Today's featured Gold Girl Scout is Ella Fischer who created a program to rent medical equipment to senior citizens. Congratulations, Ella, on earning your Gold Award!
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My name is Ella Fischer. I am from Troop 1473 out of the Pecan Trail Service Unit. For my Gold Award project, I
worked with Drive a Senior to create Ollie’s Closet. Ollie's Closet loans medical equipment to senior citizens who do not have access to medical equipment due to various financial situations. In the process I helped write a grant to pay for the building and purchase software
for an inventory and asset control program.
First, I moved, cleaned, inventoried, barcoded, and entered all of the equipment into
a barcoding system. Next, I added a loft and braces to hang walkers and crutches and started moving all of the equipment inside. Lastly, I trained personnel at the Drive a Senior office on how
the system works. This all will allow
the organization to better serve their 500 clients and to help them keep track
of what is needed in their loan closet for the future.
My journey towards
earning my Gold Award is one that I will never forget. Through Girl Scouts, many new doors have opened for me and even more now that I have earned my Gold
Award. The adventures and experiences that I have been able to be a part of, as
well as all the things I've learned, all became possible by being in Girl
Scouts and striving for Gold. I have also met many inspiring and interesting
individuals along the way. There are always challenges involved in
accomplishing great things, but the feeling I have now
that I've earned my Gold Award is very rewarding. My encouragement towards
others to pursue earning their Gold Award is tremendous based on the amazing
experience I had and the feeling of happiness I gained from helping others.
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