Great Gold Award Take Action Project

"A Gold Award project requires a Girl Scout to identify an issue or community problem, investigate it thoroughly, get help by building a team, create a plan to resolve the problem, present the plan and gather feedback, execute it, and educate and inspire others through the project. Projects often take one to two years to complete.

Last April, Diana Greymountain and volunteers she enlisted arranged river rocks donated by the National Park Service to create an attractive foot trail to Hanging Garden. She also designed a trailhead sign that was built and installed by the National Park Service.

She then wrote a trail guide for people to take along with them to help them understand the plants and animals of the trail.

Her video documentary made its way to the annual Girl Scouts Convention in New York City."
as reported in the Navajo-Hopi Observer October 26, 2012, Phoenix, Arizona

WOW!  Great Gold Award Project!  The article had more details too:

How did she raise the money? She applied for, and was awarded grant money to fund the video.  Rocks came from the National Park Service.

How did she know there was a need for a designated trail?  Personal experience, and input from the Park Service.

How did she make it sustainable?  The Park Service will maintain the trail and sign.

How is it measurable?  The Park Service can track numbers of people using the trail.

I think Diana did a great thing!  She discovered a need, connected to it, got resources and then Took Action!  She used her leadership to apply for grants, talk to a Foundation Board about her vision, work with the National Park System, and asked for their help.  

This is action that goes a looong way!