According to girlscouts.org, “Going for the Girl Scout Silver Award—the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn—gives you the chance to show that you are a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving your community.”
According to my daughter’s research, self-esteem in girls takes a steep drop (30%) between the ages of 8 and 14.
Motivated to earn the Silver Award and dedicated to address the loss of self-esteem in adolescent girls, she reached out to the principal of her former grade school – now converted to a K-8 – and asked if she could design and paint a series of inspirational messages in one of the girl’s restrooms on campus.
Met with an enthusiastic “Yes,” Davis completed the work this summer in advance of the new school year.
She doesn’t know, cannot know, the impact these messages will have. Her principal doesn’t either. What they do know, because they are thoughtful and strong leaders, is that “knowing” is often and easily overrated.
Believing…believing…and doing…doing…is where it’s at.
You inspire us, Davis. Well done!
