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Girl Scout garden project aims to beautify Senior Center

Girl Scouts from Troop 82358 are designing and raising funds for a garden that will circle the Senior Center’s new sign.

Cadettes from Girl Scout Troop 82358 hope to make a mark on the community with a garden at the Hopkinton Senior Center.

The garden project is part of the Scouts’ efforts to earn their Silver Key Award. Jenna Gavula, co-leader of Troop 82358, explained that the award is one of the highest awards in Girl Scouts.

“They need to create some kind of product or service or educational program that is sustainable in the community,” she said. The project involves the girls solving a long-term problem in the community, and requires 50 hours of work.

The troop has three teams working on their Silver Key Awards, and two of those teams are focused on the Senior Center garden. One is tasked with fundraising for the project while the other is handling design and logistics.

Once all the money to fund the project is raised, the fundraising team will hold a financial education presentation for the community about what they learned, the process of fundraising and fiscal responsibility.

The Scouts’ fundraising goal is set at $2,000. Gavula said the girls have set aside some of their cookie sale profits — about $500 — and raised more funds from a bake sale during the Caroling on the Common event in December. She noted that the Scouts will be holding three additional fundraisers throughout March.

“Ideally, we raise $1,200 for these events coming up,” she said.

On Saturday, the Scouts will host a warm vinyasa class with Shanti Yoga. Other events, including a spring crafting event for kids at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts and a family-friendly movie night at the John Warren Masonic Lodge, will be held later in March.

The Scouts hope to have the money raised and the project completed in April or May. The finished garden will circle around the Senior Center’s new sign.

“We felt building a circular garden around it would bring attention to, and beautify, the Senior Center,” said Gavula. She added that there are plans to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony once the garden is completed.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

Latest News

The School Committee on Thursday approved change orders for the Hopkins School project including flooring replacement, bathroom renovations and repairs on Loop Road.

School Superintendent Evan Bishop discussed plans for refining administrative roles and identifying new candidates with the School Committee on Thursday as two high-level staff members prepare to exit their roles with the school district.

Our latest Sports Roundup covers Hopkinton High School girls basketball’s loss in the Division 1 state tournament and the upcoming HHS boys hockey game against Canton.

Elizabeth Morin, 45, of Hopkinton passed away Feb. 22.

Mary Moore, 72, of Hopkinton passed away Feb. 23. She was a regular volunteer at Baypath Humane Society.

Theodore Lorentzen, 81, died on Feb. 5. He was a former Hopkinton resident.

Town meetings tonight include the Sustainable Green Committee (6), Keefe Tech School Council (6) and Planning Board (7).

Photo of the Day

Furquan Ali Syed (left) from Masjid Al-Ikhlaas, the Islamic Society of Greater Milford’s center in Hopkinton, stands alongside Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett and Select Board vice chair Shahidul Mannan as the Hopkinton Police Department was thanked for its service to the community at this past Thursday’s Interfaith Iftar event.

PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO