4 February 2009
Sunday’s Golden Girls – 02/01/2009 (delayed)
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Alabama
Cynthia Ann Delano tackled a heavyweight issue to earn the Gold Award, the top achievement for Girl Scouts. She negotiated for healthier snacks in her school’s vending machines. “The Gold Award is all about making lasting changes, within oneself and the community. That’s exactly what Cynthia did,” Arrington said. “Girls like Cynthia prove that one person really can make a difference.”
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California
Two Pasadena sisters, Brittany and Katelyn Docherty, 16 and 15 respectively, both students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Canada, have been working hard to earn their Girl Scout Gold Awards and Huntington Hospital’s emergency department (ED) is reaping the benefits.
Brittany has collected over 240 age-appropriate toys to entertain children who sometimes must experience long waits in the ED. Huntington ED sees over 800 pediatric patients a month. Brittany encouraged local donors such as Vromans, Borders and RoseArt to contribute teddy bears, coloring activity kits and lots of wonderful books for kids of various ages. Each gift comes to the ED with a personalized get well card, hand-made by Brittany and some of the younger scouts she mentored as part of the project.
Katelyn’s Gold Award project focused on providing resources for victims of domestic violence and rape. Katelyn collected new items and resource material to make rape recovery kits for victims who are brought to the hospital ED. Each kit comes individually packaged and contains a set of new clothing, underwear, slippers, a sachet and survivor resource guide. To raise money for the kits, Katelyn earned dollars gift wrapping at Borders Books as well as solicited donations from organizations like Peace Over Violence and Avon, and local business including Joann’s, Macys and Target. Younger scouts and students from St. Bede’s helped with making fragrance sachets and get well cards for the kits.
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Illinois
Nicole Schuch, a freshman at Carl Sandburg High School, is working to bring some entertainment to soldiers serving overseas to earn her Girl Scout Gold Award with the Orland Trailblazers Girl Scout Troop 598. Schuch sent the tabletop bean bag game to her cousin John Schaub serving in the army as well. Schuch is also partnering with the Village of Orland Park’s Veterans Commission to send the games to soldiers.
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New Jersey
Cynthia Ann Delano tackled a heavyweight issue to earn the Gold Award, the top achievement for Girl Scouts. She negotiated for healthier snacks in her school’s vending machines.
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New York
Senior Girl Scout Katherine Monahan recently presented a Senior Citizen Seminar at the Senior Center in Goshen. As part of her Gold Award Project, Katie prepared a brochure and talked to the seniors about prescription drug plans and emergency preparedness kits.
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South Carolina
Caroline, a recent graduate of Abbeville High School and member of Troop 537, was presented her Girl Scout Gold Award by her troop leader, Suzie Sherard, after completing all necessary badge requirements and a community service project.She built a South Carolina Fence Garden on the grounds of Diamond Hill Elementary. It provides a habitat to wildlife and an outdoor classroom setting to the students at the school.
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Virginia
Senior Girl Scout Olivia Stansbury of Troop 1340 has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the Scouts’ highest achievement, for her community project, “Ballet Workshop for Young Children.” For her project, Stansbury hosted a two-week ballet workshop for children in grades two to six. Stansbury, a Poquoson High School junior, is the daughter of Dave and Therese Stansbury.
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