Girl Scout Gold Award
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.
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“The Gold Award is the highest award that a Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout (grades 9–12) can earn. To become a Gold Award Girl Scout, a girl identifies an issue that’s important to her, then develops and carries out an innovative and sustainable solution with measurable impact. Each solution/project must link to a national and/or global issue.”
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“A Gold Award project must reflect the following: the Girl Scout has identified the root cause of a community issue she’s passionate about, the action she takes must address a real need and have long-term benefits, she must show leadership by guiding a team of volunteers, and the project must be sustainable and measurable with a national and/or global link.”
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“Gold Award projects require a commitment of at least 80 hours from the Girl Scout.”
Answers provided by:
The Girl Scout Gold Award: A Guide for Project Advisors, Girl Scouts of the USA, 2016. https://www.girlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsusa/forms-and-documents/our-program/highest-awards/GSUSA_Gold-Award-Guide-for-Project-Advisors.pdf
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