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Springs ceremony honors Gold, Silver and Bronze
May 29, 2009 -- 60 Girl Scouts were honored in a ceremony at the Colorado College campus in the Gates Common Room of Palmer Hall on May 28. Twelve girls accepted their Gold Award, seven Silver Awardees were in attendance and about 40 Bronze Awardees also were honored.
Each Gold Awardee described her project for the audience of friends, families and other supporters.
Statewide, 41 teens earned their Gold Award this year.
As the highest award a teen Girl Scout can earn, the prestigious Gold Award is the single most demanding award that a Girl Scout strives toward, and it’s not unusual for a girl to put in more than 200 hours to fulfill the requirements. Leadership, determination, perseverance and creativity – skills developed through the progressing levels of the Girl Scout program – are necessary to successfully complete the project. The essence of the Gold Award is a personal challenge for a girl to stretch her skills and abilities and step forward as a leader to meet a community need for which she has a passion and a will to create a sustainable change.
The Silver Award is the highest award that can be achieved by Cadette Program level girls and is completed by earning Interest Project Awards, learning about career options and developing a service project where they apply the skills, knowledge and abilities learned through Girl Scouting. Many girls work together as a troop on these projects, but each girl is responsible for her own specific part of the project. On average, each girl spends around 100 hours fulfilling all the requirements for her Silver Award.
The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout, ages 9-11, can earn, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working towards this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be.
View the Silver & Gold Celebration book to read about all the Gold Award projects.
View the photo gallery.