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Bluhm and Tipler work towards Silver Award
Photo submitted by Clare Tipler
Juniors Clare Tipler and Sammie Bluhm sell girl scout cookies on Grand Ave. “I have been a girl scout since I was five years old. To me, being one means being able to help people and do good and give back to your community,” Bluhm said.
January 17, 2016
11 years after starting their journey as Girl Scout’s, juniors Sammie Bluhm and Clare Tipler are on their way to earning their Silver Award, the highest award that cadet girl scouts can earn. This particular award is focused on community service, asking potential award winners to determine an issue in the community they are especially interested in.
“I have been a girl scout since I was five years old. To me, being one means being able to help people and do good and give back to your community,” Bluhm said.
The process to obtain the award is outlined in 8 steps, which according to Girl Scouts, include going on a cadet journey, identifying issues you care about, building your girl scout silver award team, exploring your journey, picking your take action project, developing your project, making a plan and putting into motion, and finally reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
Bluhm and Tipler have chosen to focus on human trafficking in the Twin Cities. Their main project is making posters and putting them up around the school, to raise awareness.
“I want to make this issue aware to people who might not know much about it, giving back to the community,” Bluhm said.
One of the parameters of the project is to determine what group of people the project hopes to positively effect.
“[This is aimed towards] women and children because they are large targets [of human trafficking] here in the Twin Cities,” Bluhm said.
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Valerie Bluhm • Jan 24, 2016 at 5:27 pm
Hi, Sammie. Congratulations on all that you are doing for your Silver Award. Your community project sounds great. I look forward to hearing more about it this summer. My best to you and Clare.