FAIR OAKS, CA (MPG) - Girl Scout Troop #56 out of Fair Oaks is receiving a Bronze Award for their work on designing and planting a sensory garden for memory-impaired residents at the Fair Oaks Estates skilled nursing facility. 

The troop, comprised of girls from grades 3, 4 and 5 at the Sacramento Waldorf School, worked with Green Acres Nursery expert Greg Gayton to choose appropriate plants and create their beautiful garden.  Green Acres generously underwrote the project.

Troop 56 is holding an awards ceremony on April 17, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at Miller Park located at 8480 Sunset Avenue, Fair Oaks, California. The girls and their families will celebrate their hard work and dedication to the community with pizza and Leatherby’s ice cream. 

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts is the premier leadership development organization for girls, building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The local council, Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, is headquartered in Sacramento and serves over 29,000 girls in 18 counties in Central California: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba.