Wallace scout troop sets an eye on service
Newly formed Girl Scout Troop 2401 based out of Wallace received regional recognition for their community engagement efforts in the Silver Valley. Left to right: Delia Pehan (in an axolotl costume), Abigail Corona, Eva Corona, Eliana Wurtz, Laila Mendy, Lyvia Finlay, and Penny Pehan.
Girl scouts Lucille Corona and Abigail Corona pose with Wallace Food Bank president Michael Hoffman.
Though many of them had never been a Girl Scout or learned about sales practices before, Troop 2401 hit the ground running, using an inflatable axolotl costume as a point of interest for their cookie booth. Left to right: Abigail Corona, Penny Pehan, Delia Pehan, Lyvia Finlay, Lucille Corona, Elliana Wurtz, and Riley Greer.
WALLACE — “Girl Scouts do one thing, they make the world a better place.”
That’s something Brian Newberry, the Eastern Washington and North Idaho Girl Scouts CEO, believes is doubly true for the Wallace-based Girl Scout Troop 2401.
Though the troop has only existed since fall 2023, they were recognized regionally for their community engagement, local fundraising and their cookie sales pitch, donning an axolotl costume to interest passersby and drum up sales.
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