Gold Award Girl Scouts

I worked with teachers and the school administration to provide books access to students in the community.

I reached out to my state representative, who agreed to sponsor a bill that would fund menstrual products in Colorado schools.

I built a database of more than 50 partners offering service learning opportunities for students at my school.

I made five videos to explain distracted driving, created a petition to make Alabama a “hands free” state.

I created the Very Hungry Caterpillar Garden in my community—to grow healthy fruits and vegetables that would be distributed through the local food pantry.

Through Girl Scouts, I was able to learn about robotics in an environment where I felt safe and validated.

My research led me to a report that said oral cancer kills one person each hour globally and that dental disease is completely preventable.

When my brother was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, my family felt helpless. But I’m a Girl Scout, which means I’m a problem solver. So I dedicated my Girl Scout Gold Award to helping people with diabetes.

I knew I had to create a resource for college students to increase their awareness of the reality of sexual assault on campus.

To make sure any kid who wanted to be involved in the theater could, I installed an ADA-approved wheelchair ramp at my local community theater.

When Gold Award Girl Scout Gabrielle, a high school freshman in Georgia, heard that kids in a neighboring community were struggling in math during remote lessons, she stepped up to help.

I’m really interested in coding and tech, but there’s a huge gender gap in the STEM fields, meaning girls like me are in the minority.

Was it ambitious to think I could open an outpatient medical ward? I was still a sophomore in high school, so I’d say yes!

I gathered a policy summit of community leaders so that everyone at the event could play a part in making small changes, because I wanted the change to be sustainable.

I started an organization to teach young people around the world about hypertension, and because of my efforts, several schools have started offering routine blood pressure tests.

The more people I met as a Gold Award Girl Scout, the more opportunities I got to travel, participate in conferences and workshops, and to speak my mind about the issues that mean a lot to me.

A lot of people can say they have what it takes to identify problems, come up with innovative solutions, and create real, lasting change...