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Honoring The Mission Through Action
Girl Scouts Honor Gold Award Recipients

Media Contact:
Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR
302-456-7170
avandenhurk@cbgsc.org

Newark, DE, July 18, 2006: The Girl Scout Mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The Girl Scout Gold Award exemplifies our mission.

The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest recognition that a Senior Girl Scout may earn. Someone once described the Gold Award as being "what you really want to be remembered for" in Girl Scouting. For many, the leadership skills, organizational skills, and sense of community and commitment that come from "going for the gold" cement the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship.

We are very proud of the young women who have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award. Please join us in congratulating the young women on their achievements.

New Castle County, Delaware

Tori Combs – Cheerleaders In Training – Wilmington
Tori taught young girls the fundamentals of cheerleading, while giving the families a place for their girls to go to that was safe and fun during spring break. 

Rita Crowley – Rookie Bear – Wilmington
Rita helped to raise the morale of the families of police officers.  The project involved donating teddy bears dressed in special scarves to children of police officers.  The bears were accompanied by a story book that helped these children feel more appreciated for the sacrifices they experience when their parents are protecting the community.

Dianne de la Veaux – The Life of Juliette Low – Wilmington Diane shared her talents in acting with a Brownie troop teaching them and organizing them to share their combined talents with the community through a historical play about Juliette Low.  Once she taught the Brownies how to act they took their show on the road to a local retirement home.

Gabrielle Farmer – Vacation Bible School – Wilmington
Gabrielle helped to bring families together in a welcoming Christian atmosphere to provide fun and educational activities for all members of the family.  The families were able to enjoy what their children learned at the end of the week through a live performance.

Colleen Gilmore & Katherine Warren – The Wilmington Flower Market Clothes Horse Restoration Project – Newark
Colleen and Katie restored a home that aides people who are beginning to enter the career world.  The Clothes Horse now has much better curb appeal and is in overall better condition.  The people who visit the Clothes Horse are now able to enjoy the newly painted house and outside they enjoy the newly planted and cared for flower beds.

Mariel Harvey – Building a Teaching Platform at Abbots Mill (Delaware Nature Society) –Wilmington
Mariel built a teaching platform adjacent to the river at the Delaware Nature Society located at Abbots Mill.  The platform will be used to teach visitors about the swamp and as a dock for people utilizing the canoes.

Beth Malseed – Track Meet for the Blind – Claymont
Beth planned a track meet for the blind.  The track meet benefited not only the blind by enabling them to participate in a sporting event but it benefited the seeing by enabling them to interact and learn about being blind for a day. 

Michelle Onorato – Problem Solving Through Preschool Play -- Wilmington
Michelle planned lessons for teachers at Chester Bethel Preschool to use in their classrooms.  All together 59 step by step lessons were donated to the school to be used to teach the children about problem solving focusing on why and because. 

Amy Shorter – Recruiting Documents – New Castle
Amy took Girl Scouting to the Spanish speaking and writing portions of our community by creating brochures in Spanish.  The brochures were customized to detail the benefits of being a Girl Scout.  Since this project included recruiting new members to the Girl Scout organization people will feel its benefits for years to come.

Sarah Stapley – Animal Misconceptions and Myths – Newark Sarah created an educational hands-on program to introduce the public to bats, sharks, and snakes at Brandywine Zoo.  The purpose of these displays was to inform the public about how important that these animals are to our world habitat and the myths that are told about them.

Katherine Wootten – Laughter in February – Wilmington
Katherine worked with Paws for People and Cokesbury Village to organize a social event for senior citizens.  The citizens or Cokesbury village were treated to an evening full of fun and companionship. 

Kent, Delaware

Melinda Carrow & Christina Lessard – Mindy and Christina’s Sports Camp – Hartley & Dover
Melinda & Christina conducted a sports camp for 5 to 7 year old children.  The focus of the camp was to teach the children the fundamentals of several types of sports.  This camp aided families by being cost effective and safe.

Alexandra Zimmerman – Introduction to Color Guard – Magnolia
Alexandra taught other students about what ROTC Color Guard.  This project taught others basic commands and basic marching skills.  The project included marketing of Color Guard so the full impact of this project will not be felt for years to come as the new members learn and become more competitive with their newly learned skills.

Sussex, Delaware

Jessica Bird, Katrina Hill, & Katelyn Townsend  – C.A.M.P. F.U.N. – Seaford & Laurel
These young women helped girls who had never had the opportunity to experience a day camp.  While at camp the girls laughed, played, sang songs and learned about being a team member while working together.  This camp was an important part in sharing what Girl Scouting is all about with the public. 

Jennifer Conroe – Say Not To Smoking - Ocean View
Jennifer created a nonsmoking program for children in fourth to sixth grade.  The children were taught about the dangers of smoking, the cost, and how to avoid the pressures of advertising and peer pressure.  The program was so well received by the school system that Jennifer was invited to run the program next school year. 

Cecil County, Maryland

Alicia Colflesh – Perryville Parks Murals – Port Deposit
Alicia created a beautiful mural of Rodger’s Tavern to help educate and beautify the visitors and community of Perryville.  The mural is utilized with school groups to help share Perryville’s rich history. 

Jennifer Crick – Bringing the Past to Life- Chesapeake City Jennifer brought to life history through women’s eyes.  She researched history of women from around our community and portrayed them through live theater to teach children about history from a woman’s perspective.  One of the most important parts of this project was to have children respond to history actively rather than just from a classroom setting.

Caroline County, Maryland

Danielle Fahey – Blue Heron Gardens – Denton
Danielle planted gardens to beautify the elderly community of Bleu Heron Assisted Living.  The elderly in this community were treated to garden treasures and green thumbs.  The patients are now able to spend some time outside in the sunshine enjoying these beautiful gardens.

Girl Scouting builds girls of confidence, courage, and character, who make the world a better place. We do that by providing girls with personal leadership development and programs that build real life skills for the real world. 

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