HIGHTSTOWN — An impromptu stop at a Craft Fair inside a Hightstown fire station turned jaded to joy, and planted a seed of hope for the future. An upstairs room filled with craft entrepreneurs, many of them members of local Girl Scout troops, looking to earn badges for worthy efforts to improve society. “I’m trying to earn money for my Gold Award project which is to make hats for babies in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit),” said Eliana Winters, a Hightstown High student and member of Girl Scouts Troop 70365.
“And then after the hats are made, I’ll be donating them to area hospitals because there’s a shortage of hats for infants. And, next I want to start a crochet class to teach others how to make these hats.” The Girl Scouts Gold Award ranks as the most prestigious honor in the worldwide organization.
Check out this Girls Scouts drumroll for these high achievers. Gold Award Girl Scouts are rock stars, role models, and real-life heroes. How do they do it? By using everything they’ve learned as a Girl Scout to help fix a problem in their community or make a lasting change in their world.
And you don’t have to be a seasoned activist or star student to get there. Girl Scouts who want to get involved and go for the Gold Award get a team of trusted adults and leaders in their community to guide them through challenges and lead them to success, step-by-step. There’s no other program like it.
Plus? Nothing beats that feeling of seeing real, lasting, and .