Community Service Partners
Girl Scouts can help Douglass Community Services by holding drives, helping in the pantry and assisting with distribution. All levels are welcome to hold a food or personal care item drive at any time throughout the year. Toy drives are needed during the months of October and November. In the month of December, girls can assist with Toys for Tots distribution. Senior and Ambassador girls are invited to help out in the food pantry at anytime during the year. For more information on volunteering with the pantry please reach out using the contact infromation below.
 

We have a variety of service opportunities both during the week and on Saturdays from 9am-5pm. Volunteers most often help with sorting or stocking donations in our store and market, sanitizing classrooms, outdoor beautification and pricing items for our holiday market in December. 

Special opportunities include our service to-go kits (group purchases supplies for a specific kit, assembles at their own location and then delivers to LifeWise), Freedom School (summer programming), back to school event (mid-August), and holiday market (beginning of December). Some special events require additional chaperones. 

Chaperone policy: Children 6-12 must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older on a 4 to 1 ratio. 

Teens 13-17 must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or older on a 7 to 1 ratio. 

We have an ongoing need for paper goods, hygiene items, socks, underwear and cleaning supplies. Please email Maggie at mlohmeyer@lifewisestl.org before collecting items to find out what the most urgent needs are.  

Nurses for Newborns is looking volunteers to help hold donation drives or come on site to sort donated clothes. Check out our wishlist for our most needed items. For more information on how to help, contact Kate at kate.steele@nursesfornewborns.org .
 
Ozark Food Pantry is looking for assistance with food drives as well as stocking and distributing products. Juniors and above can help the pantry by holding a food drive on their behalf. Seniors and above can assist at the pantry with marking and stocking donated items. Ambassadors can assist with distribution of product. For more information on volunteering wtih the pantry please reach out using the contact information below.  
 

Group activities with residents such as board games, card games, arts & craft projects.

Singing, musical or theatrical performances.

Flower & vegetable gardening.

Reading to residents.

Other activities that provide positive interaction for the young ladies and our elderly residents.

Daisy and Brownie groups are welcome for special events with planning that will allow for my staffing to assist with additional oversight.

The Aquarium Foundation Stream Team invites Girl Scouts to help us Revamp the Riverfront- a three-part cleanup series, along the Mississippi Greenway on April 30th, June 8th, and September 17th, 2022. While picking up trash, citizen science data will be collected through the Marine Debris Tracker project. Join us as we prevent plastic pollution from entering the Mighty Mississippi River and, eventually, our oceans! Gloves, bags, trash grabbers, and snacks will be provided! 
 
The Little Bit Foundation is committed to breaking down barriers to learning for under-resourced students and supporting them in reaching their full potential. There are many ways to help!

Volunteer in the warehouse, individually or as a service group,helping to pull items for student orders; count, sort and prepare items for delivery; and assemble kits (days/times flexible to availability).

Host a "drive" for our most in-demand items. Helping to unload and distribute fresh and frozen food items to the community at our mobile food markets held at 3 communities on the fourth Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the month. 
 

Girl scouts can help remove invasive species from parks, plant trees and native plants, pick up trash and litter from parks and streams and clean up trash and debris from rivers and lakes using canoes. View details below. For more information and to volunteer, please reach out using the contact information below. 

  • Operation Clean Stream - a water-based cleanup of the Meramec River held the 4th weekend of August each year.
  • River des Peres Trash Bash - trash and litter clean up of parks and streams in the River des Peres watershed of St. Louis City and St. Louis County held in October each year.
  • Confluence Trash Bash - a trash and litter clean up of parks and streams along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers held in April each year.
  • Operation Wild Lands - year round events to plant trees, remove invasive species and restore wildlife habitat in various parks and conservation areas in the St. Louis area