[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 46 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S3558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GIRL SCOUTS OF THE U.S.A. GOLD AWARD

 Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, today I would like to salute 
several outstanding young women who have earned the Girl Scouts of the 
U.S.A. Gold Award. All are members of the Red Lands Council of Girl 
Scouts in Oklahoma City, OK.
  These outstanding young women will be honored on April 30, 1998, for 
earning the highest achievement award in Girl Scouting. The Girl Scout 
Gold Award symbolizes the outstanding accomplishments in the areas of 
leadership, community service, career planning, and personal 
development. The Girl Scout Award can be earned by girls ages 14-17 or 
in grades 9-12.
  Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., an organization serving over 2.5 million 
girls, has awarded more than 25,000 Girl Scout Gold Awards to Senior 
Girl Scouts since the inception of the program in 1980. To receive the 
award, a Girl Scout must fulfill five requirements: earn four interest 
project patches, earn the Career Exploration pin, earn the Senior Girl 
Scout Challenge, and design and implement a Girl Scout Gold Award 
Project. A plan for fulfilling the requirements of the award is created 
by the Senior Girl Scout and carried out through close cooperation 
between the girl and an adult Girl Scout volunteer.
  The names and projects of the young women receiving the Girl Scout 
Gold Award are as follows:
  Mary Foster put up a fence, cleaned up and fixed headstones in her 
community cemetery.
  Laura Hubbard made a camp song book and set up a workshop to teach 
children and adults.
  Taneya Hamlin made a take-home booklet for children to learn about 
nature. She achieved this by designing and drawing an activity/coloring 
book for young visitors to Martin Park Nature Center.
  Rebecca Shappie provided a method to raise money for scholarships for 
kids to go to camp.
  Christina Hammond, Carrie Heaton, and Sara Brannan, designed an 
Erosion Control Project at Lake Keystone which will benefit present and 
future generations.
  Patricia Bardick designed a program called ``Babies, Bears and 
Books.''
  Jennifer Hall designed a program called ``Boredom Buster and Beauty 
Bags'' for the Baptist Children's Home.
  Parthenia Harding, Erica Hill, Nina Holman, Jamila Jones and Rachel 
Landry-Gators set up and taught a basic American Red Cross course at an 
elementary school.
  Michelle Lambertus created ``Huggable Gingerbread,'' a puppet show 
for children in the hospital.
  Joelle Parrot and Jamie Smith organized and staffed a community blood 
drive.
  The earning of the Girl Scout Gold Award is a major accomplishment 
for these young women, and I believe they should receive the public 
recognition due them for this significant service to their community 
and their country.

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