Action 30 hours: The Gold Award is the highest honor a girl can receive as a Girl Scout. For my project, I centered my focus on establishing a safe, ADA accessible trail around a bee hive at the Witter Narrows Nature Center in South El Monte. I spent a lot of time preparing to build the trail by making trips to the center and measuring out the length of the trail and the size of the posts that i needed. I got the posts donated but I had to buy everything else at the store. In short, for three entire days (October 12, 19, and 26), myself and a small group composed of my friends and family worked ourselves to the max as we cleared measured out the entire area, dug holes, mixed concrete, and planted the poles around the hive. It took a lot of sweat and energy but in the end the hard work payed off. I was under a lot of stress for those 3 days because I had to lead everyone and make sure everything was going according to plan. This summer, my project seemed that it would never be taken into action and completed. I am so proud of my dedication and determination because the finished product looks great. Looking back, I would ave been much more organized. I did most of the planning last minute, so I was unable to ask for donations in time to start the project. I could have save a lot more money if I had asked for donations from local hardware stores since I had to spend my own money for the project. That is one of the major lessons that I learned over the course of those three days. Overall, my entire Gold Award is not complete because I still need to make brochures and You Tube videos to educate the public about my trail and the importance of bees to nature, but at least I finished the hardest part of the project- building the trail!
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