Since 2021, Hyattsville Aging in Place (HAP) has teamed up with local Girl Scouts Honor Cadette Troop 23007 to ensure our Neighbors received a sweet Valentine’s Day surprise. A partnership that started as a way to ensure a sweet Valentine’s Day surprise during the COVID pandemic has proven an ongoing success.

For 2024, Hyattsville Aging in Place is again working with Girl Scouts Claire and Maggie, who have volunteered at Put Art in Your Heart since they were old enough to use scissors.

We are asking people to buy Girl Scout cookies that will be donated to area seniors. The Girl Scouts will make valentines to accompany each box when they deliver them. Each box costs $5 and can be ordered from this page. You can personalize the valentine’s message from the same page, or, if you want to make your own valentines for the girls to deliver, mail them to “Valentines ℅ HAP, 5104 42nd Ave. Hyattsville, MD 20781.” You can also sign up for updates on the troop’s valentine-making efforts from the same page.

The website for ordering cookies and valentines is open NOW. Cookie orders must be finalized by February 3rd to ensure the troop has time to make all the necessary valentines for delivery.

New for 2024: The Hyattsville Horticultural Society will have a Valentine’s Day card-making station at its February 10th Seed Sale at the Hyattsville Municipal Building. People can make their own cards, or make ones for HAP to distribute!