Local Girl Scout Teaches Students How to be a Human
GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD
OLIVIA TRACY
Warwick, R.I. (February 22, 2022)—Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England is excited and proud to announce that Olivia Tracy from Warwick, RI has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting. Olivia’s Gold Award project is titled How to be a Human.
Olivia’s project used her knowledge about home economics and other life skills and passed it onto the next generation. Most schools no longer teach valuable and everyday life skills such as sewing, budgeting, or cooking a meal in a home economics class, leaving children and teens unprepared for the real world when they graduate.
Olivia taught classes to children in third, fourth, and fifth grade over Zoom. During these classes, her students learned how to make a meal, how to vacuum, how to sew, how to leave a tip, and other ways to be a human.
Once all of Olivia’s classes were finished, she went on to create an Instagram page so that the classes and life skills she taught would reach a larger audience.
She continues to receive feedback about how people use her Instagram page to help set up their table for Christmas, or how to fold their laundry so it won’t become wrinkled.
Due to this, her project had an impact felt not just by the children she taught, but by all those who clicked on the account.
“I have been a Girl Scout for the past 13 years, and I have loved every minute of it. Whether I’m hiking up tall mountains, standing out in the freezing cold to sell cookies, or helping at a local soup kitchen during the holidays, my Girl Scout experience has been full of laughter, smiles, and happiness.
My favorite aspect of Girl Scouts is not one provided to me in a Journey workbook. It isn’t one structured activity or camping trip. My favorite part of being a Girl Scout is the lifelong friends that I have made.
I have watched the girls in my troop grow from being small little Daisies to now being strong, compassionate women. To me, Girl Scouts isn’t the badges earned, or the field trips taken.
Girl Scouts is all about the relationships with the amazing women in my life that I have made.,” said Olivia Tracy, Gold Award Girl Scout.
About the Girl Scout Gold Award
Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting, acknowledges the power behind each Gold Award Girl Scout’s dedication to not only empowering and bettering herself, but also to making the world a better place for others. These young women are courageous leaders and visionary change makers. They are our future, and it looks bright!
Olivia will join the millions of Girl Scout alum around the world who have successfully created, developed, and executed “Take Action” projects that have positively impacted their communities and the world, earning Girl Scouts’ highest award:
According to the Girl Scout Research Institute’s (GSRI’s) report, The Power of the Girl Scout Gold Award: Excellence in Leadership and Life, Gold Award Girl Scouts receive greater lifetime benefits than their peers with regard to positive sense of self, life satisfaction, leadership, life success, community service, and civic engagement thanks to their experience in Girl Scouting, including earning their Gold Award.
When compared to non–Girl Scout alums, Gold Award Girl Scouts soar when it comes to seeing themselves as leaders, providing service to others through volunteerism, and having positive attitudes about themselves and the lives they lead.
More generally, over 90 percent of Girl Scouts not only attributed their success in life to Girl Scouts, but they also said they could not have had access to the same experiences anywhere else.
Over the course of the last century, millions of Girl Scout alums have positively impacted their communities and the world with their creative, impactful, and sustainable Take Action projects.
It’s not only Girl Scouts who understand the value of the Gold Award. Some universities and colleges offer scholarships unique to award recipients, and Gold Award Girl Scouts are entitled to enlist in the armed forces at a higher pay grade than individuals who have not earned the award.
Earning the Gold Award is just one of the amazing things girls can do as part of Girl Scouts. To join Girl Scouts or learn more about volunteering, please visit www.gssne.org/join.
We Are Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs across Southeastern New England, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit gssne.org. follow @gssne on Instagram, follow @GirlScoutsofSNE on Twitter, and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GSSNE.