By Sabrina Y.
It has been almost a year since I
first started my ambitious Silver Award project, and I have accomplished so
much! Last time I wrote about my Silver
Award Project, I had collected $500. Currently,
I have earned over $6,000 for my project.
My goal is to raise $13,000 for the Women in Service portion of the
Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk at Newtown Park, which is scheduled to open
on Veterans Day, 2014. Throughout the
year, I have participated in many events to raise awareness about the memorial
walk including the Newtown Park farmers markets, festivals, and movie in the
park nights. During these events, I have
spoken to several hundreds of city residents.
Additionally, I created educational coloring books for children about
America and our heroes.
The coloring books are for sale for $5.00 or I can donate them to an
elementary school, daycare or foster home on your behalf. The coloring books are a fun way to get
children excited about learning the importance of America's heroes.
What a wonderful experience it’s
been to spread the word about this project to my community! However, in order to collect $13,000, I knew
it would take more than attending festivals. Therefore, I began soliciting the
help of businesses. I have met with
several area businesses, and presented my project to CEOs. It definitely took courage and confidence to
go outside of my comfort zone, in order to present my Silver Award
Project. I could feel my heart palpitating
inside of my chest, as I shook hands with these important business people, but
I soon relaxed once I started talking about my project and saw how interested
they were to listen to me. It is nice to
know that this Silver Award project is helping to bring the Johns Creek
community together.
Next, I would like to share with you
some of the major activities that I have participated in since I last wrote
about my Girl Silver Award project in the August 2013 issue of the Lime Green Giraffe. Thanks to members of the community, I
received the opportunity to spread the word about my project via several media
outlets. Four different newspapers
including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
interviewed me. In addition to this, I
have been on a radio talk show called the
Difference Makers radio on Business Radio X.
Although the publicity has been exciting, I thought that I shouldn’t be
the one being recognized. Instead, the
valiant veterans should be in the spotlight, so I have started interviewing
veterans. Every veteran has a story, so why not listen and learn?
On November 9th, I
participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Johns Creek Veterans
Memorial walk. In addition to informing
more citizens of Johns Creek about my project at this special event, I was part
of a small group of officials, including the mayor of Johns Creek, invited to be honorary “ground-diggers.” What an honor!
Although I have accomplished much in
this past year, I am only half way to my goal.
I am in need of your help! Here’s
how you can get involved:
- Spread the word; tell as many people as you can about this great cause, and follow me on twitter @mygsproject.
- Sign-up; on my blog, mygirlscoutproject.com, to receive periodic updates on the project, and I promise no spam.
- Businesses; if you are or know of a business that would like to help me reach my goal, please contact me at sabrina@mygirlscoutproject.com.
- Buy a coloring book; I have a pay pal account on my blog, or you can send a check. Visit my website for details.
On my blog site There you will find links to my
videos, radio interview, pictures of the many events I have attended, and
more. I hope that this project can help
inspire many Girl Scouts to get involved in the community, and help them dream
big! Remember, girls are never too young
to make a positive impact in their community. Thank you very much for all of
your help and support!
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