Bryant earns Girl Scouts’ highest honor
Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 21, 2020
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Carissa Bryant
COLFAX — Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont has announced that Carissa Bryant, of Lewisville, has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.
Bryant, daughter of Christopher and Theresa Bryant and member of Girl Scout Troop 41699, worked with Samaritan Ministries to create a resource cabinet full of information for anyone in need. Her project allows people to find the help they are looking for easily, without having to wait for a volunteer at the front desk to help them. She led a team of volunteers to help research and organize the cabinet so that it is up-to-date, pleasing to look at and helpful.
By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, Bryant has become a community leader. Her accomplishments reflect leadership and citizenship skills that set her apart.
“Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award designation is truly a remarkable achievement, and this young woman exemplifies leadership in all its forms,” said Lane Cook, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. “She saw a need in her community and took action. Her extraordinary dedication, perseverance and leadership is making the world a better place.”
The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, recognizing girls in grades nine-12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable Take Action projects. After the minimum requirements are completed, the Gold Award project is the culmination of a girl’s demonstration of self-discipline, leadership ability, time management, creativity, initiative and a significant mastery of skills. Each girl must dedicate a minimum of 80 hours to planning and implementing her project, which must benefit the community and have long lasting impact. Since 1916, girls have successfully answered the call to go gold, an act that indelibly marks them as accomplished members of their communities and the world.
Some universities and colleges offer scholarships unique to Gold Award recipients, and girls who enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces may receive advanced rank in recognition of their achievements.
