Good hair day

Girl Scout Marieteresa Porcher Allen displays the results of her drive to collect hair for wigs for young people who have lost their hair due to burns, chemotherapy or other reasons. Marieteresa, 11, reached more than double the goal she set to earn a Girl Scout Silver Award — the highest award for Girl Scout Cadettes — receiving 239 donations via mail and from city hair salons by the middle of this month. Other members of North Riverdale Girl Scout Troop 1477 are doing remarkable things, like Maya Bliffeld’s (age 11) project to donate books for a new library in Guatemala; Laura McEntire’s (11) coat drive for people in Breezy Point still affected by Hurricane Sandy; Sophia Moore’s (12) project to help women in Togo; and Faith Mulismanaj’s (12) plans to paint the benches