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Girl Scouts Centennial Day of Service focuses on water quality
Mon, Oct 8th, 2012
Posted in Stewartville Features
Posted in Stewartville Features
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Ava from Shakopee designed the water quality patch. Photo submitted
If you see Girl Scouts in neon-green T-shirts bustling all over Stewartville on Saturday October 13th, it is on account of the Girl Scout Centennial Day of Service. A celebration ceremony will be held in Florence Park after the major service project is completed.
It’s not just Stewartville, but in River Valley’s 49 counties, more than 30,000 girls and adult volunteers are working to raise awareness on water quality.
Nicci Sylvester, Stewartville Troop 43250 co-leader, is proud of her girls and their families and said that it “Takes a village to raise our young ones and as my favorite saying goes, ‘We are women (and girl scouts), hear us roar!’”
The Centennial Day of Service effort aims to raise awareness about the effect of public waste on Minnesota’s waterways. Of particular concern, “when grass, leaves and pet waste travel to waterways through storm drains,” says the Girl Scouts River Valleys flyer, “phosphorus is created by the decaying leaves, turning clear water green with algae. This depletes oxygen levels in the water, making it hard for fish and other water animals to survive.”
The Girl Scouts plan to take action by raking leaves, marking over fifty storm drains throughout the city, and generally clearing debris from roads and neighborhoods to prevent contamination flowing into local waterways. Also, the Scouts will distribute door hangers to inform the public about ways to help, reminding us that what goes down storm drains ends up in local rivers and lakes.
The goal of this effort has a bottom line. The Girl Scouts are hoping to prevent “20,000 pounds of phosphorus from ending up in local waterways. This will prevent 10 million points of algae growth and save $6 million in clean-up costs throughout the council.”
The reward for all this hard work is, of course, a water quality patch to go on their vests. The patch (shown) was designed by 10-year-old Brownie, Ava of Shakopee.
Savana Sylvester, a Junior in the Stewartville troop, spoke of the coming event with conviction, “It’s our job to help keep Stewartville clean, that’s what Girl Scouts do!”
It’s not just Stewartville, but in River Valley’s 49 counties, more than 30,000 girls and adult volunteers are working to raise awareness on water quality.
Nicci Sylvester, Stewartville Troop 43250 co-leader, is proud of her girls and their families and said that it “Takes a village to raise our young ones and as my favorite saying goes, ‘We are women (and girl scouts), hear us roar!’”
The Centennial Day of Service effort aims to raise awareness about the effect of public waste on Minnesota’s waterways. Of particular concern, “when grass, leaves and pet waste travel to waterways through storm drains,” says the Girl Scouts River Valleys flyer, “phosphorus is created by the decaying leaves, turning clear water green with algae. This depletes oxygen levels in the water, making it hard for fish and other water animals to survive.”
The Girl Scouts plan to take action by raking leaves, marking over fifty storm drains throughout the city, and generally clearing debris from roads and neighborhoods to prevent contamination flowing into local waterways. Also, the Scouts will distribute door hangers to inform the public about ways to help, reminding us that what goes down storm drains ends up in local rivers and lakes.
The goal of this effort has a bottom line. The Girl Scouts are hoping to prevent “20,000 pounds of phosphorus from ending up in local waterways. This will prevent 10 million points of algae growth and save $6 million in clean-up costs throughout the council.”
The reward for all this hard work is, of course, a water quality patch to go on their vests. The patch (shown) was designed by 10-year-old Brownie, Ava of Shakopee.
Savana Sylvester, a Junior in the Stewartville troop, spoke of the coming event with conviction, “It’s our job to help keep Stewartville clean, that’s what Girl Scouts do!”
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9:22:42, Oct 15th 2012
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