GIRL SCOUTS LEND PRAYERS IN VALLEY, POSTCARD WRITING ADDED TO USUAL CAMP ACTIVITIES.NORTH HILLS - ``I know you lost your friends and family, but we did not just lose a person, we gained an angel,'' wrote Emily Albert, 10, in a card she made for rescue workers in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and those injured by Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Albert was one of about 1,100 Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during taking time out Saturday from her Time Travel Encampment on the fields of the Veterans Administration Health Care Center to make cards. ``If I could, I would go to New York. I would help people with their problems,'' said Albert, with Junior Troop 1031, who signed her card, ``God bless. I hope you feel better. You didn't deserve this. Don't blame yourself.'' Lois Young, a 29-year volunteer with the Girl Scout Council of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , the organizer of the encampment, said turnout for the event was better than she expected. ``We had troops that canceled and showed up and decided it was a better place to be ... that their world is safe,'' Young said. Shannon Adams, spokeswoman for the council, said the organization met in the wake of Tuesday's terrorists attacks and felt it was important to go on with the event that had been planned for a year. ``This is an opportunity to show the girls that life goes on,'' she said. Many adult volunteers and Scouts wore flag pins and red, blue and white ribbons. Some tents were decorated with flags. Because the event was being held on federal property, Young noted armed security was provided. As in the past, visitors to the encampment and the Scouts were required to wear identification wrist bands. The Scouts began their day with a flag ceremony at 9 a.m. with the El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. Marching Band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players performing the national anthem. Throughout the day, they took to a rock climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. wall, made knots, beads and lanyards, learned to decipher Same as decrypt. maps and navigated fidget fidg·et v. fidg·et·ed, fidg·et·ing, fidg·ets v.intr. 1. To behave or move nervously or restlessly. 2. ladders. A highlight of the encampment was the Women Through Time workshop, which featured spinning wheels, Scout uniforms from different eras and other contributions by women in history. Kelsey Cox, 11, from Junior Troop 1145, made it through the ``worm'' - a string of tires - with a big smile on her face. ``You have to pull on the edges of the tires and pull yourself through,'' Cox said. The scouts plan to have their cards distributed at New York hospitals with the help of their counterparts on the East Coast. Amber Walkov, 11, also from Junior Troop 1031, hopes her card will brighten bright·en tr. & intr.v. bright·ened, bright·en·ing, bright·ens To make or become bright or brighter. bright someone's day. ``I think it will help encourage them to live on, not to try to forget, but get on with their lives,'' Walkov said. Her card reads, ``God bless America. God bless all the doctors, firemen, police and everyone who is there to help us make the world a better place. God bless America.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lauren Fried of Van Nuys was one of 1,100 Valley-area Girl Scouts who wrote postcards to New York and Washington. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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