Oak Lawn Park District dance teacher Lily O’Dea organized a shoe donation effort to help keep her students dancing, winning Girl Scouting’s highest award in the process.
Lily O’Dea stands in front of a donation box she made to collect used dance shoes at the Oak View Center & Museum in Oak Lawn, where she teaches in the dance program. The effort earned her a Girl Scout Gold Award, the organization’s highest honor. Students sometimes complained to their Oak Lawn Park District dance teacher Lily O’Dea about their shoes being too tight. Their moms chime in, too, about the steep price of buying new ones as their children’s feet grow.
Besides being a dance teacher, O’Dea is a senior at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, as well as a Girl Scout in Oak Lawn Troop 60102. The donation box effort helped her earn the Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting. Dawn Farrell, Performing Arts supervisor at Oak Lawn Park District, began teaching O’Dea as a youngster and said it’s been an “honor and privilege” to have her be part of their Infiniti Dance Company.
O’Dea has loved dancing since she started at age 3 and is a co-captain of the Park District’s IndepenDANCE Dance Team. She teaches ballet, hip hop, poms, tap and ballet combo, and for older kids, lyrical dance, which combines ballet and jazz techniques.Lily O’Dea stands in a dance studio at the Oak View Center & Museum, where she teaches when she’s not studying as a senior at Richards High School in Oak Lawn or participating in Girl Scout projects.
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