Leading Girl Scout strong in her first year as a volunteer, Jennifer Mooney loves giving
back to her community!
In her first year as a Girl Scout troop leader, Jennifer Mooney has found her passion in
community service and leadership. “It’s been a whirlwind of a year,” she says. Located in Clearfield County, Jennifer leads a multi-level group of Daisies and Brownies. Since completing her first year, she now has more confidence in her abilities to lead and teach her Girl Scout troop.
After her own year of growing and learning in leadership and experience, she has had the joy of seeing her Girl Scouts grow for their first times.
“They are definitely more outgoing, more confident in themselves. They’re really going out of their way to be helpful to each other and to others,” she recalls.
She wants to encourage other new volunteers to never give up, because it is very rewarding. “It takes a lot of energy and motivation and time,” but, she says, “I’m not a quitter.”
Her favorite memory is from Oct. 31, Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday. She remembers, “We made homemade ice cream to do that, along with a piñata. We just had a little birthday party at our troop level.” Her memory is as sweet as the homemade vanilla ice cream they made!
“They are definitely more outgoing, more confident in themselves. They’re really going out of their way to be helpful to each other and to others.”
Jennifer Mooney
To encourage her Girl Scouts to give back to the community, Jennifer has organized two meaningful troop projects this year. The first project this summer will be to improve the local cleanliness of one of Pennsylvania’s state parks. She says, “We are going to do a community service project at one of the state parks, where we are going to help them clean up for the spring and summer season.”
The second project is a community collection project to acquire donated supplies and toiletries and give them to local veterans. “There’s a VA clinic that we will be dropping the supplies off with,” she says. “In this day and age, it is so hard to find people to volunteer and give back to their community. That’s one thing that I hope I can get across to them. That’s so important,” she says about her Girl Scouts.
Jennifer enjoys giving back to her community. Through the Girl Scouts, she hopes that she can continue to teach her Girl Scouts a strong love for community service, too.
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