Daughters, September 1st, 2007
Most parents of girls and girl advocates have seen girls blossom in the supportive environment of fun girls' group guided by caring adults. For girls with few resources to pursue their potential, joining groups like Girl Scouts can be truly transformative.
That's what Patricia Diaz Dennis saw with Maria, an 11-year-old who came home to find her dad dead of a drug overdose at a time when her mom was in jail. Maria's relatives took her in and got her involved with a Girl Scout troop. Within a year, Maria morphed from a shy, scared girl to a top cookie entrepreneur who hopes to start her own bus...
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