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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Abby Cowan of Maryville saw firsthand how speech therapy made a tremendous impact on her little brother. So, she wanted to ensure that other children who needed therapy would have an inviting and lasting environment to learn speech skills. In pursuing this goal, she was named a 2021 Gold Award Girl Scout from Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians.… Read more
Catherine Gray of Signal Mountain wanted to help children express themselves through music. She worked with a local preschool to create a music wall and was named a 2021 Gold Award Girl Scout from Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians. Gold Award Girl Scouts are high schoolers who address issues they’re passionate about by planning and implementing a project… Read more
Olivia Wilkerson of Knoxville is passionate about reading and bolstering literacy in her community. Through discussions with her troop leaders, she was inspired to build a community little library at Copper Ridge Elementary School and was named a 2021 Gold Award Girl Scout from Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians. Gold Award Girl Scouts are high schoolers who address… Read more
Jiana “Jia” Weathersby of Athens, Tennessee, has a passion for helping others – especially children in foster care or difficult home situations. She created a project to provide encouragement and resources to teens in need and was named a 2021 Gold Award Girl Scout from Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians for her efforts. Gold Award Girl Scouts are high… Read more
Janda Atchley of Knoxville wanted to attract endangered pollinators to Farragut High School’s campus, so she built a pollinator garden at the school and was named a 2021 Gold Award recipient from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. Gold Award Girl Scouts are high schoolers who address issues they’re passionate about by planning and implementing a project… Read more
Olivia Ares of Johnson City is one of 29 girls to earn a 2021 Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians. If someone asked you to name some notable women in history, who would you list? Eleanor Roosevelt? Marie Curie? Juliette Gordon Low? Amelia Earhart? Rosa Parks? Ada Lovelace? What if you were asked to… Read more
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