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Impact, Recognitions, and lessons learned

Impact

Lessons Leanred

Recognitions

With the money this project fundraised, I was able to print over 150 copies of the book. They were distributed to:

  • The Ronald McDonald houses in Cleveland and Akron
  • Piper's Key
  • Cleveland Clinic Child Life
  • Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Surgery
  • Cleveland Clinic Colorectal Surgery
  • The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Northeast Ohio
  • The Hudson Library and Historical Society
  • Seton Catholic School
  • Dozens of children and their families in Ohio and surrounding states who suffer from Crohn's disease and supported the project


Thanks to the generous contributions of my community, I was also able to donate over $1,700 to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Northeast Ohio!

Recognitions

Lessons Leanred

Recognitions

This project was featured in the Hudson Hub Times, the Northeast Ohio Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's August newsletter, and the Seton Catholic School May 2022 newsletter. 

My project was also recognized by:

  • The Girl Scouts of the USA
  • The Executive Office of the President
  • The Supreme Court of the United States
  • The US Department of Health and Human Services
  • The National Security Agency
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • US Secretary of State Merrick Garland
  • US Senators JD Vance and Sherrod Brown
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy
  • Congressman David Joyce
  • Former presidents George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump
  • Ohio's House of Representatives
  • The Court of Appeals of Ohio
  • The Cleveland Clinic
  • Akron Children's Hospital
  • Playhouse Square
  • And dozens more!

Lessons Leanred

Lessons Leanred

Lessons Leanred

The Girl Scout Gold Award is a MASSIVE undertaking, and one I wouldn't have been able to complete without the support of my friends and family. Here's a few things that I learned from doing it:

  • Ask favors from people! The adults around you want you to succeed, and might go out of their way to help you if you put yourself out there and ask!
  • Get ahead of the game! A second spent planning is a minute worth of effort saved. 
  • Communicate clearly, often, and in writing. Leadership ability means nothing if the people you work with don't know what you're asking of them or forget!
  • Smile and make sure to thank everyone!
  • Dream big! There are lots of adults, students, and Scouts working on service projects all around the country. Check out some of their projects for inspiration, and remember you can be a changemaker at any age! 

What organizations should I support?

There are a lot of great nonprofits, but these are a few of my favorite organizations. 

  • The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation is a national organization to support individuals with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, together known as Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD). They do lots of great work supporting research for a cure, social efforts to reduce stigma, and political campaigns to get patients the support they deserve. Also check out their new Gut Friendly Recipes initiative, with over 500 wonderful recipes that can be filtered by diet, food restrictions, and more!
  • The Ronald McDonald Foundation of Northeast Ohio supports two facilities, one each in Cleveland and Akron. They do lots of great work to keep parents near their sick kids who are in the hospital, and are staffed primarily by volunteers. They also do pop-tab drives to raise money for the families and facilities they support. 
  • Piper's Key is a charitable organization run out of my hometown that I found by chance. They donate inclusive children's books to kids with disabilities in memory of the founder's late daughter, Piper. Check out their awesome work and Dr. Jessica's interviews on radio and news shows!
  • The Cleveland Clinic Dogs for Joy program is especially close to my heart. The kids' social workers at the Cleveland Clinic support all the pediatric patients in dozens of ways, but the Dogs for Joy program is a particularly fun one. They got their first facility dog, Kid, a year or two after I started treatment, and he and his handler visited me during treatments and while I was an inpatient after surgery. They are certainly memorable and a fun thing to look forward to despite a hospital visit.   
  • Athletes VS. Crohn's and Colitis was founded by Larry Nance Jr. and Noah Weber to support young athletes with Crohn's disease or Ulcerative Colitis. Larry Nance Jr. currently plays in the NBA for the New Orleans Pelicans (formerly of the Cleveland Cavaliers!). Role models for kids (especially athletic ones) with chronic illnesses can be hard to come by, so this is a spectacular national organization to support. 

The Crohn's and Colitis FoundationThe Ronald McDonald Foundation of Northeast OhioPiper's KeyCleveland Clinic Dogs for Joy ProgramAthletes Vs. Crohn's and Colitis

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