Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Southpoint Sun - 11A
Local Beaver Scout pursuing highest award
By Deanna Bertrand which is the highest levShe explained that it COTTAM — Love, el of distinction a Beaver required several steps, help, donate — and earn Scout can achieve. including many hours the highest level award “Not everybody of planning, community for a young Beaver. achieves this,” she ex- service hours in Scouting That is the goal and plained. “This is not and non-Scouting comtheme for a service project something she has to do.” munity events, and then created by seven-year-old Heinrichs said that a final review before the White Tail Beaver, Sierra with the pandemic it was award is presented. Crissford, of 2nd Cottam “quite remarkable” to her Heinrichs expects SierScouting. that when they were “just ra will be presented the Sierra was out selling trying to keep Scouting award sometime next used books and collecting alive” and holding meet- month, once she comdonations at the Rotary ings online that Sierra pletes the donation to the Park in Cottam Saturday, would take on this proj- hospital. November 27 with the ect. You can follow her goal to use the money “This pandemic has progress on the 2nd Cotraised to “help the kids” been very challenging for tam Scouting Facebook at Windsor Regional Hos- all of us,” said Heinrichs. page. pital. Her hope is to purchase items for the children that will make their stay in hospital a little easier. She plans to make her donation at the hospital December 8. Sierra said she had already received many donations from her school — Gosfield North Public School — where she also held a previous used book and new battery drive. Sierra Crissford with many donations of books she is resellScout leader Crys- ing to raise funds to help children ease their stay in hospital tal Heinrichs said that this holiday season. It is part of a service project she is workSierra is completing ing on to earn the highest level award, the North Star Award. her North Star Award SUN photo by Deanna Bertrand
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