Work with kids helps Girl Scout earn Gold Award

Emily Rose

Girl Scout Ambassador Emily Rose recently earned the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Gold Award.

To earn the award, Rose created a soccer training manual for a 10-year-old girls soccer team. Her training manual contained soccer drills she developed through her own research and experience. She and her volunteers attended the team's practices, where they taught the drills during warm-ups and cool-downs. She also held biweekly meetings with the team's coaches to assess the girls' progress and goals. By the end of the five-month training season, the team had progressed to playoffs.

"I chose this project because I love soccer and wanted to help younger girls learn the importance of organized sports and better their soccer skills," said Rose, a senior at Clear Lake High School.

The Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve. Fewer than 5 percent of girls who join Girl Scouts earn this recognition. It takes more than 100 service hours and two to three years of work to complete the award requirements, which include planning and completing a project that is a service to the community.

As an active member of Girl Scouts, Rose has also won her Silver and Bronze Awards. At Clear Lake High School, she is involved in the National Honor Society, the mentorship program and more. Following graduation, she plans to attend Baylor University to study business.