Forget gold and silver, for 11-year-old Junior Girl Scout Elizabeth Boss it’s all about the bronze.
Boss, a member of Troop 1892, recently earned her Bronze Award, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can earn.
She built a recruitment display for the Lake Orion Girl Scout Neighborhood, which the group will use to educate girls and parents about girl scouts. Boss created two displays, each containing a scrapbook, banner and tabletop display board.
‘Doing the creative part was my favorite,? Boss said. ‘That’s when your mind gets set loose and you can do whatever you want.?
She decided on this specific project after realizing the Girl Scouts didn’t have displays to use when recruiting at open houses.
‘I thought this one would most benefit them the most,? Boss said, adding it was also fun.
She spent some 20 odd hours only the project, exceeding the requirement of 15 hours for the award.
Her time was spent planning and executing the project, even dealing with some mishaps.
‘We had to make an emergency glue trip,? Boss said. ‘The glue stick just didn’t work.?
In addition to the creative aspects of the project, Boss also had to keep track and manage her time, as well as record her finances.
‘I had to keep a cash and in-kind report,? she added, noting her neighbor kindly donated some of the scrapbook materials, a huge help since Boss needed a lot as she was creating two identical scrapbooks and doing so on a budget.
Boss was the only member of her troop, Troop 1892 out of Paint Creek Elementary, that worked towards her bronze award, and she doesn’t plan on stopping there.
Not only will she be adjusting to life as a middle school student at Waldon in the fall, but she also for sees herself eventually advancing through Girl Scouts to Cadet and then Senior, and along the way, shooting for the silver and gold ? awards, that is.
‘I plan on continuing,? Boss said, ‘and I want to earn those, too.?
As the final step in her project completion, Boss presented her displays in front of the Lake Orion Neighborhood Girl Scout Leader meeting, who will now use them at things like the elementary schools? curriculum nights.
In addition to being a student and a hardworking girl scout, Boss likes to play the violin, hang out with her cat, Daisy, and is planning on starting to do baton twirling.