The Girl Scout Gold Award is a national award, a personal challenge and the highest award that a Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador may choose to pursue.
This year, 22 Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) received their Gold Awards at the annual Reflections ceremony, which took place at Maritz, Inc. in Fenton on June 2.
Earning The Girl Scout Gold Award requires a suggested 80 hours of planning and implementing a challenging, large-scale project that is innovative, engages others and has a lasting impact on its targeted community with an emphasis on sustainability.
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Since 1916, the Girl Scout Gold Award has represented excellence and leadership for girls everywhere. Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award puts winners among an exceptional group of women who have used their knowledge and leadership skills to make a difference in the world (less than one percent of all Girl Scouts earn the Girl Scout Gold Award).
Below is an excerpt from a local Girl Scout about her Gold Award project:
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Alexis Cross
Alexis' Gold Award project focused on helping older people in assisted living communities stay physically and mentally active through gardening.
She began by submitting plans for a garden to the Cardinal Ritter Institute for approval and obtained material donations. Then, she recruited members of the Rosati-Kain Service Club to be her Take Action Team to construct her design.
Then, she recruited members of the Rosati-Kain Service Club to be her Take Action Team to construct her design.