2024 GSGATL Gold Award Girl Scouts Book

Gold Award Girl Scouts

The Mark of the Truly Remarkable

Congratulations Highest Award Girl Scouts!

Dear Girl Scout Family,

It is with profound honor and privilege that I find myself this year as part of this amazing part of a Girl Scout’s journey, we call High Awards. Although I had been a Board participant at past award ceremonies, it really was not until taking the role as Interim CEO this past summer that I have come to know more of these dynamic and determined Gold Award Girl Scouts and how much this means to them and their pods of support. As I engaged with families, friends, volunteers, and council team members who gave their precious time and energy to the Girl Scout’s endeavor, it was clear that all were committed to ensuring the very best experience possible. Unmistakably, a learning journey for all. It is both humbling and future affirming to see this kind of engagement. I thank each of you that joined in this Girl Scout journey and gave a bit of yourselves to ensure a Girl Scout could take these all-important steps. We do this together!

This nationally recognized and coveted award represents the highest achievement for a High School Girl Scout and is the pinnacle of the Girl Scout Experience. These recipients demonstrate leadership abilities through the transformation of an idea into an actionable plan with long lasting impacts to local, national, and sometimes, even international communities.

Girl Scouts are recognized as forces for change in locations near and far, but to make such a commitment to the work it takes to the challenges and opportunties of the Gold Award journey, it is an exceptionally powerful achievement. Each one of them must wrestle with not just a viable idea for change, but seek out other thoughts, inputs, and potential adjustments to their concepts. They must get out of comfort zones, face potential pitfalls and be confident enough to push on to the end. Clearly living up to Girl Scout aspirations for Courage, Confidence and Character. Every year, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta represents some of the most inspirational projects guided by a passion for making the world a better place. This year is no exception and those of us in the GSGATL Council could not be prouder.

In this magazine, you will meet the 100 young women we honor with a Gold Award and see the over 9000 hours of project work they spent. The accomplishments and challenges each tackled in unique and inventive ways showcase the power of giving girls a chance to step in and step up. Some brought attention to challenges near to themselves or people they care about, like mental health, body image, bullying, and peer pressure. Others chose to address sustainability and environmental challenges like water availability and potability or engineering smarter cities. Still others designed solutions for their stressed communities with food scarcity ideas, improved animal health, cultural inclusion and sharing their skills and experiences with those less able. They used their voices, their intellect, their networks and their communications and technology skills to advance the best of what could be rather than what is. Please join me in reading each for its powerful impact.

We are equally proud of our 301 Girl Scout Cadettes earning their Girl Scout Silver Awards and the 583 Girl Scout Juniors who earned their Girl Scout Bronze Award. The creativity and teamwork required to achieve these awards are a testament to Girl Scout Sisterhood foundations and burgeoning leadership capabilities. We are excited to see what comes next for all awardees as they continue to make a difference both to Girls Scouts and their world.

Interim Chief Executive Officer Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Gold Award Girl Scouts

Ameya Agnihotri

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisor: Kim Towne

Project Advisor: Lisa Neal

Gold Award Coach: Kim Towne

Kindness 4 Kids

Ameya’s project aimed to address the lack of specific antibullying education in children. Her project was a starter course on how to deal with bullying but it shows kids how to advocate for one another and help each other out. Breaking the boundaries of unfamiliarity with mutual kindness is crucial to keeping kids from being bullied. She heard a lot of personal stories from the kids and addressed the specific types of bullying or racism they were experiencing.

Cecilia Anderson

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Cristina Anderson

Project Advisor: Kirsten Vangrofsky

Gold Award Coach: Nicole Reed Literacy Week

For her Gold Award project, Cecilia built a library at the Jesse Draper Boys & Girls Club. She filled it with books collected through book drives at Woodward Academy. The library was launched with a week-long series of agespecific reading activities, culminating with a ribbon cutting celebration on Read Across America Day, which is celebrated each year on Dr. Seuss’s birthday.

“Embrace the opportunity to create a positive change in your community. Don’t wait for others to take the first step, for your actions can become the change you want to see.”

MaryPoole Smith, page 28

Lainey Anderson

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Cristina Anderson

Project Advisor: Trevon Broad

Gold Award Coach: Nicole Reed

Don’t Have to BE to Belong

Lainey’s Gold Award project focused on creating awareness around IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity and allies) through a series of 30-second educational videos that were aired on her school’s morning announcements and social media. The project covered race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and ability, with a special focus on how to be an ally.

Vailana Antonucci

County: Fayette

Troop Advisor: Kristi Hellenbrand

Project Advisor: Blake Hellenbrand

Gold Award Coach: Kristi Hellenbrand

Experience Virtual Peachtree City

Vailana focused her project on finding new and fun ways for citizens to interact together and experience their hometown, help children of new resident families learn how to get around, and gain citizen engagement and give them knowledge of the community that they live in. Much like others have created major city hubs using Minecraft, she created a virtual Peachtree City universe that will allowed for techy citizens, teenagers, and even children to engage and become aware of all the resources they have in town.

Abigail Armstrong

County: Cobb

Troop Advisor: Kathy Barnett and Kasey Bittner

Project Advisor: Sarah Parrish

Gold Award Coach: Kasey Bittner

Sensational Summer Science!

The main goal of Abby’sproject was to provide some fun and STEM-based summer educational activities for the children at that Atlanta Ronald McDonald House. These children can sometimes stay at the ARMH for months at a time along with their families and siblings and they often have few new enriching activities in the evenings after their appointments and treatments. Abby’s project will be sustained by the Dickerson Middle School Pay it Forward Club.

Kaitlyn Ault

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisors: Tara Bennett and Teri Laurenti

Project Advisor: Brittany Lowe

Gold Award Coach: Lori Everette

Helping Homeless Families in Gwinnett County

Kaitlyn’s project educated middle and high school students about homeless families in Gwinnett County by teaching about root causes, including illness or diseases, domestic violence, and unemployment. Many people become homeless because they are not able to pay for unexpected medical bills. Kaitlyn’s project, sustained by a local church, was to help Rainbow Village by donating necessities. She collected over 30 items during workshops she held, which were donated to families at Rainbow Village.

Tristan Barber

County: Cherokee

Troop Advisor: Angie Miller

Project Advisors: Kiara McKay, Ashley Snow and Ashleigh Burns

Gold Award Coach: Angie Miller

Destigmatizing the Deaf

Tristan’s project addressed the issue of Deaf exclusion in society. The identified root causes were misconceptions about Deafness, lack of knowledge and access to resources, and the isolation of the Deaf community. To address this issue, Tristan consulted with members of the Deaf community and consolidated resources to distribute to community leaders. She also held several seminars and created a curriculum of sorts that is now being used in upwards of 30 states and 10 countries.

Faustina Barcena

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisor: Polly Barcena

Project Advisor: Julie Ferguson

Gold Award Coach: Fran Houston

Brain Benches at Annandale Village: Mental Health Awareness

Faustina’s project aimed to address mental health among the mentally disabled, as this group is more susceptible to mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bi-polar depression, and more. It is scientifically proven that time spent outdoors is highly beneficial to mental health, relieving anxiety, stress, and depression. Using Annandale Village’s old chapel pews, Faustina created six benches that she placed around the campus in scenic locations to encourage residents to spend more time outside.

Presley Bartkow

County: Cherokee

Troop Advisor: Jessica Weiss

Project Advisor: Daphne Mullen

Gold Award Coach: Jessica Weiss

Meeting the Children’s Haven’s Needs

Presley’s project aimed to help fulfill the needed items for the Children’s Haven. This organization promotes the health and happiness of children impacted by abuse and neglect. Her project planned to provide help and awareness to the Children’s Haven by teaching her peers about what they are, how they benefit the community and by collecting donations. Presley’s targeted audience was her peers. A club at her school is sustaining the project.

“She’s a dreamer, a doer, and a thinker. She sees potential for change everywhere.”

NaZyia Macon, page 20

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Gold

Emma Bayer

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Dr. Carey Roth Bayer and Jim Bryant

Project Advisors: Deana Whalen, Philip Hefner and Jenn White

Gold Award Coach: Melissa Heard

The Senior Pet Project

Senior animals are often overlooked and are not adopted at the same rates as younger animals for a variety of reasons. Emma’s project raised awareness, resources, and adoption of senior animals through her website, haybale, resource event, animal comic auction, brochure, flyer, social media, and her partnership with organizations locally, regionally, and nationally.

Christina Berry

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisor: Blythe Martinson

Project Advisor: Dana Roberts and Shedonna Alexander

Gold Award Coach: Blythe Martinson

Menstruation Education

Christina’s project consisted of creating a series of workshops to address period poverty. Period poverty is the lack of education on menstrual health and the lack of menstruation resources. Her target audience was girls in her community. Christina’s goal was to educate them on this concept and to inspire them to educate other girls in their community as well.

Chloe Blacknall

County: Douglas

Troop Advisor: Olivia Blacknall

Project Advisor: Kenja Parks

Gold Award Coach: Kimberly Knighton-Felix

Instant Replay

Chloe’s project revolved around making youth sports more affordable. Poverty was the root issue, notably affecting 44.4% of Douglas County Public School students. What drove Chloe was seeing her teammates struggle due to a lack of equipment, further substantiated by research indicating lower youth sports participation in low-income families. Her project aimed to provide access to sporting equipment, collected with strong community support, breaking down financial barriers and encouraging youth sports participation.

Taylor Bonner

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Rhonda Barrow and Jessica Grier

Project Advisor: Iyauna Miller

Gold Award Coach: Rhonda Barrow

The Book Nook

The Book Nook is dedicated to promoting cultural diversity through books. Taylor believes that there is a lack of diversity when it comes to finding children’s books written by African American authors. Her Book Nook will be sustained by the Resurgence Hall Charter School library. The target audience was grade 6th to 8th because Taylor believes they will gain a better understanding of how it may not only effect them, but the world around them.

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

Vincent Van Gogh

Taryn Claassens

Troop Advisor: Jessica Mirth

Project Advisor: Ajaye Schmit, Julie Day, Deana Barton, Jessica Messler and Angela Hunt

Gold Award Coach: Shelly Midkiff

Favorite Girl Scout Memory: Camporee was always my favorite time of year. I enjoyed meeting other troops at camp, activities, song night, decorating the cabins, and trading swaps. I also loved doing community service with my troop.

Mind Full

Taryn wanted to address the mental health crisis among K-12 students. She created Mind Full to support counseling efforts in schools and family charities. Using recycled materials, Taryn created expressive art kits and a website with information for students. Over 200 pounds of recycled material were raised for the low-cost kits. As part of her workshops, she and 31 volunteers created 164 expressive art kits and 20 material boxes for eight schools and five charities-offices.

Troop 2100 | Cobb County

2024 Gold Award Council Young Women of Distinction

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

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Highest Awards | Gold

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A’mylah Brantley-Findley

County: Rockdale

Troop Advisor: Toni Bridges

Project Advisor: Alexis Shannon

Gold Award Coach: Shawntrease Richard

Express Yourself

Teens face anxiety and stress for many reasons. A’mylah created a brochure and conducted a workshop to help middle and high school students learn how to identify the signs of anxiety and stress. They learned different ways art can help. A’mylah’s brochure is now available from many stakeholders in Rockdale County and in Cincinnati, Ohio. She’s even been asked to do a workshop by other troop leaders and community groups.

Leighanne Bryant

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Carey Bayer and Jim Bryant

Project Advisor: Veronica Ricks

Gold Award Coach: Sonisha Christmas

Gold Star Kids Support Services

GSKSS (www.Goldstarkss.org) is a nonprofit established to financially support kids of Gold Star Families. A Gold Star Family is a designation of a military family that lost a mother or father in combat. Children of Gold Star Families can request financial support for extracurricular activities like band, cheer, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports, etc. Donations are received and service requests are granted.

Savannah Bryant

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Tiffany Bryant and Claudia Sifflet

Project Advisor: Jane Dacosta

Gold Award Coach: Kimberly Knighton-Felix

Concussion Awarness and Helmet Safety

Savannah’s project’s root cause was the prevalence of concussions in equestrians and the lack of helmet safety that is associated with these injuries. Her audience was equestrians ages 12 through 18, with whom she shared videos, wrote articles, and to whom she taught classes. To sustain her project, Cobb County 4-H will teach master classes on helmet safety to students who attend the State 4-H Horse Show. Over 2000 teens saw her videos and she taught over 100 people.

Kaitlyn Capehart

County: Hall

Troop Advisor: Melinda Poff

Project Advisor: Mike McGraw

Gold Award Coach: Melinda Poff

Buzzing for Bees

Kaitlyn addressed the issue of bee endangerment by creating bee habitats. By creating bee habitats she helped to encourage bees to populate more areas. This can have positive effects on the entire surrounding area as it will allow the flora and fauna to grow, it will encourage other pollinator insects, and it will cause a thriving natural environment. The bee habitats are meant to combat the loss of many natural bee habitats.

Miderline Charles

County: Fayette

Troop Advisor: Rachel Horak

Project Advisor: Tomekia Bridges

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

DES for High School Students

Miderline worked to increase awareness around Dual Enrollment for high school students. She worked with both students and parents, created a presentation to share and educate about the benefits and the challenges. She also created a website to help in organizing resources for future dual enrollment families.

Ruhee Chitambar

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Jennifer Kitchens

Project Advisor: Kia Johnson

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Stories of Stuttering

Ruhee’s project addresses the lack of awareness and education surrounding people who stutter, a community to which she belongs. Ruhee was able to reach over 30 people virtually and over 30 more in person with zines (like magaZINES) that she made. These detailed the experiences of people who stutter that she met through the Blank Center.

Hannah Claiborne

County: Fayette

Troop Advisor: Stephanie Koukoutsis

Project Advisor: Lee Ann Trimble

Gold Award Coach: Jennifer Vetter

Coco’s Thrifting

Hannah’s project addressed a lack of awareness about animals without homes in her community. She reached out to local businesses, put flyers around town, and gave a presentation about Coco’s Cupboard, a nonprofit organization created to reduce the number of homeless animals in her community. Hannah also provided heavy duty shelving for Coco’s Closet, a new thrift store. Coco’s Cupboard will sustain her project by educating the community with resources she provided.

“Accomplishment is never measured by the result, but by the impact you made along the way.”

Ananya Suresh, page 30

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Gold

Clea Coard

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisors: Raegan Coard and Lisa Carter

Project Advisor: Dionne Morton

Gold Award Coach: Shawntreese Richard

Kids Health PSA

Clea’s PSAs addressed four children’s health issues: Healthy eating, washing hands, sneezing and coughing etiquette, and proper hand sanitizer etiquette. This was explained in multiple short, five-minute videos. She reached her target audience of elementary-aged children by showing these videos to a kid’s STEM lab, an elementary school health class, and the kid’s church program. The project is being sustained through these places. Clea also ran surveys to record the children’s reactions to the PSAs.

Sasha Cole

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Seani Serfontein

Project Advisors: Wendi Smolowitz and Lori Herman

Gold Award Coach: Shelly Midkiff

1-2-3: Read!

Sasha addressed the issue of lower literacy rates among women in Georgia, which is ranked 45th nationally. She addressed the issue by improving literacy and selfconfidence in elementary-aged girls through workshops. Sasha surveyed the parents of the attendees. One reported, “Self-confidence is key at this age and the workshop gave each girl a boost in that!” and “[the workshops helped] to instill a love of learning and encourage girls to recognize their strengths [are] invaluable.”

Ravyn Collins

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisors: Aiyetoro Collins and Kenicia Lee

Project Advisors: Theresa Braddy and Marcell Avram

Gold Award Coach: Shawntrease Richard

The Parkview Jungle: A Journey to Gardening

Ravyn’s project was about teaching life skills to Parkview High School culinary arts classes on how to create and maintain an organic garden.They also learned the health benefits of growing your own garden. Ravyn also showed them how to be considerate and caring by donating the excess food to their local food pantries. Parkview High School’s Nature, Environmental, Secret Garden, and Culinary Arts clubs will sustain the garden and provide the crops to the local area shelters.

Kyleigh Conley

County: Clayton

Troop Advisor: Tawanna Conley

Project Advisors: Kelli Edwards and Councilman Corey Reeves

Gold Award Coach: Deborah Burke Johnson

The Teachings of Water Quality

Kyleigh’s project’s root cause was that many people were uninformed about nonpoint pollution and its impacts. She introduced how to test macroinvertebrate, chemical, and bacterial parameters within a stream, and why they are important to the ecosystem. Kyleigh’s target audience included residents of the City of South Fulton (COSF), Troop 3802 CadAmbSr, attendees of the GA Confluence Conference, and the Atlanta Science Festival. COSF Parks and Recreation Department, and Fulton County Adopt-AStream program are sustaining the project.

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Always be yourself no matter what anyone else says.

Marissa Copeland

Troop 12412 | Cobb County

Troop Advisor: Gloria Tobin

Project Advisors: Dr. Denise Magee, Dr. Carla Neal-Haley and Bianca Walker Gold Award Coach: Cheryl Carson

Be Aware...Be There: Helping Adolescents Cope and Helping Others with Anxiety

The issue Marissa’s project addressed was anxiety in adolescents. Marissa chose this issue because her anxiety was heightened in middle and high school. The root cause of anxiety is how one responds to anxiety stressors. She developed an anxiety mentorship program to teach over one thousand students in middle and high school about anxiety, the stressors of anxiety, and anxiety coping strategies. Marissa’s project will be sustained by schools and organizations in the Atlanta area and beyond.

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Margaret Council

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisors: Jae Runsick and Ann Council

Project Advisors: Gail Barnes and Leila Warren

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

The Flow Project

The Flow Project is built to distribute free period products to the community within Chamblee High School. The project also provides educational resources for healthy menstrual habits and information on period poverty. To gain traction, this project was published in the weekly school newsletter and shared during the weekly announcements.

Sophia Dait

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisor: Kimberly Wolf

Project Advisor: Alli Neal

Gold Award Coach: Kimberly Wolf

Let’s Get Safe

Children are often unaware of how to protect themselves from dangers. For her project, Sophia created a video library of safety tips. Revved Up Kids, a non-profit agency, teaches children and teenagers how to protect themselves and how to recognize unsafe people and situations. They will be posting the videos she created on their social media. The target audience is the children who see the videos. This project is sustainable because these videos will always be on the internet.

Conchetta Dodge

County: Floyd

Troop Advisors: Doreen Meeks and Laureen Gilbert

Project Advisors: Lori Davis, Amanda Williams and April Burns-Smith

Gold Award Coach: Kelly Angelo

Fur-Ever

During the pandemic many pets were adopted, but as people went back to work, they had little time to care for their pets, surrendering them to shelters. Conchetta’s project addresses the overcrowding of animal shelters. She provided her local shelter with Fur-Ever Pet Kits, helping ease the transition of pets to new homes, hosted Fur-Ever Adoption Days increasing adoptions, and filmed a PSA which airs on SHRL TV4’s evergreen programming to educate the public.

Lauren Dove

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Leslie Dove

Project Advisor: Lisa Lariscy

Gold Award Coach: Kelly Angelo

Pollinator Gardens

For her project, Lauren built sustainable pollinator gardens on her school’s campus. The root cause of the issue for her project was the destruction of pollinator habitats from herbicide and pesticide use, causing the habitats and pollinators to die off. From this issue, Lauren researched specific ways to refurbish pollinator habitats such as native pollinator plants, natural fertilizers, and constant watering. This impacted the pollinator species and created a sustainable garden at her school.

Paige Dunmire

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Kimberly Wolf

Project Advisor: Zoe Griffin

Gold Award Coach: Kimberly Wolf

Paige’s Pages

During extended hospital stays, children are isolated from their peers. Paige collaborated with local schools and a children’s hospital to close the gap between hospitalized children and other students their age. By building a website where they could read and submit book reviews, she helped create connection between these children and their community. They were able to interact with other children through reading, which was previously impossible.

Kaylen Emerson

County: Douglas

Troop Advisors: Krystal Gambrell and Brenda Williams

Project Advisors: Rosalind Elliott and Ann Lovett Battle

Gold Award Coach: Erica Scott

Golden Gardens

Kaylen’s Gold Award project, Golden Gardens, was used to combat food insecurity caused by food deserts in communities near her. She combated the issue by starting a fresh produce distribution service that worked to bridge the gap between affordable produce in communities of lower socioeconomic status. Along with the distribution of produce, Kaylen also distributed pamphlets to families and various food pantries in Georgia detailing the importance of a healthy diet.

Molly Faulkner

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisor: Blythe Martinson

Project Advisor: Jennifer Andriano

Gold Award Coach: Blythe Martinson

Garden for the Hungry

Molly built a vegetable garden in an existing garden plot behind a local church. The garden is maintained by community volunteers, with irrigation using rainwater collected from the roof of a nearby building. Produce harvested from the garden is donated to a local food bank. The initial harvest will include cabbage, collard greens, lettuce and kale.

“You are the architect of positive change and the embodiment of limitless possibilities.”

Christina Berry, page 4

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Sofia Fays

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Irina Fays

Project Advisor: Ashley Henderson

Gold Award Coach: Pamela Malinzak

Boomerang 2 Positivity

Sofia partnered with Camp Twin Lakes, the largest camp for kids with special needs in the US, to help enhance camper experience while addressing teen anxiety through mini volunteer projects. Adolescents have struggled to find joy and reach positive mental health ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. Sofia’s goal was to spread volunteering as a mechanism to increase positivity. Her project reached over 3,000 kids and teens and created 200 signs for CTL’s new Rutledge West campus!

Morgan Ferrell

County: Fulton

Troop Advisors: Brenda Willams and Erica Scott

Project Advisors: Shanah Grant, Akilah Blount and Charis Trench-Simmons

Gold Award Coach: Krystal Gambrell

GIRLS STEM IT

GIRLS STEM IT, founded by Morgan Ferrell, aims to address the root cause of the gender gap in STEM career fields, where fewer women pursue professions compared to men. The workshop targets young girls from elementary school to high school, to inspire and encourage them to consider STEM as career options. The event features hands-on activities, curriculum, and female STEM guest speakers. Friendship Community Church annually hosts Girls STEM IT Day to sustain the project.

Emma Foley

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Mary Elizabeth Gump and Deborah Foley

Project Advisor: Christine Stuckey

Gold Award Coach: Mary Elizabeth Gump

Implement an Agape Library System

Emma’s project was to create a library cataloging system for the Agape Library. Agape is an after school program in the Atlanta area that provides education services for underserved kids. In order to encourage reading and make the library more accessible for Agape’s students, her project made it so that the students could check out books.

Danielle Foster

County: Newton

Troop Advisors: Samantha Jones and Felicia Clark

Project Advisor: Christina Clements

Gold Award Coach: Sha Coursey

Aiding Mental Health in a Post-Pandemic World

Danielle’s Gold Award project was the ambitious development of a chatbot meant to help teens affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with depression and anxiety. The chatbot doesn’t give any personal data to anyone, including to Danielle, ensuring that conversations with the bot were totally private and comfortable. Her successor will be tasked with keeping up with the website the chatbot is hosted on, as well as updating it to add more variation in dialogue and helpful resources.

“Earning your Gold Award encourages you to change your community in a truly amazing way.”

Troop Advisor: Sorina Fant

Project Advisors: Cybil Talley, Tysheonia Edwards and Kililo Boyd

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Favorite Girl Scout Memory: My favorite Girl Scout memory was the culminating event of my Gold Award. All the people I have met up to this point in my journey and some very influential people in my community came out to not only support me but learn and implement ways to change the world through gardening. I am proud of my Girl Scout journey

Gardening 101

Christina’s Gold Award Project is called Gardening 101. Gardening 101 is an initiative to teach people young and old how to create their very own impactful community garden that solves issues like inequality and loneliness. Christina hosted an event at her school where 40 school stakeholders, city councilwomen, and state representatives came to the school to learn just that. During her event, Christina was presented with a proclamation for her work from her city council.

Christina Jordan

Juliette | Fulton County

2024 Gold Award Council Young Women of Distinction

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta | 2024

Highest Awards | Gold

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Shania Fuller

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Yvonne Gilbert

Project Advisor: Jeremiah Dawson

Gold Award Coach: Donna Lowry

Happy Future Stars

Shania chose to focus on youth mental health for her Gold Award, called “Happy Future Stars,” because she watched those around her suffer during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Shania spent time at a camp called Summer Safe, Inc., founded by Jeremiah Dawson, who agreed to be her Gold Award Project Advisor. The camp is a “not-for-profit dedicated to changing the lives of Atlanta school-age youth in underserved communities through transformative summer camp and program experiences.”

Paige Gaudet

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Tawanna Conley

Project Advisor: Teresa Herman

Gold Award Coach: Deborah Burke Johnson

The STEMinist Project

Paige’s project promotes STEM, STEM careers, and highlights aerospace to students in her local community. Unfortunately, the lack of access and exposure to STEM curriculum and content directly impacts diversity within professional STEM fields. Paige’s target audience was students of color and anyone else in the learning community interested in STEM and aerospace. She addressed this issue by starting an aerospace club at her school, and created an online STEM Website for an elementary school.

Danielle Goolsby

County: Cobb

Troop Advisor: Shonna Luten

Project Advisors: Dr. Felicia Angelle and Lori Armbruster

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Family Bonding Blessing Bags

Danielle’s project centered around the issue of economic hardship, which included the children of low-income families at Keheley Elementary School. Her goal was to give the children and their families suggestions for family bonding activities and fun-filled items to enjoy over Fall Break. The impact of her project was parents and children spending more time together doing simple activities.

Kyra Gosselin

County: Cobb

Troop Advisor: Julie Gosselin

Project Advisor: Brittney Dockery

Gold Award Coach: Elizabeth Lewis

Pitbulls

– Facts not Fear

There are a number of myths and stereotypes about “pitbull-type” dogs that are either anecdotal and misleading, or entirely false. These are not based on scientific evidence or expert information, instead based on unreliable statistics or on misinformation sourced from unscientific organizations. Kyra’s solution was to create an educational video with input from vets, owners, rescuers, and animal behaviorists.

Bahiyyih Grant

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Linda Grant

Project Advisor: Emily Roberts

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Disposing of Food Waste

Bahiyyih’s project raised awareness about the social and environmental impacts of food waste through multiple presentations, a blog, and a website. Her project also built capacity in individuals of various age groups at her school and in her neighborhood to build habits to reduce food waste in their daily lives.

Emily Grant

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisors: Kara Grant and Carol McCloskey

Project Advisor: Sarah Sanke

Gold Award Coach: Kirsten Fitzgerald

DNDC Children’s Garden

To address a lack of education and appreciation for the benefits of pollinators, Emily helped establish a children’s native plant garden to teach children and their parents in her community about the importance of pollinators and native plants. She added seating, storage, a mural, and created a website for the garden. 86.7% of families who visited were going to change their habits to encourage pollinators. The garden will be sustained by the local garden club.

Lindsey Grant

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisor: Blythe Martinson

Project Advisor: Dr Tyra Harris-Thompson

Gold Award Coach: Blythe Martinson

Everyone Deserves Kindness

Everyone Deserves Kindness is a project that was conducted at Kingsley Elementary School and focused on the issues of childhood bullying. Lindsey spent two weeks with the after school students and her team, teaching them how to recognize bullying, how to stop bullying when noticed, and the specific dangers of bullying. Lindsey’s project was overseen by Dr. Tyra Harris-Thompson and Pamela Jones. Her project is sustained by a brochure she made.

“Your commitment isn’t just a goal; it’s a powerful force shaping a brighter future for us all.”

Allie Robson, page 2

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Gold

Dharani Guru

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisor: Kavitha Veeramani

Project Advisors: Chief Madzimawe, Yashodhara Velayudam and Upasna Gupta

Gold Award Coach: Kavitha Veeramani

Sustainable Schooling for Girls

Dharani’s Gold Award project was to improve education for girls in Zambia. She fundraised $2,000 to build a roof for the Madzimawe Foundation All Girls’ School and sent 50 school supply kits and 40 books. She also created an English reading curriculum for the girls. Her project was successful in increasing school attendance and motivation among the girls.

Rachel Harville

County: Fayette

Troop Advisor: Kristi Hellenbrand

Project Advisor: Whitney Shoemaker

Gold Award Coach: Kristi Hellenbrand

Go Your Own Way, Choose Your Best Path

Rachel helped lower the stress for middle school students at Rising Starr Middle School when they were trying to register for high school classes. Her project helped 300 rising 9th graders and 600 other middle schoolers know the high school career paths available to them at Starr’s Mill High School.

Nina Heard

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Carey Bayer and Jim Bryant

Project Advisors: Dion-Walker Smith, Keri Hill and LeKara Simmons

Gold Award Coach: Carey Bayer

Consent:

Give, Receive, Respect

Nina created three videos. They covered how to ask for consent, what to do if consent is revoked, and what happens when boundaries are changed. Nina’s videos were created by and for youth, and she will partner with the GCAPP youth regarding dissemination and distribution.

Abigail Heizer

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisor: Amy Hillman

Project Advisors: Shawn Stone and Vicki Warren

Gold Award Coach: Libby Peck

Trailblazing for Health

“Trailblazing for Health addressed the issue of safe outdoor recreation for the benefit of physical and mental health. In Georgia, the prevalence of adult obesity is 37%.

1. Abigail updated signage and trailmarkings throughout 6 miles of trails and 120 acres in Henderson Park.

2. She partnered with City Council and Friends of Tucker Parks to provide education on park improvements.

3. Abigail created an educational flyer and met with park visitors for greater awareness.”

“You have a community of people surrounding you who want to support you through each milestone.”

Priyal Maheshwari

Troop 14505 | Forsyth County

Troop Advisor: Julia Neal

Project Advisor: Tameka Osabutey-Aguedje

Gold Award Coach: Shelly Midkiff

Favorite Girl Scout Memory: My favorite Girl Scout memory is when my troop and I went treehouse camping, where we stayed in houses built 20 feet in the air! On the way back, we stopped by Marineland to visit their wildlife, and it was an overall memorable trip.

Future Women of STEM

To help bridge the gender gap in STEM fields, Priyal exposed young girls to STEM careers through her Women of STEM club at a local middle school. During monthly meetings that were each themed after a STEM topic, she introduced an influential woman in STEM and then conducted a unique experiment. Priyal expanded the Women of STEM club’s curriculum to two additional middle schools, and she hopes to continue empowering girls in STEM.

2024 Gold Award Council Young Women of Distinction

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

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2024

Highest Awards | Gold

17

Hannah Hobmann

County: Fayette

Troop Advisor: Lori Sims

Project Advisor: Anna Elizabeth McCloud

Gold Award Coach: Monique Comiskey

Computer Program for CoCo’s Cupboard/ Tails of Hope Volunteers

Hannah’s local animal shelter, CoCo’s Cupboard, attracts a multitude of volunteers. However, they needed to be able to know which volunteers to contact for special projects. For example, reaching out to volunteers who are capable of using power tools when they need to build something or do other forms of woodworking. Hannah’s Gold Award designed a program that helps find volunteers with specific skills when special projects arise.

Vamsika Ilango

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisor: Kavitha Veeramani

Project Advisors: Jennie Lobato, Stephanie Donaldson and Ramya Shivkumar

Gold Award Coach: Kavitha Veeramani

Art for Everyone

Vamsika’s “Art for Everyone” project aimed to address the shortage of art resources for children in Costa Rica. In partnership with drawchange, she established a self-guided art classroom, and provided art supply kits and desks to a local school. Vamsika developed a bilingual art activity book, allowing kids to learn art and English simultaneously. Additionally, she created coloring pages and art videos for children to use at their convenience.

Jemeya Joe

County: DeKalb

Troop Advisor: Kara Grant

Project Advisor: Gloria Pantoja

Gold Award Coach: Kara Grant

Little Libraries at Pernoshal Park and Dunwoody City Hall

Jemeya’s project created a series of little libraries. She provided a variety of books, enabling children to borrow and return books at their convenience, fostering a love for reading and learning. These accessible and decentralized libraries promote literacy, education, and imagination among children who may otherwise have restricted opportunities to explore the world of books. She placed Little Libraries in Pernoshal Park and Dunwoody City Hall, where there are lower income families that are transitional and new to the Dunwoody area. In addition, she collected books in both Spanish and English for children that speak English as their second language so there is a variety of book options.

Eleanor Knight

County: Fulton

Troop Advisors: Deborah Foley and Mary Elizabeth Gump

Project Advisor: Angela Davis

Gold Award Coach: Deborah Foley

Little Library for Childhood Literacy

Eleanor was inspired by Scott Elementary’s student body to build and supply a stocked Little Library for the school. Her goal was to increase childhood literacy and decrease book deserts. Eleanor built with recycled materials, hosted a book drive, and created reading comprehension pamphlets for student use, all while engaging with her community on a topic she was passionate about.

Claire Kuhl

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisor: Norma Torgerson

Project Advisor: Isabella Santiago

Gold Award Coach: Jessica Weis

Girls in STEM

In Claire’s project, she addressed the shortage of young girls in her school’s aerospace and mechatronics pathways. Claire worked with girls at her local middle schools to expose them to all the STEM opportunities available to them. With the help of her teammates, they showed them the basics of what they learn at Alliance, including flying plane simulators, building robots, operating drones, and much more.

Jessica Lawlor

County: Cherokee

Troop Advisor: Barbara Gorman

Project Advisor: Heather Barton

Gold Award Coach: Elizabeth Lewis

College Resources for Underserved Students

As Jessica began to prepare for college, she realized that the resources on the internet often have information that contradicted each other or were too convoluted to understand. This puts many students at a disadvantage in the college prep process, particularly those whose parents either did not go to college or immigrated to the United States. She compiled resources into a concise, accessible webpage attached to the high school’s tutoring center website.

Kelsey Li

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Deborah Foley

Project Advisor: Alec Khan

Gold Award Coach: Deborah Foley

Impacting Through Education

Impacting Through Education focused on addressing the issue of educational deficits in children due to unequal access to educational opportunities. Kelsey’s team worked with A+ Squash, a non-profit, educationally-oriented organization to provide additional one-on-one tutoring for students that live in economically disadvantaged areas. Over the course of four months, they held weekly tutoring sessions for students at A+, providing an in-depth, personal connection with an educator alongside educational assistance.

“Our age has absolutely nothing to do with our capacity to do great things. You are always capable of making a difference, if you only let yourself.”

Tristan Barber, page 3

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Adalyn Liakakos

County: Cherokee

Troop Advisor: Angie Miller and Laura Guglielmo

Project Advisor: Dr. Wendy Roberts

Gold Award Coach: Angie Miller

Keep Hickory Flat Out of the Ocean

Adalyn’s project addresses plastic usage and ocean microplastics. She created a presentation and surveys for high school students about using reusable cups rather than single usage cups. Adalyn also targeted managers of local stores to get pledges to allow reusable cups. Her presentation will go out to future students through Beta Club. Teens were made aware of micro-plastics in the ocean and of leaving plastic footprints. She has impacted students to think about plastic waste.

Perri Lockett

County: Fulton

Troop Advisors: Rosalind King and Lesley Williams

Project Advisor: Rhonda Meekins

Gold Award Coach: Lisa Willis

Cell Phone Literacy

Cell Phone Literacy is a workshop for senior citizens to learn how to set up their cell phones and to learn how to use them for daily tasks. The root cause of Perri’s project comes from the new technology that keep coming out, without the proper resources for senior citizens. Her project was made sustainable by creating a recording of the workshop. The project will be sustained by Sandy Wainwright and the Golden Agers of Turner Chapel A.M.E Church. The Award has allowed Perri to build positive relationships with seniors and to share knowledge to improve future growth between generations.

NaZyia Macon

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisors: Kimberly Murray and Angela Pearson

Project Advisor: SaDohl Jones

Gold Award Coach: Kimberly Murray

In Love With My Mental

NaZyia Macon earned her Gold Award by fostering a program called “In Love With My Mental.” With support from her team, NaZyia’s program premiered at a leadership conference and an elementary school to raise adolescent mental health awareness, and to teach mental health management. NaZyia’s program is now continued as an annual mental health day at Stone Mill Elementary due to her guide offering non-traditional techniques and mental services for both classroom and household settings.

Lily Martinson

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisor: Blythe Martinson

Project Advisor: Samantha Long

Gold Award Coach: Kirsten Fitzgerald

PAWS Atlanta Retail Area

The root cause of Lily’s project is the amount of animals that are surrendered to animal shelters each year. Her project helped benefit a shelter in her community called PAWS Atlanta. In order to help PAWS gather more funding, she was able to create a way for them to display their merchandise for increased sales. Lily built a bench that doubles as storage, as well as two other units for storage for their lobby area.

“Since Kindergarten, Girl Scouts has fostered my self-discovery and taught me invaluable life lessons.”

Marin Ramesh

Troop

| Forsyth County

Financing Your Future

Girl Scout Memory: Gathering around the campfire at Camp Meriwether, making s’mores, and singing campfire songs stands out as my favorite memory. It was the final night at camp, I had the chance to truly absorb all the profound experiences and friendships I had forged. It was a moment of feeling genuinely loved and supported. As we sang “Linger,” I was sad to leave the beautiful, serene camp but excited to venture back into the world, armed with all the knowledge I had gained.

Financing Your Future addressed the root cause of rising poverty due to the lack of accessible financial education, focusing on middle and high school students. Marin and her team created interactive presentations, activities, and a website to teach essential financial skills to 11 to 17-yearolds. The project reached three counties and was sustained through local schools and organizations. This project aimed to break the cycle of poor financial choices, empower future generations, and contribute to reducing poverty.

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2024 Gold Award Council Young Women of Distinction

Troop Advisor: Sirisha Iyer and Josephine Ramesh

Project Advisors: Aradhana Gupta Kejriwal and Cassidy Mazzei

Gold Award Coach: Mary Williams

Favorite

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta | 2024

Highest Awards | Gold

21

Amelia Massie

County: Cobb

Troop Advisor: Betsy Massie

Project Advisors: Jen Hale and Alejandra Zuluaga Brieva

Gold Award Coach: Barbara O’Connor

Spanish Book Collection for Equatorial Guinea

Amelia’s Girl Scout Gold Award addressed students and teachers at various schools in Equatorial Guinea through the donation of over 300 Spanish books and $500 dollars. She did this through creating an Amazon registry with over 300 books that she selected through her own research and from recommendations from her team members. Amelia additionally organized two in-person book drives, donating enough books to fill over two full schools in Equatorial Guinea.

Anika Mathur

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisor: Heidi Lane

Project Advisor: Billqeece Naqawe

Gold Award Coach: Kim Towne

Improving Recycling Rates in My Community

Anika implemented an additional method of waste disposal that wasn’t common in her community to increase the likelihood of plastics getting recycled. She distributed Hefty EnergyBags, a special orange trash bag specifically meant for disposing plastics #4-#7, to participating residents of Gwinnett County. Then, she held workshops around her community explaining the logistics of this program, as well as why it was important to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Sarah McWilliams

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisor: Beth McWilliams

Project Advisor: Manina Riggs

Gold Award Coach: Alyce James

Flower Power

The root cause of Sarah’s project was that there is a lack of education when it comes to ecosystems and effects of native plants. Her audience was the people in her community, as well as a global audience of internet users. The Ladybug Garden Club has agreed to sustain her website, and Lilburn Day Camp has integrated her project into their curriculum. Ultimately Sarah has caused an impact because she ran sessions to directly educate people.

Elizabeth Morton

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisor: Lisa Carter

Project Advisor: Emily Moore

Gold Award Coach: Shawntrease Richard

Latchkey Safety

Elizabeth’s project was about teaching elementary students in grades 3 through 5 about how to stay safe while home alone. The pandemic prevented after school care from being a choice for millions of families, and many families were forced to let their children stay home alone. Elizabeth created a pamphlet, which was designed to start a conversation between parents and students who were adapted to this lifestyle. The pamphlets are housed in six locations.

Mariana Munoz

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Kelly Angelo

Project Advisor: Amy Ard

Gold Award Coach: Kelly Angelo

Caring for Caregivers

Mariana’s service project is centered around the newborns who are born to incarcerated women of Georgia. These women are expected to surrender their newborns after 48 hours. The relatives become the new caregivers. Mariana’s Gold Award project aims to tackle any struggles or needs these new caregivers might have, hence the project name. She has partnered with Amy Ard, the founder of Motherhood Beyond Bars to provide infant care essentials to the caregivers.

Anjini Naidu

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Heather Lane

Project Advisor: Chelsea Wood

Gold Award Coach: Kelly Angelo

Empowering Girls, One Goal at a Time

Anjini’s project addressed the overarching problem of gender inequality in and access to sports for underprivileged girls. She partnered with a local nonprofit organization, Soccer in the Streets, to help plan and execute a soccer camp in the Atlanta community. The main goals were to give these girls a place to foster their soccer skills, as well as their sense of self. Throughout the week, they focused on setting goals, healthy relationships, respect, and gratitude.

Kathryn Neal

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisors: Lisa Neal and Jenifer Ray

Project Advisor: Stephanie Wallace

Gold Award Coach: Kim Towne

The White Oak Book Barn

Kathryn created a free library for the children and parents of White Oak Elementary in order to promote reading in the household and increase overall literacy skills within the elementary kids. The White Oak Book Barn is located in the common area for easy access. It has a variety of reading levels so any child can easily read what they choose.

“Pursue knowledge of what you love, then use that knowledge to better the community around you in a manner that is unique and meaningful to you.”

Faustina Barcena, page 3

Varsha Nirmal

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Phanija Koya

Project Advisor: Caitlyn Gosney

Gold Award Coach: Deborah Burke Johnson

Envisioning Our Environment

Varsha’s Gold Award project focuses on reducing land and water pollution across Johns Creek. The root cause is household waste, including batteries, cleaners, plastics, and food, and this requires careful disposal and proper recycling. Varsha created an educational pamphlet and a children’s book for Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, aiming to address this information and to connect with community members.

Samantha O’Neil

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisor: Charlotte West

Project Advisor: Kim Gokce

Gold Award Coach: Charlotte West

Little Free Library

The adjustment from in-person learning to at-home learning took a toll on the mental preparation of students for future education. Samantha wanted to give students and their families an opportunity to read more physical books. So, she built the Little Free Library, to ensure that the families in the area would be able to access reading material whenever they wanted it. Placing it near Ashford Park Elementary ensures the supply of books won’t run out.

Kirtana Paladugula

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisor: Kavitha Veeramani

Project Advisor: Ramya Shivkumar

Gold Award Coach: Kavitha Veeramani

Composting Campaign

Kirtana’s Composting Campaign addresses the problem of chemical fertilizers and pesticide usage in our food production. Throughout the spring and summer of 2022, she conducted training sessions and demonstrations in the local neighborhoods of Suwanee, Cumming, and Alpharetta, Georgia. Through this campaign, she successfully convinced 11 families to adopt the practice of backyard composting.

Alaina Phillpott

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisors: Cindy Phillpott and Mollie Hinckley

Project Advisor: Taha Yarahmad

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Ecological Footprint

Alaina’s Gold Award Project focused on teaching the younger generation all about how their everyday habits could be changed and improved through small, more sustainable habits. The way she addressed this to children as young as seven was through a coloring sheet of ways they can improve their ecological foot print and how it effects the world. Older girls were able to plant their own herbs for cooking and were taught how this small action helps the environment.

“Completing the Gold Award is a way to combine all of the skills you have learned in Girl Scouts and create something amazing.”

Troop Advisor: Jureen Oddo

Project Advisor: Lucy Gilbert

Gold Award Coach: Kimberly Murray

Favorite Girl Scout Memory: My favorite girl scout memory is definitely one of our many camping trips, specifically father/daughter camping. Something about going to Misty Mountain with your whole troop and everyone’s dads is so fun.

STEMing a Love for STEM with Elementary Students

Katie created a series of four STEM nights over the 2022-2023 school year at Hembree Springs Elementary School. The STEM Nights combatted the lack of family involvement, lower participation rates in academic environments, and the drop in test scores following COVID-19 in HSES students in grades K through 5. Through the STEM events, students got hands-on experience of topics covered in their classes, resulting in increased student achievement, impacting students’ futures, and decreasing COVID-19 learning gaps.

Katie Wishert

Troop 11483 | Fulton County

2024 Gold Award Council Young Women of Distinction

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta |

2024

Highest Awards | Gold

25

Sabrina Reese

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Juliette

Project Advisors: Samantha Latham and Mark Juliano

Gold Award Coach: Hannah Zenas

Application to Admitted

Sabrina’s Gold Award addressed the issue of increased difficulties of getting accepted into colleges. She built a website with information about study resources, tips, and ways to improve students’ resumes. By using these resources, students can improve their college application and chances of getting into their dream school. The website is linked on several high schools’ counseling pages across Georgia.

Riley Rice

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Kathy Barnett and Casey Bittner

Project Advisors: Devila Bogus, Kate Beaty and Sarah Emrich

Gold Award Coach: Kathy Barnett

Nursing Home Activity Plan

Riley’s project involved a team of volunteers visiting a local nursing home once a week during the summer to entertain the residents and take stress off of the staff. They forged relationships between teenagers and senior citizens in the community and introduced engaging activities. At the end of the project, donations and lesson plans were donated to nursing homes around Riley’s community to allow staff to easily entertain residents in the future.

Allison Robson

County: Henry

Troop Advisor: Donna Manley and Jennifer Robson

Project Advisor: Marjan Ghadrdan

Gold Award Coach: Shelly Midkiff

Helping Animals Arrive Alive

For her project, Allie built two enclosures for animal ambassadors at the Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort (AWARE). Additionally, she created educational pamphlets that contain information about how to help reduce the amount of animals getting hit by cars. Allie made the pamphlets because humans not knowing about animal habits is the root cause of the issue. The pamphlets explain wildlife habits and what times of day to be looking for them.

Laurel Ross

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisors: Kristine Walden and Lisa Schoenfeld

Project Advisor: Marea Haslett

Gold Award Coach: Mary Williams

Showcasing the Hidden Talents of High School Students

Laurel felt as thought there was an under representation of student arts within her high school, Forsyth Central High School. This lack of representation restricted students from connecting with other artists. Laurel and her team addressed this issue by creating a website that highlighted artists of all levels once a month. Along with the website, they created a hallway display of student art works, as well as a slideshow that played during lunch.

Riya Salvi

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisor: Julia Neal

Project Advisor: Dr. Roli Dwivedi

Gold Award Coach: Jessica Weis

Project Heart Warrior

This project addressed the need for a readily available, low cost children’s book that shows support, hope, and ways to manage a healthy lifestyle to pediatric patients with Congenital Heart Disease. The book was written under the consultation of a doctor and made available online as well as donated to local libraries and children’s hospitals. Several webinars were conducted in the US, UK and India to raise awareness about the book and the cause.

Catherine Scott

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Jennifer Scott

Project Advisor: Stephanie Schuette

Gold Award Coach: Cori Hembree

The Kindness Project

Catherine addressed the issue of suicide for middle and high school students. She hosted a Breathe retreat to show middle school and high school girls ways that they can help themselves and their peers take a step back and see the bigger picture, to breathe. She had the support of a guest therapist and had testimonials from older girls to show the younger students that they are not alone in their mental battles. These moments formed a bond between the grades that helped to give everyone even more of a sense of community and show they are truly not doing this on their own.

Zaria Sifflet

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Tiffany Bryant and Claudia Sifflet

Project Advisor: Dionne Burnett

Gold Award Coach: Tiffany Bryant

Mental Health Reconnect

Zaria started a club at her school to promote mental health awareness and to spread positivity. She noticed an increase in people around her experiencing depression, anxiety, and other similar disorders at ages as young as 14, but no one seemed to really care. Once she asked around, she came to the realization that most students didn’t even know who to talk to. She started the club as a way to finally get students talking.

“Believe in yourself, plan ahead, and foster the relationships you make with others. Know that you are fully capable of doing great things!”

Paige Gaudet, page 14

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Caoimhina Sloan

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Louise Hamrick

Project Advisor: Anne Birth

Gold Award Coach: Libby Peck

Homeless Helpers

Caoimhina’s project addressed the issue of homelessness and poverty in Metro Atlanta. She wanted to help those experiencing homelessness by giving them a set of necessities and a way to carry their belongings while also educating students and parents on the importance of helping the homeless. She hosted a presentation at her school to gather support, reaching almost 1,000 students through a big campaign. She collected donations to fullfill over 25 kits to share with the homeless community.

MaryPoole Smith

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Amanda Stratton

Project Advisor: Jennifer Northrup

Gold Award Coach: Libby Peck

Learn to Love to Read

MaryPoole’s project, Learn to Love to Read, tackles literacy challenges among underprivileged children in Metro Atlanta. Addressing the root cause, poverty, she provided parents with the resources to discover age-appropriate books for students’ grade and reading levels. MaryPoole built a website, organized a book club, and installed an interactive bookshelf at City of Refuge, a non-profit shelter. Through her project, new opportunities were created to help impoverished children thrive in and out of the classroom.

Olivia Sneed

County: Cherokee

Troop Advisor: Jennifer Barber

Project Advisors: Cindy Robinson and Dr. Jason Hefner

Gold Award Coach: Shelly Midkiff

Fit & Fun for the Young!

Olivia has always been passionate about physical and mental health and decided to make it the focus of her project. While researching the topic, she discovered that many children near her were unaware of the benefits of physical activity on both physical and mental health. To address this, Olivia created interactive presentations and educated over 50 children! Olivia’s work is sustained through brochures distributed in school and doctor’s offices, containing information about her project, health, and exercise.

Catherine Spainhour

County: Henry

Troop Advisors: Jennifer Robson and Donna Summey-Manley

Project Advisors: Andy Pike and Melissa Thomas

Gold Award Coach: Anna Democko

Safety Curtains for Classroom Doors

Catherine’s Gold Award project aimed to create window covers for classrooms to use in intruder situations. She planned to make 60 window covers but in the end made 81. Catherine was able to give them to two schools in Henry County. This project taught her to use her resources wisely, as they used every inch of the fabric to make the window covers.

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

Highest Awards

Sheridan Stevens

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisors: Judith Loomis and Regina Ovenden

Project Advisor: Andrew Lester

Gold Award Coach: Deborah Burke Johnson

Children’s Garden Updates at BHNP

Sheridan addressed the issue of the lack of attention and care toward children’s learning opportunities in the environment. She made improvements to the community Children’s Garden, which allows kids to learn more about our environment and working with others. Sheridan collected donations and restored items instead of buying new materials, which can hurt our environment. Restoring what was already there allowed the garden to remain authentic within its natural environment.

Caroline Stratton

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Lori Mayfield and Amanda Stratton

Project Advisor: Elise McDonald

Gold Award Coach: Karen Thomas

The Native Bee Nesting Box Project

Native bees are declining due to habitat loss, increased pesticide use, and a decrease in floral diversity. Lucy met with the Chattahoochee Nature Center to learn about their native gardens and how she could help them increase the bee population. Lucy built nine bee nesting boxes that she placed around the Unity Garden at the Chattahoochee Nature Center.

Graysen Stratton

County: Fulton

Troop Advisors: Lori Mayfield and Amanda Stratton

Project Advisor: Heyward Fougerousse

Gold Award Coach: Karen Thomas

Art for Gold – Refresh, Renew, Restart

Graysen worked with the non-profit Crossroads Community Ministries. Her project’s goal was to create a welcoming counseling area where people would feel welcome and have a sense of dignity when seeking help. Greyson worked with younger Girl Scout Troops, children in the Sunday School at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, and the Art Club at her school. Together, they created two pieces of art to brighten and welcome people into the Crossroads counseling offices.

Anusha Suddala

County: Gwinnett

Troop Advisor: Sudha Suddala

Project Advisor: John Karne

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Project Roots

Project Roots is dedicated to address the increasing gap between generations, caused by many factors.The project’s focus is to use storytelling and cuisine to rebuild and strengthen these intergenerational connections. With Project Roots, Anusha collected and curated the cherished childhood food tales and memories shared by grandparents and elderly family members with their younger generations. These narratives have been transformed into blog posts and printed materials, subsequently shared among various organizations and senior centers.

Ananya Suresh

County: Forsyth

Troop Advisors: Kavitha Veeramani and Upasna Gupta

Project Advisor: Kelsey Hill

Gold Award Coach: Kavitha Veeramani

Take a Textbook

Leave a Textbook Program

Ananya’s Take a Textbook Leave a Textbook Program guarantees accessible and cost-effective textbook resources for all students. Recognizing the inconvenience of library checkouts and the high cost of new books, Ananya established an open shelf system. She built an open shelf where students could freely drop off and take the materials they needed with no constraints. Additionally, she curated a comfortable study area to promote collaborative learning.

Ananya Tadepalli

County: Fulton

Troop Advisors: Tara Spolan and Jureen Oddo

Project Advisors: Ravi Gollapudi, Padma Solipuram and Lakshmi Yechuri

Gold Award Coach: Shannon Moretz

Cybersecurity Education for Youth

Ananya’s project aimed to combat the insufficient cybersecurity awareness among today’s youth in the face of an expanding digital landscape. To tackle this problem, she delivered interactive cybersecurity lessons on how to implement cybersecurity best practices. Ananya also developed the Personal Cyber Risk Assessment Tool to encourage students to employ these best practices. The project’s influence extends worldwide via online resources, equipping children with the means to safeguard themselves from cyber threats.

Reagan Vetter

County: Fayette

Troop Advisor: Dana Fairrel

Project Advisor: Jackie Burgess

Gold Award Coach: Michelle Venn

Bee a Friend: Everything You Need to Know About Epinephrine and Food Allergies

Reagan’s project is called ‘Bee a Friend: Everything you need to know about Epinephrine and Food Allergies.’ She created a video and an Instagram page with tips on how to be a friend to people with food allergies. While many people are aware of food allergies, they often don’t know what to do or say in situations that involve people with food allergies. Reagan’s video, available on Youtube, gives valuable tips to address this issue.

Annike Wade

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisors: Annemarie Reagan and Hannah Bower

Project Advisor: Wesley Hatfield

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

DHS School Supply Closet

The DHS (Decatur High School) School Supply Closet is a space in Annike’s school’s Student Center where most basic school supplies are stored for low-income students who don’t have consistent access to the school supplies they need for class. While her school doesn’t have a large population of students at or below the poverty line, or on free and reduced lunch, there are still many families who struggle to find the money to pay for their students’ supplies.

Elle Walker

County: DeKalb

Troop Advisor: Blythe Ryerson

Project Advisor: Margo Reynolds

Gold Award Coach: Blythe Martinson

Bluebird Trail/Wildlife Sanctuary

Elle worked to improve the local ecosystem by cleaning out invasive plants such as English Ivy. They had taken over the natural habitat of many plants and animals, harming them along the way. Along with removing the plants, she reintroduced native plants to the area. A few examples are the Native Azaela and Beauty Berries. These plants are much more beneficial to the environment and safe for the area. These specific plant species also helped her to create a Bluebird sanctuary. She was able to place a multitude of birdhouses, a bird feeder, a bench, and a bird bath, all of which have been thoroughly researched and thought out for best placement depending on the needs of bluebirds.

Ashlee Watson

County: Cobb

Troop Advisors: Bernadette King and Lesley Williams

Project Advisor: Marie Papini

Gold Award Coach: Bernadette King

The Pink Heart Project

Ashlee’s project focused on the lack of feminine hygiene products available to girls during the school day. This issue causes problems such as low self-esteem, missed class time, and even unexcused absences. She addressed this issue by collecting a variety of feminine products to create 250 hygiene kits for girls at her school. These kits were placed in the Student Life Center at Marietta High School for girls to pick up and restock as needed.

Nylah Watson

County: Paulding

Troop Advisors: Tamareeshi Geffrard and Jakita Watson

Project Advisor: Shava Cureton-Clark

Gold Award Coach: Barbara Foerst

Heroes Retreat

Nylah’s project focused on creating a designated calming space within Centennial Academy Charter School, named Heroes Retreat. Heroes Retreat was designed to tackle the issue concerning children’s mental health, focusing on the lack of resources and education provided by schools to assist students in effectively managing their emotions when faced with challenges. Heroes Retreat served as a safe place for the scholars of Centennial Academy, where they can regroup and gain skills for promoting emotional well-being and healthy social interactions.

Meredith Werner

County: Cobb

Troop Advisor: Heather Werner

Project Advisor: Starla Halvorson

Gold Award Coach: Kathy Barnett

Supporting Local Literacy

Meredith’s project was centered around the library at her school, Johnson Ferry Christian Academy, and the impact it has on the school and church communities. Meredith’s goal was to promote not just the library’s physical space, but also the literary resources it can provide, as they were not well utilized within these communities. Employing several methods, including creating posters and updating book lists, she informed the communities and also improved the library in the process.

Kacey West

County: Dekalb

Troop Advisors: Charlotte West and Julie O’Neil

Project Advisors: Stephanie Williams and Ryan James

Gold Award Coach: Julie O’Neil

Project Embrace

Following the COVID-19 pandemic children across the world suffered from changes in their mental health. One of the groups most heavily affected was children with disabilities. To combat these issues, Kacey created a box full of items to help improve these kids’ mental health. This included a list of resources for any child, parent, or teacher to use when struggling. Children always need support, no matter how old.

Epiphany Wilson

County: Cobb

Troop Advisor: Tiffany Bryant

Project Advisor: Teresa Grear

Gold Award Coach: Tiffany Bryant

PEP Talk with Pip

As a Girl Scout, Epiphany believes her job is to make the world a better place. Her Gold Award aims to assist teenage athletes with managing the mental strain and self-doubt that sports can have on them. The project also helps teenage athletes with how to deal with issues the sport they love can give them. Self-worth is something that many teenagers struggle with, and Epiphany wants to do her part to help everyone feel their best.

Olivia Wolf

County: Fulton

Troop Advisor: Kimberly Wolf

Project Advisor: Ashley Jones

Gold Award Coach: Elizabeth Lewis

Gardening for All

For Olivia’s project, she installed a raised flower bed at her local middle school. Before her project, all of the beds were at ground level, meaning that they were completely inaccessible to wheelchair-bound students. Olivia installed a raised bed, so that all students at the school could participate in gardening. She hoped to build accessibility and inclusivity throughout the school, which was done through the implementation of the raised bed.

“Believing in yourself is the key to succeeding!”

Olivia Wolf, page 32

Silver Award

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2024 Silver Award Woman of Distinction

Girl Scouts ATL Bronze & Silver CY WOD Award Yearbook Info

Seatbelt Port Pillow Protectors for Cancer Patients

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Troop 11319: Henry County

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Troop Leaders: Nadine Hoenes and Makel Chandler

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Girl Scouts: Isabella Atkins, Ryann Butler, Isabelle Hoenes, Delaney Jones, Siena King, Sydney King, Charlie McAllister, Aubrey Walker and Carley Reynolds

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Cancer, especially breast cancer affects too many in our community and those who have ports for treatment often skip wearing seatbelts due to discomfort. Our troop decided to make seatbelt port pillows to eliminate the safety risk to to this already vulnerable population. To sustain the project, local sewing groups were sent informational videos to keep the supply of port pillows for Harbor of Hope in Henry County, who supports Breast Cancer patients.

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“As you blaze your trail of leadership and service, remember that your commitment isn’t just a goal; it’s a powerful force shaping a brighter future for us all.”

Annike Wade, page 30

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Florence Adiatu

Sanaya Ahuja

Nicole Amra

Trinity Anderson

Gabriella Angryk

Sophia Arendt

Isabella Atkins

Caroline Bailey

Lauren Baird

Brooklyn Baker

Josie Barisaac

Abigail Barrett

Alana Barton

Julia Bell

Demya Belmar

Avi Bennett

Erin Bennett

Gwyneth Benson

Devanna Bibbs

Lydia Bizzell

Katy Blackburn

Isabel Blackburn

Olivia Bonilla

Elle Bostic

Ramsey Branam

Jocelyn Brown

Natalie Bullard

Tiffany Burton

Audrey Busch

Ryann Butler

Trinity Campbell

Alyssa Chaffer

Julia Chaffer

Chiara Coddington

Kate Coffee

Harper Cornwell

Lauren Cronin

Christina Cross

Maddie Curtis

Azarria Daniel

Brooke Daniels

Mara Davis

Camryn Dawson

Sheliya Denson

Taylor Deshazer

Addison DeWitt

Giavanna(Gia) DiCarlo

Makayla Dickey

Abby DiLaura

London Dixon

Gabrielle Dobson

Taylor Donald

Khaliya Douglas

Camryn Doyle

Sydney Eckard

Sharon Edwards

Talia Edwards

Zoe Elliot

Abriella Espinoza

Kendall Estes

Nanako Evett

Aamina Farrakhan

Marialexis Feneque

Emma Fincher

Adalynne Forchette

Alice Fowler

Emily Friedenberg

Lauren Gates

Sofia George

Lauren Gibson

Jamaiyah Giles

Jada Gilkes

Juliet Gonzalez

Kayla Gordon

Anjali Gowda

Ellie Green

Kimberly Greene

Kaya Griffin

Lillian Guiendon

Brynn Guyer

Kendall Hake

Taylor Hall

Maggie Harrell

Ava Harris

Anna Harrison

Annika Harter

Laurel Hayes

Anderson Hayes

Kaitlynn Hayes

Kyleigh Hayes

Laila Henderson

Emily Henriques-Flores

Raeven Henry

Taylor Hightower

Ella Hill

Makiya Hillman

Ella Himes

Emma Himes

Allie Hines

Isabelle Hoenes

2024 Silver Award Woman of Distinction

Can Do Cuisine: Unleashing Your Culinary Creativity with Canned Ingredients

Troop 15007: Fayette County

Troop Leaders: Tiffany Dawson and Lisa Brunson

Girl Scout: Lauren Cronin

Lauren developed a cookbook focusing on canned ingredients. Spurred by her sister’s challenges with food pantry donations, her struggle prompted Lauren to consider broader difficulties others might face. While initially inspired by donated goods, she recognized the universal use of canned items, extending the cookbook’s relevance. She supplied the Real Life Center with printed copies, but its online availability through a QR code ensures widespread access for anyone seeking flavorful recipes using canned ingredients.

“The only thing that’s in the way of you and your goals is how willing you are to work for them. Once you reach them, you’ll see that it was worth all the hard work.”

Savannah Bryant, page 6

Margaret Hoffman

Courtney Holder

Aubrey Holmes

Laura Hooper

Joanna Hooton

Cecelia Hormel

Ellie Hoyt

Maddison Hummer

Riley Hunsucker

Emma Ingraham

Angela Ingram

Isabella Isabella

Alainah Jackson

Kailyn Jackson

Zriyah Jacobs

Elizabeth Jameson

Laila Jenkins

Rylee Jeter

Christian Johnson

Amiyah Johnson

Delaney Jones

Marissa Jones

Aubrey Jones

Paige Jones

Sarina Jones

Angelique Joseph

Isabella Judd

Ava Kane

Willow Kann

Jasnoor Kaur

Katie Kavney

Kenadie Keizer

Lyla Kelly

Siena King

Sydney King

Gracie Kinney

Mary Kirchner

Natalie Kirkendoll

Kate Kochel

Sasha Kostryna

Shannon Kress

Emma Lane

Leah Lang

Shawnee Lanno

Sidney Lanno

Emma Larsen

Alessa Lavalle

Madison Lawrence

Addison Ledford

Riley Lewis

Brooke Licsko

Jaiden Lindley

Genevieve Lloyd

Alaska Lockhart

Logan Loustalot

Carolyn Maise

Kathleen Maise

Kendall Mangham

Harper Mayer

Charlie McAllister

Lucy Ann McArthur

Kalela McClellan

Abby McCollum

Storie McCormick

Calli McCray

Zoey McDonell

Mya McGuire

Abigail McHenry

Kayla McKinley

Ellie Miller

Kate Miller

Marcella Mokam

Gianna Mulcare

Abby Mundt

Amelia Nahai

Amelia Grace Nance

Mya Nelson

Tatiana Newell

Penelope Nour

Sarah Nunez

2024 Silver Award Woman of Distinction

Project Give Back

Gabrielle Oden

Mackenzie Olaitan

Marley Owen

Madeline Page

Sarah Palis

Caylin Parchment

Taya Park

Sofia Parker

Dhyana Patel

Aditi Patel

Kamryn Peace

Kennedy Peace

Nila Pearson

Mary Perrins

Bailee Peters

Maddie Mae Peters

Jane Phelan

Juliana Pittman

Makayla Pittman

Diana Pollidore

Troop 40029: Gwinnett County

Troop Leaders: Janine Bowling and Angela Pearson

Girl Scouts: Kenadie Keizer, Sasha Taylor and Tatiana Newell

The Project Give Back Silver Award team addressed the impact of the lack of support and limited resources available to low income families, focusing on homeless children or children who reside in homeless shelters. The team provided information, education and awareness and delivered solicited community donations the Gwinnett Home of Hope Children’s Shelter. To sustain the project, the team partnered with Camp Psychological & Consulting Services and Initial Concepts Enterprises to provide ongoing annual donations.

“Sometimes you have to start from the bottom to get to the top.”

A’mylah’s Namaw

Amylah

Semani Poonolly

Lalia Powell

Sophia Powell

LilIane Powell

Shiloh Price

Roselyn Prout

Zaha Qureshi

Zaira Qureshi

Meagan Randolph

Kennedy RansbyMortenson

Kelly Ratcliff

Ava Reames

Nyla Redmond

Chloe Reece

Annabella Rennie

Carley Reynolds

Laurel Rhodes

Layla Rhone

Morgan Rice

Allie Riordan

Eden Rioseco

Ariana Roberts

Lilah Roberts

Emilie Robinson

Nevada Rollins

Jordan Rubin

Adeline Rupert

Eleanor Ruskin

Abigail Russell

Jasmine Sabollena

Samanatha Salzman

Anya Sanam

Destiny Sanders

Savannah Saunders

Bianca Schell

Lily Schellenburg

Lilah Schilling

Sydney Schindler

Emily Schmit

Leah Scully

Amelia Seller

Tessa Sewell

Torie Sewell

Abigail Shadix

Gloria Shafer

Madeleine Shah

Avani Shanbhag

Samira Shanks

Saanvi Sharma

Hannah Shaver

Akshita Shrivastava

Sarah Siegel

Maria Simokaitis

Arya Singla

Olivia Smith

Charlotte Smith

Maren Smith

Shayla Solis

Ashwika Soundar

Ava Spann

Zoe Spiker

Hannah Steinbrenner

Za’Niyah Stephens

Kaylee Story

Anna Stout

Kaylea Struck

McKenzie Swain

Harper Swearingen

Sasha Taylor

Niyla Terry

Laila Thigpen

Courtnie Thomas

Adira Thomas

Sophia Tiborczszeghi

Joy Todd

Kaleigh Tucker

Diya Vacha

Sydney Vidmar

Cameron Visel

Olivia Waghorn

Dorothy Waguespack

Aubrey Walker

Lillian Walker

Dominque Walker

Katelyn Walker

Jazriel Washington

Madelyn Weiss

Kersten Westbrook

Katelyn Williams

Lille Williams

Julia Willis

Ashley Wilson

Janae Wilson

Evelyn Winfrey

Gabrielle Wooden

Sanaya Wright

Angela Wu

Grace Yan

2024 Silver Award Woman of Distinction

Juliette: Gwinnett County

Troop Leaders: Ana Tiborczszeghi

Girl

With an unwavering love for animals, taking care of and honoring our Gwinnett County’s K-9 unit was almost a required project. The project raised funds to purchase bullet-proof vests for new and existing K-9 officers. Funds were raised by having donated teddy bears/stuffed animals sponsored by our community to then be shared with Gwinnett County fire stations to give to children displaced by fires. Each stuffed animal wore handmade bandanas.

Troop 19799: Fulton County

Troop Leaders: Jamie Smith and Kendal Klein

Girl Scouts: Callie Klein, Elina Smith, Ella Shuman, Ava Hilaski, Leah Hilaski, Savannah Schwartz, Sullivan Powers and Juliana Belfiglio

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project aimed to address local children going through hard times on their birthday. They created birthday box kits for kids whose families are having financial trouble and provided birthday bags for sick children.

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2024 Bronze Award Woman of Distinction

Autism Therapy Family Baskets

Troop 241: Fulton County

Troop Leaders: Traton Graham, Ana Maria Bedon

Girl Scouts: Maeve Williams, Anyla Adams, Israe Yara and Arianna Lewis

Troop 241 was inspired to help parents of children on the autism spectrum after learning about the experiences those parents have with their children while sitting in waiting rooms for medical appointments. They wanted to provide those parents with a helpful resource they could use during long waits to keep children engaged. The troop organized a STEM “busy” bag full of items and activities made specifically for children on the autism spectrum. The parents could check out the bags and return them back to the counseling office. The mini backpacks included a game book, a coloring book, a floating timber, a funny face feeling mirror, and a book for parents on engaging youth on the spectrum. They also included a note of where to purchase the items themselves if the parents found that they were helpful for their child. All the items were recommended by a professional school counselor or a therapist. Troop 241 were able to make six busy bags that are currently being used by local families!

“Dream big! Work hard! Lead! I am super proud of what my team and I were able to accomplish in ways I never imagined.”

Emma Bayer, page 4

Sydney Adams

Giada Agulari

Elisha Ajayi

Aiken Aleli

Liliana Alfaro

Evelyn Allen

Lily Allenbach

Luana Almeyda

Natatiana Alofia

Alanis Alverez

Emily Anand

Kaitlyn Andrews

Michelle Angeles

Rodriquez

Nina Angryk

Addison Armbrust

Skylar Armstrong

Penelope Arsenault

Piper Ashine

Elizabeth Askew

Michidmaa Atlantugs

Jillian Austin

Nirvi Awalinkar

Valeri Ayala

Adriana Ayala

Abigayle Ayer

Sophie Azar

Katie Baggett

Addyson Ballard

Ansley Barrett

Aria Barry

Megan Barry

Riley Bayless

Belle Beagen

Harmonee Beckham

Addison Beckhom

Juliana Belfiglio

Lily Benator

Skylar Benton

Krystal Bhandari

Ariana Bhimji-Pattni

Brooklyn Blackwell

Keydi Blanco

Anna Blaney

Savannah Blanton

Issys Boscan

Lillian Bottini

Emerson Bowie

Arianna Brathwaite

Maggie Brewer

Patricia Bridges

Beatrice Briggs

Willoughby Briggs

Hannah Brooks

Miracle Brooks

Journee Brooks

Aleyisha Broome

Amira Brown

Renesmae Brown

Camilla Brown

Lauren Brown

Clara Brown

Frances (Prosser) Brown

Zahria-Jade Brown

Charlotte Bruno

Ne’Veyah Bryant

Veronica Bulens

Londyn Butler

Amira Butler

Zoey Byrd

Abigail Cadet

Charlotte Cadora

Piper Caldwell

Lea Cameron

Lorelei Campbell

Piper Canaway

Tivva Carlisle

Cameryn Carr

Andrea Castro

Nevaeh Caviness

Christine Cembor

McKenzie Cermak

Ciara Chambers

Raya Chrimes

Nina Chriss

Nila Claiborne

Molly Clance

Eloise Climie

Natalie Cobb

Amera Cobb

Olivia Cohen

Autumn Collins

Rylee Colson

Evelyn Cook

Elizabeth Cook

Evie Cooke

Nataly Corona

Maia Cottman

Audrey Covert

Caroline Crenshaw

Stella Cronin

Cara Croom

Desiree Crowder

Laneshia Cuttino

Evelyn Cuzzo

Sage D’Aguiar

Skylar Dacus

Kennedi Daniels

Nora Daunais

Olive Davis

Zoe Davis

Emmalin Dechert

Hazel Deegan

Sarah Dehhak

Melissa Dehnak

Olivia Dell

Deidre Dempster

Danica Denson

Shavonne Denson

Amy Diaz

Riley Dinwiddie

Caroline Doenitz

Abri Dortch

Logan Douthit

Karsyn Dubose

Caitlyn DuBose

Ortega Duke

Ivy Melodie Dunn

Melodie Dunn

Anisa Durden

Campbell East

Skylar Ebron

Peyton Edwards

Ashlyn Edwards

Arden Eklund

Sayda Eldawi

Skylarr Embrack

Genesis Escobar

Daisy Estrada

Sintha Eusebio

Cora Eustice

Lorelei Evans

Allie Faison

Jolie Fant

Sanaa Farmer

Ansley Felix

Maria Fernanda Terra

Meren Fields

Kayleigh Filpi

Lillian Fisher

Ansley Maesyn Floyd

London Ford

Charlotte Forrester

Yvette Fortingo

Grace Fowler

Brianna Fraire

Jarianna Fraire

Noelia Francisco

Maya Frengel

Sasha Fretwell

Brooklyn Friend

Emme Friend

Kate Friend

Olivia Fritchey

Kylie Fudge

Emmie Jules Galbiati

Ella Gallo

Alexa Ganeriwal

Amelia Gann

Andrea Garcia

Audrey Garcia

Melanie Garcia

Claudia Gardner

Olivia Garner

Sidra Garrett

Alexandra Gastel

Cora Gavlin

Hannah Gebara

Clare Germany

Lauren Gibbons

Dana Gijom

Evan Gillham

Izzy Glenn

Izzy Godfrey

Natali Godinez

Sadie Goldsmith

Amaia Gonzalez

Xitali Gonzalez

Mariyah Goodgame

Hattie Goodnough

Lillian Goodwin

Amber Gracia

Divya Graffagnini

Brooklyn Graham

Gemma Greco

Lerrah Green

Zoe Greene

Janiyah Greer

Julie Greer

Caylah Griffin

Olivia Griffin

Emily Grizzard

Isis Grooms

Ellie Grossman

Emma Guerrero

Ariana Guzman

Ava Gwaltney

Ellie Gwaltney

Kate Hadden

Amira Hadley

Caroline Haldane

Kala Haley

Ashely Hall

Ireyonna Hall

Morgan Hall

Aaliyah Hammond

Ella Hardison

Bianca Hardy

Makenna Harris

Lucy Hathorn

Evelyn Hawkins

Grace Headley

Grace Heaton

Sara Hecimovic

Riya Heda

Katelyn Henderson

Ellie Herdic

Isabella Hernandez

Ashelly Nallo Herneid

Kylie Herring

Evelyn Hesse

Cataleya Hicks

Ava Hilaski

Leah Hilaski

Kelsey Hill

Rhyan Hill

Taaliyah Hill

Emmy Hilliard

Chloe Hobby

Caroline Hodgins

Elizabeth Hoffman

Aria Holbrook

Ellen Holladay

Zahara Holman

Kaylee Hopson

Khloe Hughley

Zaya Hunley

Reese Hurley

Mia Hurtado

Adriana Imeraj

Ebony (Ebby) Ingram

Daubra Isidor

Ashley Itzel

Iris Jackson

Riley Jackson

Piper Jackson

Chloe Jackson

Myla Jackson

Kavya Jannapureddy

Neya Jennings

Angel Johnson

Suraya Johnson

Holly Johnson

Lindsay Johnson

Sloan Johnson

Piper Jolley

Kate Jones

Brynlee Jones

Harper Jones

Morgan Jones

LilyRose Jones

Tanner Keith

Lily Kelbaugh

Emily Kendall

Lola Kerns

Grace Keuten

A’Niyah Kimber

Angeliki Kipreos

Kyrie Ann Kirby

Riley Kirby

Callie Klein

Paige Knadler

Julia Kokotan

Alexis Kong

Charlie Kosaraju

Liliya Kostyrna

Mira Kothari

Yoanne Kotiacio

Emalee Kougioulis

Carys Kuhr

May Kulinski

Anya Kumar

Charlotte Kuney

Joselle LaMarr-Ford

Lily Lambert

Shayla Lane

Harper LaPierre

Kyra Latta

MaddyGrace Lawlor

Leyah Ledford

Loryn Ledford

Chloe Ledlum

Leah Lefkove

Itzel Leon

Amoya Lettsome

Hei Man Leung

Zoe Levine

Arrianna Lewis

Keagan Lewis

Taryn Lewis

Isabella Lewis

Emily Librado

Renesmae Lloyd

Maisy Locke

Margaret Locke

Emma Loeding

Isabel Lopez

Sarah Lopez

Avari Lord

Makinley Love

Florie Low

Katie Lowery

LilyBelle Lumpkin

Ryan Lyons

Vanessa Lyons

Finley Maddox

Seydiv Maldon

Lisa Mancini

Arya Mao

Alexa Marcinik

Abby Marek

Brooklynn Marsh

Kennedy Martin

Camille Mason

Makenna Mayr

Aria McCant

Micaela McCleskey

Cahterine McCormack

Ever McCormick

Samiya McCrany

Calli McCray

Payton McCray

Kate McLarry

Kate Meihofer

Melissa Mendez

Sahrahi Mendez

Sophia Michelle

Sheridan Miller

Parker Miller

Ruby Jane Miller

Dulce Mins

Taiz Mireless

Woodleigh Misenheimer

Sarah Mockezura

Siya Mogulla

Olivia Molesworth

Chloe Monroe

Zariah Moody

Kyleigh Moore

Victoria Morgan

Helen Morgan

Leila Morris

Jessica Muglia

Essence Muhammad

Lucy Mulcare

Elyn Mulligan

Cecilia Munoz

Zahira Murph

Alexandra Murphy-West

Morgan Murray

Raegan Nabor

Susan Naebor

Vaanya Naik

Simran Narwani

Ciela Nasr

Neranny Nayel

Wilhemina Nelson

Maci Nelson

Addilyn Neuringer

Erin Newton

Courtney Nicholaou

Lotus Nichols

Emma Nicholson

Ellie Nord

Emily Noyd

Lucille Nuerendorff

Mykaylah O’Neil

Skylar Ofori

Ariel Okoh

Amelia Pakiz

Evan Parker

Avanee Patil

Sofia Patrice

Angeleaha Payne

Divya Pennington

Ava Pentzakis

Nayeli Perez

Brianne Perry

Kayden Peterman

Daviana Pham

Tarpley Phillips

Xara Pickett

Daiana Pinacho

Heidi Pinkerton

Cassidy Plante

Uriana Powell

Sullivan Powers

Aliyah Ava Prosper

Elizabeth Quinn

Emma Racine

Savannah Raines

Neha Raju

Kaylin Rakowski

Chloe Raymond

Zoe Reed

Ansley Rennie

Avaline Rennie

Danya Resendiz

Ruby Resnick

Bryn Rich

Madison Ridgway

Catherine Riggle

Evelyn Rittenberry

Debby Rivera

Chloe Rivers

Melody Roberts

Quinn Roberts

Danika Robles

Mikaela Robles

Angeles Rodriguez

Eleanor Rogers

Savannah Rollins

Isabella Roman

Imara Royster

Avery Jane Rudolph

Maybeth Rutherford

Isabelle Sachse

IshanviSalluri

Mira Sanam

Jade Sanchez

Ruby Sanchez

Nora Ruth Sanders

Summer Sapp

Cambree Satterfield

Mariam Scarlett Soda

Abby Schaefer

Eliana Schantz

Savannah Schwartz

Ryan Searles

Colette Seavey

Madeline Senior

Rhea Sharma

Scarlett Shemper

Lauren Sheridan

Niva Shringarpure

Ella Shuman

Talitha Similao

Taylor Simmons

Teagan Simmons

Amiyah Sims

Margaret Skinner

Hayden Sligar

Jade Smith

Shaelyn Smith

Elle Smith

Malia Smith

Nyria Smith

Elina Smith

Karis Smith

Addison Smoker

Gia Snedeker

Sarah Sophia

Ellie Soranno

Daniella Soto

Kiana Soura

Alonna Spain

Skylar Spivey

Sarah Stahl

Madison Steiger

Josie Stein

Elicia Stephenson

Zara Stewart

Brooke Storey

Fla Storino

Cassandra Stovall

Margret “Maggie” Stover

Kaylin Strobhart

Olivia Sullen

Charlotte Sullivan

Zoey Sykora

Maya Takriti

Jasmine Tan

Makenzi Taylor

Olivia Taylor

Ryleigh Taylor

Betsy TennamentFleming

Kameron Teyes

Bailey Thomas

Ella Thornton

Kamryn Thornton

Avery Tilford

Lauren Toney

America Torres

Pema Trotter

Morgan Tuck

Elizabeth Twombly

Isabella Tyson

Nkechi Ugboaja

Dayla Uruena

Joelle Vailes

Elizabeth Van Curen

Josie Vasquez

Ava Vincent

Camila Vinces

Nihira Vitkar

Isabel Vogelson

Langston Wagner

Alyssa Walker

Riley Walker

Zoie Walkins

Adaline Walsh

Savannah Walsh

Anna Wang

Olivia Waseman

Aileyah Washington

Joelle Washington

Kamryn Washington

Rosalind Waters

Dalia Watkins

Naiya Weaver

Scarlett Weaver

Charlotte Weed

Robbie Weinstein

Madison Wells

Anna Wen

Brittany Westbrook

Keira White

Kaylyn Whitley

Lillian Wiggleston

Jazlyn Wilder

Kendall Wilkerson

Therese Wilkie

Felicity Wilkins

Amani Williams

Avery Williams

Evelyn Williams

Kaitlyn Williams

Maeve Williams

Maliyah Williams

McKenzie Williams

Tatum Williams

Teriah Williams

Hunter Wilsom

Karis Wilson

Layla Wilson

Sarelle Witt

Molly Wright

DaNiah Wyche

Israe Yara

Norah Yarbrough

Maya Yirenkyi

Delaney Young

Yasmin Yusufji

Arlett Zuniga

Gwen Zweigel

2024 Scholarship R ecipients

Congratulations to all our 2024 Scholarship Recipients!

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. is pleased to be able to continue the scholarship tradition established in 1993. The scholarships, which are for graduating high school seniors, recognize outstanding Gold Award Girl Scouts by helping them further their educational opportunities. Recipients may choose their place of higher learning; it may be a college, university, or technical school, in or out of state.

This year $52K in scholarship money is being awarded to Gold Award Girl Scouts

Recipients are chosen by the Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship Selections Committee, which reviews each application using a point system. Points are given based on leadership activities, involvement in the community, academic achievement, and, most importantly, the Girl Scout Gold Award project. Fifty percent of the total score is based on the quality and community impact of the project.

Scholarship Recipient Gold Award Project Title

Leighanne Bryant

Savannah Bryant

Taryn Claassens

Marissa Copeland

Conchetta Dodge

Gold Star Kids Support Services

Concussion Awarness and Helmet Safety

Mind Full

Be Aware...Be There: Helping Adolescents Cope and Helping Others with Anxiety

Fur-Ever

Morgan Ferrell GIRLS STEM IT

Paige Gaudet

Perri Lockett

NaZyia Macon

Priyal Maheshwari

Madison Mitchko

Marin Ramesh

Riya Salvi

Gabrielle Tobin

The STEMinist Project

Cell Phone Literacy

In Love With My Mental

Future Women of STEM

Bee the Change: Building Pollinator Gardens in My Community

Financing Your Future

Project Heart Warrior

For Math’s Sake: Peer-to-Peer Videos

In honor of Helen Eidson, mother of Ann Hooper, high school seniors who have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award are eligible for this scholarship, designated for books and supplies.

Sponsored by Novelis, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta awarded two scholarships to girls who have shown an interest and passion for STEM and the environment in both their Gold Award projects and their future career paths.

and Girl Scout Champions:

Clark & Ruby Baker Foundation

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Edna Wardlaw Charitable Trust

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

JBS Foundation

John and Mary Franklin Foundation

Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

Target Corporation

UCB, Inc.

2024 Board of Directors

Officers

Sonnet C. Edmonds, Chair

Kathy Waller, Vice Chair

Ellie May, Board Secretary

Fran Gary, Treasurer

Directors at Large

Erik Bryant

Dr. Allison Calhoun-Brown

Melanie Duncan

Carley Ferguson

Vivian Greentree

LaTonya Johnson

Robbie Kamerschen

Susan Lazaro

Rick Machold

Eric Mai

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Catherine C. Miller

Sandi Moody

Alison Rand

Denise Reese

Kim Seals

Romaine Seguin

Ruchi Shah

Andrea N. Smith

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