Category: High Awards
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Silver Award Girl Scout Provides Incubator Covers to NICU Babies
Emma wanted her Girl Scout Silver Award project to be something that was close to her heart. After brainstorming different ideas, Emma found the perfect cause. She would provide Niswonger Children’s Hospital with incubator covers for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The covers are heavy blankets that help block out light and sound from…
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Gold Award Girl Scout Jacqueline Renovates Library at Kingsport Girls Inc.
For her Gold Award, Jacqueline remodeled and refurbished the library at Girls Inc. of Kingsport with the hopes to inspire reading and promote literacy. Girls Inc. of Kingsport, a non-profit organization aiming to “inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold” serves 150 low income girls ages six to 18. Most come from families making less than…
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Silver Award Girl Scout Sarah Builds Pollinator Garden at Cedar Bluff Middle School
Silver Award Girl Scout Sarah had a unique vision: create a pesticide-free pollinator garden at Cedar Bluff Middle School to help increase the dwindling bee population. The 520 square-foot garden utilizes local plants to attract pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds. Sarah’s goals for the project were to build a sustainable and healthy garden that Cedar Bluff…
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Gold Award Girl Scout Honors Revolutionary War Veteran
When Gold Award Girl Scout McKayla Floyd heard that there was a local Revolutionary War soldier buried in the Esslinger Cemetery that was overrun with thickets, briers, and brush, she knew this was her Go Gold project. “Many graves do not receive their proper respect,” said McKayla. “More history is being lost to time every…
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Girl Scouts Make Sense: The Zipper Story
Standing in a small classroom filled with children’s toys is an unexpected find: a wooden tunnel with three thousand blue zip ties attached. At five feet, each side lined with eight beams of hand-strung zip ties, it’s especially striking as the light from the window illuminates the color. Named the Zipper, it serves as a…
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Bronze Award Girl Scouts Donate to Niswonger Children’s Hospital
When Hannah, Isabel, Kaycee, Briley, and Allie (who helped with the project) decided on their Girl Scout Bronze Award project, they choose something close to their hearts. After a close friend of their troop volunteer lost her son Tyler to a rare form of cancer, the girls decided to take action in his name to…
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“Only One You” Rock Project
To complete her Girl Scout Silver Award project, Mia had her entire elementary school student body and staff paint a rock (approximately 1,400 people). The rocks represent how each person is unique on their own and when they come together they create something awesome! The rocks were installed in a garden in front of the…
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Silver Award Girl Scouts Create Book Box
Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians kicked off National Library Week with Bridget and Evie, Silver Award Girl Scouts who worked together with their school to put a book box in their pavilion. They asked and were given permission from the Daily Times to use an old newspaper box. Smart thinking! With the goal of…
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Silver Award Girl Scout Creates a Recycling Initiative
“Our goal was to help the school,” said Olivia, “but we helped the community, too.” Olivia, a Silver Award Girl Scout, created a recycling initiative at her school. She worked with the principal and a sponsor to make sure all the teachers had the proper recycling bins. Olivia also helped educate her school on the…
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Gold Award Girl Scout Helps Sustain Decreasing Butterfly Population.
Gold Award Girl Scout Lindsey created a butterfly garden to help sustain and grow a decreasing butterfly population in her area. Today is not only Pi Day it’s also National Learn About Butterflies Day! One phenomenal Gold Award Girl Scout created a project centered around butterflies. Lindsey created a butterfly garden to help sustain and…
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