The Girl Scouts of the USA National Young Women of Distinction recipients are recognized as some of the most remarkable emerging leaders in the nation.
Drawn from a pool of hundreds of Gold Award recipients—an honor as old as the Girl Scouts organization itself and a Girl Scout’s culminating experience in the form of a social service project—10 remarkable young women, ages 14-17, are recognized each year for their commitment to service and leadership as Young Women of Distinction.
Individual projects have ranged from implementing state-level congressional legislation to increase safety on a particularly dangerous road, to the innovative Pallets-A-Plenty, which fashions waterproof, environmentally-friendly sleeping pallets for the homeless.
These young women are innate leaders and have already changed the world as high school students.
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