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Proclamation presented to Jennifer Booker for having met all the requirements to achieve the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award.
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WHEREAS, founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership experience for girls and is the leading authority on girls' healthy development. Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The 3-million-member organization serves girls from every corner of the United States and its territories. Girl Scouts of the USA also serves American girls and their classmates attending American or international schools overseas in 90 countries; and
WHEREAS, the Girl Scout’s Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouts. This prestigious and most difficult to earn award is only open to girls in high school. As a Gold Award Girl Scout, one is challenged to change the world; and
WHEREAS, Jennifer Booker, a departing senior at North Allegheny High School and a member of troop 50488 in Franklin Park, PA, was ceremonially presented the Gold Award Girl Scout at the Cranberry Marriott on Saturday June 22nd, along with other high school girls who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable Take Action projects that address important community needs; and
WHEREAS, Jennifer taught an animation software programming class to middle school students with the hopes of introducing students to the world of animation programming and sparking their interest in possible careers in the technology field; and
WHEREAS, she developed a lesson plan, taught biweekly classes over a four-month period, and created documentation that was used for class labs and continues to be available for students to reference; and
WHEREAS, Jennifer plans to attend the University of Pittsburgh in the fall to pursue film and media production;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Council Member Cindy Kirk, do hereby commend and recognize Jennifer Booker ...
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