Living by the Girl Scout Law, Even Without a Home
'The girls streamed into what once served as a dining room at a Sleep Inn in Queens, ready to begin their meeting with a roll call.
One by one came the names: “Jessica. Luz,” recited Karina, a fifth grader. “Carmen?”
The room was small enough that Karina could easily see who was there and who was not. But this was a meeting of Girl Scout Troop 6000, where girls learn to be leaders, and protocol is to be followed.
Troop 6000 is the first in New York City designated solely for homeless girls. All of the members live at the Sleep Inn, where the city has taken over all 10 floors to accommodate about 100 homeless families.
In a way, the troop, created in February, is a reflection of the state of homelessness in the city. Within the Girl Scouts of Greater New York, troop numbers are determined by the city’s five boroughs, with the 1000s in the Bronx, 2000s in Brooklyn and so on. But the members of Troop 6000 would not necessarily identify Queens as their home, so Girl Scout leaders extended the numerical sequence.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/nyregion/living-by-the-girl-scout-law-even-without-a-home.html?
Happy Easter
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I grew up in Queens and was a Brownie scout.
