By Dawn Brand Fluhler—
YORKTOWN, IN – Kathryn Smitson has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn.
Kathryn attended Indiana Connections Academy and was a 13-year Girl Scout. She knew that girls entering their teen years are faced with challenges from different sources causing stress that can have a very negative impact on their lives. Because expression through classical ballet was an outlet for her during the toughest years, she wanted to share a way to encourage health, build self-esteem, and help girls entering their teens find a positive stress outlet rather than make poor choices.
In addition to providing a stress outlet, her project helped participants gain confidence and stage presence and build self-esteem, and introduced them to classical music, dance terminology, and the importance of exercise and eating a healthy diet. Kathryn also earned the Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards. She is the daughter of Daniel and Pamela Smitson and plans to attend Ivy Tech for a year and then transfer to Western Kentucky University.
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About the Girl Scout Gold Award
Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn, acknowledges the power behind each recipient’s dedication to not only empowering and bettering herself, but also to making the world a better place forothers. These young women are courageous leaders and visionary change makers. They are our future, and it looks bright!
We Are Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover theirstrengths and rise to meet new challenges— whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit girlscoutsindiana.org.
