Area Girl Scouts Receive Gold Awards
ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG
Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma recently recognized young women who earned the distinction of the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. The awards ceremony was held recently at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Eighteen girls were honored for their achievements throughout eastern Oklahoma, with 13 residing in the Tulsa area.
The Gold Award symbolizes accomplishments in the areas of leadership, community service, career planning and personal development. It represents a Girl Scout’s dedication to excellence as she develops skills and values to meet present and future challenges. The requirements for the Girl Scout Gold Award include a series of prerequisites and the implementation of a major leadership project that demonstrates the Girl Scout’s commitment to herself, her community and to the future.
Prerequisites include the following. Girl Scout Leadership Award prerequisites are the completion of three Interest Projects, one Focus Book and 30 hours in a leadership role. The prerequisite for the Girl Scout Career Award is the completion of 40 hours in career activities. In order to qualify for the Girl Scout Gold 4Bs Challenge an individual must Become: setting goals for personal growth, Belong: finding out about her community and its members, Believe: creating a vision for change, and Build: building a network of people in her community who can help her make her vision of change come true.
The Gold Award Project consists of the planning and implementation of a leadership project requiring a minimum of 60 hours of service, which has a lasting impact on the community.
“The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award girls earn in Girl Scouting. Receiving this prestigious award honors years of dedication and service. We are so very proud of our recipients and have seen their projects make a lasting impact in the community,” says Karen Morgan, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma.
Elizabeth Armstrong, Hannah Ashley, Stephanie Bolen, Olivia Childs, Jeanine deLeon-Maestas, Jessie Deck, Anna Dennis, Emily Hall, Elyssa Kaufman, Hannah Kinnison, Sarah Kranau, Kaitlin Krause, Emily Maddox, Mary Matulewicz, Jordanne Morrow, Colene Reeves, Rebecca Schluter, and Alyxandra Stanco received their awards at the recent Gold Awards Ceremony.
Updated 06-22-2010
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