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Creative Independence Day Service Projects

July 4th is an awesome day of fun festivities. It is a day when you can relax and celebrate American independence. Volunteerism is an important value in America, so what better day to volunteer than July 4th? See what you can do to help your community!

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Katie’s Krops

To make Papa Stag’s Eggplant Delish, you need 3 Japanese eggplants, breadcrumbs, some olive oil, eggs and seasoning. Then, just follow Katie Stagliano’s family recipe.  While Papa Stag’s Eggplant Delish is Katie’s favorite recipe to cook, she’s focused on a bigger project. Katie is the six-teen year old founder of Katie’s Krops, an organization that grows and donates vegetables to feed the hungry all across the United States. 

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Going for the Gold

After earning the Girl Scout Silver Award, Carly Beard knew she wanted to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a girl scout can earn. She would need to create a project proposition that fulfilled all the required elements and propose it to the council. If approved, she would need to complete the project and submit a final project. If this all went well, she would earn the award.

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Fighting Hunger One Garden at a Time

I have always wanted to plant a vegetable garden.  My parents were not as eager or supportive to allow me to dive in the dirt to plant a garden. They assumed that a garden would be too much work to start up and that the upkeep and maintenance would be challenging. It is always fun to prove your parents wrong.

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Volunteers are the Heart of a Community

The L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth program, as described by Lisa Capparelli, the Senior Vice President of Integrated Marketing Communications at L’Oréal Paris, is a “program [that] celebrates everyday women who follow their true passion to make a difference in the world through volunteerism”.  From the program’s beginning in 2006, Women of Worth has recognized 70 different women and still continues with their goal to “recognize and reward the women who selflessly give their time, energy, and passion to causes close to their hearts”.

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