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Scouts create bookshelf for dementia resources

Girl Scouts from Troop 67210 (from left) Ana Japaridze, Amelia Rosado, Megha Sheelvant and Shresta Belladiga pose with a bookshelf they recently completed as part of their Silver Award project to store dementia resources at the Hopkinton Senior Center. PHOTO/JENNIFER RIEMER

Four Hopkinton Girl Scouts recently were recognized for completing a Silver Award project that benefits the Hopkinton Senior Center.

Scouts from Troop 62710 built a bookshelf for the Senior Center’s library for resources on dementia. According to Jennifer Riemer, one of the girl’s mothers, the girls came up with the idea after taking an interest in dementia and the Senior Center.

“One thing [the Senior Center] identified is they needed a resource center for dementia,” Reimer recounted of a meeting the Scouts had with Senior Center staff. She noted that a lot of those resources were scattered around the center and sometimes difficult to locate. A bookshelf would put everything in one place and be easier to access.

The girls decided to make the shelf their project for the Girl Scout Silver Award. To earn the Silver Award, Scouts must identify an issue that affects their community and choose a project that will create a lasting change or difference, Riemer explained.

“[The project] will make information about dementia more accessible and less awkward to maintain,” said Riemer.

Along with constructing the shelf, the Scouts also decorated it with purple flowers. Purple is the color of dementia awareness, which will help make the shelf more identifiable.

“The girls were so enthusiastic about it, which is nice to see,” Riemer said of the project. “They had a cause they were really interested in.”

Further interest in dementia led to the Scouts taking the Senior Center’s Dementia Friends training last year. They completed training to become “Dementia Champions” as well, which allows them to run their own Dementia Friends trainings.

The girls celebrated their completed project with a Silver Award ceremony last week at the Senior Center. They also have participated in events such as Hopkinton Family Day and the PolyArts festival to provide information about their project and engage the community. Riemer said the project was received well by members of the public.

“We’re very proud of these girls,” she added. “They’ve worked very hard.”

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Photo of the Day

Mike Tarsi (right) works on a lamp for Marc Kutzer during Saturday’s Repair Fair at the Senior Center.

PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO