Submitted by: Alicia Scipioni
The Clark, Garwood, and Winfield Girl Scouts recently participated in their Annual Powder Puff Derby in the Clark Recreation Center, 430 Westfield Avenue, Clark, New Jersey. There were a total of 51 girls participating in the event as well as six family members who entered the Family Race. The girls were grouped by scout level: Daisies, Brownies, Juniors/Cadettes (Juniors and Cadettes combined this year).
The event was run by Cadette Troop 40791, and led by Girl Scout Leader Alicia Scipioni and her husband Valentino Scipioni.
The Overall Winners were as follows:
1st Place Isabella Papa (Junior) with her car named All Rise.
2nd Place Allison Normann (Brownie) with her car Flasher.
3rd Place Alexis Meshinsky (Brownie) with her car Spirit of Troop #40564.
Family Race:
1st Place Gabriella Scipioni with Lonestar.
2nd Place Valentino Scipioni with Homerun.
3rd Place Melissa Papa with the Manning Mobile.
Winners for Special Categories were:
Most Colorful-Madison Sartoretti with her car named Skyrider.
Most Creative-Isabella Breece with her car named Sprinkles.
Most Scout Made-Makhaela Gonzalez with her car named Emoji.
Car with the Most Sparkle-Mia Arvelo with her car named “Car Queen.”
Sporty Car-Isabella Papa with her car named All Rise.
Plainest Car-Kaya Janocko with her car named Troublemaker.
Most Unique-Sophia Cruz with her car named Unicorn Power.
Fastest Looking Car-Allison Normann with her car named Flasher.
Funniest Car-Sienna Guarino with her car named Shark Attack.
Most Bling-Addyson Hand with her car named Glitz and Glitter.
Most Cartoonish-Erica Baglieri with her car named Kevin the Minion.
Best Named Car-The Blue Potato Pickle made by Isabella Sulikowski
Gracyn Irovando won the Flat Tire Award as well as the Prettiest Car Award for her car named Cutie Car.
The Girl Scouts would like to thank all the parents especially Matt Normann and all the scout volunteers who helped make the derby possible. The Girl Scouts would also like to thank the Clark ShopRite and Acme for their generous donations.
(above, l-r) Overall Winners: Alexis Meshinsky (3rd place), Isabella Papa (1st place) and Allison Normann ( 2nd place).
