On January 11 Daisy Troop 1 brought holiday cheer to senior citizens living at the Résidence Soyer in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The girls visited three floors of the residence, singing Christmas carols in French and English and distributing homemade cookies. The Daisies, who were painfully shy at the start of the year, impressively rose to the occasion, singing boldly and in unison, and chatting with the seniors while passing out the/ goûter/.Three special encounters marked the visit. One was troop member Caroline’s 97-year-old grandmother, Amelia Bourdet. Another was a blind women who despite her handicap draws beautiful colored flower prints (and gave the troop several).
The last was an American GI who married French after WWII and made Paris his home. He was quite surprised to awake from his nap with a gang of American Girl Scouts and mammas surrounding his bed piping English Christmas tunes. Once he figured out it wasn’t a dream, he smiled and clapped for more.
When asked what they liked about the project, Daisy Carlotta answered “that we sang.”
Penelope liked best “that we gave cookies.”Carlotta later explained, “We were nice to them.” When asked if the seniors enjoyed the visit, she said “Yes, because they said thank you and smiled.”
It was a great service project because the girls were in direct contact with those they were helping. Many of the residents had not had visitors in quite awhile and were dazzled by our girls. A petal well earned for our Grand Section girls!
Girl Scout STUDIO 2B is a program for girls 11 – 17 to Become, Belong, Believe and to Build. It’s a way for girls to experience Girl Scouts. They can complete Focus Book and Charm series individually or in groups, at meetings or on their own, peruse the Collections, earn the Silver and Gold Awards or just meet up with their friends – it’s a “by girls, for girls” approach! Check it out on
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