The Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. Often beginning as a Girl Scout Senior (9th and 10th grade) or a Girl Scout Ambassador (11th or 12th grade), scouts research a problem within their community and work to address the root causes of the problem.

 

Growing up in L.A. County, I had always observed the homeless crisis and I knew I wanted to address this in some way for my project. Combining my family's value of the military and my desire to help eliminate homelessness, I decided to focus on the homeless veterans population for my Girl Scout Gold Award project, called Operation Homeless Veterans.

 

While talking to a Veterans Affairs (VA) representative as I researched for my project, I learned that a huge factor for creating homeless veterans stems from a disconnect with the community. Many people don't understand why or how veterans become homeless, or they don't even know this is a problem to begin with! Therefore, I created this informational website to provide veterans with clear access to resources available to them and for civilians to understand the homeless veterans crisis better. 

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Please share this website with friends and family so they can make a positive change in the community! Remember our veterans and let's help those who served to protect our freedoms!