Irmo teen awarded Girl Scout Gold Award

Irmo, SC - 06/30/2021 - The Girl Scouts of South Carolina-Mountains to Midlands council announced this week that Irmo teen Katelyn Potts had earned her Gold Award.

Katelyn has a passion for teaching children about the importance of gardening and healthy eating. She partnered with a local daycare center in Irmo to teach children about gardening through song. Katelyn also built two garden containers and allowed the children to use the garden to make healthy snacks.

She is one of nineteen Girl Scouts in 22 counties to earn the highest Girl Scout award, this year. The Gold Award is the mark of the truly remarkable—earned by a high school Girl Scout who works to address an issue she’s passionate about in a way that produces meaningful and lasting change. Whether it’s on a local, national, or global level, Gold Award Girl Scouts provide innovative solutions to significant challenges.

Gold Award Girl Scouts don’t just change the world for the better, they change it for good. Gold Award Girl

Scouts develop a plan based on community needs and work 80 hours or more to implement a self-sustaining

solution.