Sophomore Completes Gold Award Project
Julia Melehani '16 was overwhelmed when families thanked her endlessly for her work in renovating a gathering room for Penny Lane, a children’s social services company in Palmdale, as her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
The Gold Award is the highest recognition a Girl Scout can receive; it calls for completing 80 service hours on a project that must be sustainable and make a lasting impression on the community. Melehani’s goal was to raise $500 to be used to help the Palmdale facility.
Melehani, who joined Scouting as a kindergartener in 2003, financed her project by selling rocky road and peanut butter fudge to neighbors, friends
and family.
“I ended up raising over $1,000, which I used to buy new books, toys and furniture items for the room,” said Melehani.
The room serves as a place for kids and teens up to age 17 to either hang
out and relax or meet for therapy sessions.
The project, which she finished on Jan. 1, took Melehani about six months to complete.
She said that earning her Gold Award taught her important leadership and organization skills as well as how to work with people.
“It was a lot of fun,” Melehani said. “I met many of the kids [I helped] and it was rewarding to see their happiness.”
Melehani marked the end of her project with an opening ceremony of the room in which the families she helped came and enjoyed the comfort of the room. She also gave each family in the Penny Lane program a full bag of
food donated by individuals and local merchants. —Mia Caire
Melehani, who joined Scouting as a kindergartener in 2003, financed her project by selling rocky road and peanut butter fudge to neighbors, friends
and family.
“I ended up raising over $1,000, which I used to buy new books, toys and furniture items for the room,” said Melehani.
The room serves as a place for kids and teens up to age 17 to either hang
out and relax or meet for therapy sessions.
The project, which she finished on Jan. 1, took Melehani about six months to complete.
She said that earning her Gold Award taught her important leadership and organization skills as well as how to work with people.
“It was a lot of fun,” Melehani said. “I met many of the kids [I helped] and it was rewarding to see their happiness.”
Melehani marked the end of her project with an opening ceremony of the room in which the families she helped came and enjoyed the comfort of the room. She also gave each family in the Penny Lane program a full bag of
food donated by individuals and local merchants. —Mia Caire
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