Dar-us-Salaam Girl Scout Troop 2802’s Empty Bowls fill Empty Stomachs

The girls in the troop started preparing for the event weeks before anyone sat down to enjoy a bowl of soup.  The Junior Girl Scouts were responsible for researching local charities that could use the money and chose Meals on Wheels, while the Cadettes researched soup recipes.  In early December, the troop visited The Pottery Studio at Fulton and hand-painted the soup bowls and mugs to be given to donors. The night before the event Cadettes, Juniors and a few Brownies came together to cook up a few batches of homemade Minestrone soup. The girls had an excellent time slicing, dicing, stewing and enjoying each other’s company.  

Lisa Ealley, a fellow Girl Scout and the local Meals on Wheels representative expressed to the young ladies that their donations would be used to feed seniors who cannot go out to feed themselves, and that for many of them, the Meals on Wheels volunteer who delivers their food, may be the only person they see all day.  The Girl Scouts were touched to know that not only would the money they raised be used to feed the needy, but it would also provide a smiling face for someone who might be lonely.

Troop 2802 hopes to participate in more community service activities to benefit the Meals on Wheels program and other local charities in the future.