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Girl Scouts Highest Awards 2025

Contact:
Carrie Klamut
Chief Marketing & Advancement Officer
Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest
704.731.6554
cklamut@hngirlscouts.org

Charlotte, NC — June 12th, 2025

Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest Council proudly recognizes the 8 members of the 2025 Girl Scout Gold Award class who earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, the Gold Award. Gold Award Girl Scouts make positive impacts on our local communities by addressing some of our most pressing issues, including education, mental health, animal care, healthy habbits, and more.

Gold Award Girl Scouts become innovative problem-solvers, empathetic leaders, confident public speakers, and focused project managers. They learn resourcefulness, tenacity, and decision-making skills, giving them an edge personally and professionally. As they take action to transform their communities, Gold Award Girl Scouts gain tangible skills and prove they’re the leaders our world needs. The 2025 Gold Award Girl Scout class identified issues in their communities, took action, and found or created solutions to earn their Gold Awards, addressing real-life problems.

According to recent research, Gold Award Girl Scouts are more likely to fill leadership roles at work and in their personal lives and are more civically engaged than their non-Girl Scout peers. Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Gold Award Girl Scouts agree that earning their Gold Award gave them skills that help them succeed professionally. Seventy-two percent (72%) said earning their Gold Award helped them get a scholarship. Changing the world doesn’t end when a Girl Scout earns her Gold Award. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of Gold Award Girl Scout alums take on leadership roles in their everyday lives.

About Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest:

Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest is dedicated to building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Through programs like SheBiz, we inspire the next generation of female leaders and entrepreneurs.

June 12, 2025