Longmont teen earns Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouts

 

This spring, a teen from Longmont is receiving the Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouts.

Tara Jurgensmeyer has demonstrated exceptional commitment to taking action to make the world a better place through her community service.

 

“Girl Scouts of Colorado serves 30,000 girls, and it’s quite an accomplishment to be one of only 72 girls in the state this year to earn this distinguished award,” said Stephanie Foote, interim president and CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado. “These girls are leaders among their peers, showing the world that girls can do anything and make a difference.”

 

Tara Jurgensmeyer

Longmont High School

“Feeding Children in Need”

 

“For my Gold Award project, I wanted to help elementary school children who are on free or reduced lunch plans. I decided to start a program to provide weekend meals for these families. Studies have shown that children with better nutrition learn better in school, and providing healthy meals on the weekends can be a challenge for low-income families. I collaborated with the Faith Community Lutheran Church and Sanborn Elementary School to provide the meals. Funding was a challenge for this program, but I learned that perseverance is the key to success.”

 

The Gold Award culminates with a project led by one young woman of high school age who builds a purpose-based team to work with the larger community to meet a need. The focus of a Girl Scouts’ Gold Award project is identifying a community issue that she is passionate about, researching the issue, developing a plan to address the issue in cooperation with her team and community members, establishing a global connection with others and providing sustainability for the project. Of the skills learned through Girl Scouts’ Highest Awards, leadership, organization and critical thinking are the fundamentals of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

 

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts of Colorado makes it easy, meaningful and fun for girls and volunteers to grow as leaders. We provide a safe place for girls to explore their world – from science, technology and the environment to healthy living, anti-bullying and financial literacy. For 100 years, Girl Scouting has been helping each girl develop her personal leadership skills and make friends that last a lifetime. Girl Scouts is also a great place to enhance job skills and give back to your community as an adult volunteer. In fact, we serve 30,000 girl members and 9,000 adult volunteers across Colorado! New to Girl Scouts are the flexible pathways for participation for both girls and adult volunteers. Come learn more about how you can be part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience during our historic Year of the Girl 100th anniversary in 2012 by visiting girlscoutsofcolorado.org, calling 1-877-404-5708 or emailing inquiry@gscolorado.org.

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            Contact: Amanda Kalina, 303-607-4844 amanda.kalina@gscolorado.org

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