Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England Celebrates Highest Awards
Warwick, R.I. (June 13, 2022)— Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England held the Highest Awards Shine Ceremony on June 5, 2022, at Camp Hoffman, where we honored the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award Girl Scouts.
This year, our council had ten troops earn their Bronze Award, thirty-one Silver Award Girl Scouts, and twelve Gold Award Girl Scouts who created, developed, and executed self-sustaining “Take Action” projects successfully.
Our council is thrilled to highlight the accomplishments of these Girl Scouts and to join with them in celebrating over 100 years of Girl Scout Highest Award excellence, innovation, and visionary leadership in 2022.
Through this tradition, we hope to continue empowering future generations of Girl Scouts to follow their dreams, discover their passions, and make a global impact.
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 greatest achievement 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!
“Girl Scouts is a sisterhood, a connection that lasts a lifetime, and an opportunity for girls to grow and learn along individualized paths.
None of this is truer than when we are celebrating our highest award recipients. Their hard work and diligence are exceptional, and their projects make the world a better place. On behalf of GSSNE and the entire Girl Scout community (2.5 million strong), we congratulate each of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awardees.
We hope they continue to epitomize the Girl Scouts mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character throughout their future endeavors.
The future is bright with these young women leading the way,” said Dana Borrelli-Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England.
The following Gold Award Girl Scouts will join the millions of Girl Scout alums 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 achievement:
Narragansett, RI, Ruth Axford: Marker Recycling Program
Exeter, RI, Morgan Beck: dream(S)TEAM
Wakefield, RI, Sophia Boardman: Geocache SKLT
Somerset, MA, Sydney Boland: Veteran Memorial Reflection Area
Somerset, MA, Julia Canuel: A Little Help from Our Friends
Wakefield, RI, Alyssa Hiener: Labyrinth and Mental Health Curriculum
Wakefield, RI, Katherine Laliberte: Nutrition Curriculum Re-Write
Bristol, RI, Sara Macedo: Blankets for Family
Richmond, RI, Cassandra Simpson: Brain Injuries and a Forever Legacy
Greenville, RI, Marykate Tillinghast: Mount Stories
Warwick, RI, Olivia Tracy: How to Be a Human
Rehoboth, MA, Alexis Wells: Robes for the Oncology Center at Charlton Memorial
This year, GSSNE selected two of our Gold Award Girl Scouts as our Young Women of Distinction. Their Gold Award projects demonstrated a clear vision, resolve, and commitment to making the world a better place.
This year, Sydney Boland and Katherine Laliberte were selected for this honor, and each received a scholarship from Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England.
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 about 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 girls who enlist in the U.S. armed forces may receive advanced rank in recognition of their achievements.
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
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