Example of Gold Award Project Proposal

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EXAMPLE GOOD PROPOSAL – ALL NAMES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED

Please check the Interview Schedule in the Community Files for interview dates and

deadlines. Allow a few weeks before the deadline date to receive preliminary approval from

your Committee Member. Remember to reference the rubric also in the Community Files

while writing your proposal.

Name:

Daisy Gold

Address:

123 Any Street

City:

Roswell

State:

Zip code:

30073

Email:

[email protected]

Phone:

123-123-1234

Age:

Graduation Year:

2017

School:

Any School

Troop/Group Number:

1111

Troop/Group Volunteer:

Mary M.

Troop/Group Volunteer’s Phone:

678) 000-0000

Email:

[email protected]

Girl Scout Gold Award Project Advisor:

Juliette Jones

Project Advisor’s Organization:

Health System

Project Advisor’s Phone:

470) 000-0000

Email:

[email protected]

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Senior / Ambassador Journeys Completed

Date Completed

Troop/Group Signature

Girltopia

4/25/14

Girl Scout Silver Award Completion Date

5/10/12

Council Where Award Earned

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

List the names of individuals and organizations that you plan to work with on your Take

Action project. This is a preliminary list that may grow through the course of your project.

Team Members

Affiliation

Role

Mike M.

Friend

Providing/writing experience

Sam D.

Friend

Providing/writing experience

Talia B.

Friend

Providing/writing experience

Andrea M.

Former school newspaper editor-

in-chief

Editor

Tori D.

Personal affiliation

(grandmother)

Editor (Spanish)

Dr. Brown

Radiation Oncologist

Expert in field

Juliette Jones, BSN, RN

Breast Nurse Navigator

Project Advisor

Mary M.

Troop advisor

Coordinator

Weekly Newspaper Editors

Fellow editors

Editors

Joe G.

Personal affiliation (father)

Website builder/maintainer

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Karen W.

Photographer

Amy R.

Friend

Artist

Take Action Project

Project Title:

The Shoulder To Lean On Project

Proposed Start Date:

June 26, 2016

Proposed Completion Date:

September 1,

2016

A. Describe the issue your project will address and who is your target audience.

Remember your 15-second pitch.

Nowadays, it’s virtually unheard of for someone to not have been affected by cancer in some shape or

form. Like death and taxes, cancer is one of the few things in this life that does not discriminate. Thousands of

people from all walks of life are diagnosed with cancer every day; they are promptly treated, educated on

their illness, and provided with the psychological aid they will oftentimes need to come to grasps with their

situation. However, the same psychological aid and education is very commonly not administered to a group

of people who need it nearly as much: the loved ones of a cancer patient. My project will address the lack of

information, as well as reassurance, provided to family members of cancer patientsspecifically those at the

critical middle school and high school ages. By September 1

, 2016, my team of editors and writers and I will

have both educated at least or around 250 high school and middle school aged children on cancer and

provided them with the reassurance that no matter how bad a loved one’s diagnosis may seem, no one is

alone on this journey. They will be encouraged to keep a positive attitude and taught that above all, they are

not on their own.

My project will also align with many aspects of the Girl Scout Law. The volunteers I will work with, as well

as I myself, will be friendly and helpful; we will also be considerate and caring, because our goal is to help

young people through a very challenging part of their life. Our work will be honest and fair, because we will

not lie about what dealing with a parent’s diagnosis is like; instead, we will be honestwithout being

brutalabout the struggles we faced and give others helpful ways to deal with them. We will respect

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authority by citing and recording the sources we learned medical information from. Because of this project,

teenagers currently struggling with a loved one’s diagnosis will learn to be courageous and strong; simply

speaking, they will learn what is going on inside of their loved one’s body while finding ways to be mentally

strong for what they are facing and will face. Lastly, my project will make the world a better place because it

will provide teenagers with the strength and knowledge they need to go on with their life, no matter what the

outcome of their loved one’s illness may be.

To summarize, my project will educate young loved ones of cancer patients on what cancer is and provide

them with the assurance that they are not alone on this ride.

My SMART goals are:

1. I plan to address the lack of medical education and psychological reassurance many young loved ones of

cancer patients receive; this will be done so by September 1

, 2016, through approximately 6 meetings, 2

speeches, and a strong social media presence, all which will reach at least 150 teenagers and preteens.

2. By August 1

, 2016, alongside my editors, I will have received around 4 submissions.

3. By September 1st, 2016, I plan to have received around 50 hits on my website through my hit counter.

B. Discuss your reasons for selecting this project.

Outranked only by heart disease, cancer is the single most diagnosed chronic disease in the United States.

According to a study in 2014, about 1,665,540 invasive cancer cases were expected to be diagnosed that year.

It’s a startlingly high statistic. Nearly everyone can account for a time when cancer has affected them, whether

it was directly or indirectly. Cancer does not discriminate; it doesn’t care about ethnicity, weight, or even age.

Anyone can be affected and it’s important that their loved ones understand two things: what cancer is, and

that they are not alone.

There are hundreds, if not hundreds of thousands, of books written on cancer. These books vary from

autobiographies written by mothers-turned-cancer-survivors to cookbooks with superfood recipes that are

proven to reduce the chances of cancer regression. There are thousands of online blogs and websites that give

accounts of what each survivor or current battler of cancer went/is going through during their bout with the

disease. However, many of these books and online resources fail to touch on one very important experience:

that of the observer or the loved one. Cancer does not just affect the patient; it affects everyone around them.

It is a long, painful, and sometimes even ugly experience. Caretakers and family members will oftentimes feel

as if they have done their loved one wrong somehow, or that they are not doing enough to help them.

Symptoms of depression, anxiety, or hopelessness will typically not go unnoticed in a cancer patient, but in

the case of their family members, these symptoms are very commonly tucked away “to deal with later.” Very

importantly, while cancer patients and their caretakers are informed of what their disease is and how they will

be treated, it’s likely that their children or siblings will not be.

Most children or siblings of cancer patients will, very simply, not have the time, schedule, or knowledge to

understand what is going on in their loved one’s body. Doctor’s appointments will sometimes occur during the

time that the child or adolescent is in school. Even if they are present at the appointments, there is a good

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chance that they will not understand what is being said to begin with. The full list of cancer terminology is

long, complex, and confusing. The typical thirteen-year-old will not know what an astrocytoma is. A sixteen-

year-old girl will probably have heard about neuroblastoma, but it’d be fairly unlikely for her to know just

what is going on inside her little sister’s adrenal glands. It’s important for young people whose loved ones

have been affected by cancer to understand why they need treatment, and what is happening in their body in

the first place. This knowledge is nearly as important for them as it is for the cancer patients themselves.

That being said, a website would be a very useful tool for these young people to use. Going to an event on

this topic may either not appeal to them, or not be applicable at all, since many of them either can’t drive

themselves there or are too busy to. Similarly, having a school-sponsored event on cancer and how it affects

the family may not exactly be a teenager’s forte, either; at this age, it’s often embarrassing or awkward to be

seen in a situation like that, and many kids don’t want their peers to pity them if they find out what is going on

in their household. In this day and age, we are blessed with a world of information at our fingertips. A website

would be a discreet and easy-to-access way to find the information these kids direly need. Moral support for

their mother’s breast cancer or little sister’s brain cancer, as well as information on what it is in the first place,

would be just a click away.

Furthermore, it’s also important for young people to understand that they are not alone in this process.

It’s estimated that, according to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) conducted from 2000-2007, over

2.58 million children under the age of eighteen are living with cancer survivors. Furthermore, it was estimated

that 562,000 minors were living with parents who were currently undergoing treatment. These numbers do

not even include children whose friends or siblings were diagnosed with childhood cancera disease which

approximately forty-three Americans under 18 are diagnosed with every day. All-in-all, the number of children

and adolescents indirectly affected by cancer is substantial. However, when a loved one is diagnosed, it

sometimes feels like you are the only person in the world that is experiencing this hardship. Social psychology

says that just knowing that someone else is experiencing the same thing as you can increase your coping skills

substantially. Even one word of assurance from someone who has gone through the same challengethe

same hours spent in waiting rooms and the same feelings of confusion, fear, and sadnessis enough to lift a

thousand pounds of weight off a person’s shoulders.

This is a very personal issue for me. In April 2015, my mother was diagnosed with a ductal carcinoma in

situ (DCIS). While the cancer was thankfully non-invasive, it was still a scary diagnosis; this was yet another

fright on my mother’s long list of health scares. My closest friends supported me during this time, but many

people were acting like this diagnosis wasn’t a big deal at all. “It is a big deal!” I wanted to scream. “My

mother is sick again, and now there’s a big chance it won’t be the last time!” We kept her diagnosis a secret

and because of that, I was unable to talk to my friends whose parents had experienced cancer. I felt like no

one understood me and no one cared. I may have been sitting at every doctor’s appointment, absorbing the

doctor’s every word like a sponge, but I felt as alone as I would have felt in an empty room. I don’t want the

562,000 minors whose parents are currently experiencing cancer to feel the way I did. My goal is to educate as

many minors as possible about what is going on inside their loved one’s body, as well as to remind them that

no matter how alone they feel, someone else has gone through the same exact thing.

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American Cancer Society. “Anxiety, Fear, and Depression.” American Cancer Society. American Cancer Society,

Inc., 2016. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.

American Cancer Society. “Cancer Facts and Figures 2016.” American Cancer Society. American Cancer

Society, Inc., 2016. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.

“Childhood Cancer Statistics.” Curesearch. Curesearch, 2016. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.

Weaver, Kathryn, PhD, MPH, Julia Rowland, PhD, Catherine Alfano, PhD, and Timothy McNeel, B.A. “Parental

cancer and the family: A population-based estimate of the number of US cancer survivors residing with

their minor children.” PubMed Central. National Center for Biotechnical Information, 15 Sept. 2010. Web.

20 Apr. 2016.

C. Outline the strengths, talents, and skills that you plan to put into action. What skills do

you hope to develop?

As the daughter of a cancer survivor, I will be able to bring my experience into play. However,

experience is not the only strength needed for a project like this one. Obviously, a website must be run by

someone who is creative, open to ideas, and a great leader/coordinatoras well as someone who is fairly

well-versed in coding and computers. I will need to be very attentive, perseverant, and “quick on the ball,”

because creating a website can be an error-ridden and difficult task.

Since I am homeschooled, I lack the leadership experience that some teenagers with a different

schooling experience will have. To combat this slight weakness, I will be heading a “Board of Editors” to

handle submissions for my website. Similarly, as I am not used to speaking in front of a class (or in this case

a group of people), I plan to speak during the teen mass at Catholic Church (250+ people) and have a

meeting with one of Health System’s cancer groups (groups can vary in size, but are composed of at least

20 people) to inform others about my project and how it can benefit them. I am confident that by the end

of my project, I will be able to orchestrate my working group’s efforts seamlessly and with authority, as

well as speak comfortably in front of an audience.

D. Describe the steps involved in putting your plan into action, including resources, facilities,

equipment, and approvals needed. (Attach a detailed project plan. A separate page is

available in the Community Files for the Timeline which may be uploaded to

GoGoldOnline.)

My project will be focused on providing teenagers affected by cancer in the family an online place to

be educated and reassured. There will be two sections: a “stories” page and an “education station.” The

“stories” section will consist of various stories written by teenage loved ones of cancer survivors and

current cancer patients. In these stories, the teenagers will explain their loved one’s situation and teach

others how to cope with a cancer diagnosis in the family. The education station will arguably be the most

important part of the website, as it will provide visitors with the information they need to understand their

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loved one’s situation. This page will include descriptions, definitions, and links that will educate visitors on

what can oftentimes be a very confusing field.

Step one:

The first step would, of course, be to receive approval from the Gold Award Committee.

Step two:

Following approval, I will contact my prospective writers, as well as anyone else who wishes to be

involved, and request that they begin to write their stories. I plan to perhaps speak during at least one

teen and/or regular mass at Catholic Church (which can bring in anywhere from 250-300+ people) to

remind parishioners of the importance of medical education, as well as psychological reassurance, for

teenagers and young adults whose family members are currently undergoing cancer treatment.

Furthermore, I will inform them that my project will in fact help these teenagersbut first, of course, I will

request submissions or interviews from people whose families have already undergone treatment. I also

plan to attend a meeting for Church’s Cancer Support Group (I’m not certain about the number of

members, but I believe it is a fairly large group) to inform them of my cause and ask if their children would

like to submit their story. My goal is to get at least five people to begin writing. I will consequently meet

with themeither in person or through an online conference platform such as Blackboard

Collaborateand discuss what this project entails, as well as what their responsibilities will be.

Step three:

This is where the bulk of the work will begin. I will begin conducting research on cancer and compiling a list

of resources that I can share with online visitors. I will also begin creating the website and making sure that

it is not only user-friendly, but also pleasant to look at. Once I have created much of the website and have

the majority of my research completed, I will have my first formal meeting with my project advisor to

check facts and discuss plans.

Step four:

August 1

is the latest date I plan to receive submissions. By August 1

, alongside my editors, I will have

received around 4 submissions. Once I have received all of my submissions, I will begin to edit them

alongside some of my fellow student editors. The first week of school, I will have a formal meeting with the

rest of the student editors (a group of approximately 25 students) to inform them about the benefits and

purpose of my project and discuss how they will sustain edits on their own once my portion of the project

has been completed. I will also have a meeting with the council of editors I will be creating (council

members TBD) so that they will be properly informed of their duties. By August 19

, I plan to have finished

my website.

Step five:

By then, I will have compiled a list of organizations and communities I wish to share my resource with. I

will contact non-profit organizations (such as the Mayo Clinic), local medical groups (such as Health

System, where my project advisor works), and community staples (such as Catholic Church and other

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churches) and inform them of my project if I have not already. I will request that they include a link to my

website, as well as a brief explanation of what my project is about, in their newsletter. I will also begin to

share my project with people online by means of creating The Project social media accounts and

encouraging others to visit or submit their stories. Lastly, I will contact cancer-centric websites and request

that they perhaps share my project with their visitors.

Step six:

On the local scale, I plan on speaking during the announcements section of at least one more teen mass at

Catholic Church. I would also like to meet once more with both the Health System cancer support group(s)

and the Church Cancer Support Group to update them on the progress of my project and explain that not

only is it now available to view, but that it is still open for submissions.

Step seven:

By the 23

of August, I will have already begun to allow all student editors for the Weekly Newspaper to

edit submissions from the website. Hopefully, I will already be receiving submissions thanks to my social

media accounts, shout-outs from cancer blogs, and articles in newsletters/newspapers. I will send out

surveys to everyone who visits the website and I will promptly make adjustments to parts of my website

(both interface-wise and material-wise) as needed. I will have additional meetings with my council and the

Weekly Newspaper as needed. On September 1

, 2016, the Weekly Newspaper student editors will take

control of receiving and editing submissions, which will be the only aspect of the website that will need

constant adjustment.

E. Enter the names of people or organizations you plan to inform and involve.

My project advisor, Juliette Jones, is a “Breast Nurse Navigator.” While her career is breast cancer-

centric, she is involved with various families who have been affected by cancer and focuses on providing

them with the education and help needed to come to terms with their family member’s diagnosis. Dr.

Brown will be my go-to expert for the informational section of my project. As a radiation oncologist, she is

familiar with various kinds of cancer treatments, as well as various types of cancer in general.

My friends will have an important role in this project. I will be working with several of my friends to put

together a brief summary of their journey through their loved one’s diagnosis and treatmentas well as

how they were able to get through it. As cancer is sadly a very common disease, I will inform my friends

(those whom are currently being affected by cancer) of my website so that they may use it. I will also use

my fellow school newspaper editors as an available resource; they will help me edit each submission as I

receive it, and, thanks to the council of editors I will create, sustain my project once I am finished.

As the project first begins, I will inform commercially-organized groups (such as Health System’s cancer

support groups), community-organized groups (such as Catholic Church’s Cancer Support Group), and my

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community as a whole (i.e. the parishioners of Catholic Church) of the need my project will fulfil, and I will

do so by means of meetings and short speeches. However, once the project is complete, I wish to begin

informing not only those same groups of people of my project, but various non-profit medical

organizations (such as Heath System as a whole, the Mayo Clinic, and Emory) and news outlets (if

applicable) as well. My plan is to let as many people know about my project, what issue it will address, and

how they can help/use it.

F. List out the overall projects expenses and how you plan to meet these costs. (A separate

page is available in the Community Files for the Budget which may be uploaded to

GoGoldOnline.)

The overall expenses of this project will be $0.00. Wordpress, where I will be creating my website, is

completely free. The medical newsletters that I will ask to feature my project will be online, so there will

be no printing costs involved. All photographs and artwork will be donated to me.

See the budget page for more information.

G. What methods or tools will you use to evaluate the impact of your project?

I will evaluate the impact of my project using several methods. Firstly, I will include an easily accessible

survey/evaluation link on my website, so that visitors may list any complaints or ideas for possible

improvements. I will use a “hit counter” to know how many people have viewed or are currently viewing

my website. By September 1

, 2016, I plan to have received around 50 hits on my website through my hit

counter. Lastly, I will keep close track of my project’s followers on social media.

H. How will your project be sustained beyond your involvement?

The beauty of a website is that it can be continuously updated for as long as one pleases. This project will

not end the moment that my website goes online, but rather grow in complexity as time goes on. My goal is

that as more and more people visit my website, I will receive more submissions from children whose parents

have undergone cancer treatment. Since I will not be able to continue working on the website “on my own”

once I am in college, the responsibility of submissions (the only aspect of the website that will need constant

supervision) will fall onto my school newspaper’s editors’ shoulders.

I will create a board of editors that will oversee all submissions. Every editor will be asked to edit at least

one submission from the website per year/semester. This ensures that the website will live on without having

to rely on my busy college schedule. I also plan to create a sort of forum where people can share their stories

without having to go through a long screening process. Lastly, as I plan to major in medicine, I will alter and

expand the education station slowly as time goes on, and may ask that my fellow medical students become

involved.

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I. Describe how you plan to tell others about your project, the project’s impact, and what

you have learned (Web site, blog, presentations, posters, videos, articles, and so on).

Since the website is already in an online format, sharing it will be relatively low-cost. On the community

level, I plan to speak at Catholic Church’s masses and attend various cancer group meetings (i.e. Health

System’s and Church’s) to speak not only on the need for psychological support and medical education for

young loved ones of cancer patients, but also how I believe my project will meet these needs. As the project

comes to a close, I plan to have a couple more sessions to inform these people that the website is published

and ready to hopefully help those who need it. By doing so, once August 22

rolls around, I will have informed

at least 250 teenagers (Church’s approx. teen mass attendee number alone) on how those affected by cancer

in the group can make their journey through their loved one’s diagnosis a much easier one. I will also contact

various non-profit health organizations, such as Health System, the Mayo Clinic, and Emory, and inform them

of my project’s purpose and path, as well as request that they put this information (with a link) in their

newsletters. I will also request that Catholic Church put a brief description of my project, as well as a link, in

their newsletter, so that anyone who does not hear my speech will still have the opportunity to learn about

my project. My goal is to contact a local news outlet in hopes of having them broadcasting my project;

however, I know this will most likely be a difficult task. Lastly, I will share my link and objective through

creating an account and/or using my own account on various social media platforms (i.e. Twitter, Instagram,

Facebook).

J. What is the estimated overall project cost?

As I previously stated, my project’s overall cost will be $0.00. Since everything is either online or

donated, it will be completely free. Again, see the budget page for more information.

Your

Signature:

Date:

Project

Advisor’s

Signature:

Date:

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Impact Planning

Using the Impact Planning Chart, describe the impact you hope your project will have on

your community, your target audience, and you.

Impact On...

Goals

Potential Impact

Community

What community

issue

do you plan

addr

ess?

I plan to address the lack of

medical education and

psychological reassurance many

young loved ones of cancer

patients receive; this will be done

so by September 1

, 2016,

through approximately 6

meetings, 2 speeches, and a

strong social media presence, all

which will reach at least 250

teenagers and preteens.

What examples of the project

impact

might you

see

in the

future?

I hope to see that following my

project, many young people are

significantly more educated

about cancer. I also hope to see

that the same young people are

able to deal with their loved

one’s diagnosis with more grace,

understanding, and strength

than they would have

beforehand.

Target Audience

(workshop participants, other

youth,

community members, and

so on)

The target audience for this project

is middle-school and high-school

aged family members of cancer

patients. However, I believe that

people of all ages could benefit from

my project.

What skills, knowledge, or attitudes

will

your target audience

gain?

My target audience will learn

what cancer is and what they can

do to help themselves, as well as

others, through a loved one’s

diagnosis and treatment. Most

importantly, they will be provided

with the assurance that they are

not alone on their journey.

How will you know that the target

audience

gained skills or

knowledge?

I will provide visitors to my

website with a survey, so that

they can rate their experience

(and education) on a scale of 1-5.

Before that, however, I will ask a

pilot audience if they believe it

will be an educational and helpful

experience for my target

audience.

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Planning Worksheet

Completion of this page is optional, but helpful.

Project Title:

The Shoulder To Lean On Project

Start Date (mm/dd/yy):

June 26, 2016

Completion Date (mm/dd/yy):

September 1,

2016

Steps

Achieving

Goal

Resources or

Materials

Needed

Where can

resources be

obtained?

What will

the cost be?

How will you

cover these

costs?

(Click tab in bottom right box to add lines)

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BUDGET

This page is an opportunity for you to analyze the income versus costs that you predict for

your project. On each line put a number in EITHER the “income” column OR the “expense”

column. The form will automatically calculate the total.

Your project should not make a profit; income and expenses should be equal.

Project Title:

The Shoulder To Lean On Project

Start Date (mm/dd/yy):

June 26, 2016

Completion Date (mm/dd/yy):

September 1,

2016

Description

Income

Expenses

Gasoline

$50.00

Donated gasoline (Parents)

$50.00

Editors

$117.00

Donated time by editors (volunteers)

$117.00

Parking at Health System Hospital

$10.00

Free parking at the Health System Cancer Parking Deck**

$10.00

Writers for the website

$100.00

Donated time by writers (volunteers)

$100.00

Photography

$40.00

Donated photos/time by photographer (volunteer)

$40.00

Artwork

$80.00

Donated art/time by artist (volunteer)

$80.00

Building website

$200.00

Donated time by website builder/web designer (volunteer)

$200.00

_______

TOTALS

$597.00

** Parking is free when attending a cancer support group event

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TIMELINE

Project Title:

The Shoulder To Lean On Project

Start Date (mm/dd/yy):

June 26, 2016

Completion Date (mm/dd/yy):

September 1,

2016

Date

(mm/dd/yy)

Milestone

June 26, 2016

Receive authorization from the Gold Award Committee

June 27, 2016

Request stories from/begin to interview prospective subjects for the website

June 28, 2016

Begin to conduct research on cancer

July 2, 2016

Meet with Church’s Breast Cancer Support Group (July meeting date TBA)

July 2, 2016

Speak at Catholic Church’s teen mass to inform the parish of my project and recruit more subjects

for the website

July 11, 2016

Begin to construct website

July 12, 2016

Meet with Health System Breast Cancer Support Group (approx. July meeting date)

July 19, 2016

Formal meeting with project advisor/expert in field to check facts and discuss new information

August 1, 2016

Receive final submissions from interviewees/writers

August 8, 2016

Compile list of resources to share website with

August 16, 2016

Meet with student editors of the Weekly Newspaper to officially introduce them to my project

and explain how they will sustain edits for the website

August 17, 2016

Meet with council of student editors to discuss their roles and explain how submissions work

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TIMELINE

Project Title:

The Shoulder To Lean On Project

Start Date (mm/dd/yy):

June 26, 2016

Completion Date (mm/dd/yy):

September 1,

2016

Date

(mm/dd/yy)

Milestone

August 19, 2016

Finalize website and finish editing submissions

August 21, 2016

Speak during at least one mass at Catholic Church and inform the parishioners that the website is

now up and running, as well as give a brief summary of the need my project fulfills, how it will

benefit my intended audience, and how they can access it themselves or provide a submission

August 21, 2016

Attend a Catholic Church Cancer Support Group meeting to let members know that the website is

now available for viewing. I will also give a short summary of my project/its purpose for those who

are not aware of my project

August 22, 2016

Inform resources (non-profit cancer organizations) about my project and website and request that

they put it in their newsletters/information sections

August 22, 2016

Plan to meet with at least one of Health System’s cancer support groups so that I may inform

members of the fact that my website is now up and running. Like during the past

speeches/meetings, I will provide a concise explanation of what my project is about

August 23, 2016

Officially begin to allow Weekly Newspaper student editors to edit submissions as they please

(min. 1-2 submissions per semester)

August 23, 2016

Have 1-2 help and informational sessions for the Weekly Newspaper student editors who are

either having trouble editing or are unaware of my project/did not attend the previous session

September 1,

2016

From now on, the Weekly Newspaper student editors will pick up the task of editing and posting

submissions.

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The following is a list of the 15 Girl Scout Leadership Outcomes.

* Which do you think you will develop through this project?

Please highlight the outcomes you feel you will develop.

Discover:

� I will develop a stronger sense of self.

� I will develop positive values.

� I will gain practical life skills.

� I will seek challenges in the world.

� I will develop critical thinking.

Connect:

� I will develop healthy relationships.

� I will promote cooperation and team building.

� I will resolve conflicts.

� I will advance diversity in a multicultural world.

� I will feel more connected to my community, locally and globally.

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� I will identify community issues.

� I will be a resourceful problem solver.

� I will advocate for myself and others, locally and globally.

� I will educate and inspire others to act.

� I will feel empowered to make a difference in the world.

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