Civic Engagement & Service
Wayside Waifs
Harvesters 3801 Topping Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64129 1220 Timberedge Road, Lawrence, KS 66049 If you are not near a Harvesters location, they can connect your troop with a local partner agency nearby. Harvesters is a regional food bank serving 27 counties in NW Missouri and NE Kansas. Our mission is to mobilize the power of our community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger. As a food bank, we provide food and household products to more than 600 nonprofit partner agencies - including food pantries, community kitchens, shelters, and mobile distributions. We operate two facilities located in Lawrence, KS and Kansas City, MO. Visit our website to learn more and get involved!
3901 Martha Truman Road, Kansas City, MO 64137, can travel to troops within 30 minutes. Wayside Waifs prepares pets and people for the bond of their lives. Wayside is the largest pet adoption cam- pus in Kansas City, serving more than 40,000 pets and people through pet adoptions, youth education, canine training programs, community outreach, and more. For more information, visit our website. Workshops are FREE for Girl Scouts! To register your troop for a program complete the program request form.
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Kids in Action
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Girl Scouts Give Back: Volunteer Center Experience
Tour the facility and complete a community service project to help the homeless animals at Wayside Waifs. Along the tour, girls may learn about Wayside’s animal intake process and how Wayside cares for animals in their care. The community service project will involve a non-contact animal project that will directly affect the quality of life and well-being of animals at our facility.
Volunteers, both troops and individual Girl Scouts, can sort, pack, and repackage donated food in our Volunteer Engagement Center. Activities include bagging fresh produce and assembling senior food boxes—making a direct impact for the community. The minimum age is 12, and all participants must have signed waivers on file. Participants will receive a patch! Click here to register and for full details, including group requirements and chaperones guidelines. Troops will need to register at least two weeks in advance. Length: 2 Hours. Cost: FREE. Not near KC or Lawrence? No problem—Harvesters can connect your troop with a local partner agency nearby. Min/Max: 5/25 Girl Scouts Give Pack: Pack with Purpose These projects are collected year-round to help ensure families have food. Troops and Individual Girl Scouts can collect food at no cost at their troop location. If a Girl Scout purchases items, the average cost is about $10 per box. Give food and give time—Girl Scouts can double their impact by hosting a troop donation drive to support families across our service region. Collect needed items and pick up supplies from Harvesters (boxes, labels, recipe cards) to assemble: Healthy Family Meal Kits, Birthday Boxes, Holiday Boxes (preferred between July and October for seasonal meal planning) Participating Girl Scouts will earn a patch! Click here for more information about the projects! Outside those areas? The Pack with a Purpose project can be done anywhere in our 27-county service region. Cost: FREE Min/Max: NA
Min/Max: 10 minimum for on-site and off-site (no max)
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