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Children’s Play Areas Redesigned by Girl Scout Troop 749
July 17, 2008 — The children’s play areas at Auburn Memorial Hospital’s (AMH) Emergency Care Unit (ECU) and urgent care clinics were recently redesigned by Auburn Girl Scout Troop 749. The Troop’s fundraising efforts since last October raised $1,500 that was used to purchase toys, furniture and books.
The Troop’s redesign of the play area at the Grant Avenue facility was completed on July 14 and the ECU and the hospital’s satellite facility in Skaneateles was transformed on July 21. This community relations project was developed after the Troop decided it wanted to do something to help children. Since all the members of the Troop have been to the ECU, they thought it would be a good idea to make it a more friendly place for other children in the future.
Troop 749 consists of eight girls from Auburn that are 10 – 11 years old. Troop members are: Emma Blodgett, Amanda Carnicelli, Sarah Funk, Nicole Iversen, Heather Martin, Elizabeth Plish, Amanda Schafer and Maddie Signorelli. The Troop Leader is Mary Funk and the Assistant Troop Leader is Lexi Jones. This community relations activity fulfills the girls’ requirements for the Bronze Award.
The Girl Scout Troop redesigned the Emergency Care Unit’s children’s area on July 21. ECU nurse Laurie Nagell, left, is with Nicole Iverson, Elizabeth Plish, Amanda Schafer; ECU nurse Karin Leonello is on the right.
Three members of Girl Scout Troop 749, sitting – Sarah Funk and from left – Maddie Signorelli, Emma Blodgett, fill bookshelves in the children’s area at Auburn Memorial Hospital’s Finger Lakes Medical Care Center on Grant Ave.
Heather Martin, left, and Sarah Funk take a break from redesigning the children’s area in the Urgent Care facility in Skaneateles. Both girls are from Girl Scout Troop 749 in Auburn.
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