Farewell

So, as we say farewell, we hope that our now completed Silver Award will have a lasting impact on you, our global community. We will continue to go on with Girl Scouts, and who knows, we might even earn the Gold Award. We will definitely let you know when we earn our Gold Awards. The only downside to the Gold Award is that we can't work as a group. So we will earn three individual Gold Awards. So, with this lasting memory of a project, we say goodbye (for now).Thank you so much for following our journey through the Silver Award.
~Jillian, Margaret, and Alison

Paperwork

Today's meeting was completely devoted to finishing up official Silver Award paperwork.  We all finished writing around eight responses discussing what we did for our project, and how we felt we made a difference.  We answered questions such as "How did you reach outside the Girl Scout community?"  To that particular question, we answered... you guys!  All you readers out there, you are the ones who we reached out to outside the Girl Scout community!  We also presented our pro-peace workshop to kids at a local library, further getting our project out to those not in the Girl Scout community.  We are having our leaders sign off on our forms today, and then we are sending them in.  It's all really coming together; once we get our forms in, the next step is: Silver Award!  We're almost there, guys, and we're really excited!




~Troop 60435

Stop 4: Explore Your Community

The idea behind this step is for each member of your Silver Award team to list the communities they are part of, and what the needs of those communities are.  "Communities are groups of people who have something in common."  By this definition, a community can be almost anything!  Your math class is a community, your family is a community, and your friends group is a community.  For this step, we got started by brainstorming three communities that we are part of.  Alison is part of: Girl Scouts, North Andover Middle School, and her family.  Jillian is part of: synchronized swimming, Girl Scouts, and North Andover Middle School, and Margaret is part of Windrush farm, Girl Scouts, and St. Michael School.  This step is actually a good activity for everyone to do; even if you aren't working on a Silver Award, considering the needs of your community is valuable.  Once you know what your community needs, you can even volunteer to help out!  After all, everyone appreciates a helping hand!

Our Communities!

~Troop 60435