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Girl Scouts’ Highest Award Recipients Honored

View more event photos This year more than 1,000 Girl Scouts across the state of Colorado have received one of Girl Scouts’ Highest Awards (the Bronze, Silver or Gold Award). A ceremony to honor some of these recipients took place … Continue reading

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My Gold Award project: ‘Fighting Meth’

Submitted by Angela Natrasevschi Fort Collins Methamphetamine is a horrible drug that ruins lives, it has a large impact in my country, and our world. I, Angela Natrasevschi, have been working to educate others to create more awareness to the … Continue reading

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Girl Scout Gold Award Recipients Honored at State Capitol

View more photos from the event Seventy-two Girl Scouts are receiving Girl Scouts’ highest award, the Gold Award, this spring in Colorado. On Monday, April 9th, the Colorado House of Representatives honored these recipients on the House floor. Twenty-five of … Continue reading

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Sisters will both get Gold Award at same time

Sisters Patricia, 18, and Diana, 16, of Littleton, will both be receiving their Gold Award in a ceremony this spring. Diana is the Plebe at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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Fort Collins Girl Scout Distinguished Finalist for The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

Girl Scouts of Colorado got some exciting news today! One of our Fort Collins Girl Scouts, Angela Natrasevschi, has been honored as a Distinguished Finalist for The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Only six youth in the state have earned … Continue reading

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Girl Scout Gold Awardees make a difference

Broomfield High School Junior Grace Forrey ”battled the effects of relational aggression and media hype” for her Girl Scout Gold Award. She designed, organized, and implemented self-esteem workshops to help girls entering 4th-6th grade realize their worth and recognize what factors … Continue reading

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An exciting year for Girl Scouts!

Girl Scouts is embarking on a historical year. Next March marks the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts! It’s amazing to me to think about the millions of lives of women and girls that Girl Scouts has touched. In fact, my … Continue reading

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Girl Scouts hope to break cycle of violence against women & girls

According to a National Institute of Justice & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey, one in four women experience domestic violence in their lifetime. In 2008, Colorado domestic violence agency staff and volunteers answered 46,780 crisis intervention calls, … Continue reading

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Reach for the stars, you’ll land on the moon!

Written by Colorado Girl Scout Alumnae, Emily Walters, who earned her Gold Award in 2004 Girl Scouts and the Girl Scout Gold Award has helped me get to where I am today. I was recently fortunate to work on the GRAIL … Continue reading

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Hundreds honored at Silver & Gold Celebrations

Congratulations to all the Girl Scouts who were honored this spring at Girl Scouts of Colorado’s Silver & Gold Celebrations! Statewide celebrations events took place on April 25th in Denver and May 26th in Colorado Springs.  The Silver and Gold Awards are among … Continue reading

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