[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO BEVERLY PANKRAT OF GIRL SCOUT TROOP 563

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                          HON. SPENCER BACHUS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 9, 1999

  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to salute an outstanding 
young woman who has been honored with the Girl Scout Gold Award by the 
Cahaba Girl Scout Council in Birmingham, Alabama. She is Beverly 
Pankrat of Girl Scout Troop 563. She has been honored for earning the 
highest achievement award in U.S. 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 a girl aged fourteen through 
seventeen, or in grades ninth through twelfth.
  Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., an organization serving over 2.5 million 
girls, has awarded more than twenty thousand Girl Scout Awards to 
Senior Girl Scouts since the inception of the program in 1980. To 
receive the award, a Girl Scout must earn four interest project 
patches, the Career Exploration Pin, the Senior 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 carried out through close cooperation between the girl and an adult 
Girl Scout Volunteer.
  As a member of the Cahaba girl Scout Council, Beverly Pankrat began 
working toward the Girl Scout Gold Award on November 9, 1997. She 
completed her project, Introduction to the Internet and Web Page 
Design, and I believe she should receive the public recognition due her 
for this significant service to her community and her country.

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