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Wakefield Girl Scout Earns Gold Award

Wakefield girl scout Jennifer Sullivan recently earned her gold award.

This was submitted by the Girls Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts is proud to announce that Wakefield Girl Scout Jennifer Sullivan received her Girl Scout Gold Award pin on Wednesday, June 19, at a ceremony at the Marlborough Holiday Inn.

The event was attended by family, friends, and Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts CEO Ruth N. Bramson and Board President Elizabeth Stevenson.

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The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve, and it recognizes a service project that fulfills a need within a girl's community—whether local or global—creates change and becomes ongoing.

To earn the award, girls must complete the Silver Award and a minimum of 80 hours of service.

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The project is more than a good service project—it encompasses organizational, leadership and networking skills. Only approximately 5 percent of all Girl Scouts earn this award each year.

Sullivan’s project, Replacing Missing House Numbers, addresses the issue of house numbers not being visible to emergency personnel.

With the help of volunteers, she checked approximately 5,000 houses in Wakefield and notified owners that their house numbers were missing or not easily visible from the street.

Sullivan worked with the local fire chief to send letters informing residents of the safety issue. A local hardware store offered a discount on the purchase of new house numbers if residents showed the letter.

The local fire department will continue her crusade.


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