PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – On Saturday, June 1, Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast (GSCCC) honored 14 young leaders with the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a youth member can receive.
The awards were presented during the Girl Scouts Who AMAZE Celebration.
This year’s ceremony was held at L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center at Norfolk State University.
At this inspiring celebration, GSCCC recognized Girl Scouts who have led the Hampton Roads and Outer Banks communities and beyond towards a brighter future by earning Girl Scouts’ highest awards: the Girl Scouts Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.
By creating literacy enrichment programs to protect our environment, this year’s honorees proved that there is no challenge too big or need too small for a Girl Scout to tackle.
Welcome remarks were given by President of Norfolk State University Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston and by Norfolk City Council Member Andria McClellan. Gold Award Girl Scout alum Sarah Buck, Senior Manager Public Affairs-Market Expansion for Cox Communications, emceed the event.
During the event, GSCCC recognized 14 Gold Award Girl Scouts, more than 100 Silver Award Girl Scouts and 150 Bronze Award Girl Scouts. Each Gold Award Girl Scout was also honored with a Girl Scout Lifetime Membership made possible by the Helen Kattwinkel Lifetime Membership Endowment Fund.
Following the presentation of the highest awards, GSCCC Board Chair Carolyn Pittman announced several special Council recognitions. Gold Award Girl Scout Paige Gregory received the Maylea Beasley Love & Laughter Scholarship and Gold Award Girl Scout Kendal Keough received the She Believes She Can, So She Does Scholarship.
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