[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2338-E2339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              TRIBUTE TO A GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD RECIPIENT

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 17, 1998

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to salute two 
outstanding young women who have been honored with the Girl Scout Gold 
Award by Farthest North Girl Scout Council in Fairbanks, Alaska. They 
are: Erin Shaw and Rachel Shaw.
  They are being honored for earning the highest achievement award in 
United States Girl Scouting. The Girl Scout Gold Award symbolizes 
outstanding accomplishments in the areas of leadership, community 
service, career planning, and personal development. The award can be 
earned by young women aged 14 through 17, or in grades 9 through 12.
  Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., an organization serving over 2.5 million 
girls, has awarded more than 20,000 Girl Scout Gold Awards to Senior 
Girl Scouts since the inception of the Gold Award program in 1980. To 
receive the award, a Girl Scout must earn four interest project 
patches, the Career Exploration Pin, the Senior Girl Scout Leadership 
Award, and the Girl Scout Challenge, as well as design and implement a 
Girl Scout Gold Award project. A plan for fulfilling these requirements 
is created by the Senior Girl Scout and is carried out through close 
cooperation between the girl and an adult Girl Scout volunteer.
  As members of Farthest North Girl Scout Council, Erin and Rachel Shaw 
began working

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toward the Girl Scout Gold Award in the late spring of 1998. They 
completed their project in the areas of leadership and community 
service by developing their communication skills and then working with 
the hearing impaired community. They used these skills to reach out to 
various parts of the community. They used their skills to plan and 
implement a deaf community carnival for people with hearing impairments 
and their families, as well as students who were learning sign 
language. I believe they should receive the public recognition due them 
for this significant service to their community and their country.

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