We are so proud to announce that Kelly has been honored as a National Gold Award Girl Scout!

A massive 1.1 billion young people worldwide are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and one in five teens in the United States now has NIHL by age 19 due to their exposure to damaging levels of sound from personal audio devices and noisy entertainment venues. Kelly set out to inform teens, parents, and educators about this permanent, yet preventable, form of hearing damage.

Working with Ear Peace Foundation, she scripted, filmed, and edited an educational video, Band Together to Protect Your Hearing, which is used in the foundation's teacher training workshops for 392 schools in Miami-Dade County. She has educated elementary and high school students about hearing conservation, presented on this topic at a statewide music educator's conference, and presented to 125 teachers at a professional development workshop.

Kelly has also created and distributed educational posters and informative brochures to pediatric offices and hospitals statewide. She plans to expand this distribution to a nationwide campaign.

She'll be honored at the United Nations headquarters on October 11 at 6 p.m. ET. 

Girls are first at Girl Scouts. And they always will be.

Girl Scouts is her home turf, her go-to place where she’s free to try new things and just be herself, no matter what her interests are. And now there’s even more to explore, with new badges in robotics, outdoor adventuring, cybersecurity, and environmental stewardship—to name just a few! Join or volunteer today, and give her the tools to shine! 

Reports show that STEM occupations are growing at double the rate of other professions, and we’re committed to filling the STEM workforce pipeline. To make it happen, we’re launching the Girl Scout STEM Pledge—a multiyear initiative to put 2.5 million girls through our hands-on STEM programs by 2025.

Did you know that socks and underwear are some of the most-needed and least-donated clothing items in homeless shelters?

That's why we're collecting new, packaged underwear and socks in all sizes for men, women and children to benefit Camillus House. All girls and troops who participate are eligible for our new service project patch! 

Whether you earned Brownie badges or your Gold Award, you’re a Girl Scout alum! Follow the Girl Scout Network on LinkedIn to connect with other alums, get updates on what Girl Scouts do today, take action on behalf of girls, and promote girls’ and women's empowerment, leadership, and advancement in the world.