2025 Reflections Program

ELIZABETH NEW To honor her father’s military service, Elizabeth dedicated her Gold Award project to helping the St. Charles American Legion Post 312 make improvements to their facility. She reframed their hall stage by replacing the flooring with new lumber and updated the stage’s electrical components and data feed for their Bingo console. She also updated the landscaping surrounding the front flagpole at the legion to help beautify their outdoor space and to create an inviting entrance for members and guests. The legion members will benefit from the new upgraded stage and a more modern appearance which will allow members to host additional events, generating more revenue for the organization. “Through the Gold Award process, I learned that I could accomplish big and important things. I learned that working through exhausting days is worth it for the joy that it can bring to those in my community. Trying new things does not always have to be hard and challenging and I can achieve anything I put my mind and effort into!” REAGAN REDMON After discovering that more than 75 percent of people with Alzheimer's Disease also suffer from anxiety, Reagan was inspired to help develop a solution that can calm them, like her own grandmother. To earn the Girl Scout Gold Award, Reagan got to work creating fidget blankets for patients with Alzheimer's at a local nursing home, Bethesda Dilworth, to help soothe and relax the patients, ultimately decreasing their anxiety. She worked with the staff at the nursing home to demonstrate how to use the blankets effectively with patients and created a video showing others how to make the fidget blankets and their uses. “The most successful part of my Gold Award project was seeing how beneficial these blankets were to bringing good spirit into the nursing home when I delivered the blankets. It brought so much joy to the patients, the nurses, and me.”

District 14, Troop 1166 Wentzville Holt High School 13 years in Girl Scouts

Milestones Girl Scout Bronze Award Girl Scout Silver Award 13-Year Girl Scout Graduating Girl Scout

District 6, Troop 766 Kirkwood High School 13 years in Girl Scouts Milestones Girl Scout Bronze Award Girl Scout Silver Award 13-Year Girl Scout 2024 Graduate Girl Scout