Category: High Awards
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A Garden Abuzz – A Gold Girl Story
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…
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Forging Trails, New and Old – A Gold Girl Story
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,…
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Guiding Families of Hospice Chattanooga – A Gold Girl Story
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…
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Do College Better – A Gold Girl Story
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,…
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Kids Eat Local – A Gold Girl Story
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…
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Masking Up – A Gold Girl Story
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…
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Raising A Voice – A Gold Girl Story
Eva Counts of Maryville 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,…
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A PAWsitive Makeover Earns Silver Award
What started out as a simple paint project turned into something more—troop 20391 earning their Silver Award, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. Ally, Bailey, Sadie, and Sarah Beth, all 12 years old, transformed two meet-and-greet dog rooms at the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley to encourage dog adoption. The Cadettes knew…
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Books, Butterflies, and Bold Leadership
Kendal Patty of Knoxville collected over 27,000 donated books to build book trees promoting literacy for her Girl Scout Gold Award. The book trees were on display in Nashville and Knoxville throughout the holidays and will be distributed to children in shelters, hospitals, and schools. In her twelve years as a Girl Scout, Kendal’s favorite thing…
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Carnival Fun for Years To Come
Who doesn’t love summer camp? Thirteen-year-old Erica wanted to give back to a place that gave her so much: Camp Lookout in Rising Fawn, Georgia. Having experienced the joy and adventure first-hand, it was an easy decision to update the old and worn carnival games used every summer for her Girl Scout Silver Award project. Over 120…
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