Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Zoe Wiech as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Raised Garden Beds I started my Gold Award project based on the idea that I would like to make an impact in my local community garden. This community […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Sienna Jaroszewski as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Student Service Club I founded a volunteering organization in my high school with the intended goal of providing more service opportunities to students. I held after-school meetings and […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Miracle Martin as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Saving the Monarch Butterflies My project focused on helping preserve the Monarch Butterfly population. I worked to harvest/plant milkweed, educate people, and raise Monarch caterpillars. Throughout my project I […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Kaity Hersee as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Shakespeare Lives! …Again My Gold Award project launched a Shakespeare club at Starpoint High School in Pendleton, NY. I worked with the high school English Department to lead […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Erin Sheridan as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Electronic Waste Reduction My project was to educate my community on the importance of recycling electronics and ways to do that. I collaborated with Patrick Lucey, Amherst Superintendent […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Emily Ferguson as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Mental Health Awareness Through my project, Mental Health Awareness, I created a program to help remove the stigma surrounding mental health issues in my community. I created an […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Catherine Hughes as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Helping Kids with Disabilites and Mental Health I was responsible for coming up with two craft projects that I ran during two respite weekends at Cradle Beach Camp […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Natalie Cookinham as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Reading Rocks My project was focused on finding a way for kindergarten age students to read more at home, even if a parent wasn’t able to read with […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Kara Schwarzott as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: Project Toy Nook For my gold award, I built a shelter meant for holding beach toys and donated it to my local park. I donated my project to […]
Girl Scouts of Western New York is proud to announce Jayden Bunch as a 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout. Project: First Steps Towards Freedom My project, Healthy Steps Toward Recovery, addressed the issue of addicted and/or exploited women living on the streets of Rochester. These women are lacking […]
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