This is a BIG SHIFT.
The Silver Award Project is not just a community service project, making
the world a better place for some people in the short-term. It’s about making the world a better
place for measurably more people and for a sustained period of time.
Taking Action involves identifying an issue,
understanding the root cause and creating a project that is sustainable
with an impact that is measurable. And there must be a global
element: talk about how the
project could keep growing bigger in the future.
What is a Silver Award quality
project?
Creating a Daisy Day Camp is not one. The girl needs to look outside
her troop/council.
Collecting blankets for the homeless. That’s a service
project. What could make it a Silver quality Project? Have the girl identify the root cause of the issue. (Lack of
blankets is a result, not an issue.)
Map her community to see what organizations serve the homeless
population and ask what the need is.
Perhaps there’s an education piece that can go along with collecting
blankets? Participation in a
social services fair? Create a binder with instructions so that the
organization can duplicate efforts in the future. Creating flyers of
information.
Collecting/making hats for neo-natal babies at CHOC. A nice service project, but what’s the
root issue? Poor pre-natal care?
Homeless/underserved women without information about how to carry
full-term babies? Have the
conversation with the girl to create a project that’s sustainable. Perhaps
training other girls how to sew the hats would be a piece. The girl needs to talk with CHOC to
identify the need and fill it, using her leadership!
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