Christina Ruvo of Yorktown Heights Earns Girl Scout Gold Award

Christina Ruvo of Troop #2939, in Yorktown Heights was one of eighty-five Girl Scouts in the Hudson Valley (see the attached list for Gold Award Girl Scouts in county order) earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest national award a Girl Scout can earn. 

Christina's Project Name was Lettuce Bloom, Too.  For Christina's Gold Award Project she worked with a local elementary school to create peace poles which included the 17 UN Sustainability Development Goals. As part of her project, Christina created lesson plans to teach students about peace and sustainability. She oversaw the painting and installation of the peace poles.

“I am honored to congratulate these outstanding Girl Scouts,” said Marie Reger, CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson. “Gold Award Girl Scouts are young women of extraordinary achievement and demonstrated outstanding leadership, organizational and networking skills. They are well-prepared to become our community, business, and civic leaders one day.”

According to the Girl Scout Research Institute’s (GSRI) report, The Power of the Girl Scout Gold Award: Excellence in Leadership and Life, Girl Scout Gold Award recipients receive greater lifetime benefits than their peers with regard to positive sense of self, life satisfaction, leadership, life success, community service and civic engagement thanks to their experience in Girl Scouting.

When compared to non-Girl Scout alumnae, over ninety percent of Girl Scouts not only attributed their success in life to Girl Scouts, but they also said they could not have had access to the same experiences anywhere else. 

At a special ceremony held on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, keynote speaker Amy Frisbie (Montgomery, Orange County, NY), described herself as a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a dedicated employee working for cancer patients, a volunteer, a friend, a board member, and an athlete. 

During her keynote, Amy said, “You ladies have set quite a bar through your Gold award projects. But trust in yourselves, trust me. You can push that bar higher, higher than you ever imagined. Your strength will surprise you. Your abilities are limitless. The opportunity you all have to continue to raise the bar for future generations, for yourself it is imperative to our success.”