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 these incredible projects beginning with Gold Award recipient Lizzie Adamson!

Lizzie’s project, “Mission to Spread Positivity and Kindness,” partnered with local school districts, recreation centers, and libraries throughout Youngstown, Lewiston, and Ransomville to encourage kindness and strengthen community connections. Through classroom lessons inspired by Have You Filled a Bucket Today?, hands-on activities, and community engagement opportunities, Lizzie helped spread positivity while encouraging others to think about how their actions impact those around them.