Bronze - Troop 20632Pictured from top: Bronze – Girl Scout Troop 20632 earns the Girl Scout Bronze Award. From left, Hannah Stack of Dolgeville, Trissety Denton of Dolgeville, Brianna Lamphere of Dolgeville, Gabrielle Kenyon of Dolgeville, Breanna Potts of Dolgeville, Samantha Weber of Little Falls, and Ryanne Williams of Salisbury. 

Bronze – Bronze - Troop 20282Girl Scout Troop 20282 earns the Girl Scout Bronze Award. From left, Olivia Furman of Vernon, McKayla Jenkins of Vernon, Carley Hinman of Vernon, Nicolina Castronovo of Verona, Angela Beecher of Verona, and Rylee Marcellus of Vernon.

Silver – Silver - Cassidy EderCassidy Eder-McCauley of Dolgeville earns the Girl Scout Silver Award.

Gold – Gold - Courtney Doxtader Courtney Doxtader of Utica earns the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Gold – Gold - Danielle CobbDanielle Cobb of Clark Mills earns the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Gold –Gold - Dolly Peterson Dolly Peterson of Remsen earns the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Gold – Gold - Megan SextonMegan Sexton of Ava earns the Girl Scout Gold Award.

(New Hartford, NY – June 2013) Area Girl Scouts were recently recognized at ceremonies throughout the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, for earning the Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards.

The prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. In order to earn the award, girls must complete Senior or Ambassador Journeys, the essence of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and demonstrate their leadership abilities by spending at least 80 hours working on a Gold Award Take Action project that creates a sustainable impact on her extended community.

Five local Girl Scouts earned the Gold Award this year: Danielle Cobb of Clark Mills, Courtney Doxtader of Utica, Julia Jaikin of Dolgeville, Dolly Petersen of Remsen, and Megan Sexton of Ava.

For her take action project, Danielle Cobb provided personal care items and food products to individuals in her community who were under distress due to economic hardship. Danielle worked with her local food pantry to figure out the needs and organize the collection of items. Danielle is attending Mohawk Valley Community College studying liberal arts and more.

For her take action project, Courtney Doxtader held a food allergy expo to educate young children and their parents about the eight main allergies, and how to cope with food allergies in daily life. She worked with different organizations, including the Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network with whom she is holding the first ever allergy walk in her area. Courtney is a junior at Thomas R. Proctor High School and hopes to become a dental hygienist.

For her take action project, Julia Jaikin was concerned about distracted driving killing and injuring thousands of people each year so she set up an obstacle course to show students firsthand what distracted driving can do. Working with the school’s driver’s ed teacher, the obstacle course allowed students to text and drive and learn from that experience. Julia is completing her freshman year at Herkimer County Community College and hopes to help young people through studying psychiatry.

For her take action project, Dolly Peterson worked with the Remsen Performing and Visual Arts Center to make the building handicap accessible so all residents of her community could enjoy the arts. Dolly is a senior at Remsen Central High.

For her take action project, Megan Sexton addressed the poor condition of the horse stalls at the Boonville Fairgrounds. By fixing up both the stalls and the area, Megan made sure that kids who show their horses at the fair for years to come will have a great place to do so. Megan is a sophomore at Adirondack High School.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award Girl Scouts in grades 6 through 8 can earn. To earn the award girls complete a Cadette Journey, the essence of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, gain leadership skills and then spend at least 50 hours working on a project that provides a positive lasting impact on the community.

Local Girl Scouts earning the Silver Award are:

Herika Fernandez of Clark Mills; Alexnadria Falzarano of Clinton; and Cassidy Eder-McCauley of Dolgeville.

The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest award that can be earned by a Girl Scout Junior. To earn the award, girls must learn leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project on which she spends at least 20 hours making a positive impact on her community. Girls can work within their troops to earn this award.

Local Girl Scouts earning the Bronze Award are:

From Troop 20053: Kamryn Bassett and Brianna McAfee of Dolgeville, Ali Goff of Little Falls, Katrina Bennett of Salisbury, and Emily Miller of Stratford; from Troop 20128: Julia Dravies, Marielle Esparza, Maria Hoffert, and Hailey Mahady of Oneida; from Troop 20282: Angela Beecher and Nicolina Castronovo of Verona, Molly Adams, Olivia Furman, Carley Hinman, McKayla Jenkins, Danann Lohr, and Rylee Marcellus of Vernon; from Troop 20382: Jennifer LaGrance of Fort Plain, Cheyanne Cresong, Savannah Cromie, Natasha Randazzo, and Rachel Torres of Little Falls; from Troop 20391: Jordan Carroll of Oriskany, Riley Crane of Richfield Springs, Hailey Madore, Emma Riesel, and Hannah Roser of Rome, Katie Fedor and Sofia Rubino of Whitesboro; from Troop 20632: Samantha Weber of Little Falls, Trissety Denton, Gabby Kenyon, Brianna Lamphere, Breanna Potts, Hannah Stack, and Lexie Tennant of Dolgeville, and Ryanne Williams of Salisbury; from Troop 20774: Nicole Connolly, Sierra Nassimos, Alicia Pomeroy, and Gabby Shipman of Richfield Springs; from Troop 20906: Rachel VanDeusen of Rome and Serafina Sortino of Utica.

 

 

By martha

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