If you are under the impression that Girl Scouts are in their element singing aroundt the campfire, and toasting marshmallows, spend some time with Senior Girl Scout Troop 2886.
Betty Klinefelter and Anna Mae Ballard have worked with these high school girls since the girls were Brownies.
The girls have in effect set up their own catering service. They have learned the art of planning, cooking and serving for large numbers of people. Their business venture started as a volunteer effort to help set up tables and serve at the Grace Methodist Women’s Guild and Mens Club dinner meetings.
Gradually they became proficient enough to offer their services to others. With the help of some of the mothers, the girls have catered the Grace Methodist Christmas Dinner, the Masonic Reception and most recently the Annual Rosedale-Skinker Dinner Meeting.
The money made is well spent. Last summer the troop had earned enough to charter a bus and pay half the expenses of each girl for a trip to Gettysburg, Washington D.C.. and New York City.
They are now working on a two year plan to earn half the expenses for a trip to Europe in August 1971.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1970.
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