Gold Award, Silver Award and Young Women of Distinction Scholarship

May 9th, 2008

Congratulations to Dayna, Molly, Carly, and Emily for earning their Girl Scout Gold Awards!

 

The Girl Scout Gold Award is a 2-3 year commitment.  Girls are required to evaluate the needs of their community and design a 65 hour project that utilizes their skills, talents, and interests to meet an identified need.  Each Girl Scout is challenged to choose a project for which she would like to be remembered.  Dayna, Molly, Carly, and Emily heard that challenge and designed projects which touched many lives in our local communities.

 

Dayna Ferguson is from Girl Scout Troop #1193 of the Bay Park Service Unit and a Sophomore at Clay High School. Dayna's project "A Boardwalk Transformation" benefited visitors of Maumee Bay State Park. With guidance from the Maumee Bay State Park Supervisor, she redesigned the observation blind on the boardwalk to create a place where visitors could relax and feel safe.

 

Molly Troy is from Girl Scout Troop #493 of the Cross Trails Service Unit and a Senior at Central Catholic High School. Through her Gold Award "Books for Uganda", Molly collected more than 1700 books for St.Josephine Baknita High School in Uganda.  She also traveled to Uganda to see how her project benefited the students.

 

Carly Henkel and Emily Wonser are from Troop #134 of the Northern Lites Service Unit and are Seniors at Mason Senior High School. Their joint efforts benefited the drama department at Mason Senior High School.

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Congratulations to Taylor, Emily, Jenna, Kristen, Tiffany, China, Allyssia, and Shannon for earning their Girl Scout Silver Awards!

 

The Silver Award is the highest award that a girl can earn as a Cadette Girl Scout.  Prior to planning a Silver Award Project, a Girl Scout must earn the Girl Scout Silver Leadership Award, the Silver 4B's Challenge Award, and the Silver Career Award. She must then use her interests, talents, and abilities to create a 40 hour project that will help improve the lives of others in the community or in Girl Scouting.

 

Taylor France of Maumee is from Troop 482 in the Little Turtle Service Unit. Taylor is interested in history and wanted to help her community so the Walcott House in Maumee was a perfect fit.  Taylor worked with the Walcott House recording and categorizing items at the museum. Taylor also decorated a room for visitors to enjoy and completed research on the first ladies of Ohio for docents to use during programs and tours.

 

Emily Gerken of Bowling Green is from Troop 1160 in the Black Swamp Service Unit. Through the help of some friends and community leaders, Emily created a Recycling program for Historical Downtown Bowling Green and spread the word about recycling and how important it is for the environment.

 

Jenna Graham of Bryan is from Troop 334 in the Algoma Service Unit. Jenna wanted to do something for men and women in the service, so she contacted churches and businesses in the area to donate items for care packages for soldiers.   She collected enough donations to create 100 Care packages. 

 

Kristen Dennis, Tiffany Flory, China Perry, Allyssia Rivas, and Shannon Sprow of Wauseon are from Troop 1357 in the Great Oaks Service Unit. The girls worked together to inform their community about the benefits of bats and how they can help reduce the population of mosquitoes.  After many hours of cutting wood, nailing it together, and staining the houses, 32 new bat houses were finally ready for their new residents.

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Young Women of Distinction

 

This is the eighth year the Young Women of Distinction scholarship has been awarded to outstanding young women who exemplify the Girl Scout Promise and Law as well as the characteristics of today's Girl Scout, who is confident and courageous, has strong values, is committed to others, and helps make the world a better place. The applicants were selected and scored from their community involvement, academic achievements, references, and an essay highlighting their accomplishments.  Two young women were chosen to each receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Young Women of Distinction Scholarship is generously supported by Buckeye Cable System and Promedica Health System.

 

The first recipient is Debralyn Woodbury-Shaw of Toledo, a senior at Central Catholic High School who plans to major in Biology at The Ohio State University and to continue on to medical school to become a pediatrician.  Debralyn has a GPA of 4.1. She is a member of National Honor Society, the golf team, the Pep Club, and the Junior National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women Clubs.

 

The second recipient is Molly Troy of Toledo, a senior at Central Catholic High School who plans to major in History or English and minor in music at Gettysburg College. She has a 4.45 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society, a Regent's Scholar, a member of the Student Council, and acting vice-president of the spiritual commission at school.