Girl Scouts from WW-P’s Troop 70891 volunteered as servers at the One Table Cafe, a community-supported restaurant where all are welcome regardless of ability to pay. Restaurants in the Princeton area take turns donating meals and volunteers act as servers. Olives prepared the food Friday.
The guest speaker at the March 21 dinner was Tracy M. Thompson, director of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office’s Human Trafficking Task Force. The food was donated by Olives.
The girls, all ninth grade students, include Poonam Kulkarni, Jasmine Soni, Shivangi Sogani, Srushti Ghone, Elizabeth Kelley, Cecelia Baumann, Julianna Yasson, and Patricia Saunders. Their leaders are Lin Baumann and Betsy Saunders.
The cafe opened close to three years ago. “It is run by a large group of volunteers, many from Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton,” says Saunders, a member of the church. ‘I suggested the project as our troop is studying all about food, including a section on caring for community, so this was a perfect opportunity.”
The next dinner will be held on Friday, May 16. Call 609-924-2277, ext. 352 for reservations and questions. “The girls got so much out of their experience they asked to help at the May 16 dinner,” says Saunders.
If you are interested in joining Girl Scouts as a girl or an adult volunteer, contact Louisa Ho at 371-2119 or E-mail girlscoutswwp@verizon.net.
