{"id":3909,"date":"2013-05-05T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2013-05-05T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T19:28:05","slug":"phenomenal-girl-scout-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2013\/05\/phenomenal-girl-scout-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Phenomenal Girl Scout Scholars!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Friday night, I had the great privilege of speaking at a special recognition ceremony for five Girl Scout Gold Award winners who are Ambassador Scouts of Troop 560.\u00a0\u00a0 And imagine my even greater delight when I met Diossa Fleming (above, left) and Jazmine Allen (above, second from right) who are Trinity Girl Scout Scholars who will enroll here in the fall!\u00a0 Diossa and Jazmine are wonderful examples of the amazing ways in which participation in Girl Scouts builds confidence and leadership skills.<\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more!\u00a0 With Diossa and Jazmine above are Julia Dennis and Camille Zoe Swinson, also Gold Award Winners, who are enrolling in Spelman College this fall!\u00a0 So, it was a “sweep” for women’s colleges!\u00a0 Hooray for that!<\/p>\n

At the ceremony, I was so impressed with the presence of mothers, troop leaders, and yes, many of the dads as well.\u00a0 Here it was, a beautiful Friday evening in DC when many other obligations might have intruded — but the parents, families and friends took the time to spend a few hours celebrating the great achievements of these young women.\u00a0 What a powerful example about what’s RIGHT in our community!<\/p>\n

The Gold Award projects are quite impressive.\u00a0 Consider what these great young women were doing all year while others might have been doing more frivolous things:<\/p>\n