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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock Non Staff Writer
Pat Helmer, leader of Rappahannock’s Cadette Girl Scout troop, will send three of her charges and senior leader Janet DeRoo off this summer for a whirlwind round of scouting adventures.
Bubbly and irrepressible, Pat’s the secret behind the success of the county’s scouting program for older girls. She’s the reason why five of the seven girls from the nine county association promoted to first class scouts last Sunday were from Rappahannock County.
Scouting is generally considered a program for little girls. Once the little girls turn into young ladies, most view badges and the Girl Scout Promise as kids' stuff, lacking the “with it” sophistication of more grownup pursuits.
Despite scouting’s “square" image, Pat Helmer has kept her 13 youngsters proud and happy to be Girl Scouts. “They’ve had to contend with an awful lot of peer pressure,” Pat acknowledged. But, she said, her girls have stood up for their ideals and values, not buckling under just because “everybody else is doing it.”
“They’re embarrassed about wearing their uniforms to school so I don’t push it,” Pat continued. When the group is out in public as a Scout troop, however, she insists that the girls dress and dress right with sashes, badges, pins—the works. “I’ve demanded it from the very beginning so it’s almost second nature by now. They don’t complain.”
Not Craftay
She's tailored activities to fit the troop’s interests, “it seems to meet what they want. We don’t do crafts. Maybe a little project for Mother’s Day but that’s about it. I don’t like crafts and they don’t like crafts,” she laughed.
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