• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

The Lincoln Squirrel – News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.

  • Home
  • About/Contact
  • Advertise
  • Legal Notices
    • Submitting legal notices
  • Lincoln Resources
    • Coming Up in Lincoln
    • Municipal Calendar
    • Lincoln Links
  • Merchandise
  • Subscriptions
    • My Account
    • Log In
    • Log Out
  • Lincoln Review
    • About the Lincoln Review
    • Issues
    • Submit your work

Girl Scouts spearhead successful donation program for seniors

December 10, 2018

Girl Scouts collect donations for Lincoln seniors from fellow students at the Lincoln School.

Thanks to a donation drive by the Lincoln Girl Scouts, 28 bags “full to the brim” with donated items will be distributed to needy seniors in Lincoln, said Council on Aging Director Carolyn Bottum.

The Scouts teamed up with the Lincoln Council on Aging to host a holiday gift basket drive during the weeks before Thanksgiving to benefit homebound, frail, and economically disadvantaged seniors living in Lincoln. The Scouts collected donations of toiletries, cleaning supplies, socks, and helpful household items that COA staff will deliver on home visits. Many other Lincoln residents donated items to the COA as well.

For two weeks, the girls stood in the foyer of the Lincoln School during arrival time to greet and solicit participation from their peers,. They also made morning announcements on the PA system to the school and even spent an afternoon outside Donelan’s getting the word out to local residents.

The hands-on, goal-oriented project taught Scouts marketing and social skills even as they learned about the importance of giving back—and they were impressed by the amount of donations they collected. During the “sorting party,” one girl exclaimed “We did this! Because of us, over 40 homes will get a beautiful gift basket with all this stuff!”

This was the second year that the COA has assembled gift bags but the first in which the Girl Scouts played a leading role. Girl Scout troop leader Tomasina Lucchese noted that the group is thankful to the entire community and especially the COA “for all the wonderful work they do all year round.”

Category: charity/volunteer, kids, news Leave a Comment

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Upcoming Events

Mar 9 Mon
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

LOMA: High Maintenance Jug Band

Mar 11 Wed
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The SpongeBob Musical, Youth Edition

Mar 13 Fri
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

130 Years of the Boston Marathon

Mar 15 Sun
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Middle school hoops tourney

Mar 20 Fri
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Train Journeys of a Lifetime

View Calendar

Recent Posts

  • Water bills to go up by 13% March 5, 2026
  • News acorns March 5, 2026
  • Property sales in January 2026 March 4, 2026
  • My Turn: Unraveling the Hanscom misallocation March 3, 2026
  • Police log for Feb. 19–25, 2026 March 3, 2026

Squirrel Archives

Categories

Secondary Sidebar

Search the Squirrel:

Privacy policy

© Copyright 2026 The Lincoln Squirrel · All Rights Reserved.