Individuals Paying It Forward

Hello-

I am the leader of a Brownie Girl Scout troop in Southern California. We have 16 girls in the troop, ages 6-8. When we were doing our cookie booth sale in front of Trader Joes, a man came out and said that he didn't want to buy any cookies but that he would do something nice for our troop. He had the smallest girl hold out her hand and close her eyes and told her she couldn't open her eyes until he was gone. He placed something in her hand and said, "You don't have to pay it back, just have the troop pay it forward." Then he walked away. When one of the mothers instructed little Kiersten that the man was gone, she opened her hand and screamed, "It's $100!"

As a troop we are going to pay it forward, and several of the mothers are reading your book now. "Pay it forward" is a wonderful concept that goes hand in hand with the philosophy of scouting. I just wanted to give you one example of your idea continuing to touch and enrich lives. Thank you. Rachel Monte