale Park)
10/22/22: Leaf Raking at MI Presbyterian Church
10/14/22: Mercer Island Forest Stewardship: Planting and Mulching at Homestead Field
4/30/2022: Volunteer at MIPA Circus: run the "Sea of Surprises" Booth
February 2022: Scouting with Heart
12/11/21: Toys for Tots
Check out this Cool Article on MI Girl Scouts in the Mercer Island Reporter!
Mercer Island Girl Scouts made 350 hand-made Valentines for seniors living at Sunrise, Aegis, Aljoya, Island House and Covenant Shores assisted living and memory care units.
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On Going Opportunities for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Service to Girl Scouting Bar | Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts
How to earn this leadership award Volunteer at least 20 hours with Girl Scouts—outside of your normal troop activities—and receive the Service to Girl Scouting Bar! Your service doesn’t need to be pre-approved, just work with an adult Girl Scout volunteer to make a plan for your service. Once you’ve completed your hours, you will receive your award pin from the Mercer Island Service Unit at our next event or celebration. Activities organized by the MI Girl Scouts Community Service team are eligible for hours, in addition to whatever volunteering for Girl Scouts, like assisting troops with investitures or bridging ceremonies, leading songs or activities, etc you may arrange independently. NOTE - hours can be applied to ONE award only. For example, Take Action projects, badge work, or Silver and Gold award projects cannot be applied toward these leadership awards.
Please return the form attached below (a scan is fine) to [email protected] upon completing 20 hours of service to Girl Scouts.
How to earn this leadership award Volunteer at least 20 hours with Girl Scouts—outside of your normal troop activities—and receive the Service to Girl Scouting Bar! Your service doesn’t need to be pre-approved, just work with an adult Girl Scout volunteer to make a plan for your service. Once you’ve completed your hours, you will receive your award pin from the Mercer Island Service Unit at our next event or celebration. Activities organized by the MI Girl Scouts Community Service team are eligible for hours, in addition to whatever volunteering for Girl Scouts, like assisting troops with investitures or bridging ceremonies, leading songs or activities, etc you may arrange independently. NOTE - hours can be applied to ONE award only. For example, Take Action projects, badge work, or Silver and Gold award projects cannot be applied toward these leadership awards.
Please return the form attached below (a scan is fine) to [email protected] upon completing 20 hours of service to Girl Scouts.
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Past Community Service Opportunities
Leaf Raking @ MI Presbyterian Church
Saturday, November 6 - Give one hour between 8am and noon!
Did you know Mercer Island Presbyterian Church supports MI Scouts by providing free storage space and meeting spaces? Leaders, it's not too late to request space!
To thank them for their generosity, please sign up to participate in their annual leaf raking event on Saturday, November 6th. Volunteer slots are available in hour increments, but you are welcome at anytime from 8am-12pm. Those huge grounds, terrific for scout meetings and events!, need some TLC! Please wear sturdy boot and bring work gloves, rakes, leaf blowers, wheel barrows, etc. The church will provide doughnuts and hot chocolate!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C48ACAF23A4F49-girl
PS - This patch is available for $1.69: https://www.advantageemblem.com/fun-patches/ s-3784-leaf-raking.asp
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Santa Scouts Donation Deadline November 15 For more than 10 years, Mercer Island Girl Scouts have partnered with Mercer Island Youth and Family Services to support local families with holiday donations of goods and financial support. Continuing COVID protocols dictate that we focus our efforts on the collection of gift cards and direct financial support in any amount for distribution by MIYFS. Troop and/or individual scout participation is welcome! Troops or individuals may purchase gift cards (suggestions include Amazon, Target, or Fred Meyer), place them in an envelope marked “Service Unit 430 - Holiday Santa Scouts” and deliver them to the white drop box located in the City Hall parking lot. Troops or individuals may make an online cash donation to MIYFS that will be directed to the Holiday or Emergency Assistance Program. |