Girl Scouts of North East Ohio honored 43 Gold Award Girl Scouts at a celebration held Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the John S. Knight Center in Akron. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador may earn. The Gold Award project challenges girls to identify an unmet need or core issue in their community, research and investigate it, recruit volunteers and build a team to create a plan to take action. This year’s projects included renovations to domestic violence shelters, diversity and identity training, farm education programs, and many more projects that benefit Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Check out the letter to the editor from Junlianne. Her letter went viral, touching countless readers who now know what a girl can do. She and her supportive parents even appeared on the Today Show to spread her message. Thanks, Julianne for making the world a better place.

Check out the meeting rooms available for Girl Scout troops, Girl Scout service units, and Girl Scout travel and alum groups to reserve for FREE at the Macedonia, North Canton and Youngstown Service Centers for Girl Scout meetings and events only.

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