Year of the Girl

Leadership and Self-Esteem

Young Women of Distinction

Each year, the top ten Girl Scout Gold Award recipients in the nation are honored as Young Women of Distinction for their outstanding work. Past honorees have created a brochure about hepatitis B written in Chinese; helped provide residents of a small village in India with free eye care; written a booklet on breast cancer from a teenage daughter's perspective and educated teens on the importance of early detection; and developed a series of self-defense classes with homeless women living in a safe-haven shelter for victims of physical abuse.