The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, earned by Senior or Ambassador Girl Scouts who create sustainable, measurable, and lasting change on a community issue. Recipients complete a minimum of 80 hours of work, demonstrating exceptional leadership.
Girl Scouts identify a root cause of a local or global issue and implement a project with lasting, measurable impact. The process includes choosing an issue, researching, recruiting a team, creating a plan, submitting a proposal, taking action, and educating others.

Over the course of the month, we will be highlighting the Girl Scouts of Western New York Gold Awardees! Please join us as we congratulate Girl Scout Gold Award recipient Alexis Birkemeier on earning Girl Scouting’s highest honor!

Alexis’ project, “Mental Health in Young Adults,” focused on raising awareness about mental health resources for young people in Lockport. By researching and developing informational pamphlets, distributing materials throughout schools and colleges, and conducting surveys to measure impact, Alexis helped break stigma and connect youth with valuable mental health supports.