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A Girl Scout Gold Award Project

From Trash To Treasure, a Girl Scout Gold Award project.

The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting, recognizes the leadership, effort, and impact girls 15-18 have had on their communities. 

Only about five per cent of eligible girls take the rigorous path towards earning this prestigious award, but those who complete the journey change the lives of others and their own in amazing and significant ways. 

An increasing number of colleges and universities have recognized the achievements' leadership abilities of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients by establishing scholarship programs for them.

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Girls who have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award often enter the four branches of the United States Armed Services at an advanced level and salary, having been recognized for their level of leadership shown in earning the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Alexis Sobecki is an Ambassador Girl Scout (11th-12th graders) who has chosen to take this rigorous path and completed her journey.  This is what she has to say:

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"As a member of Girl Scouts for about nine years, my main goal has always been to achieve the Girl Scout Gold Award. The Gold Award is a true honor that takes dedication, leadership, community involvement, time and hard work. The issue I chose to address was the environment and recycling because only a small number of people know how they can help the environment with minimal effort. I planned to hold two workshops teaching young children ways they could help make a difference by incorporating recyclable materials into crafts instead of throwing them away where they would later take up space in a landfill. The first workshop I organized had about 20 girls and featured spring/summer crafts involving materials such as egg cartons and toilet paper rolls. The second workshop had about 40 girls (who dressed up in costumes) featured Halloween crafts. The workshop was a success because those who attended gained knowledge about recycling and how easily they could assist in helping to save the environment."

Alexis is a Senior at W.T. Clarke High School and a member of the East Meadow Girl Scout Troop 1512. The East Meadow Association of Girl Scouts is proud for the hard work she has done to accomplish her Gold Award Project.  People all over the world are thinking of more ways on how to keep usable items out of our landfill sites.   Recycling also helps and conserves limited resources and is earth-friendly. Alexis' project increased awareness and East Meadow community involvement in joining national and global awareness to recycle and reuse.  

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