Issue: Domestic Violence -- too big. How to drill down to how a Gold Award girl can work with the topic. Girl chose to focus on the issue of safe teen dating
Root Cause: Boys might not know how to treat girls respectfully.
Project: Educate all kids at the high school about how boys should treat girls. Educate all on the 7 danger signs of an abusive person/relationship.
Team: Started Domestic Violence Club, brought in speakers, handed out information.
Agency to help: Laura's House in South County
Measurability: Count how many kids attended the club. Count how many kids heard the message.
Sustainability: Ensured by club continuing for years. Leader line of succession
Global aspect: What if every school in the district got the info- what a greater impact could be made.
Issue: Girls dropping out of equestrian center competition.
Root Cause: Families can't afford the costumes/accouterments that go with each competition level
Project: Create a check-out closet of competition outfits. Identify 2 dry-cleaners to clean the outfits. Create a hanger, detail list, size chart for each outfit and keep in cleaner bags. Build a closet and put a lock on it.
Team: Girls from the Equestrian Center, friends, few GS troop members
Agency to help: Equestrian Center
Measurability: Could track number of times outfits were checked out, increased number of participants. Number of outfits dry-cleaned.
Sustainability: Taken over by the staff at the center
Global: Could happen in other stables/equestrian centers.
Two very different projects, but both work with the new Journey Gold Award Take Action Project requirements. These girls identified a need, had passion, did the work and made a difference in their communities.
Kayla's Gold Award Website link no longer works. I'm redirected to the verizon search engine stating it's either unavailable or no longer exist.
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