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2008 Gold Awards Reception, June 14, 2008

The Gold Award is the highest achievement a girl can earn in Girl Scouting.

The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the areas of leadership, community service, career planning and personal development. A Girl Scout must be at least 15-years-old and successfully complete specific requirements before she begins working on her Gold Award project.

Girls spend 65 hours planning and implementing their Gold Award projects, which have a positive and lasting impact on the community. The award is a dramatic example of how Girl Scouts’ all-girl setting provides leadership experiences so girls can contribute to society now and in the future.

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To earn her Gold Award, she must take all of the knowledge, leadership and networking skills she has developed over the years and set forth to complete a service project that will benefit her community. She must discover what it is that her community needs; connect with local businesses, organizations and neighbors; and take action to better the world around her.

There are 32 Gold Award recipients and 182 Silver Award recipients for 2007-2008.