The Bogota Girl Scout Troop #790, "Kids Helping Animals" Patrol, is sponsoring a collection of needed items for the Bergen County Animal Shelter until June 8, 2012. Their goal is to raise awareness of the needs of abandoned and stray animals in Bergen County and to collect donated items for the shelter that provides for them. The list of needed items includes the following: Clean sheets, Towels, Blankets, Playpens, Birdcages, Pet carriers, Scratching Posts, Pet Food Dishes, Purina Pro Plan Dog Food, Dry & Canned Cat Food, Baby Food (Meat flavors only), New Heating Pads, Toilet Tissue, Paper Towels, Bleach, Pens, Pencils, Scissors, Batteries “AA” & “AAA”, Coffee Cans w/ Plastic Lids, PETCO or PETSMART gift cards. Please place your donated items in the designated boxes at St. Joseph Academy, St. Joseph Church, Valley National Bank, Bogota Public Library and Bixby School. This service project is in partial fullfillment of the Girl Scout Bronze Award.

Bogota Girl Scout Troop #790 "Kids Helping Kids" Patrol is sponsoring a Walk-a-Thon on Saturday June 16, 2012 from 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning to help children with cancer at Tomorrows Children’s Institute in Hackensack.
Their goal is to raise awareness of the children’s needs through their Walk-a-Thon and to collect pledged donations of new and unused items for the children at the institute. The list of needed items includes the following items: TOYS: Building Blocks, Legos, K’nex, Puzzles of 100 pieces or less, Toddler & Baby Toys, GAMES: Trivial Pursuit, Taboo, Scrabble, Trouble, Uno, Monopoly, Outburst, Battleship, Connect4, Hangman, Checkers, SkipBo, Banangrams, NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES (for all ages), CLOTHING FOR INFANT THROUGH ADULT, arts & crafts materials: Crayons, Markers, Construction Paper, Drawing Pads, Stickers, Glue, Paint-By-Number kits, Tie-Dye kits, Scratch Art, Sand Art, Wood Crafts, Picture Frames, Play-Doh, Sculpy, Model Magic, GIFTS FOR TEENAGERS, GIFT CARDS ($10 - $25) TO FUN STORES FOR BIRTHDAY PRESENTS: Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy, Target, VIDEO GAMES OR MOVIES (Kid-Friendly ratings). All items must be new and unused. Please pick up a pledge card at the following locations: St. Joseph Academy, St. Joseph Church, Valley National Bank, Bogota Public Library. Drop boxes for your item(s) will be placed in the same locations to receive your pledged item(s) or you may bring them with you to our Walk-A-Thon on June 16th and walk with us help raise awareness of needs of these children. This service project is in partial fullfillment of the Girl Scout Bronze Award.