What is the girl scout gold award?
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors can earn. The award helps to build and grow the girl's leadership and teamwork skills, as they have to lead a team and collaboratively work together to address a root cause that is relevant to their community, and/or world.
My Root Cause
The root cause of my issue is the fact that numerous families are struggling because of financial issues, and they have limited access to food items, as well as school supplies and other resources within my community. Many locations who do donate to those in need have specific income guidelines, as well as limited hours to access the resources, and the personal stigma of having to give this information to local food pantries and other organizations that assist those in poverty.
My Project
For my project, I am creating eight Community Giving Cupboards, four of which will contain school supplies, and will be located at the four elementary schools within Menomonee Falls (coming in September 2020), and the other four will contain non-perishable food items, and will be placed throughout Menomonee Falls community (locations and times to be determined). With the support of the community by taking what they need, and giving what they can, we can all help to break the poverty chain and help people get proper nutrition and school supplies.