CRESTVIEW — Crestview Manor residents and military service members may face numerous challenges, but one thing is certain: They each know someone's thinking about them.
Crestview Girl Scout Troop 676 and Northwest Florida troops 742, 745, 818 and 1318 baked cookies, sang and presented gifts and cards to the Manor's residents as part of their holiday community service.
The 53 troop members — under Girl Scout Council of the Florida Panhandle, Pensacola Council and Service Unit 625's direction — and their families provided gifts for the assisted living facility's 56 residents, according to Amanda Converse, of Troop 676. In addition, the scouts "(made) cards and hand-painted ceramic boots," she said. "Thank you, Harriet and Bill Watson, for making the boots."
The scouts also packed care packages for deployed Army and Air Force units, Converse said.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview Girl Scouts collaborate for community service