HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.b. Commendation of Girl Scout Gold Award winners 4ROSEMOUNTEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting: May 6, 2014
AGENDA ITEM: Commendation of Girl Scout Gold Award AGENDA SECTION:
winners Department Head Reports
PREPARED BY: William H. Droste, Mayor AGENDA NO. 3 h,
ATTACHMENTS: APPROVED BY:
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation of commendation
The Rosemount City Council seeks to recognize accomplishments of the City's young people. At the
forefront of this group are the members of the Girl and Boy Scouts who reach their organizations' highest
level of achievement.
For Girl Scouts,the highest level is the Gold Award. The Award entails a project that requires a minimum
of 80 hours of community service over several months. The recognition, however, is intended to be more
than a service project. It encompasses organizational, leadership,and networking skills,while fulfilling a
need within the recipient's community. For many Scouts,the sense of community and commitment that
comes from"going for the Gold" sets the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship.
Each year approximately 5,000 girls receive the Girl Scout Gold Award. That is around 5 percent of the
eligible registered Girl Scouts in grades 10-12. In the River Valleys Girl Scouts unit that covers the Twin
Cities metro area, southern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin,Scouts collectively contribute more than
10,000 hours annually to make the world a better place through working on Gold Award projects.
One student in the Rosemount area received the Gold Award this year.
Bobbie Harjo entitled her project Recuerda que eyes amado (Remember you are loved). She made
heart-shaped tie pillows for orphans at the Rio Bravo Orphanage in Mexico and at the Dakota
Woodlands family shelter. Each of these pillows had a pocket on them containing an encouraging
message in Spanish with an English translation to help remind these children that they are not
forgotten. Bobbie is currently in 11' grade through the Minnesota Virtual Academy High school,
while also taking classes at Normandale Community College toward a diploma there. She will then
attend the University of Minnesota-Morris, and would like to pursue a career as a surgeon,possibly
treating the brain or the heart.