Welcome to the GSCSA blog! We look forward to sharing how Girl Scouts are taking action in our council — for themselves, their communities, and the world.
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Miranda Sanders of Sevierville jumped at the opportunity to add a garden to the arboretum at Walters State Community College to address the importance and loss of pollinators. She used this opportunity to earn her Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. Gold Award Girl Scouts are high schoolers who address issues they’re passionate about Read more
Maggie Clark of Knoxville is one of 29 2021 Gold Award recipients from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. Maggie walked us through all she learned while managing her project and how it ties to her current life as a college student. Since 1916, thousands of Girl Scouts across the country have earned the Girl Scouts’ highest honor, Read more
Carson Bock of Signal Mountain is one of 29 Gold Award recipients from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians and the sole recipient from the council of the inaugural GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship. Now a freshman at University of Tennessee, Carson shares about her experiences and how Girl Scouts impacted her life. Gold Award Girl Scouts are Read more
Abby Jack of Elizabethton is one of 29 Gold Award recipients from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. She shares what she learned through the Gold Award experience and what she’s up to now. Since 1916, thousands of Girl Scouts across the country have earned the Girl Scouts’ highest honor, now called the Girl Scout Gold Award, Read more
Claire Gibson of Oak Ridge is one of 29 Gold Award recipients from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. She shares what she learned through the Gold Award experience and what she’s up to now. Since 1916, thousands of Girl Scouts across the country have earned the Girl Scouts’ highest honor, now called the Girl Scout Gold Read more
Riane Olsen of Johnson City is one of 29 Gold Award recipients from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. She shares what she learned through the Gold Award experience and what she’s up to now. Since 1916, thousands of Girl Scouts across the country have earned the Girl Scouts’ highest honor, now called the Girl Scout Gold Read more