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® 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.
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:
Laura Weis
Laura’s Gold Award project addressed the problem of illiteracy in city schools. She sought to start a book club where suburban students partnered with city students to help them pick out books to read.
Laura also wanted to provide students with access to more books in the classroom. She received donated books and built a bookcase. Plus, she also facilitated a book club to help the students read.