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COLFAX —  Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont is pleased to announce that Jordynn Foster, of Clemmons, has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.

Foster, daughter of Rodney and Sonja Foster and a member of Girl Scout Troop 41258, after learning from a survey of the homeless in her city that 1,700 individuals live on the streets and in shelters, she approached The Salvation Army of Greater Winston-Salem Center of Hope to see how she could help. The center is a haven for mothers and their children who have been uprooted from their home. Foster renovated a room at the facility for those children so they would have a space to feel safe and have a little bit of normalcy in their daily lives.

By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, Foster has become a community leader. Her accomplishments reflect leadership and citizenship skills that set her apart. 

“Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award designation is truly a remarkable achievement, and this young woman exemplifies leadership in all its forms,” said Lane Cook, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. “She saw a need in her community and took action. Her extraordinary dedication, perseverance and leadership, is making the world a better place.”

The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting; it recognizes girls in grades 9 through 12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable Take Action projects. After the minimum requirements are completed, the Gold Award project is the culmination of a girl’s demonstration of self-discipline, leadership ability, time management, creativity, initiative and a significant mastery of skills. Each girl must dedicate a minimum of 80 hours to planning and implementing her project, which must benefit the community and have long lasting impact. Since 1916, girls have successfully answered the call to go gold, an act that indelibly marks them as accomplished members of their communities and the world.

Some universities and colleges offer scholarships unique to Gold Award recipients, and girls who enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces may receive advanced rank in recognition of their achievements.