Ansonia Cadette Troop 60500 earns Silver Award

Girl Scouts work to promote breast cancer awareness

Girl Scouts pictured above are (counter clockwise from bottom left): Rebecca Cafaro, Amanda Vasas, Kaitlyn Sarandrea, Shelley Hopkins, Carly Toth, Jamie Karas, Jessica Palmer, Allie Ricci, Shannon Cayer-McCarthy, Rebecca Chilly, and Danica Graham. Missing from the photo is Jahia Owens.

On Nov. 4 a banquet was held to honor the 12 girls from Ansonia Girl Scout Cadette Troop 60500 who earned their Silver Award (Girl Scouts' second highest award).
In a collaborative effort, the girls volunteered more than 56 hours each in support of Breast Cancer Awareness over the past year specifically with The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness at Griffin Hospital in Derby.

They donated a Christmas tree with more than 500 breast cancer ornaments; made and donated more than 300 mastectomy pillows; made and donated more than 100 Bottles of Hope; put together and donated 200 goodie bags with items donated by various businesses, family and friends; and met and spent time with the women of the Griffin Hospital breast cancer support group.
To wrap up their award the girls volunteered at the annual Griffin Hospital 5K Walk/Run by distributing water and more than 200 key chains that they made for the event.

The above information was contributed by Carole Cafaro, one of the Troop leaders.