Madison West's Natalia Thompson earns top Girl Scout honors

The Capital Times:

Awards continue for Natalia Thompson of Madison, who was named as one of the Girl Scouts of USA top 10 Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, which makes her one of the nation's 2008 Young Women of Distinction for extraordinary leadership through the recipients' remarkable community action projects.

Only 5 percent to 6 percent of girls involved in the Scouts receive the award, considered the organization's highest achievement. Thompson and the other nine winners were honored at the 2008 Girl Scout National Council Session in Indianapolis.

Kathy Cloninger, who heads the Girl Scouts of USA, said Thompson and the other award winners are "outstanding examples of the kind of leadership Girl Scouts are capable of."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 13, 2008 9:28 PM
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