LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A pair of longtime teenage friends saw a need for books in their Luzerne County community and decided to do something about it.
In a best of Here's to You Kid, 28/22 shows us what the two Girl Scouts managed to accomplish.
Lily Bolton and Kinsey Dotzel chose to make their part of the world a better place for their Girl Scouts Silver Award project. The two teens created "my little library". It is located right outside the Northwest Area Primary School in Shickshinny.
"Our library shut down in all three schools because of COVID-19 and we wanted the children to have the opportunity to read a book," stated Bolton.
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Lily and Kinsey filled up the small little box with books donated by family and friends. Even the materials they used to build the tiny library were also donated.
"It was a lot of hard work and hours. We learned the proper safety of using power tools such as an impact and air gun, a drill," explained Dotzel.
Besides school and scouts, Lily and Kinsey stay busy with other activities.
"The sports I do are marching band, field hockey, cheer, and Girl Scouts and I enjoy doing all of them. Girl Scouts is the one that's probably the most giving to the environment and I just enjoy all of it," said Bolton.
"I like to participate in my school my church youth group, which gives back to the community by participating in a bunch of soup kitchens. We also I also participate in Girl Scouts for this project, and I do marching band and horseback riding along with them," expressed Dotzel.
For the next life chapter in the creators of this book-sharing box, Lily would like to return to the Northwest Area to teach.
"I want to be a music teacher for my high school," said Bolton.
Kinsey would like to help heal others.
"I'd like to be a pharmacist with an MBA."
Here's to You Lily and Kinsey!
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