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Hello and welcome to another installment of Weekend Run-Down. As always, there are no shortages of Girl Scouts in the media:
The Newark Post is reporting that more than 100 Girl Scouts from Delaware and Pennsylvania teamed up with 60 female DuPont engineers, chemists and physicists in Engineering Your Tomorrow, an all day educational event designed to demonstrate that science is fun and to show girls they can succeed in careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
In Auburn, NY, The Citizen has a fantastic story about Girl Scouts participating in “It's Your Planet, Love It” Try-It Day.
The Northeast News and Tribune in Florida is reporting that Girl Scout Troop 758 has partnered with the Youth Triathlon Series in the season's kick-off event, Tri It Get Fit - urging children and adults to participate in the troop's upcoming triathlon.
In Austin, TX, Sabrina Stinson is making news for being a Gold Award recipient. Check it out in The Statesman.