2 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 9 Number 8 HRM's Photo of the Month


April 2015


Virginia Beach Girl Scout Leads Project to Serve Homeless Youth


Angela Jones (right), publisher of the Hampton Roads Messenger presents a $1,000 check to Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Ph.D. (center), Curator of Collections at the Hampton University Museum and Nashid Madyun, Museum Director (left) in support of the Elizabeth Catlett exhibit. Works of Elizabeth Catlett will be on display at the museum through November 14, 2015.


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Virginia Beach Girl Scout Junior Dominique Bell, left, and her mom Charmaine Troy, work on making a pillowcase during a service learning workshop that Dominique hosted at A Place for Girls on March 7. Dominique, with the help of volunteers from The Tidewater Quilters' Guild led nearly 70 Girl Scouts in sewing 84 pillowcases to donate for children at For Kids.


About a year ago, Virginia Beach


Girl Scout Junior Dominique learned about homeless youth in Hampton Roads and what it’s like for some of them to move into a shelter with little to no personal belongings. She thought about what she could do to give them a sense of comfort and decided that she wanted to make a difference by sewing kid-friendly


pillowcases to give to


the children at For Kids, a homeless shelter in Norfolk. After meeting with staff at For Kids and learning even more about what children who come


to this shelter are facing, Dominique sprang into action.


With the help of her mother and Girl Scout volunteer Charmaine Troy, Dominique began her project making one pillowcase at a time at her home. Using fabric with bright flowers, polka dots,


stripes and familiar cartoon


characters, the handmade pillowcases provide children entering emergency housing at For Kids with something personal and comforting.


“The pillowcases


give kids at GIRL SCOUT PAGE 3


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