Local Girl Scout Earns Gold Award

Sarah Greisdorf, 16, a member of Girl Scout Troop 3288, has earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award, symbolizing outstanding accomplishments in the areas of leadership, community service and advocacy. The Gold Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn and is awarded to only about five percent of eligible Girl Scouts nationwide.

For her Gold Award project, Sarah educated the girls of Unique Learning Center by exposing them to computer science and the programming language HTML. Sarah’s “Camp Code” was designed to encourage young women to pursue STEM careers. Sarah is a junior at Holton-Arms School and lives in Bethesda, MD.

A Girl Scout working toward the Gold Award is required to design, plan, lead and execute a community service project, investing over 80 hours of her time and engaging other community members in the project. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Gold Award; more information is available at http://www.girlscouts.org/en/our-program/highest-awards/gold-award.html.

Unique Learning Center is an after-school and summer program for underserved youth in DC. Through academic enrichment, recreational and cultural development, and moral and spiritual guidance, ULC takes a holistic approach to meeting the needs of inner city kids whose lives are affected daily by the negative aspects of urban life. More information is available at: http://www.ulcdc.org/.

The attached photo shows Sarah with her group of “Camp Code” students.