What did you do for your Gold Award project?
Took inner-city Denver kids at the Boys and Girls Club on an education hike up near Boulder, CO.
Why did you pursue this Gold Award project?
I wanted to take the opportunity to make a positive impact on the kids at the Boys and Girls Club.
How did your Gold Award project make a difference?
I was able to teach the children about a topic they never would have learned about otherwise.
What skills did you gain through earning your Gold Award?
I became a better leader and more comfortable leading others. I was in charge of a group of counselors, who were older than I was, and I was forced to learn to interact and lead a group of people I was unfamiliar with leading.
How did you make your project sustainable?
I created a Hike Manual that will be passed down from summer to summer at the camp. It is for the counselors to use and teach from. Along with that, I created a Hike Activity Book for the campers to keep them engaged in what was being taught.
What was your connection to the national or global community?
Wherever these kids go in their life they always will keep the knowledge they learned at camp. This information will help them in many aspects including respecting nature and staying safe in circumstances of natural disasters common to Colorado.
What will you most remember about your Gold Award project?
The most fond memory I have about my Gold Award project is working with the kids at Gates Camp and getting to interact and teach the children.
How will earning your Gold Award help you in your future?
This experience has taught me many things, but most importantly, about teaching children and what a difficult, but rewarding task that can be. In the future, I will keep the skills I learned from this project and apply them when I hopefully become a teacher.
Why do you feel the Gold Award is an important part of your Girl Scout experience?
The Gold Award is a culmination of all my hard work over the years. Over everything I have learned when I was Brownie up to doing the actual project, everything I did lead up to my project and prepared me for that as well as for the rest of my life.
***IMPORTANT NOTE: This blog represents only a small fraction of the hard work, dedication and requirements that go into earning a Girl Scout Gold Award. It is simply a brief summary, which is meant to inspire Girl Scouts to Go Gold in the future. For more information on earning your Gold Award, please email highestawards@gscolorado.org