Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont is pleased to announce that Halle Willeford, Summerfield, earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.
Willeford, daughter of Brandon and Melissa Willeford and a member of Girl Scout Troop 41738, constructed an outdoor seating area and garden at Crossroads Community Church. She hopes the new space will give youth and adults at the church a communal space to gather and enjoy the outdoors.
By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, Willeford has become a community leader. Her accomplishments reflect leadership and citizenship skills that set her apart.
“Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award designation is truly a remarkable achievement, and this young woman exemplifies leadership in all its forms,” said Lane Cook, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. “She saw a need in her community and took action. Her extraordinary dedication, perseverance and leadership, is making the world a better place.”
The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting; it recognizes girls in grades 9 through 12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable Take Action projects. After the minimum requirements are completed, the Gold Award project is the culmination of a girl’s demonstration of self-discipline, leadership ability, time management, creativity, initiative and a significant mastery of skills. Each girl must dedicate a minimum of 80 hours to planning and implementing her project, which must benefit the community and have long lasting impact. Since 1916, girls have successfully answered the call to go gold, an act that indelibly marks them as accomplished members of their communities and the world.
Some universities and colleges offer scholarships unique to Gold Award recipients, and girls who enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces may receive advanced rank in recognition of their achievements.
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Hi! When can I look out for my daughter’s please? Her name is Taylor Mack. Thank you! Katina Hayes
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Hi Katina! This is a new social media campaign, so we are currently promoting our 2019 girls as they finish and will be going back to our 2018 girls in the coming months. Keep an eye on our Facebook page as we promote each Gold Award Girl Scout there as well.
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