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Senior/Ambassador Troop 836 Volunteered Time with the Navajo Nation! By Senior/Ambassador Troop 836 Senior/Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 836 from Rockville Centre had an amazing time volunteering in the Navajo Nation. We spent 7 days in Tuba City, Arizona helping, learning and laughing. We had been planning for a “big” trip for 5 years, but it wasn’t until the beginning of this year that we decided to go to the Navajo Nation. We participated in Mags&Munchies , sold Girl Scout Cookies , ran activity days and hosted a tag sale all to raise money towards our goal. The cost of our trip was $1,381 per girl, so we wanted to raise as much money as possible to off-set the cost of the trip… in the end we ended up earning about $800 from the different money earning opportunities in which we participated. We planned our trip through Amizade Global Service Learning. We volunteered in the St. Jude's Food Bank and Garden in Tuba City where we stocked shelves, rep...