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Campus Girl Scouts bring in community with festival
By Cory Wright
On April 10, 2013
Girl Scouts across the Western New York area can polish off their badges and join Buffalo
State's Campus Girl Scouts at their Festival of the Arts event on campus from 4-9 p.m. on
Saturday.
The festival includes activities for youth across the Buffalo area, as well as events and
workshops for members.
The Campus Girl Scouts formed as an organization in Fall 2012, and they meet every
Sunday evening in Ketchum Hall 119. There, they focus on making a difference in the
community, and continuing the traditional activities of the broader Girl Scouts of America.
"[Volunteers] can expect to touch the lives of younger girls in the greater Buffalo
community, and to enhance their leadership, event planning and event execution abilities,"
said Mandi Torres, president and founder of the Campus Girl Scouts. "[They can also]
enhance their employability through merely being involved with such a renowned
organization."
The co-ed troop has no requirements, achievements or past-experience clauses upon
joining as well.
"Half of (our current) members were never Girl Scouts when they were children," Torres
said.
"The only thing required upon joining is a registration form and fee to register officially as a
Girl Scout, along with filling out a volunteer application."
Campus Girl Scouts is an equal opportunity organization, allowing young men to join as
well. Torres insisted on letting them enter the organization as a way to compensate for the
absence of a Boy Scouts association on campus.
"When it comes down to it, scouting affects our lives in the same way, whether we are male
or female," she said.
The Campus Girl Scouts are not the first of their kind to be offered on a college campus.
They join the ranks of Penn State University, the University of Arizona, and many other
branches nationwide.
These troops have dedicated their time and effort to public works projects such as planting
trees in their communities, going on hiking trails, and their specialty of selling Girl Scout
Cookies in and around campus. Pledges to the organization also experience "Badge Night,"
where they receive patches for doing good deeds in their community.
Staying true to the ideals of their troop's values, the objective of the Campus Girl Scouts is
as follows, via their Facebook page: to dedicate time and effort to being a sister of every
scout, allowing passionate young men and women who are dedicated to scouting to help
their country and their community by offering them unique service projects that will help
girls ages 10-18.
The Festival of the Arts will uphold those efforts by allowing volunteers outside of the
Campus Girl Scouts to accumulate community service hours the day of the event.
Some of the Girl Scouts will enjoy being in their element.
"I am looking forward to the Festival of the Arts mainly because of my background
in theater, music and dance." said vice president Khadija King. "I think that it is very
important for students to be exposed to the arts because it gives them a view of the world
that they did not have before."
Others are looking forward to the career opportunities an event like this will give them.
"I hope that by attending the festival, I will be able to achieve volunteer credit hours
that will look great on resumes in the future, as well as helping out the Buffalo State
community," sophomore Dashawna Allen said.
The overarching message, however, is to do good and have a good time.
"It was a lot of fun planning the event with the e-board members, and I hope that it is even
more fun for the girls," King said.
Cory Wright can be reached by email at wright.record@live.com.
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