A Pet Becomes a Therapy Dog and a Point Boro Girl Scout Wins a Gold Award
Alicia Rollano trains Ginger and earns the highest award in Girl Scouts
Alicia Rollano of Point Pleasant Borough recently earned the highest honor in Girl Scouting for training her dog, Ginger, to be a therapy dog. Only 5.4 percent of eligible Girl Scouts successfully earn the Gold Award. Alicia earned it by training Ginger to be a therapy dog that visits libraries where children read to dogs. Many people associate the Girl Scouts with elementary school girls selling cookies, learning fun skills to earn badges and camping. And those are all important elements of Scouting. But the Girl Scouts are in fact open to girls up to age 17, and also teaches scouts leadership and money management skills and community service. To qualify for the Gold Award, a Girl Scout must come up with a project which benefits the …
Suzanne
5:23 pm on Monday, June 27, 2011
This is a great story. Congratulations to Alicia and Ginger! more ›