Marissa Silba and Kristina Knight, from Cadette Troop 41211 of Newark Valley, N.Y., are pictured with their leader following completion of signs they created for Stray Haven Humane Society as part of their Silver Award Project on Aug. 15, 2015.
Marissa Silba and Kristina Knight, from Cadette Troop 41211 of Newark Valley, N.Y., completed their Silver Award Project on Aug. 15, 2015 with over 60 hours of work at Stray Haven in Waverly, N.Y. These girls started their work back in October. They visited their local pet shelter to see if they could see something that they could help out with and create their Silver Project.
As the girls came in, they realized, there wasn’t a good directional sign at the road to lead people towards the shelter. And that’s what they targeted to do. They also noticed the shelter has no sign on their building and being there were several buildings there, people still don’t know where to go.
They created and painted two wooden signs to achieve their goals. Special thanks to Mike Nash of United Industries for donating his time and wood to assist in designing the signs. The girls made stamps by hand to paint paw prints around the sign as well for an extra cuteness.
Marissa Silba and Kristina Knight, from Cadette Troop 41211 of Newark Valley, N.Y., are pictured visiting some of the animals at Stray Haven Humane Society as part of their Silver Award Project on Aug. 15, 2015.
On top of creating and finishing these two wooden big signs, they also spent an entire day in the hot summer painting white paw prints down the driveway leading to Stray Haven. They also up-cycled old t-shirts that were donated and created about 40 dog chew toys.
With a can drive, they were able to come up with all the supplies needed for their silver award and $65 in dog and cat food and supplies. The day they presented the Project, they also volunteered at the shelter caring for the needs of the animals, which is what they really enjoyed.
Marissa Silba and Kristina Knight, from Cadette Troop 41211 of Newark Valley, N.Y., are pictured with toys they made for the animals at Stray Haven Humane Society as part of their Silver Award Project on Aug. 15, 2015. They are pictured in front of the signs they also created as part of their Silver Award Project.
