Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont is pleased to announce that Allyson Mattingly, High Point, has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.
Mattingly, daughter of Chris and Karen Mattingly and a member of Girl Scout Troop 41120, focused on finding a solution to mental health issues, specifically anxiety and depression within high schoolers. Her project started off with research and led to the creation of two boxes, one for her high school and the other for a local therapy office. Each box contains both homemade and store-bought items that help combat anxiety. She also created brochures for guidance counselors to use to help explain anxiety and depression to both students and their parents. Finally, she created two videos that further explain the purpose of her Gold Award project and how to make homemade fidgets.
The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, recognizing girls in grades 9 through 12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable Take Action projects. Each girl must dedicate a minimum of 80 hours to planning and carrying out her project, which must benefit the community and have long lasting impact.
“Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award designation is truly a remarkable achievement. It is the culmination of so many things- from a girl’s self-discipline and leadership abilities to time management and the creativity, initiative and mastery of skills it takes to complete these kind of projects,” said Gayle Rose, chief operating officer for Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. “Every girl who earns this prestigious award is making a difference not only in her community, but her own life as well. The skills gained through the Gold Award process are ones that will be used often in her future endeavors.”
Started in 1916 as the Golden Eaglet, thousands of Girl Scouts earn the Girl Scout Gold Award each year. Earning the Gold Award opens doors to scholarships, preferred admission tracks for college and amazing career opportunities—as well as skills that set girls up for success, like strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, problem solving and time management.
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