White Rock’s American Heritage Girls Troop NM1412 spent their first fall service project assembling homeless care packages for the Espanola Pathways Shelter. The girls and their families collected and donated items and then girls put together individual bags with notes of encouragement for the shelter to hand out. American Heritage Girls is a Christ-centered character and leadership development program for girls, dedicated to building women of integrity through service to God, family, community, and country. To connect with a local troop, go to americanheritagegirls.org and scroll down to the “find a troop” button. Accepting the donations at the Shelter are, from left, staff members Cristian Madrid, Nathan Gay and Shannon Baum. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com