Local teen earns Girl Scout award for helping young cats

ENGLEWOOD — At 16 years old, Maddie Canty is making a life-saving impact in her community — and earning the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve.

A Juliette Girl Scout, the Nokomis teen and Venice High School junior earned the Girl Scout Gold Award for her leadership project, “A Hope for Kittens.”

Her project focused on reducing kitten euthanasia in Sarasota County by combining public education, direct care and local policy change…

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