May 2005 Volume 31 Issue 5  

Congratulations Gold Award recipients

These Senior Girl Scouts recently completed their Gold Award projects and by doing so, earned the Gold Award.

Lily focused on the development of a library at Ed White Memorial High School. Through a community book drive and donations from high school students in her area, the library grew to more than 1,000 books. She then catalogued and organized the books and assembled bookshelves to place the books.
Jennifer volunteered to teach tennis to 30 children ages 5-15. She and a certified tennis coach taught for 10 sessions at three and a half hours each session. She also collected tennis rackets, balls, and shoes to donate to the City of Houston Youth Tennis Program. Shefali created 85 scrapbooks for the children of Boys and Girls Harbor, a home for abandoned or abused children in La Porte. She chose this project because the children lacked positive memories of their pasts. Now they will be able to document happier times in their scrapbooks.
Meredith cut out all the pieces to assemble birdhouses and helped children at the Armand Bayou Nature Center put together the 37 houses. She donated the houses to the center. “The children who built the houses had a great time and enjoyed making the houses as well as helping out the community.” Megan served as the assistant program director for Camp Funshine, a camp for children who have Cystic Fibrosis. She was responsible for the daily arts and crafts, water activities/exercise, campfire songs, and discussion of the camper’s daily hardships or things they had on their minds. She also made a scrapbook that each camper and counselor received after the event. Brittanie planned, designed, and painted a 6 foot by 6 foot nature-themed mural for the health center at Camp For All in Burton, TX. Campers and staff adorned 4 inch by 4 inch ceramic tiles with flowers, birds, insects, and lots of bright colors that formed the border of Hoster’s mural. She made a tabletop with the extra tiles and placed it on a wooden table she made.
Valerie planned and implemented the Woodland Forest Service Unit bridging ceremony. Additionally, she formed a girl planning board to work with her on planning and presenting the ceremony. She also built a bridge to use at the ceremony. Participating troops brought food to donate to Interfaith Food Pantry. Meghan repaired a damaged boat trailer and cleaned the boat on it for use in boat safety training programs and recreation through the Northern Branch Office Scout Training Team and the American Red Cross. Volunteers helped her make the many repairs. Stephanie worked with volunteers to make crafts for the residents at the Westminister House Retirement Community. She also organized a group to sing carols, talk with the residents, and watch movies with them.
Ragan held three events for Hope Village as well as collected arts and crafts and games for the facility. The events consisted of dancing, an ice cream sundae party, decorating cookies, making cards, crafts, face painting, and more. Sherry made a trail at Village Creek State Park more kid friendly by using information sheets and fake paw prints to teach children about the trees and animals that are native to the park. “I thought it would be good to have an easy to follow, kid friendly, safe, educational trail all in one.” Nicole established an ESL Resource Center and initiated a book drive for families within the Prince of Peace Community, Resurrection Catholic Community, Guadalupe Area Social Services, and Women Helping Women-A Shelter for Battered Women. She also compiled a list of local places that offered ESL classes cheap or free.