2012 Annual Report - Girl Scout Council - Colonial Coast
2012 Annual Report - Girl Scout Council - Colonial Coast
2012 Annual Report - Girl Scout Council - Colonial Coast
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On My Honor<strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Gold AwardsThe <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Gold Award is the highest achievement attainable in <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>ing.<strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>s earning this award must plan and implement a large-scale communityservice project that reflects their individual interests. Projects must challenge thegirl’s abilities, innovation and creativity. This award reflects the girl’s commitmentto herself, her community and <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>ing. Forty five girl members earned theGold Award during the membership year.Gold Award RecipientsDana BaumgartnerDeanna BonaventuraAutumn BryantMargaret CarmelGrace CasalinoLauren CashmanErin ClarkMegan CostonAllyana CreekmoreApril CrossMary DelmonteRachel EddowesAdrianne FockeKristen FreyJ. Christina FurstShalom FurstCourtney GreenNatalie HartJennifer HarveyVienna HarveyHunter HaynieEmily HockebornBlair HorthCiera JamesSara KazmerKristen KernNicole LichtyRachel LukeAllison LundyRebecca MontgomerySilver AwardRebecca NissenLauren OleszkoKaren OsgoodAleena PickettHarlie PowellRebecca RichardsonElizabeth RobertsonCaroline RobinsonHallea RossLauren RussellElizabeth RuzickaCarlyn SchaefflerKatherine SimmonsMadison WintersAshley Wolfe<strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Cadettes may earn the <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>Silver Award by taking action on projects intheir communities. Going for the <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>Silver Award - the highest award a <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>Cadette can earn - gives girls a chance toshow that they are leaders who are organized,determined, and dedicated to improving theworld. In <strong>2012</strong>, 176 girl members in <strong>Colonial</strong><strong>Coast</strong> received the <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Silver Award.National <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Young Woman ofDistinction Darragh Friedman, adocumentary filmmaker, and GSCCCAlumna Katherine VanDeVeer, whoearned her Gold Award in 2009, werespeakers at the <strong>2012</strong> Gold AwardCelebration. Darragh’s film whichbecame her <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Gold Awardproject, Voices of Time Before They AreSilenced, documented stories of foursurvivors of the Holocaust.Every year, <strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong>s provide over75million hours of direct service totheir communitiesThe contribution to society represents$1.6billion in girl-led projects withlasting results.<strong>Girl</strong> <strong>Scout</strong> Ambassador and Gold Awardee Rachel Eddoweshad an opportunity to share her project with National CEOAnna Maria Chávez at the launch of the Year of the <strong>Girl</strong>.Rachel’s project involved advocating for research for ALSor Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or, better known as LouGehrig’s disease.As part of her Gold Award project, Rachel also created waysfor the community to volunteer to help families with memberswho suffer from ALS. In <strong>2012</strong>, Rachel was recognized with anOutstanding Volunteer Youth Award for her project byVOLUNTEER Hampton Roads.
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