Clark’s Second Gaga Pit
The park, most commonly known as “The Pit,” to locals, may be more aptly named now thanks to members of Clark Girl Scout Troop 41248 who recently earned their scouting Bronze Award by building a Gaga Pit at the park called Veteran’s Memorial Park on Lupine Way.
To obtain their Bronze Award, the highest award that a Junior Girl Scout can achieve, Clark Girl Scouts Alyssa Arnold, Naiana Caballero-Herrera, April Fleckenstein, Gemma Galczynski, Lilijana Jadro, and Kaya Tasharofi, each had to dedicate 20 hours of time towards the project. This included letter writing to get Township permission for the build and donations from businesses. With the addition of profits from cookie and nut sales, the girls had the money needed to begin.
The scouts built and painted the pit and even made a video tutorial that can be watched by scanning a QR code for those that don’t know how to play the game. The new pit is equipped with an ADA accessible door and ramp so that everyone can gain access. Gaga ball is a softer version of dodgeball where players use a lightweight ball and only hit each other below the knees to tag a player out of the pit. The game ends when there is one person left within the pit that has not been tagged-out by a tap from the ball.
Photo by Melissa Fleckenstein
