Service 2 hours: Every year, the Charter Oak Girl Scouts hold a "Round-up" to try to encourage more girls to join troops. Last year was a complete failure so we tried to make it a success this year. After passing out thousands of flyers to the elementary schools in the district, we arrived Sunday afternoon to find that only 3 girls had shown up to participate. We still sang songs with them and showed them a few exciting things about camping. I was happy when I spent some one-on-one time with a little kindergartner. She was extremely shy but after some time on the swings with her, I made her comfortable enough to tell me about her school and friends. For the most part, I was completely annoyed and frustrated for nearly the entire time. It was completely unsuccessful this year and it was a waste of my Sunday. If we cannot get more participants to come,
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