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Emma Lincks earns highest scout honor ration for her project was her love of animals. Growing up, she said, she got her dog from a Rockville Centre resident pet store, but it wasn’t until she Emma Lincks’ efforts to rescue decided to start volunteering at animals have earned her Girl an animal rescue in 2017 that Scouting’s prestigious Gold she began to learn about puppy mills — dog breeding operaAward. She was one of 55 scouts tions in which the health and living conditions of throughout Nassau the animals are County this year to lower priorities earn the Girl Scouts’ than making a profit h i g h e s t h o n o r, a — and kill shelters. milestone that only W h i l e t h e re, s h e about 5 percent of helped rescue three scouts attain. malnourished dogs, Lincks said she one of which was was immensely blind and very sick. proud of her “I took home achievement, three dogs, and one describing it as a EMMA liNCkS of them was from a testament to all the puppy mill,” Lincks hard work that she recalled. “That was and a team of scout the first time I ever heard of volunteers put into it. “It feels amazing,” Lincks, one, so I wanted to educate my who is now a sophomore at community on it, because none Wake Forest University, said. “I of my friends knew what a know there are not a lot of peo- puppy mill was.” She said that her friends ple that receive the award. I know how prestigious it is, and would ask her questions like, it feels good because I worked “Where did you buy her?” She would always explain, “She’s very hard for many years.” A member of Rockville Cen- from a puppy mill.” Because of tre’s Girl Scout Troop 829, the conditions in which the dog Lincks has focused on animal was raised, she suffered from a abandonment, and created an number of small disorders. Animal Rescue Club. The inspiContinued on page 13
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Fun and Friendship at the Fair Sofia Masseroli, left, and Edna Beirne hand out raffle tickets during the two-day event at the Church of the Ascension in Rockville Centre. Natalie Peters, 8, of Plainview enjoys spending at the Church of the Ascension’s annual Friendship Fair.
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