Photo By Joseph Schmitt | Nicole and Megan Brodie and Akari Stolt are presented the Girl Scout Silver Award for...... read more read more
Family and friends met at the Fleet Activities (FLEACT), Yokosuka Community Readiness Center for the presentation of the Girl Scouts of America Silver Award, Dec. 20.
The awards were presented to three students from Yokosuka Middle School; Nicole and Megan Brodie and Akari Stolt.
“The Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadet can earn, and the second highest award in the Girl Scout organization,” said Angela Bright, Overseas Community Chairperson for the Yokosuka Community United States of America Girl Scouts Organization West Pacific. “Achieving this honor is no easy feat. The cadets before you have shown that they are leaders who are organized, determined and dedicated to improving their community.”
In order for Scouts to qualify for the award, there are a eight steps a cadet must take prior to proudly wearing the Silver Award pin, which consist of the Scout must completing a Girl Scout journey, identifying issues they care about, building their team, exploring their community, selecting a take action project, developing their project and making a plan and put it into action.
The eighth and final step would then be the Scout presenting to the community a reflection of their achievement, in order to share their story and celebrate after completing more than 50 hours of service.
Each of the Scouts present expressed the happiness of receiving the award.
“I am very excited because I feel I have accomplished something to help the community and receive an award from the Girl Scouts,” said Akari Stolt. “Even if I did not receive the award, I am sure I would still be in the Scouts because I still like to help people.”
The occasion was also a special one for the parents of the recipients.
“It’s always nice when your children get awards,” said Aviation Boatswains Mate Senior Chief Robert Stolt of USS George Washington (CVN 73). “I didn’t realize that this award was so high on the pedestal for her. It was really honorable for her to receive this prestigious award and I am really truly proud of her and her teammates’ efforts.”
Bright felt it was extremely important for the public to know that the Girl Scouts are an active force in the overseas community, both on base and off base.
“Our job as leaders is to develop girls, to build girls of courage, competence and character to make the world a better place, so what better place to start then with our immediate community and then expand outward from there,” said Bright.
“We try and make sure that the girls at every level – from Daisy, which is kindergarten and first grade, all the way up to senior and ambassador scouts in high school – are seen in the community doing their community service and good deeds. Sometimes it’s difficult with community service projects on base because there are legal regulations that may mean we come across roadblocks, so we have to get creative. In this case with the Silver Award project, I think the girls have done a great job finding a true need.”
| Date Taken: | 12.20.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 01.11.2013 02:46 |
| Story ID: | 100237 |
| Location: | YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JP |
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