“As the first Girl Scout troop in New York designed specifically for homeless girls, Troop 6000 began in February as a modest effort to help bring a sense of community, if not normalcy, to the 100 families with children who lived in a Queens shelter…”-The Christian Science Monitor
Girls living in a homeless shelter in New York City have found hope and friendship through the creation of their own Girl Scouts Troop. It all started with one homeless mother, Giselle Burgess,wanting to create something positive for her girls and others living in a homeless shelter and now there is funding for Girl Scout Troops to be established in an additional 14 homeless shelters in NYC.
Troop 6000 appeared on The View and received some special support:
Featured Image of Girl Scout Troop 6000 via Council Member Jerry Van Bramer’s office from Christian Science Monitor Post by Harry Bruinius.
#WATWB We Are The World Blogfest co-hosted this month by: Shilpa Garg, Sylvia McGrath, Mary Giese, Belinda Witzenhausen and Guilie Castillo
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What a nice story – thanks for sharing it, Deborah.
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My pleasure, Dan. It is nice to hear about positive things being done to support kids.
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Such an incredible and inspiring story!!! Thank you so much for sharing this and being part of #WATWB 🙂
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It is good to have some positive stories to share. Thank you, Belinda. 🙂
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This is wonderful Barbara! Girl Scouts for Homeless Girls…thank you so much for sharing it! 🙂
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Happy to have found this story to share. Thank you, Susan. 🙂
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