By Marty Trese, KnoxPages.com Editor
MOUNT VERNON – While some teenagers may have enjoyed kicking back and relaxing last weekend, Isabel Hooley, 14, and Alaina Pullins,13, spent the weekend working to achieve one of the top honors in Girl Scouts – the Silver Award. The girls stained picnic tables, power washed a deck, swept and mopped at Camp Cornish on Cornish Road. Both are required to put in at least 50 hours on a project to receive the award. They are members of Troop 2793 led by Dena Hooley, Kathy Pullins and Sylvia Cook.
Girl Scouts Isabel Hooley, left, Alaina Pullins, center and Kayleigh Ross stained picnic tables at Camp Cornish as part of Isabel and Alaina’s Silver Award project. – KnoxPages.com photo
The project involves more than the physical labor. The girls made a presentation to the Community Foundation for permission to complete the project. They also sought funding from local attorney Scott Pullins, Alaina’s dad, to purchase paint and other materials.
Kayleigh Ross, a Centerburg 7th grader, helped out Isabel and Alaina. She has plans for her own Silver Project in the future to make tie blankets for area law enforcement.
Alaina said she likes the service and social aspects of scouting and “Friendships that last.”
