Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania is honored to announce that Sarah Marie Kline from Lycoming County has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, the Girl Scout Gold Award, for the 2024 Gold Award class.
Kline is a graduate of Montoursville Area High School. She attends Pennsylvania College of Technology, majoring in Baking and Pastry Arts and Applied Management.
Kline’s project, “Caregiver Work Stations at Public Libraries,” focused on addressing support for parents of young children who use library computers for job searching or other tasks. Kline created a safe space for infants and toddlers to play while their caregiver uses the public computer for their needs. She addressed the lack of childcare parents often face while they need to complete essential paperwork or other computer projects. Her project’s mission will continue through the permanent placement of a desk with an attached play space for children.
Kline devoted a minimum of 80 hours to problem-solving, planning, and implementing her ideas for change. She partnered with the Penn College Women in Construction Club and Makerspace to design and build the workstation. The impact of her Gold Award project will be felt long into the future, and Kline has shown the next generation of girls what they are capable of accomplishing.
The Gold Award is the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn, available to girls in high school who create sustainable change for a community or world issue. Gold Award Girl Scouts address pressing issues in their communities and create sustainable change to make the world a better place.
The Gold Award process enables girls to help their communities and provides tangible benefits as they grow as individuals. By going Gold, girls build professional skills, earn scholarships, and build their networks.
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