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Lifesaving Brownie Girl Scout

Brownie Saves Mother

Media Contact:
Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR
302-456-7170
avandenhurk@cbgsc.org

Newark, DE, April 23, 2007:  

What:             Brownie Girl Scout Morgan Wilson will be presented with the Lifesaving Award during the Girl Scout Annual Meeting.

When:       Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 7:15-7:30 pm

Where:      Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Avenue, Dover, DE 19904

Who:         Board Chair Gloria Diodato presents Morgan Wilson with the Lifesaving Award in front of sister Girl Scouts, board members, and adult volunteers.

Morgan Wilson is a Brownie Girl Scout from Newark, Delaware. She is a quick thinking level headed seven-year old who just earned the Safety Sense Try-It at her troop meeting. Morgan was able to put her new knowledge into action on a cold, windy and icy morning when she and her mom Amy Wilson were on their way to school.  This routine trip that Morgan and Mom take to school was far from normal on this wintry day in February, when the car skidded out of control and collided with another car.  Morgan had to think fast because her mom was unconscious with a broken arm and ribs.  Morgan using the knowledge she obtained in her recent Girl Scout meeting was able to stay level headed enough to flag down passing traffic to call 911 and even able to share her mothers life threatening allergic reaction to latex.  Because of Morgan’s ability to stay calm, contact emergency help and share valuable information her mother was able to obtain the emergency help needed to regain conscious and be taken to a local hospital to be treated.  Morgan is an example of the Girl Scout mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place!

Girl Scouting builds girls of confidence, courage, and character, who make the world a better place. We do that by providing girls with personal leadership development and programs that build real life skills for the real world. To learn more about Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council, visit www.girlscoutschesapeakebay.org.

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