GSEM Silver Award Project Catalog

Lactation Room—Frontier Middle School

Silver Award Team: Riley R. of Troop 4032

Issue: There is a lack of a designated clean, safe, and comfortable area for a lactating mother to pump. Root Cause: Many schools can not afford to build and sustain a room for lactating mothers. Target Audience: This project benefits any current or future moms that choose to breastfeed their children at Frontier Middle School. Sustainability: The school staff will help maintain the new room moving forward.

Project Details: After recognizing that lactating mothers didn’t have a clean and safe space for pumping at her school, Riley worked to repurpose a room at Frontier Middle School to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award. Riley contacted numerous schools about her project to find an empty room available. She then led a team of volunteers to clean out the room, repurpose the furniture, and turn it into a pumping space for mothers.

Sleep Bagzzz for Sleep Habits

Issue: Many young people have bad sleep habits.

Silver Award Team: Troop 634

Root Cause: Stress, anxiety and improper bed time routines, can cause poor sleep habits. Target Audience: Elementary students at Fox Elementary and their parents. Sustainability: The guidance counselor has agreed to keep the bags at the elementary so that the next groups of students will have the same resources.

Project Details: Cadettes from Troop 634 addressed the issue of poor sleep habits among children to earn their Girl Scout Silver Award. To do this, the Cadettes made bags with tools for kids to calm down and relax before bedtime. In the bags, the Girl Scouts included a flyer explaining to parents some of the things that could impact the child’s sleep in a negative way, and how to help them create good sleep habits. These young leaders aimed at making bed time as enjoyable and easy as possible.