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8 features THE SPOTLIGHT | BDSPOTLIGHT.COM | MARCH 14, 2014 CELEBRATING 102 YEARS OF ST. PATRICK’S SCOUTING DAY IN BEN DAVIS STUDENTS ENJOY PARTICIPATING IN THE THE CITY CENTURY OLD ORGANIZATION By Aisylnn Biven staff writer GIRL SCOUTS (from left to right) sophmore Kayla Richardson, WAYS TO GET GREEN IN INDY junior Alyssa Burdine and sophmore Shi Tuck. In Ben Davis there are many Girl Scouts, and opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and By Isabella Bertoni they have been Girl Scouts since at least kinder- spiritually. She thought they should be able to go garten. Sophomore Kayla Richardson, sopho- out and be athletic and trained in frst aid. staff writer more Shi Tuck and junior Alyssa Burdine are a Girl Scouts are very diverse and known all over few of the girls in our school that are involved. the country. Before the segregation laws allowed St. Patrick’s Day isn’t usually a day most Tuck and Richardson have been a part of Girl African-American, American Indian and His- people consider a “holiday.” Instead, it is a day Scouts for eight years. Tuck is working on gold panic girls to become Girl Scouts. She led efforts to wear green and say “pinch me I’m Irish.” Al- work, by helping the community with many proj- to make Girl Scouting available to girls who lived though, you’d be surprised how many people DO ects. Burdine has been a Girl Scout for 12 years in rural and urban areas, to girls who were rich, celebrate this Irish holiday. and has earned her bronze and silver, and is now middle class and poor, and to girls who were born A lot of Hoosiers don’t know that Indianapolis working on her gold. She also has been an AID in this country as well as immigrants. has an annual St. Patrick’s Day parade and this for six years, and has been working at camps as Within a few years, Daisy’s dream for a girl- year marks its 34th anniversary. There are food a volunteer. centered organization was realized. Today, Girl tents and live music on Georgia Street Board- They do many activities from hosting commu- Scouts of the USA has a membership of over 3.2 walk. nity events, selling cookies, volunteer work, go- million girls and adults. For those of you athletic Giants there is the ing camping and other trips. For more information about becoming a Girl 23rd annual Shamrock run/walk, which is a four Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low assembled 18 Scout or Girl Scouts in general got to www. mile run which takes off from Monument Circle. girls on March 12, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia. GirlScouts.org And of course, the parade block party. For some She believed that all girls should be given the students around Ben Davis the traditions vary from doing nothing at all, to going all out down- town with their families. “I usually just wear green and make my fam- ily green eggs and ham. It’s really goofy, but it’s also a lot of fun,” freshman Destiny Smith said. Although the weather doesn’t seem to be getting that much warm- er, the events downtown are still scheduled to take place on Monday, so get out this St. Patrick’s Day and have some super green fun.