Sarah Christian, a senior at Independence High School, has earned the highest honor in two Scouting organizations: Scouting America and Girl Scouts of the USA. Approximately 6% of Scouts earn the rank of Eagle Scout according to greatriverscouting.org and approximately 5% of Girl Scouts earn the Gold Award, according to the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England.
Christian has been a Girl Scout for 13 years. She joined Troop 71176 in kindergarten. She has earned the three highest awards in Girl Scouts: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
For her Bronze Award project, Christian and her troop built bookshelves and held a collection drive to collect books and board games for the Jennings senior center recreation room. For her Silver Award, she and her troop built benches for the fire circle at the Waterfront site in the Richfield Heritage Preserve…