Local girl creates Girl Scouts badge that encourages Holocaust education

A new Girl Scouts patch has been unveiled to encourage young girls to learn more about a woman’s role during the Holocaust. The creator of the patch is an 18-year-old who lives in Burrell.

“I got to experience a part of my community that I would have never gotten to see,” said Lily Sassani, the Holocaust Education Patch Creator.

Sassani has been a Girl Scout since she was in Elementary School. She was the only Jewish girl in her community and recently discovered a way to acknowledge her family’s heritage…

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