Submitted by Angela Chesher
Parker
Denver Metro
We are troop 2067. For our bronze award, we helped out at Rosie’s Ranch. Rosie’s Ranch assists children with hearing loss and oral language challenges to listen and speak through engaging in activities with horses. We helped the ranch by buying shelves. Mrs. Mary’s garage was a maze full of all her things. We decided to buy her shelves and bins from our cookie money. We organized her garage, put the shelves up, and organized a garage sale group and auction group with the items she didn’t want. She can now find everything she needs for the horse camps. The participants of her camps and her, will benefit from this. We also washed the barn and picked up the manure.
There were many factors that went into choosing Rosie’s Ranch. First, we decided that we wanted to do something with animals. Next, we decided we wanted to do something with horses. After that, two of the moms knew about this horse ranch and they also knew the owner, Mrs.Mary. Then, we called Mrs.Mary to set up some dates. Last, we showed up to help change some lives. One thing we learned was that we need to try to be friends with special needs kids. We learned that they are just like us and they want everything that we want, like friends. Rosie’s Ranch was overall a great experience for all of us. We took back a lot and had fun doing it. We all hope this inspires others to help make their community a better place.
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