Five Norfolk Girl Scouts from Troop 73616 have reached the highest level of Girl Scouting. Achieving the Gold Award are Caitlin Donahue, Katie McMahon, Maggie Pickard, Eliza Sheehan and Eleanor Spellman. The girls, all KP Class of 2017 graduates, have set a record for the largest number of Gold Award recipients in the school’s history. Nationally, less than 3.5% of all Girl Scouts attain this level.
The Girl Scout 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. A Gold Award project is a girl-developed and girl-led service project of at least 80 hours that addresses an issue with a measurable and sustainable solution. Most projects take close to two years to complete.
The girls were recently recognized with proclamations and citations from national, state and local officials. Norfolk selectmen named a day in April after each of them. Their names have been added to the Norfolk Girl Scout Gold Award plaque that hangs in Norfolk Town Hall.
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July, 2017
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