Discover. Connect. Take Action.
These are the three Girl Scout keys to leadership for every girl throughout our membership.
Girl Scouts develops leaders. It's what we do best. And there is no better example of this than girls who have earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award.
The Girl Scout Gold Award exemplifies that for girls to become leaders they need to:
€ Discover - Understand their values and use their knowledge and skills to explore their world
€ Connect - Care about, inspire and team with others, locally and globally
€ Take Action - Act to make the world a better place
On July 12, the Girl Scouts-Seven Lakes Council honored 19 young women that have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award this year. The girls recognized at the Young Women of Distinction dinner in Ithaca are from all parts of our 13-county jurisdiction, and included Jana Mlodzianowski of Weedsport.
Mlodzianowski's Gold Award project was creating an online summer reading challenge linking the local elementary school library and the public library.
“I feel that my project greatly impacted the community, as more than 350 books were read by children entering first through fifth grades over the summer,” Mlodzianowski explained. “The elementary school plans to continue using the online set-up for future years' summer reading challenges, so my project will impact the community for years to come.”
There are several prerequisites girls must successfully complete in areas of leadership, career exploration and challenge to more on to the Girl Scout Gold Award project. The project requires girls to spend a minimum of 50 to 65 hours designing and implementing a project that has a positive impact on the community.
Girls receiving the award are eligible for a variety of scholarships to continue their education and for advanced military rankings. Girls must be at least 14 years old to begin working on their project.
Local Girl Scouts earning the Girl Scout Silver Award, the organization's second highest honor, were also honored at the Young Women of Distinction dinner. Forty-six girls have earned the Girl Scout Silver Award this year including: Kaylee Adler of Montezuma; Felicia Darrow, Amber Juhl, Ellen Pilat and Katie Wyckoff of Port Byron, and Amanda Vitale of Auburn.
As with the Gold Award, the Girl Scout Silver Award represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of those around her. The girls must be at least 11 years old and going into sixth grade to begin the award process.
There is more information on the highest leadership awards in Girl Scouts on the national Web site at www.girlscouts.org.
To find out more about Girl Scouting locally, visit www.girlscoutssevenlakes.org. Girls, ages 5 to 17, can join Girl Scouts any time of the year.
Judith E. Gallagher is communications director for the Girl Scouts Seven Lakes Council, Inc. She can be reached at 539-5085 ext. 721
Girl Scouts develops leaders. It's what we do best. And there is no better example of this than girls who have earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award.
The Girl Scout Gold Award exemplifies that for girls to become leaders they need to:
€ Discover - Understand their values and use their knowledge and skills to explore their world
€ Connect - Care about, inspire and team with others, locally and globally
€ Take Action - Act to make the world a better place
On July 12, the Girl Scouts-Seven Lakes Council honored 19 young women that have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award this year. The girls recognized at the Young Women of Distinction dinner in Ithaca are from all parts of our 13-county jurisdiction, and included Jana Mlodzianowski of Weedsport.
Mlodzianowski's Gold Award project was creating an online summer reading challenge linking the local elementary school library and the public library.
“I feel that my project greatly impacted the community, as more than 350 books were read by children entering first through fifth grades over the summer,” Mlodzianowski explained. “The elementary school plans to continue using the online set-up for future years' summer reading challenges, so my project will impact the community for years to come.”
There are several prerequisites girls must successfully complete in areas of leadership, career exploration and challenge to more on to the Girl Scout Gold Award project. The project requires girls to spend a minimum of 50 to 65 hours designing and implementing a project that has a positive impact on the community.
Girls receiving the award are eligible for a variety of scholarships to continue their education and for advanced military rankings. Girls must be at least 14 years old to begin working on their project.
Local Girl Scouts earning the Girl Scout Silver Award, the organization's second highest honor, were also honored at the Young Women of Distinction dinner. Forty-six girls have earned the Girl Scout Silver Award this year including: Kaylee Adler of Montezuma; Felicia Darrow, Amber Juhl, Ellen Pilat and Katie Wyckoff of Port Byron, and Amanda Vitale of Auburn.
As with the Gold Award, the Girl Scout Silver Award represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of those around her. The girls must be at least 11 years old and going into sixth grade to begin the award process.
There is more information on the highest leadership awards in Girl Scouts on the national Web site at www.girlscouts.org.
To find out more about Girl Scouting locally, visit www.girlscoutssevenlakes.org. Girls, ages 5 to 17, can join Girl Scouts any time of the year.
Judith E. Gallagher is communications director for the Girl Scouts Seven Lakes Council, Inc. She can be reached at 539-5085 ext. 721
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