My Girl Scout History
I have been a Girl Scout for 11 full years and am in my 12th year. I was a Brownie for 1 year, a Junior for 3 years, a Cadette for 3 years, a Senior for 2 years, am Ambassador for 2 years, and am in my first year as an Adult Scout. I was a Juliette Scout which means I didn't participate in a troop, I did everything individually, now, I am an adult volunteer. I am in the Girl Scout council of New Mexico Trails.
I have earned the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards.
The Bronze: for my Bronze award I collected items for care packages. I sent those care packages to a platoon in Afghanistan.
The Silver: for my Silver I planned the Pretty in Pink Ball. It was a pink themed dance with games, food, and dancing. Girls who attended made cards that were given to women undergoing cancer treatment at a local cancer treatment center. I used the proceeds from the dance to buy blankets and care items for the women in the treatment center.
The Gold: for my Gold award I created a sustainable giving library within Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho New Mexico. I was awarded my Gold at the Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails Award Ceremony on April 20th, 2013. For more information about my Gold Award look around this website a bit more and make sure to visit my Blog.
Another benchmark in my Girl Scout career happened a few years ago. In July 2012 I attended a Girls' World Forum, an international event held in Chicago that brought together Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from over 80 countries around the world, to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are goals set by the United Nations to be met by 2015. At the Forum we focused on 3 MDGs, Ending Poverty and Hunger, Environmental Sustainability, and Women Empowerment. As a part of this Forum each girl returns to their community and completes a Take Action project which focuses on one of the MDGs. For my project I created a lesson plan on Girls in the World. I then taught this lesson plan, with an accompanying book for students, to Girl Scouts and adults in my community. This project is meant to bring awareness to the state of the girl around the world and how you can help in your everyday life. If you would like more information about the Girls' World Forum please visit, http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/gwf2012 .
The Girls' World Forum was a fun cultural experience. My roommate was from Curacao, I became friends with a girl from Austria and a girl from Portugal who spoke only Spanish and Portuguese, my Spanish class finally came in handy. It was interesting to hear the different stories each girl had to tell. During one of our sessions we began talking about education. One of the international girls asked us what they used for licks in our schools. When she saw our confused looks she elaborated, "Like plastic rulers or leather belts?". The girls from the United States, my self included, were shocked. We had never really thought about the fact that children in other countries were still punished in that way. When we explained to her that it was illegal to do that in the United States she said, "Well the leather belt hurts but its worse with a plastic ruler," then with a laugh she continued, "And I'm the one who always gets the answer wrong." It was conversations like this that really impacted me during my time at the Girls' World Forum.
I have earned the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards.
The Bronze: for my Bronze award I collected items for care packages. I sent those care packages to a platoon in Afghanistan.
The Silver: for my Silver I planned the Pretty in Pink Ball. It was a pink themed dance with games, food, and dancing. Girls who attended made cards that were given to women undergoing cancer treatment at a local cancer treatment center. I used the proceeds from the dance to buy blankets and care items for the women in the treatment center.
The Gold: for my Gold award I created a sustainable giving library within Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho New Mexico. I was awarded my Gold at the Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails Award Ceremony on April 20th, 2013. For more information about my Gold Award look around this website a bit more and make sure to visit my Blog.
Another benchmark in my Girl Scout career happened a few years ago. In July 2012 I attended a Girls' World Forum, an international event held in Chicago that brought together Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from over 80 countries around the world, to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are goals set by the United Nations to be met by 2015. At the Forum we focused on 3 MDGs, Ending Poverty and Hunger, Environmental Sustainability, and Women Empowerment. As a part of this Forum each girl returns to their community and completes a Take Action project which focuses on one of the MDGs. For my project I created a lesson plan on Girls in the World. I then taught this lesson plan, with an accompanying book for students, to Girl Scouts and adults in my community. This project is meant to bring awareness to the state of the girl around the world and how you can help in your everyday life. If you would like more information about the Girls' World Forum please visit, http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/gwf2012 .
The Girls' World Forum was a fun cultural experience. My roommate was from Curacao, I became friends with a girl from Austria and a girl from Portugal who spoke only Spanish and Portuguese, my Spanish class finally came in handy. It was interesting to hear the different stories each girl had to tell. During one of our sessions we began talking about education. One of the international girls asked us what they used for licks in our schools. When she saw our confused looks she elaborated, "Like plastic rulers or leather belts?". The girls from the United States, my self included, were shocked. We had never really thought about the fact that children in other countries were still punished in that way. When we explained to her that it was illegal to do that in the United States she said, "Well the leather belt hurts but its worse with a plastic ruler," then with a laugh she continued, "And I'm the one who always gets the answer wrong." It was conversations like this that really impacted me during my time at the Girls' World Forum.