Each troop meeting, our amazing Brownie girls sacrificially drop money in a small bucket for charity. In November, the girls ran our circle time to decide what they wanted to do with our money. So many wonderful ideas were thrown out from adopting a family in need, taking care of soldiers from afar, an animal rescue, and much more. The girls voted, which they thought was really cool and chose this semester’s donations to go to Sunshine Acres, a children’s home here just minutes away in north Mesa. After calling the place and finding their needs (since we can’t give money), Baylee, Abigail, and Alyssa went shopping with the money from the troop and our Kempiak Party of Five’s extra donations. We were able to purchase $99 worth of batteries (for the kids’ toys they got for Christmas) and Mc Donald’s gift certificates for a fun treat out.
Today we dropped off our donations and to our surprise, we were blessed with a tour that took several hours which included meeting some of the sweet boys and girls that call this place ‘home’. Sunshine Acres is such a beautiful, sacrificial place to be. We all left motivated to help more, encouraged in fellow ‘man’, humbled, and very touched. We can’t wait to partner with them again and hopefully bring the rest of our Brownie family. ☻
Here's the girls on the "tour cart"...can you see their playground in the background?
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