You might say hi to them because they have the Thin Mints and Carmel DeLites you crave, but members of Kewaunee Girl Scout Troop 4160 hope you stay for the conversation concerning their upcoming Silver Award endeavor. Alongside their cookie sales at the local grocery store in Kewaunee on March 4th and 18th, Kewaunee Girl Scout Troop 4160 is raising funds for a pair of projects. One of the girls hopes to build new cat beds to replace the ones being used at a Luxemburg-area veterinarian’s office. The other girls are raising funds to build an interactive area for the goats at the Bruemmer Park Zoo. Leader Laura Gerold is proud of the girls for using their sales day to show the community what else Girl Scouts do outside of the traditional cookie sales window.

Last year, the troop rebuilt the stairs at Kewaunee’s Selner Park, which sparked two other park improvement projects within the city shortly after they were completed. They hope they can spark a similar response when they complete their Silver Award project. The Silver Award is one step below the Gold Award, which is the Girl Scouts' equivalent of the Boy Scouts’ Eagle Scout rank.