Girl Scout Junior Troop 41468 of Maple Valley presented a donation to PUP Dog Rescue at an adoption event Sept. 22 at the Covington Petco.

The event was an opportunity for the public to adopt dogs and cats from the rescue organization. The Girl Scouts met with representatives from PUP to make their donation, and also got to cuddle some of the pets whose care their donation will help fund.

People United for Pets (PUP) Dog Rescue is a Western Washington non-profit

specializing in rescuing small-breed dogs, giving them medical care, attention, and love in the homes of volunteers until they can be adopted.

Since PUP was established in 2006, the organization has successfully placed more than 1,000 dogs and cats into

loving ‘forever homes’ where they can lead full and happy lives.

For the fourth and fifth-grade girls of Troop 41468, scouting means learning the joy of giving back to their community.

Their donation to PUP was largely earned from last year’s sale of Girl Scout cookies, though one scout contributed money saved from her allowance, and another asked guests at her birthday party to bring PUP donations instead of gifts.

Besides their donation to PUP, the troop voted to donate some of the money from their cookie sales to a neighbor in need due to illness, and some to the Maple Valley Food Bank.