Work Together

“People who work together will win,
whether it be against
complex football defenses,
or the problems of modern society.”
     - Vince Lombardi, coach, Green Bay Packers



One Gold Award Take Action Project at a time! Yes, that's how we're going to win:  working together!  And as in football, there is one leader, and s/he has responsibility for the team to achieve the goals set forward.  Okay, that's it on the football analogies! 

Our girls need to lead their team to success!  That's why it's one girl, one Take Action Project. There needs to be one girl who has a clear vision of the problem and the plan to fix it. And she needs to be able to communicate it to others. Get them to catch the passion and all work together to succeed.

The girls need to think big!  And then whittle down the idea to something doable. Something meaningful.  Something they have real passion and concerns for.  Sometimes, in our Gold Award Interviews, we see girls with tons of passion, but no focus on an issue.  These are the girls that we coach, give ideas to, and then send back to focus their proposals.  We know the girl has passion when we get the revision back the same week!

And we hope that the girl who waits months to re-submit her proposal can re-ignite her passion and address the issue.  It seems that most can!  They have just had to take the time to get a focus and create a team to help.

(As I write this post, it's the day before the Super Bowl.   Football sure seems to be on everyone's mind, in one way or another. Me, I'm going to go talk about the Gold with the girls at the Mission Sisterhood Series, and then go shopping. No lines! Go team!)