Use what you GOT!

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

--Theodore Roosevelt,

26th U.S. president

I like this, today!  We want our Silver Award girls to Take Action, using the tools they have gained through their Journeys, badgework, troops and all the levels. These are the tools that they need to use - what they have within.  Then the girls need to reach out to lead a team that brings event more support.

She needs to do this to the best of her ability.  This should be a stretch, not a walk in the park.  We're asking the girl to look within herself and use the tools to make a difference in her local community.

Not just collecting doggie blankets and neo-natal caps, but using the leadership skills that she has garnered in her GS tenure to make a measurable and sustainable difference. Now, does she need to ensure sustainability?  No, but she needs to be able to talk about how it could be sustainable.  What if her project was about the importance of spaying/neutering of all pets?  What if the information program she put together happened in ALL cities in Orange County?  California?  The U.S.?

Our girls are capable of more than service projects!  And the Take Action Projects that go with all three of the awards are meant to stretch the girl, and let her use what she has to make the world a better place.  We need to support these efforts, and push our girls, in the best possible way, of course, to achieve her goals.

Where she is.  Today.