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09/21/2017 12:01 AMGirl Scout Juliette Linares of Chester has received her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a girl scout can earn.
The Girl Scout Gold Award requires girl scouts in grades 9 through 12 to spend at least 80 hours researching issues, assessing community needs and resources, building a team, and making a sustainable impact in the community. A Gold Award recipient’s accomplishments reflect leadership and citizenship skills that set her apart as a community leader. Nationally, only six percent of older Girl Scouts earn the Gold Award. Girl Scouts of Connecticut recently honored the 71 Girl Scouts in Connecticut who have achieved this honor on June 4.
Linares’s project addressed the need for families to encourage their younger children to foster a love for literature at a young age. Linares hosted a Dr. Seuss family event at which 25 families, along with girl scout troops, guests from surrounding towns, two guest readers, teachers, principals, and reading specialists, attended. Linares will continue to host the Dr. Seuss family event until she graduates high school. She hopes that it will continue to be a success and the school would agree to make it an annual event.
For more information about the Gold Award or how to become a Gold Award volunteer or mentor, visit www.gsofct.org.