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2 Tolland Residents Earn Girl Scout Gold Award

Tolland's Kathleen Moriarty and Alaina Van Slooten are the recent recipients of the Girl Scouts of America Gold Award, the highest honor that Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors can receive.

Moriarity earned her award by creating an "adaptive swimming program for people with disabilities at her town’s local athletic facility," according to the Girl Scouts of Connecticut Web site.

Van Slooten spent a summer at the Tolland Historical Society.

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To learn more about their projects, visit the Girl Scouts of Connecticut online.

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