November 27, 2023
Hurricane Girl Scout Honored With Gold Award
CONTACT: Kelli Lewis, Senior Director of External Relations, Kelli.Lewis@bdgsc.org, 304-553-7036.
HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA—One Putnam County Girl Scout has received the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve: The Gold Award.
Morgan Harris, an Ambassador in the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council, developed a project to create an official Monarch Waystation pollinator garden for butterflies at Black Knight Municipal Park in Beckley, West Virginia.
Through her project, Monarch Conservation through Environmental Stewardships & Increasing Empathy through STEM, Harris helped establish a habitat for Monarch butterflies, which last year were upgraded from a threatened species to an endangered species.
Harris also helped educate her fellow Girl Scouts and community members about the Monarch's decreasing population, the decrease in milkweed through land development and herbicides and the importance of milkweed in the Monarch's development, as well as plants that feed pollinators and keep pest insects away.
By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, Harris has become a community leader. Her accomplishments reflect leadership and citizenship skills that set her apart.
"Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award is truly a remarkable achievement, and Morgan exemplifies leadership in all its forms," said Beth Casey, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond.
"She saw a need in her community and took action. Her extraordinary dedication, perseverance and leadership is making the world a better place."
For more information about the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond, visit http://bdgsc.org.
About the Girl Scout Gold Award
Since 1916, girls have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn, 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.
About Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council
Working in partnership with nearly 1,668 volunteers, Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council serves nearly 5,484 girls in 61 counties in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. For more information on how to join, volunteer, or donate to Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council, call 304.345.7722 or visit the council’s website at www.bdgsc.org. Girl Scouts is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, with 2.5 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
