Dear GSWNY Members, We have a few updates related to COVID-19, the Buffalo Service Center and a new training session. COVID-19 UpdateGSWNY formed a COVID-19 Task Force in March devoted to safety guidelines which is currently developing a plan for moving forward with in-person programming and council operations […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Aniyiah Harris of Buffalo, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Harris’ project, Let’s Get School Supplies!, involved distributing school supplies to children in need in her community.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Danielle Bellis of Akron, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Bellis’ project, First Kicks: A Teen-Led Preschool Soccer Program, provided children as young as three and four years old with basic soccer skills while creating a leadership opportunity for teenagers to get hands-on experience teaching young children.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Morgan Mahoney of Hamburg, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Mahoney’s project, Game Time, involved creating oversized board games for her local YMCA that services four elementary schools in the Hamburg School District.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Alexa Sass of Hamburg, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Sass’ project was titled Pollinator Garden, and was built at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo.
irl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Nicole Spiegel of East Amherst, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Spiegel’s Gold Award was titled Daycare Project and focused on increasing literacy and availability of literature at a local daycare. For her project, she built a Little Free Library and picnic table, plus planted trees to establish a reading space. She finished her project through the distribution of digital literacy information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Isabell Timm of West Henrietta, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Timm’s project, Breese Park Birdhouses, involved building and installing six birdhouses at Breese Park in Henrietta to help visitors observe the wildlife and to assist with the migration of bluebirds.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Rachel Burt of Webster, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Burt’s project, Promoting Water Safety, involves creating an “out of water” Water Safety Program, teaching children the skills and knowledge they need to keep themselves safe.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Rachel Bernstein of Honeoye, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Bernstein’s project, creating a sign and benches for a community garden, involved first contacting the Conservation Board as well as her high school’s Green Team. Together, they worked out the details and ended with a successful project that raises awareness for the garden itself, as well as involvement opportunities for the community.
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Mikaela Campbell of Honeoye Falls, NY, as a 2020 Gold Award Girl Scout. Campbell’s project, Soccer Field Seating, involved creating much needed seating for players and fans at Martin Road Town Park soccer fields.
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