This year, we are celebrating 100 Years of the Girl Scout Gold Award—that's huge! Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making a meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. Not only does earning the Girl Scout Gold Award teach girls about leadership and project management, but it helps them learn about themselves as individuals, and the impact that they can have on their communities.
All four New Jersey Girl Scout councils came together to highlight three Gold Award recipients from each council spanning from the 1940's to present day, and their stories are featured in the summer 2016 issue of New Jersey Monthly!
From Girl Scouts Heart of NJ, we featured:
- Sophia Chirayil of Belle Mead, NJ who earned her Gold Award in 2015 by creating a MakerSpace at Montgomery High School in hopes of encouraging more girls to pursue STEM.
- Marianne Cillo of Bridgewater, NJ who earned her First Class in 1975. In order to earn her First Class, Marianne remembers completing one proficiency badge in six different fields and meeting five unique challenges: Emergency Preparedness, International Understanding, Arts, My Heritage, and Out of Doors.
- Lauren Ruderman of Hoboken, NJ who earned her Gold Award in 2002 by running a political advocacy campaign and preparing a multi-week curriculum on political awareness for high school sophomores.
To read more about our Gold Awardees and to learn more about Gold Award Projects from Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, Girl Scouts of Northern NJ, and Girl Scouts of Central and Southern NJ, pick up a copy of the summer issue of NJ Monthly today!
The New Jersey Girl Scout councils would like to thank The Provident Bank Foundation for its generous support of the 100th Year of the Gold campaign.
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