Two of our Board Members, Dorothy and Edison Gunno, were nominated for West Virginia History Hero and were selected for 2016. They received the award in Charleston, representing our CC
St. Louis Museum for the Civilian Conservation Corps closes
Thanks to the dedicated hard work of the daughter of Mrs. John (Tammy) Burge, Girl Scout Counselor in the Parkersburg, WV area and a Lifetime Member of our Association, there is now a separate badge opportunity that honors the original Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Kaylin Burge, a nine year old Girl Scout with her mother as advisor, conceived the idea for the badge activity. She then developed and wrote the project guidelines in Spring, 2008 and sent the guidelines and CCC subject matter materials to the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council which then approved it for use as a troop-only trial project. It is hoped that this important badge project will grow in popularity, evolve and spread the message about the CCC legacy. We hope this initial first step will become a state-wide, and hopefully, national Girl Scout CCC badge activity. Kaylin did this as a project to earn her Bronze Award.
This first group of Girl Scouts to ever earn the CCC badge will culminate their activities with a trip to the WV CCC camp museum in July 2008.
Kaylin also designed the badge. Her grandfather, Woodrow Mace, told stories of building a dam, bridges, trails and other projects with the CCC's prior to entering the Navy and serving in WWII. Neither the depression nor the CCCs were being taught in school so Kaylin, only 7 at the time, wanted to create a Girl Scout badge so other girls could learn about the CCC's and all their work.
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Donations for CCC Museum
Funds Donated
CCC Day Proclaimed
CCC Museum Expands
Remembering the CCC
Then and Now
Raymond Daugherty
Memorial Service Mitchell Opas
For information, please contact Rita Dale at 304-755-4650 or write her at 3 Riverside Glen, Winfield, WV 25213.