No. 17 • Vol. 5
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May 2019
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Dr. Bette Simmons, chairperson of the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Christina Ledford, Kylee Strasser, Nya Federoff, and Anna Cliche of Alexander Hamilton School in Morristown, and Betty Garger, CEO, Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey.
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ost of us across these United States are familiar with the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America and have even been scouts ourselves. Similar to the Boy Scouts’ Eagle Scout rank, the Gold Award is the highest award to which Girl Scouts aspire. And this past March, four female students from Alexander Hamilton High School in Morristown proudly earned the Girl Scouts Gold Award. The Gold Award winners were Anna Cliche, Nya Federoff, Christina Ledford, and Kylee Strasser. Presenting the awards were Dr. Betty Simmons, chairperson of the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, and Girl Scouts of America’s CEO, Betty Garger. The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America are well-known organizations for young people - both voluntary and
non-political - and are open to everyone, regardless of financial background, race, or religion. Being a scout means to take action and develop one’s own character to fully achieve intellectual, social, and physical potentiality, and to rise up to be the best one can be while learning to become a responsible citizen. The Gold Award is the Girl Scouts’ top honor, and, like the Boy Scouts’ Eagle award, it is the most prestigious and most challenging award to earn. In fact, less than six percent of Girl Scouts receive the Gold Award each year. “The Girl Scouts Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn and requires the completion of a leadership project of at least 80 hours. Each girl must discover an issue in the community, connect with experts and community mem-
bers, and take action to effect positive change,” explained Girl Scouts public relations director, Lynn Apolinaro. There are seven steps to earn the Gold Award which include identifying an issue: the scout picks a community issue that she cares about, investigating that issue thoroughly by using the scout’s sleuthing skills to learn everything possible about that issue, building a team to help and support the scout’s efforts and take action, creating a plan after identifying the root cause of that issue and use that plan to overcome the issue, presenting the plan and gather feedback, then submit the Project Proposal Form to your Girl Scout council for approval, taking action and lead the team to see it through and educating and inspiring others by sharing your story and continued on page 2