Local Girl Scout Donates Cookies to Foster Care Children
(Left to right) Ireland Kavanagh & Piper Nowicki
WARWICK, RI (June 7, 2023)— Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England (GSSNE) is incredibly proud of Girl Scout Daisy, Piper Nowicki, from Troop 206 in Exeter/West Greenwich for raising enough money to donate over 500 boxes of cookies to Rhode Island children in foster care.
Piper worked incredibly hard throughout the cookie season to raise enough money to give back to foster children in Rhode Island. Piper wanted to do something nice for children in foster care because her grandpa and his siblings were in a group home when they were young. Piper has always been aware of the foster care system and has always wanted to give back to children in foster care.
(Left to right) Piper Nowicki & Ireland Kavanagh
Piper and fellow troop member, Ireland Kavanagh, visited Adoption Rhode Island in March and donated 200 boxes of cookies. This month, Piper and Ireland visited Child & Family Rhode Island where they donated over 350 boxes of cookies to foster care families. Ireland pitched in with the donation efforts during the cookie season as well and was able to donate around 50 boxes bringing the total to 570 boxes.
When Piper’s mom and troop leader, Melissa Nowicki, asked Piper how she felt about the donations she made, Piper gave her a huge smile and a thumbs up.
“I’ve been a Girl Scout volunteer for 14 years, and this is one of the most beautiful efforts I’ve seen. It speaks beautifully to what it means to make the world a better place and shows that even the smallest among us can be deeply kind and caring. Piper is the essence of what it means to be a Girl Scout,” said Jenn Spira, Exeter/West Greenwich Service Unit Manager
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