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GIRL SCOUT TROOP 4549 USES COOKIE PROCEEDS FOR GOOD Building Leaders
Girl Scout Troop 4549, comprised of girls from Dingeman Elementary, Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary, and St. Gregory the Great Catholic School, works together each year to sell cookies by sending marketing videos to their friends and family members, walking their neighborhoods to sell door-to-door, and selling at cookie booths throughout the community. The girls use their cookie proceeds to fund educational activities throughout the year. Recently, the troop spent a weekend at Camp Winacka in Julian with other troops from Scripps Ranch, where they learned about and celebrated unsung heroines, and spent time crafting, hiking, and rock climbing. The girls have also used their proceeds to visit Butterfly Farms in Encinitas and participate in a workshop at the Fleet Science Center.
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The girls also use their cookie proceeds to help others in the community. When they were Brownies, the girls used a portion of their proceeds to buy approximately 100 books for patients at Rady Children’s Hospital. They also purchased a hockey set for students at the Monarch School in San Diego. This year, the troop will be donating some of their cookie proceeds to Feeding San Diego’s BackPack program, which aims to help meet the nutritional needs of low-income students over the weekends and school holidays. Learn more about Girl Scouting opportunities in Scripps Ranch at www.sdgirlscouts.org. ¢
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For Savannah Philyaw, creative inspiration is found in all sorts of places, from her close-knit Scripps Ranch community to the treehouse in her yard. Since her first solo performance almost a decade ago at the age of 15, Savannah has been playing music at block parties, house parties, concerts in the park, and most recently, in the recording studio. Not long ago, Savannah recorded and released her first full-length album, A Whisper in the Wind, showcasing her self-described folk-pop musical style, “fusing acoustic elements with touches of country and an imaginative spirit.” She enjoyed the recording process with her producer, Joel Piper, and compared the experience to a big art project. As much as she loved the collaborative nature of it all, Savannah also recognizes the importance of following her intuition. “Writing the album was a great exercise in following my own instincts and trying my best to write what was in my soul, rather than writing what I think other people will want to hear,” she shared. “Of course, with the hope that the truths within me would resonate with others and inspire them to feel something good.” Savannah’s favorite thing about music is songwriting, and has co-written music with multiplatinum songwriter Michael Natter, who is best known for writing “I Won’t Give Up” with Jason Mraz, as well as Jack Tempchin, who wrote “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Already Gone” for the Eagles. “I love how creating a song is like grabbing a little idea out of the air and making it into something that expresses an emotion,” she said. “It’s fascinating that a song can then draw that emotion out of others and bring people together.” Savannah’s songs have been played in TV shows like Teen Titans Go! and Unikitty, and she was also recently nominated for Best Pop Album in the 2020 San Diego Music Awards.
When she’s not writing songs or singing, Savannah enjoys spending time with people she loves, going to the beach for sunsets, embroidering, collecting crystals, drawing, animating, decorating, and growing plants, fruits, and vegetables. She also likes to help the families in her neighborhood with kids, pets, and musical endeavors. “I spend lots of time fueling imagination among the kids in the community through music, art projects, planting seeds, and making fairy gardens together,” she shared. Scripps Ranch has always been an integral part of her journey. “My neighbors have been my chosen family for my entire life and we have all seen so much together through the years,” she acknowledged. ¢
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