Nearly a dozen Girl Scouts from Troop #33521 celebrated their recently completed Silver Awards at the Piedmont Center for the Arts last Wednesday.
The 11 scouts are 9th graders who spent the past three years working towards their Silver Award. The highest honor a Girl Scout Cadette can receive, the Silver Award encourages them to take action and make an impact on their community.
To complete their project, each group found a problem they wanted to solve, met with an advisor, and worked towards a solution. The scouts spent more than 50 hours on their chosen projects, ranging from food insecurity to resources for refugees. Their topics reflect the changes they want to see in the community, and what problems they care about in their own lives.
Among the 11 girls, there were six projects:
Annalise Gudiksen, Elsa Chun, and Norah Huang led a Domestic Violence Awareness Club. They created club lesson plans and hung posters around Piedmont Middle School to educate students about domestic violence, self-defense, and healthy relationships.
Rose Reining and Olivia Bailey created a website to provide resources to new pet owners, including information on caring for senior animals and animals with disabilities.
Mina Herrgott and Audrey Levin made brochures, flyers, and a website to encourage community members to donate unpicked fresh fruits and vegetables to organizations helping to fight food insecurity and reduce food waste.
Gracey Ann Hatchell painted a mural at Piedmont Middle School to spread awareness about seafood sustainability.
Ava Casalaina and Mira Sen created a Newcomer Resource Guide, and distributed it to more than 100 middle and high school-aged refugees and asylum seekers in the Bay Area.
Josie Schuetz created a stop motion animation to spread awareness about plastic pollution and how we can fight it.