Henry County Times

By Erin Lopez Staff Reporter Best friends since the age of two, Chloe Mevissen and Kaitlyn Jones have done everything to- gether - from receiving awards at the same time, to working on school projects, playing in band and participating in dance class together, and performing in plays alongside one another. So it was only natural that, at age seven, both girls joined the same Girl Scout Troop, Troop 14869, in McDonough. “Almost anything you can imag- ine, we have done together at some point,” laughed Jones. Both girls are in 9th grade now and have remained in the same Girl Scout Troop since joining in 2nd grade. And, like everything else they have done as a friend duo over the years, they have just completed their Girl Scout Silver Award together. The Girl Scout Silver Award is described by the Girls Scouts of the USA website as being the “highest honor a Cadette can achieve” and requires that candi- dates “identify an issue you care about in the community, develop a project to address the issue, and then complete said project.” The girls’ shared passion for an- imals resulted in a silver project that benefits rescue organizations in Henry County. “We pretty much knew from the beginning that we wanted to do something with animals because we’re both huge animal lovers,” said Mevissen. After approaching Jennifer Evans, the founder of the Henry County Animal Initiative, for project ideas, Chloe and Kaitlyn decided to build two pet food pantry donation boxes that will collect canned food items for cats and/or dogs. This is the fifth Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts project that Evans has contributed to and she does so in The Henry County Times September 23, 2020 Page 7 Inside Henry Friends create pet food pantry to benefit area rescues In fulfillment of their Girl Scout Silver Award project requirements, Chloe Mevissen (left) and Kaitlyn Jones built two pet food pantries to help area animal rescue organizations. Special Photo Setup Starts SEPTEMBER 25 On Display around the McDonough Square OCTOBER 1-31 CASH PRIZES Awarded in All Catagories! THE SCARECROWS ARE COMING! HOSTED BY THE McDONOUGH MAIN STREET PROGRAM, M C DONOUGH HOSPITALITY & TOURISM AND GREATER McDONOUGH MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. see Pantry, page 9