Posted on August 24, 2022 by Devon Beck

9 Berks County GSEP Girl Scouts Receive Prestigious Gold Award

Story written by Meghan Solomon

9 Berks County GSEP Girl Scouts Receive Prestigious Gold Award

This year, 63 Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) Girl Scouts from across its 9-county council territory earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award—the highest achievement in Girl Scouting—during the 2020–2021-member year, of which 9 were Berks County Girl Scouts.

The Girl Scout Gold Award recognizes Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors (grades 9-12) who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable Take Action projects. The Gold Award is the culmination of a girl’s leadership ability, time management, creativity, initiative, and a significant mastery of skills. Gold Award Girl Scouts individually identify a community problem, develop a plan to solve it, recruit a team to assist them and create sustainable solutions that last for years beyond their project. Gold Award Girl Scouts are eligible for multiple scholarships from colleges and universities and are able to advance a rank when they enlist in the U.S. armed forces.

“We are proud to recognize and celebrate the 63 inspiring Girl Scouts who have earned the prestigious Gold Award,” stated Kim E. Fraites-Dow, CEO of GSEP. “While this was a year of extreme change and uncertainty, by believing in their own power and voice, these girls persevered through it all and saw their ambitious projects to completion. Through their capstone Take Action projects, these Girl Scouts have championed the five fundamental Girl Scouts leadership outcomes: developing a strong sense of self, displaying positive values, seeking challenges and learning from setbacks, forming and maintaining healthy relationships, and becoming community problem solvers. Now, these Girl Scouts are among an elite community of dreamers who embody courage, confidence, and character as they continue to uphold the Girl Scout promise of making the world a better place.”

The Girl Scouts’ Take Action projects provide benefits with a sustainable impact on their communities, emphasizing the remarkable power of Girl Scouts. Projects include sewing pillows to prevent chemotherapy patients from discomfort around their catheters while wearing a seatbelt, creating a summer camp program to teach children about hydration, and filming a documentary and hosting workshops to educate others about gun control. Together, this year’s Gold Award Girl Scouts completed more than 5,100 leadership hours of community service (each project requires at least 80 hours of community service). Based on the latest service worth estimate of one volunteer hour ($28.54), this represents a value of more than $146,124.80 in community problem-solving investment for the nine counties that GSEP serves.

For more information on the Girl Scout Gold Award, visit https://bit.ly/GSEPGoldAward.

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About Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) is the largest girl-serving organization in Pennsylvania and builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. What was started in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia by founder Juliette Gordon Low as one small, yet dedicated troop of diverse girls has grown into 2.8 million Girl Scouts across the U.S. today. GSEP serves nearly 30,000 girls in partnership with more than 15,000 volunteers in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties. Today, 80 percent of women in leadership and executive roles in the U.S. were Girl Scouts. Girl Scout alum comprise 70 percent of women in the U.S. Congress. For further information about Girl Scouting, how to join, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, call 215-564-2030 or visit www.gsep.org. Follow @GirlScoutsEPenn on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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