GIRL SCOUTS NAME SAUGUS EDUCATOR AS THEIR HEROINE.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer Move over, Madeleine Albright Madeleine Korbel Albright (born May 15 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on December 5 1996 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23 1997. . Step aside, Pocahontas. Make way for Carol Tavares, recently named by Girl Scout Troop No. 24 as the Hidden Heroine in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . Tavares, 53, is a teacher at Small World Preschool in Saugus. Previously a nurse, the Valencia resident has spent her life helping disadvantaged families and children, and saved many lives along the way, said Vicki White, leader of the 16 girls in the Joshua Tree Joshua tree: see yucca. Council troop. ``I guess they realize that she's such a good person,'' White said. ``She's one of those humble people. That's probably why she's never been acknowledged.'' Brownie brownie, in Celtic folklore, household spirit associated with farmsteads. Brownies help with chores, but, if criticized, they will make mischief, such as spoiling crops. If payment other than food is offered a brownie, he vanishes from a farm forever. Girl Scout Brianna Viera, 8, of Saugus said she chose Tavares above all because the woman educated parents on how to purify Purify - A debugging tool from Pure Software. well water for babies in a poor, predominantly African-American region in Alabama during a summer government education program while she attended college in 1965. ``She's done a lot of things for the country. She saved a lot of babies' lives,'' Brianna said. ``She had to teach the parents how to boil the water before putting it in the formula.'' Tavares, also a founding board member of the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry, which distributes food to the needy, said she was surprised by the girls' recognition of her as she went to a home Thursday to speak to them about caring for children. ``I didn't know this was happening. I was totally speechless speech·less adj. 1. Lacking the faculty of speech. 2. Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment. 3. Refraining from speech; silent. 4. . I thought I was going to teach baby-sitting,'' she said. Tavares is also a lifelong volunteer for the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. , where she teaches parenting classes. She was once a Girl Scout and leader herself, she said. ``I originally wanted to go into the Peace Corps, but I realized that I didn't have to go halfway around the world to find people who needed help. The need was right here in our nation,'' she said. She now passes this message on to youths. Tavares was given a 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 T-shirt, along with recognition letters from the troop, the Red Cross and the Food Pantry. The girls also collected five large bags of food for their heroine to take to the Food Pantry. The girls chose Tavares as part of a Girl Scout project in celebration of the organization's 85th anniversary. In choosing their heroine, they earn points toward a badge. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Carol Tavares, left, is honored by Girl Scouts as a Hidden Heroine. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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