Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Honors 42 Local Members of the 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout Class
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Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ)
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Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Honors 42 Local Members of the 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout Class
Westfield, NJ (May 20, 2024) -- Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ) proudly recognizes the 42 members of the 2024 Girl Scout Gold Award class who earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, the Gold Award. Gold Award Girl Scouts make positive impacts on our local communities.
During a ceremony on Sunday, May 19 at the Bridgewater Marriott in Bridgewater, NJ, 42 Girl Scout members from GSHNJ received their prestigious Gold Award. New Jersey Senator Britnee N. Timberlake delivered the keynote address, and the awards were presented by GSHNJ CEO Natasha Hemmings, Senator Timberlake and GSHNJ Board Chair Christine Buteas, Board Secretary Nicole DuBois, and Board Member Assemblywoman Linda Carter.
Gold Award Girl Scouts become innovative problem solvers, empathetic leaders, confident public speakers, and focused project managers. The learn resourcefulness, tenacity, and decision-making skills, giving them an edge personally and professionally. As they take action to transform their communities, Gold Award Girl Scouts gain tangible skills and prove they’re the leaders our world needs. The 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout class identified issues in their communities, took action, and found or created solutions to earn their Gold Awards, addressing real-life problems such as the environmental sustainability, racial justice, religious discrimination, mental and physical well-being and gender inequality.
According to recent research, Gold Award Girl Scouts are more likely to fill leadership roles at work and in their personal lives and are more civically engaged than their non-Girl Scouting peers. Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Gold Award Girl Scouts agree that earning their Gold Award gave them skills that help them succeed professionally. Seventy-two percent (72%) said earning their Gold Award helped them get a scholarship. Changing the world doesn’t end when a Girl Scout earns her Gold Award. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of Gold Award Girl Scout alums take on leadership roles in their everyday lives.
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout class includes:
Jennifer B.
Pavni B.
Charlotte B.
Adelaide C.
Jamie C.
Josie D.
Margaret D.
Isabella D.
Eden G.
Ella G.
Laurel H.
Caroline H.
Elizabeth H.
Kavya I.
Marcella J.
Lila K.
Hailey K.
Avery L.
Ava L.
Maria L.
Molly L.
Amelia L.
Kacey M.
Gabrielle M.
Claire M.
Kathleen O.
Giavanna P.
Breona P.
Hannah P.
Isabella P.
Makensie R.
Apolonia R.
Katherine R.
Helena R.
Daivya S.
Gianna S.
Maisie S.
Jola S.
Abigail T.
Olivia T.
Jenna W.
Sophia X.
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About Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ) believes in the power of every girl. Our leadership program is designed to help a girl discover who she is, what she can do, and connects her with a powerful community of girls and mentors to make it happen. With unique opportunities, Girl Scouts explore, learn, succeed and take action to make a difference in their community. Providing over 13,000 New Jersey girls access to premier leadership programs and mentors throughout Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Somerset, Union, southern Warren, and parts of Middlesex counties, GSHNJ offers girls a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership. GSHNJ has two service centers located in North Branch and Westfield and operates three summer camps: Camp Hoover in Middleville, NJ, Camp DeWitt in Hillsborough, NJ, and The OVAL in Maplewood, NJ. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, please visit www.gshnj.org
May 20, 2024
