GSEM Gold Award Project Catalog

Mental Health Awareness

Issue: Struggles with mental health, especially stress, are common amongst children. Root Cause: School, family, friends, work, and social media are all contributing factors to poor mental health. Measurability: Ketki measured her project by conducting surveys. Sustainability: The art teacher will continue to spread the message of positiveness and improving mental health.

Gold Award Girl Scout: Ketki N., Troop 115

Project Details: Passionate about helping her fellow students reduce stress in their daily lives, Ketki worked with the non profit organization, Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal, to create webinars and workshops teaching young people how to use art as a way to improve their mental health. Her workshops lead students in a variety of creative arts and crafts, and she taught different methods on how to prevent daily stress, as well as how to put the methods into action. To complete her Gold Award Project, Ketki worked with the students at McKelvey Elementary to paint a special mural in their building. The mural will help expose students to the arts and will foster their creativity.

Comfort Boxes

Issue: Children often experience anxiety about getting vaccines. Root Cause: Most places that administer vaccines don’t have the necessary resources to help calm the kids before their shot. Measurability: Survey was given to the children and families at the pharmacy to see if the child felt better about vaccines. Sustainability: The managers at the pharmacy have agreed to resupply the boxes.

Gold Award Girl Scout: Taylor M., Troop 2610

Project Details: After witnessing the fright and discomfort of children receiving important vaccines, Taylor wanted to provide pharmacies with the tools they needed to comfort their youngest customers. To earn her Gold Award, Taylor made comfort bags that were distributed to children at local pharmacies while they waited in line for their vaccines. Taylor organized a donation drive to collect items such as coloring books, coloring pencils, stickers and lollipops. The comfort bags keep children calm and help the process go much smoother, resulting in lower stress levels for the children, the caregivers and the pharmacy techs. Afterward, Taylor provided project instructions to the pharmacy techs who will continue to keep the comfort bags filled.