Nikki Beittenmiller has been working on the library's book drop for her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
Nikki Beittenmiller, a 16-year-old Bellaire High School student, has been involved with the Girl Scouts since kindergarten. Now going into her senior year, she’s been planning her gold award project, the highest award for Girl Scouts.
Beittenmiller had the idea to renovate the Bellaire Library return box, but needed to figure out an aspect of the project that could count for leadership. So, she started the Bellaire Youth Arts Initiative, a group designed to take on community projects in an effort to beautify Bellaire.
Beittenmiller said she hopes the Bellaire Youth Initiative will become a sustainable group and will take on more community projects once the drop box is complete.
Beittenmiller, along with about 12 to 15 volunteers, have been working on renovating the library book drop box at 5111 Jessamine St.
When they were done sanding, they put the primer and the base coat on. They just finished stenciling on houses, trees, kites and birds, moons and stars and insects all over the box.
Upon completion, the box will read: Bellaire City Library, Donated by Friends of Bellaire.
This is the first of many city library renovation projects.
To read the first story about Nikki Beittenmiller’s project, click here.
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- Nikki Beittenmiller has been working on the library’s book drop for her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
