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Whiz Kids: This Week's Is a Girl Scout

Sophia Cassabria is a leader in Girls Scouts, the local community and her family.

  • Whiz Kid's Accomplishment - Sophia recently bridged from Brownies to Junior Girl Scouts with her local Girl Scout Troop. As a Girl Scout, Sophia has donated time cleaning up Cherrywood Park, making donations to the Camden County Animal Shelter and working with the local community to raise money to help cover her younger brother’s medical costs. Her brother, Nico, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma (a form of childhood cancer) in fall 2010. Despite her busy schedule, Sophia managed to receive A's and B's on her report card all year. Her spirit of giving continued when she donated her Nintendo DS and games to the Child Life department at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

  • Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness - In the words of her mother, Stephanie Cassabria: “What makes Sophia so remarkable is her empathy and ability to love so freely. Sophia is a free spirit and marches to the beat of her own drum.”

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    Editor's Note: Know a great kid who made Eagle Scout or did your local soccer team take the championship? They may be our next Patch Whiz Kids honoree.

    Each week, GloucesterTownship.Patch.com will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens, and we'll select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.  

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    Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to sean.mccullen@patch.com or triciacadkins@comcast.net. Be sure to include all of the following information:

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