Harrison City Girl Scout creates school supply inventory for college students
A Penn-Trafford student filled a set of book shelves with free school supplies for students at Westmoreland County Community College’s Youngwood campus to earn a high honor as a Girl Scout.
Addison Montenary, 14, of Harrison City, recently placed the blessing box — book shelves stocked with supplies such as pens and pencils, notebooks and paper — in the front entrance of Commissioners Hall on the campus. Students may take the free items for their use, in hopes others will replenishing them, said Addison’s mother, Allison Montenary.
A ninth grader at Penn-Trafford, Montenary is a Cadette in Girl Scouts and she did the project as part of her efforts to earn a Girl Scout Silver Award. She has the opportunity to win the Gold Award in four years.
The 14-year-old worked on the project for about six months and raised the money to buy the book shelves and supplies by having a bake sale. The project cost about $150.
“She saw a need for the blessing box,” Allison Montenary said.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.