Geneseo, IL - Geneseo Girl Scout Junior Troop 2435 earned their Bronze Award on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Fourteen girls were honored with this award, the third highest award a Girl Scout can earn, by creating eighteen fidget blankets for the Memory Care patients at Liberty Village, Geneseo. The girls designed the blankets, hand sewed the items, and finally machine stitched the entire project together, spending 20 hours each to complete their award. The girls fundraised for their project by holding a bake sale during the Geneseo Christmas Walk in December.

The girls who were honored with this award are:

Kendall Murphy, Aubree Straka, Eloise McCallum, Caylee Straka, Mary Bevan, Lilah Thompson, Abby Egli, Georgia Maddox, Rachel McGee, Gracie Jacobs, Lilly Sisson, Sophia Pollock, Marissa Roush, and Isabel Werner