Gold Award Girl Scout, Olivia

Olivia was inspired to create a field hockey program for disadvantaged youth for her Gold Award project. She had observed a lack of accessible sporting programs for youth in her community and knew through her research how beneficial participating in sports can be to overall health and well-being.

Olivia collaborated with her local recreation department and developed a comprehensive program with coaching guide, donated equipment loan program, and staffing—coordinating a volunteer hours exchange with the high school field hockey team to assist in coaching. Olivia’s program resulted with enough youth enrolled to form two teams (K-5 team & 6-8 team) that could compete against other area teams.

Through her project, Oliva learned essential leadership skills like communication, patience, trust, time management, problem solving, and how to delegate. Oliva learned a lot, and in reflection said, “I like the feeling of accomplishing something for others. It is very rewarding.”

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Mackinna focused on engaging high schoolers to get more involved in elections.

Bringing Museum into 21st Century

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Tiny Steps Building New Lives

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