AHG Service Stories

Service projects look a little different in today’s circumstances, but that hasn’t stopped American Heritage Girls across the country from giving back to their communities! Troop leaders looking for service ideas that are compatible with social-distancing and virtual settings are invited to download the AHG in a Virtual Setting and Service in a Virtual Setting addendum from AHG’s online resource library.

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AHG FAMILY REMEMBERS FALLEN HEROES ON MEMORIAL DAY

Memorial Day is a holiday devoted to honoring America’s heroes. American Heritage Girls across the country took part in important ceremonies, service projects, and outreach programs recognizing the ultimate sacrifice made by brave men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces. Typical Memorial Day Parades were cancelled this year, but AHG girls like Grace, a Pioneer in FL1231, joined their families to honor the fallen. Pictured here with her mom Teri, Troop Coordinator, and her dad Greg, Outdoor Coordinator, Grace and her family placed flags on veteran headstones this year. “As American Heritage Girls and volunteers, we vow to honor our country and serve in our community. Our hearts go out to the family and friends that have lost loved ones who have served our great nation,” said Teri.

TEXAS GIRL’S QUARANTINE CARE PACKAGES BRING SMILES TO COMMUNITY

In the early weeks of COVID-19 quarantining, families across the country scrambled to find ways to fill their kids’ newfound time at home. But American Heritage Girls already knew the solution to extra family time at home—service! As part of the Together as a Family Badge, Abigail, a Tenderheart in TX2237, bundled up some supplies to take to widows and widowers in her church family. She packaged up food and basic supplies like bread, canned foods, jam, paper towels, and the ever-so-popular quarantine necessity—toilet paper! Even at a young age Abigail knows what it means to embody Scripture’s call to care for widows and neighbors.

FLORIDA PATRIOT’S LEVEL AWARD SERVICE PROJECT BENEFITS LOCAL KIDS IN NEED

Sarah, a Patriot in FL0001, is working toward earning her Dolley Madison Award, the highest achievement in the AHG Level Awards Program. While the Dolley Madison Level Award has recently been replaced by the Abigail Adams Level Award, the need to complete a service project remains. Girls are now required to plan, organize, promote, and implement a Multi-Troop activity community outreach event with no less than 25 hours of participation, 10 more hours than previously required. Level Award service projects provide girls the opportunity to both give back and lead other youth from their Troop. Sarah organized a carnival-themed event for local American Heritage Girls, providing an opportunity for service and fun! The price of admission to the event was a brand-new stuffed animal to benefit children through a local police department.“My prayer in faith is that the stuffed animals are a blessing and provide comfort to the children who receive them,” said Sarah.