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The Heart of Girl
Scouting
Bronze, Silver and Gold Award Ceremony
The Heart of Girl Scouting
(revised 05/16/06)
Please stand for the presentation
of the colors (Pledge of Allegiance)
Welcome and thank for coming today
to honor our 2006 Bronze, Silver and Gold Award
recipients as well as our 10 year pin recipients and
graduating seniors. This year we have ___ Gold Award
recipient, ___ Silver Award recipients, ___ Bronze Award
recipients, ___ Ten Year pin recipients and ___
graduating seniors to honor.
We honor those that have earned our
highest award, the Gold, as well as those that have
reached milestones along the way. The journey through
Girl Scouting is a progression. From the first smile of
the Daisy Girl Scout that tugs at the heartstrings to
the Senior Girl Scout that freely gives her heart to
helping others, it is a journey that is full of
challenges, dreams and opportunities. At each level of
Girl Scouting these young ladies have the opportunity
stretch their giving hearts and reach out to help others
and be a friend to all. Girl Scouts Allows them to
Become their very best, Belong to something
bigger than themselves, Believe in themselves and
others and Build a better world.
Now we have a brief video
presentation to share with you that shows who our award
recipients are and what they have done to earn the
highest awards in Girl Scouting. Each girl will receive
a copy of this.
(Show video presentation, dim
the lights)
We will now light a candle for each
of the levels of Girl Scouting, pausing to honor those
who have earned the awards along the way.
- We light a candle for the
youngest level of scouting the Daisy Girl Scouts.
This is the very first level that introduces girls
to the fun and friendship of Girl Scouting. Here
girls first open their hearts to new friends beyond
their home and family. The littlest of hearts
beginning to grow.
- We light a candle for the
Brownie Girl Scouts. In this level of Girl Scouting
girls begin to reach out beyond their family to
explore new horizons, try new things and meet new
people. Here they begin learn more about the things
they love to do. They begin reaching out their
hearts to those in the community for the first time.
- We light a candle for the
Junior Girl Scouts and the Bronze Award. At this
level of Girl Scouting, the girls seek opportunities
to demonstrate their skills and gain recognition.
They learn to plan, give service to others and take
on more responsibility. These girls are truly
beginning to develop a heart for service. Not only
do they learn to work as a group to help others and
learn new things, but many begin to venture out on
their own to do the things they really love to do.
They begin to see the world is a big place. Their
hearts lead them to new opportunities, new friends
and new ways to help others as they figure out who
they are.
The girls of this age level with the biggest hearts
earned the Bronze Award. This is the highest award
to be achieved by Junior Girl Scouts. To receive
this award a girl must earn two badges, complete the
Girl Scout signs, Earn the Junior Aide Patch or
Leadership award, and plan and carry out a Bronze
Award project of at least 15 hours. Most of these
girls have completed their projects as a group
effort and in doing so have learned a little more
about themselves, the world around them, and the
impact they can have on others. We give each girl a
pin, a silver heart, in hopes they will keep their
heart focused on earning the next award in Girl
Scouting, the Silver Award.
As your
troop number is called, please come forward with your
leaders to receive the Bronze Award.
Congratulations to our Bronze Award Recipients for 2006.
- We light a candle for Cadette
Girl Scouts, ages 11-14 and the Silver Award. As
they enter this level, they are preteens, as they
leave they are full fledged teenagers. Their social
circle is constantly enlarging. These girls begin to
make their own decisions, explore careers, travel,
plan their own activities and try out their new
leadership skills, while helping younger Girl Scouts
and giving back to their communities. Not only have
they reached out a little more with their hearts but
suddenly younger scouts are beginning to follow
them. They are slowly becoming leaders. Their
confidence is beginning to blossom, as they reach
out to the community beyond themselves, they begin
to find their place in this world.
The girls,
whose hearts reached out a little farther than the rest,
earned the Girl Scout Silver Award. This award is the
highest award that can be earned by a Cadette Girl Scout
ages 11-14. It is a symbol of accomplishments in Girl
Scouting and the community. Girls that receive this
award have earned 3 Interest Project Awards and have
earned a Career Award. They have also earned a
Leadership Award and a Challenge Award. Each girl is
then required to design, plan and carry out a 30-40 hour
Silver Award project. Many girls at this level complete
their projects on their own, or work on their own
portion of a larger project. We give
each girl a pin, a gold heart in hopes they will keep
their hearts focused earning the highest award in Girl
Scouting, the Gold Award as they continue on.
As your
name is called, please come forward with your leader and
parents to receive the Silver Award.
Call
each girl forward individually while telling about her
project.
Congratulations to all our Silver Award Recipients for
2006.
- We would now like to honor
those who have earned the 10 Year Pin. For those who
started as Daisy Girl Scouts, they may have
completed 10 years before they begin the next level
of Senior Girl Scouts. Some girls joined Girl Scouts
later, or progressed further before earning this
pin, but all of these girls have given a decade of
their time, a majority of their young lives to the
heart of Girl Scouting.
Will the following
girls please come forward to receive the 10 Year Pin:
(call up each girl
alone)
- We light a candle for the
Senior Girl Scouts, ages 15-18 and the Gold Award.
These girls have entered the final level of Girl
Scouting on the girl level. Adventure, travel, and
meeting new people, and exploring places they have
never been, have been balanced with expanded
leadership skills, new levels of responsibility and
a deep interest in community service. By seeking new
ways to reach out to others and putting their hearts
into helping in their communities, these girls have
truly found the power of the heart of Girl Scouting.
By the time these girls complete Senior Girl
Scouting they are ready to take on full leadership
roles, and be contributing members of the adult
community. They are no longer watching others, but
giving back with heart and soul. They are helping
younger girls discover the heart of Girl Scouting by
setting an example for all to see. They have found
that the way to improve the world is through their
own heart and hands. Their numbers are few at this
level but their hearts are big.
Hearts, like seeds must open to grow. There are
a very special few young ladies that opened their
hearts and gave of themselves above and beyond the
rest and they earn the Girl Scout Gold Award. This
is the highest award that a Girl Scout may earn. Our
Gold Award recipient tonight has earned 4 Interest
Project Awards that related to her Gold Award
Project. She has earned the Career Exploration Pin
and the Senior Leadership Award which requires 30
hours of leadership. She has completed the five
parts of the Senior Girl Scout Challenge. Finally
she was required to design, plan and implement a
minimum of 50 hour Gold Award Project that meets an
expressed need in the community, and will have a
lasting impact on society. This Girl Scout has not
only gained personally from the heart of Girl
Scouting, but has given back and left her mark on
Girl Scouting and her community for all those that
come after her.
With each Gold Award the heart of Girl Scouting is
forever changed, as they have been part of it and
added their own special style to it. They are able
to handle any challenge that comes their way as they
leave childhood and enter adulthood. These young
women turn their hearts towards something greater as
they head towards the future. We honor these
accomplishments in earning the Gold Award while
hoping that each girl that earns this award will
continue to help others experience the heart of Girl
Scouting. We are proud to now present our Gold Award
recipient of 2006.
Call
each girl forward with parents and leader , while
reading profile.
Parents
and leader are seated and Gold Award recipients each
give a short speech..
After
all girls have received awards call them back up to the
front.
We will
now give the Gold Award Challenge.
CHALLENGE:
We
challenge you to accept this award in the spirit in
which it is given. Know that with this award comes
responsibility. You each enter a covenant of esteemed
women who are regarded with honor and respect. We
challenge you to live worthy of this honor by living by
the Girl Scout Promise and Law in all you do. Receiving
the Gold Award is not just one celebratory moment, but a
lifetime commitment. Please give the Girl Scout sign and
repeat after me: (read one part at a time and her
repeat each line)
I affirm my dedication, to live by
the Girl Scout Promise and Law. I understand my
obligation, to live with honor, and to lead by example,
because the highest award of Girl Scouting, has been
entrusted to me. I will do my best, to support other
Girl Scouts, on their road to Gold, and to give back to
Girl Scouting, what is has been given to me. I will
respect others, and live worthy of respect, as one
forever bound, to the ideals of Girl Scouting.
Girl
May be seated.
Last, but
not least we light a candle for the Adult Girl Scouts.
These are the volunteers that hold the Girl Scouting
program together. Many were never Girl Scouts as a girl,
but have chosen to give their time to this worthwhile
program. Many others came up the ranks as young girls
and have made the choice to introduce a new generation
of girls to the heart of Girl Scouting. We have 8 girls
who are graduating from high school this year and will
have the choice to continue to be part of the heart of
Girl Scouts and give back what has been given to them.
We hope each one will decide to continue on as an adult
Girl Scout in some capacity. These girls are about to
enter a whole new world with the opportunity to expand
their hearts, achieving unlimited success as they begin
their new lives. With the skills they have learned, and
the gifts they have been given through the heart of Girl
Scouting, we know they will be successful on any path
they choose. We hope these girls will always continue to
reach out their hearts to others. We give each girl a
pin, a green heart, in hopes they will keep on giving
back to Girl Scouting as they become adults.
Will the following girls please come forward.
Read the names, high school, and plans for college.
Please
stand for the retrieval of the colors.
Will all our award recipients please come
forward now. Let’s please have a round of applause for
the (insert unit or council name here) award
recipients for 2006. Congratulations!
Thank you
for coming. Will our award recipients please stay up
front for some photos. Please feel free to look at the
presentations the girls have prepared on their projects
that have been placed around the room.
Photos
of entire group and each group of award recipients
(bronze/silver/gold/10yr/Grads)
Kathy
Little - 2006
Music "Being a Girl Scout" By Teresa
www.teresa.com
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