Congratulations to these 98 extraordinary leaders who earned awards between March 1 , 2015 and February 29 , 2016 . Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania is a consistent national leader in the number of Gold Awards earned .
Elizabeth Ambrose Alison Arnone Hannah Bagay Lindsey Barnhart Emily Bergman Adrianna Bielby Ashley Bizon Addison Blicha Lindsay Boettner Kayla Bond Maya Bradley Krysta N . Bridge Anna Brinkley Stephanie Brown Kaitlyn Burkhart Chelsea Carver Olivia Catalone Sara Chernicky Morgan Collins Amanda Conlon Alysia Cramer Cristy Crawshaw Katie Cubellis Emma Cussins Cara DeGrano Alexandra Dziak Larissa Edinboro Casey L . Edwards Hannah Enderby LeAndra Feight Mikayla Feldbauer Amanda Fielding Tarrah Freund Jessica Friss Amanda Glass Kaitlyn Goode Jessica Gorgas Miranda Halpin Allison Haraczy Angela Heisinger Kelsey Hosack Morgan Hosack Sarah Isaac Rachel Johns Allison Jones Christina Kaecher Ellie Kane Rebekah Kephart Sarah Kerman
Dorissa Large Jacqueline Lewis Haley Lindberg Gwen Lindberg Rianne Lindsey Samantha Logsdon Brittany McCartney Gina McKinney Mary Miller Amanda Mittelman Krystal Modecki Christina Morgan Christina Motichak Regina Munsch Natalie Neal Emma Norris Savannah Null Amy O ’ Hearn Heather Oldach Jessica Orczeck Catherine Orochena Shaelyn Parry Nicole Phillips Laurel Prengaman Ashley Reimold Zoie Reitz Samantha Rodgers Sarah Rogan Novelle Sando Amanda Schatz Caitlin Schmuck Juliana Sebolt Cassidy Shaffer Samantha Smith Laura Sosovicka B . Morgan Stover Brittney Tarle Alyssa Jo Tice Pasqualina Tirk Kaitlyn Vale Emily Vecchi Kirstie Wehler Jessica Weiss Abbey White Mary Whitmore Faith Wintermantel Holly Wolfe Emily Wright Alana Zimmer
The Road to a Gold Award
Helping girls build confidence in STEM-related fields
Girl Scout Sarah Kerman knew from the first day of her senior year that she needed to take action .
“ I walked into my engineering class , and I was shocked to find out that I was the only girl in a class of 25 students ,” she said .
Kerman did some research and learned that women make up almost half of the U . S . workforce , but hold less than a quarter of STEM-related jobs . She made a plan to help that number grow .
Through her Gold Award project , Kerman developed and led a week-long “ Girls in STEM ” day camp for middle school girls to help instill a love of science , technology , engineering , and math and promote STEM careers .
Through the hands-on activities she planned , girls walked away with the building blocks for skills necessary for success in STEM fields .
While the aim of her project was to increase awareness of STEM and related career possibilities , she also wanted each girl to feel more confident in her ability to make important decisions .
“ I hope these girls will be able to make decisions about their futures , whether they choose STEM or not , with certainty and determination .” – Sarah Kerman
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