Girl Scout Gold Award Goes To Shrewsbury Resident, Westborough Troop Member

WESTBOROUGH, MA—AIshwarya Khanna of Shrewsbury has received her Girl Scout Gold Award. A member of Westborough Girl Scout troop 30633, dancing, she said in an announcement, played a huge role in shaping the person that she is today.

Since performing always made her happy, and Khanna never seemed to be able to find any program that included children with special needs or disabilities, she wanted to share her happiness that she found by dancing. Working with the Westborough Recreation Department's sports division, she created Unified Dance.

In this program, the kids were given an opportunity to learn formal dance instruction, and freestyle to express themselves, said the announcement. Khanna wrote three curriculum that volunteers can use to continue the program.

The Gold Award is the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA, earned by Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts. Only 5.4 percent of eligible Girl Scouts successfully earn the Gold Award. After completing the prerequisites, girls use their vision for change to complete a service project that reaches beyond the Girl Scout organization and provides lasting benefit to the girl's larger community.

Earning the award requires a minimum of 80 hours of work in planning and completing the project.

Khann said in a press release that she started Girl Scouts as a “late boomer,” joining as a Junior Girl Scout. She attends the Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School. Outside of Girl Scouts, she enjoys teaching dance and Hindi language, and helping middle school girls’ code for android apps as part of the CS Gems. She is part of the Ten80 STEM Racing Club and the business team at her high school. She enjoys playing volleyball and tennis with her family. Aishwarya will attend Brandeis University in the fall.

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