Fanwood council honors Girl Scouts, College Club and Read Across America with proclamations

Fanwood’s borough council opened its March 20 regular meeting with a series of community proclamations recognizing local volunteerism and literacy programs.

A group of Girl Scouts and Brownies led the Pledge of Allegiance and described recent troop activities, including creating an inclusive little free library, painting playground games, volunteering at the community food bank and making items for area hospitals. A Girl Scout representative told the council the local council serves more than 707 girls in Fanwood and Scotch Plains and that cookie sales and outreach continue through April 2.

The council also presented a proclamation marking the College Club of Fanwood-Scotch Plains’ 90th anniversary. Joan Scoobish, co-president of the College Club, accepted and recounted the club’s history and scholarship work: the proclamation text noted the club has awarded roughly $750,000 to 574 young women over nine decades. Scoobish invited residents to the club’s April 16 fundraiser at Galloping Hill Country Club.

A Read Across America proclamation was read into the record and accepted by the president of the Fanwood Library’s board of trustees, who emphasized the town’s ongoing library construction and the importance of promoting literacy in early education.

The proclamations were presented as part of Women’s History Month events; council members thanked volunteers, troop leaders and organizers and invited the scouts and club members to continue participating in community events such as the Memorial Day parade.

The council did not take formal votes tied specifically to these proclamations; each recognition was ceremonial and entered into the meeting record.