As a Girl Scout Ambassador, I've chosen to focus my Gold Award project on the importance of bees. In order to raise awareness about their significance as well as their declining populations, I have developed a plan that addresses and engages younger generations so as to support the future of bees.
Using information and support from my community partner, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, as well as other organizations, I hope to address this issue by planting bee gardens at local elementary schools and by establishing a curriculum with STAR and other education programs to teach young students about the importance of bees.
Read more about it in the Palisadian-Post article here.