“Members of Girl Scout Troop #382, which is putting on a Differently Abled Awareness Fair Saturday at South Whidbey Primary School: Miranda Mangin, Liz Nass, Emily Olsen, Nicole Russeff and Lola Williams. Troop leaders (not pictured) are Nancy Nass and Shannon Russeff.Senior Girl Scout Troop 382 will take its final stop in earning their Silver Award when they host the Differently Abled Awareness Fair at South Whidbey Primary School on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.The fair is open to the public and meant for kids of all ages. Its purpose, said scout leader Nancy Nass, is to educate visitors about various disabilities and through a variety of activities, experience what it may be like to have a disability.It is important to remember that people with disabilities are people first — their disabilities are second, Nass said.The fair will start at 10 a.m. with a performance from the Kids on the Block, a traveling troupe with life-size puppets that performs skits about children with disabilities. The fair will continue throughout the day with activities for young and old, including a sign language demonstration at 11:30 a.m.; a chance to explore an Island Transit paratransit bus from noon-2 p.m; more Kids on the Block at 1 p.m.; and a presentation by Charlie Duncan at 2:30 p.m. Duncan will demonstrate the Perkins brailer as well as how to use a cane and lead a blind person.There will be various stations that allow participants to experience sight, hearing, physical and learning disabilities, Nass said. The Silver Award is the highest that can be earned Cadet Girl Scouting. The girls have been working on this project for over a year. They took the original Differently Abled Awareness Award that Totem Council had let lapse because of outdated terminology and made necessary changes to make the language current. They also redesigned the patch and reintroduced the award to the council, which has adopted it as a current program. Troop 382 has been together for 10 years under the direction of their leader, Nancy Nass. They are the only troop in the history of South Whidbey service units to move to Senior Scouting as a troop.The girls have put in hundreds of hours of work into completing this project. They are a wonderful group of young ladies and I am incredibly of all they have accomplished, Nass said. “