Two Guilford Girls Earn Girl Scouts' Highest Honor, The Gold Award

Recently, two Guilford Girl Scouts earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, described as the highest and most prestigious award that a Girl Scout can earn.

The two Guilford girls who earned the award this year were Alex Becker and Virginia Gresham. To earn the award, both girls found a problem they cared about and then created a plan that brought others along to help fix that problem.

Below is brief synapsis of what both girls did to earn the award, courtesy of http://www.gsofct.org.

Alex Becker

Alex reached out to St. Martin De Porres Academy in New Haven to help with the school’s field hockey team. She organized practices for the New Haven team on-site at Guilford High School, as they practiced alongside Guilford’s field hockey team. She also created a playbook to assist the team in games and collected equipment for the team’s future use. Alex will pursue a career in sports communication.

Virginia Gresham

Virginia worked with the town of Guilford and the local town historian to construct plaques about the town’s history. She organized a team of volunteers to help with the placement and construction of the plaques, that are now located on lampposts along the Guilford Green. She also presented to town groups about the value of the information. The Guilford Green Committee and the town will care for the plaques in the future.