Daisy Girl Scouts Serve Community Meal with Smiles!

BY SUZIE WELLS

1st grade Daisy Girl Scout Troop 40062 of the VictorFarmington Service Unit helped serve the free community dinner on March 11th at the Presbyterian Church on Main St. in Victor.

Co-leader Katie Rine said, “A lot of troop leaders in our Service Unit are very active in our community. One in particular, Heather McAdoo, helps to organize the community dinners … three Saturdays each month. Di erent organizations act as hosts and provide dinner, dessert, and volunteers” to run the event.

Rine said, “ is was our troop’s rst time hosting and it won’t be our last! e girls (and parents) really enjoyed it!” e dinner that day was a baked potato bar. Co-leader Christin Morse said the moms served the potatoes and topped them with the hot items (chili and broccoli) and the guests continued down the line to help themselves to other toppings (bacon, cheese, sour cream, chives). e troop also served salad and cookies to round out the meal. e girls set tables with silverware, napkins, salt and pepper, and butter. ey brought out toppings for the baked potato bar, mixed fruit punch in pitchers, and re lled items as they emptied. roughout dinner, the girls went around to guests, asking if anyone needed anything, more to drink, another napkin, etc. When guests nished, the girls cleared the tables and brought the empty dishes to the kitchen to be washed. is meal is o ered as eat-in or take-out, and Morse said that the meal served approximately 70 diners. Morse said, “ is was our rst time serving a community dinner and we are looking forward to our next!”

Guests said it was “so nice to be served by helpful, sweet, smiley girls.” e girls said the best part of the event was going around to each table during dinner to ask if anyone needed anything. All agreed the “best part was serving. But really the best part was everything.”

Morse said they are a young troop, and this was their rst service project. Before that, the troop collected donations for e Spot (thespotny.org) as part of earning their Making Choices and Good Neighbor badges. e Spot provides free school supplies, clothing, food, and shoes to UPK-12 students in need within the Victor school district.

Rine said, “We collected 5 pairs of socks, 10 pairs of gloves, 11 winter hats, a bag of personal care items, and enough snacks to supply the Victor Early Childhood School’s resource room for one month.”

Karen Hansen, another mom within the unit, organizes each community dinner’s musical entertainment with various genres, instruments, ages, etc. of local talented artists. Hansen says she even takes a turn performing on the piano. She says, “ ese dinners are a big asset to our community.”

To volunteer as a host or as musical entertainment for these dinners, please call, text, or email Hansen at 585-703-7432 / Karenhansen7@hotmail.com e Presbyterian Church has served this community dinner for 17 years. Each 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturday of the month from 5-6:30pm, enjoy a sit-down, family-style wholesome dinner cooked and served by volunteer hosts. All are welcome. Take-out meals are available for people who call the church at 585-924-2289 during the Community Dinner time. Dinners will be brought out to your car. e community Toiletry Closet is open during this time as well, so families and individuals may ll their household needs as they ll their bellies in fellowship.