Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Celebrate the Highest Awards

May 17, 2017
Over 700 girls will be recognized for improving our communities
 
Milwaukee, May 17, 2017 — Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast will honor more than 700 Girl Scouts for achieving the highest honors a Girl Scout can earn at the annual Highest Awards Celebration. Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards will be given to Girl Scouts who have identified issues they were passionate about, and then undertook impactful projects to improve their communities and make the world a better place. Twelve Girl Scouts will be receiving the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award and 705 Girl Scouts will be receiving their Silver and Bronze awards. The celebration will take place on Monday, May 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.* at the Miller High Life Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee.
 
This year’s Girl Scout Gold Award recipients provided sustainable solutions to help change the world with projects such as:
  • Traveling to Peru to educate the community on the importance of clean drinking water, building gravity-fed purification filters and teaching families how to maintain them.
  • Designing a game room and scavenger hunt for families and children staying at the Ronald McDonald House while a loved one was hospitalized.
  • Creating an after-hours machine shop class at her high school, offered to female students who were not signing up because they were too intimidated to take the prominently male class during traditional school hours.
  • Removing invasive species from a local nature center, replacing with native plants and offering educational activities for future visitors teaching the importance of native species in landscape designs.
 
“We are extremely proud to celebrate the accomplishments of these confident, dedicated, and forward-thinking girls,” said Christy Brown, CEO, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast. “They are go-getters, innovators, risk-takers, and leaders who are practicing everyday leadership to make a difference in our community and in the world.”
 
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About Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
Celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouting in Southeastern Wisconsin in 2017, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) is more than 37,100 strong – serving 29,200 girls in grades K5-12 and 7,900 adults who believe in our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, and take the lead in making the world a better place. Girl Scouts is a G.I.R.L. (go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader) ™ community focused on practicing everyday leadership. Girl Scouts began over 105 years ago with one woman, Girl Scouts’ founder Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low, who believed in the power of every girl. We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls and GSWISE is ranked #2 out of 112 councils nationally in overall girl market share, offering programs in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties, and a chance for every girl in our council to do something amazing. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit gswise.org or call 800-565-4475.
 
*Note to media: Directly before the event from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. the Girl Scout Gold Award recipients will be displaying their projects in the theater lobby and will be available for interviews.