Story - The Meade County Messenger


Vol. 117, No. 21	May 27, 2009

Local Girl Scout receives Gold Award

The Heartland Service Center of Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana celebrated the achievements of Girl Scouts age 11-18 May 9 in Elizabethtown. Young women were recognized for their accomplishments in earning the Bronze, Silver and Gold awards as well as 10 years of participation, scholarship recipients and graduating seniors.

Photos by Seth Miller
Jenna Haynes, Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, poses with her sister and former Gold Award recipient, Jacquie Miller, her aunt and Troop leader, Bonnie Logsdon, and her mother, Henrietta Haynes, at the Heartland award ceremony May 9. As a special part of the ceremony, Jenna was given two miniature replicas of the Gold Award to place on whomever she chose. These she pinned on her aunt and mother.
Among those recognized was Jenna Haynes, Guston, who received her Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. Jenna is a member of Troop 34, Irvington Service Unit.

Annually, about 6 percent of eligible Girl Scouts earn the Gold Award. The requirements for this honor include serving in a leadership role, a 40-hour internship, earning several Interest Project awards – which allow girls to explore areas of their personal interest and service – and finally, a community service project taking at least 65 hours to complete.

For Jenna’s service project, she collected and repaired band instruments which she donated to the Breckinridge County band program to be used by students who cannot afford their own and would not be able to be in band. She had to learn about the instruments and how to fix them. Her band director, Christian Hansen, served as her content adviser for this project, working with her to insure that she knew how to do the repair work. Jenna also created and edited a video telling students about band to send out to elementary schools. Upon completion, Jenna was able to collect, repair and donate 20 band instruments.

At the ceremony, Jenna was presented with a military commendation, letters from senators, a certificate from the Federal Burea of Investigation and a pearl necklace, signifying the sacrifice that Girl Scouting founder Juliette Low made in order to start the Girl Scout program in 1912.

Jacquie Miller places a pearl necklace on her sister, Jenna, following the ceremony. The pearl necklace is significant in Girl Scouting because founder, Juliette Low, sold her pearls in order to raise the money to begin Girl Scouting almost 100 years ago.

Jenna is the daughter of Jack and Henrietta Haynes, Guston, and a junior at Breckinridge County High School where she plays the flute in the band.

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