PHOTO PROVIDED Clinton County’s Jocelyn Sproat has been awarded a Gold Award — the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn.

MILL HALL — Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania is honored to announce Jocelyn Sproat from Clinton County has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, the Girl Scout Gold Award, for the 2024 Gold Award class.

Sproat’s project, “Common Places Pre-Teen empowHER,” focused on addressing the needs for pre-teen programming at her church. Sproat created a program to focus on pre-teen girls, hosting sleepovers and promoting team-building activities to strength their friendships and faith. Her project’s mission will continue as other community organizations will continue to offer the program.

Sproat devoted a minimum of 80 hours to problem-solve, plan and implement her ideas for change. The impact of her Gold Award project will be felt long into the future, and Sproat has shown the next generation of girls what they are capable of accomplishing.

The Gold Award is the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn, available to girls in high school who create sustainable change for a community or world issue. Gold Award Girl Scouts address pressing issues in their communities and create sustainable change to make the world a better place.

The Gold Award process not only enables girls to help their communities, but also provides tangible benefits as they grow as individuals. By going Gold, girls build professional skills, earn scholarships, build their network, and, for those interested in serving their country, are able to enlist at a higher pay grade when they join the military.

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Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths 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 a cause that motivates them. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors and millions of alumnae, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and enact change. To join us, volunteer, reconnect or donate, visit www.gshpa.org.