About My project
Several years ago, I discovered that my local senior center had
been forced to end its craft program due to budget cuts. Upon hearing this, a group of girls from my Girl Scout troop and I took action. Earning our Girl Scout Silver Award, we created crafts and taught them regularly at the senior center for over a year. When our award was finished we continued teaching crafts; but I realized that once we left high school the seniors would again lose their craft program. And so, for my Girl Scout Gold Award, I decided to create a sustainable craft program for my local senior center as well as write a craft program that
could be implemented at other centers. I connected several youth volunteer groups with my local senior center which will continue to run the program. In addition, I created this craft book as a part of my Gold Award in the hopes that it will be used for many years to come.
been forced to end its craft program due to budget cuts. Upon hearing this, a group of girls from my Girl Scout troop and I took action. Earning our Girl Scout Silver Award, we created crafts and taught them regularly at the senior center for over a year. When our award was finished we continued teaching crafts; but I realized that once we left high school the seniors would again lose their craft program. And so, for my Girl Scout Gold Award, I decided to create a sustainable craft program for my local senior center as well as write a craft program that
could be implemented at other centers. I connected several youth volunteer groups with my local senior center which will continue to run the program. In addition, I created this craft book as a part of my Gold Award in the hopes that it will be used for many years to come.