Are you a recipient of the Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl
Scouting (previously known as the Golden Eagle of Merit, Golden Eaglet, Curved
Bar, and First Class)? Awesome! Today, we invite you to be a part of something
BIG—the upcoming Girl Scout Gold Award
Alliance Directory Centennial Edition!
This historic publication celebrates the thousands of inspiring Girl
Scout
alumnae who, over the last 100
years, have used their extraordinary courage, vision, and kindness to rally
communities and take action to make the world a better place. History. Impact.
Inspiration. It’s all in there and more! Here’s your chance to take action
one more time. Join us in celebrating Girl Scouting’s highest honor.
Help inspire future generations
of girls to carry on the Girl Scout tradition of thinking big and creating
amazing change in the community and the world.
To submit your story for inclusion in the directory, simply call our
publication partner, Harris Connect, toll free at 1-866-770-3079 (Monday–Friday,
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET). It’s going to be EPIC.
Get inspired with
snippets of some of last year’s coolest stories!
“My Gold Award project consisted of creating
over one hundred bags full of books, first-aid kits, stickers, and other items
for children who were waiting in the Emergency Department at my local hospital.
These children were either patients or siblings/friends of patients who were
asked to wait for hours at a time. Providing these items, even those as simple
as stickers, gave these children a sense of comfort that, in a hospital
setting, is sometimes difficult to achieve. Being able to make their hospital
visit that much better made all the difference in the world to me. There is
nothing more inspiring then seeing a young child smile in a difficult
circumstance.”
“My senior year of high school I
completed my Girl Scout Gold Award project, using the pillars of the Girl Scout
mission to help me. For my project, I taught developmentally disabled children
in my community how to play soccer, bringing the entire experience to them,
complete with uniforms and soccer gear. I was inspired by my love and passion
for soccer but also for helping and teaching, and I thought everyone should
have a chance to play a sport regardless of their disabilities. I held two
weekends of soccer clinics taught by myself and my closest soccer cohorts.
Whether these children were unable to speak or had limited motor skills, we
helped them learn how to play. My personal benefit from this award was the
smiles on the children's faces as they were given the opportunity to play a
sport that had not previously been offered to them in our community. This
project gave me the courage to execute my ideas and the confidence in my
abilities to lead others in the right direction.
“For my Gold Award project, I chose
to conduct a Women's Self-Defense Seminar. I had received my Black Belt in
Taekwondo in December 2006, and I wanted my project to reflect something I was
passionate about. I felt this project was a perfect example of building girls
AND women of courage, confidence, and character. The seminar provided the
participants not only with useful information and a visit from the LAPD, but
also practical skills they could use in real-life situations. It is
very important to me that women don’t find themselves becoming victims. I also
requested that the participants donate personal care items that I dropped off
at my local shelter for victims of domestic violence.