Mason City Globe Gazette - Mason City,IA,USA
By MARY PIEPER
MASON CITY - When the girls in Junior Girl Scout Troop No. 20363 from Rockwell told their leader, LuAnn Helmers, that they wanted to collect pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, she made a deal with them.
If they collected 10,000 pop tabs she would treat them to supper at McDonald's.
The girls exceeded her wildest expectations.
On Thursday the troop took 20,770 pop tabs to McDonald's South in Mason City.
The girls began collecting the pop tabs in September.
"We asked our grandmas and grandpas to save them," said Nicole Helmers, 11, Rockwell.
Jack Hanson, swing shift manager at McDonald's South, said such a large contribution of pop tabs is unusual. People usually bring in a couple hundred at a time at most.
LuAnn Helmers said Junior Girl Scouts are supposed to put an emphasis on service, so she asked the girls at the beginning of the year what projects they wanted to do.
Besides collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, the girls said they wanted to volunteer at the Humane Society of North Iowa shelter.
"We walked the dogs and took care of the cats," said Celeste Staudt, 11, Dougherty. "We got to take care of them like they were ours."
Madelynn Nelson, 11, Rockwell, said, "We had fun at the Humane Society. We liked a lot of the puppies."
They were pleased to see some of the puppies they took care of get adopted, she said.
LuAnn Helmers was impressed with the troop's efforts.
"They're a remarkable group of girls who want to help others," she said.
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