Local troops make a difference

TO HELP PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES—Scouts are productive during the holidays. Top picture, Girl Scout Troop 1034 from Red Oak Elementary School helps to build floats for the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. From left are Erica Rosenberg, Hannah Rinkov, Jennifer Maholchic, Alyssa Scott and Monica Strauch. Above, Brownie Troop 433 from Yerba Buena Elementary School in Agoura Hills sings holiday songs for residents of the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda. From left: Julia Pfau, Emma Pfister, Abby Gore, Emma Fisher, Kennedy Lichtenfeld, Rachel Edelman, Caitlyn Bernhoft, Rachel Yoffe, Jennifer Passarelli and Brenda Martorano.