Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania announced that Sierra Houck from Lancaster County has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Houck's project, "Girls Go Green," focused on addressing environmental issues and teaching girls how they can make a positive impact on their environment. Houck educated young girls by creating environmental-focused badge curricula. She created a website and developed six Girl Scout badges to teach girls ways they can help the environment and improve the world they live in. Her project's mission will continue through the permanent availability of her website and its resources online. Houck devoted a minimum of 80 hours to problem-solve, plan and implement her project.

The Gold Award is available to girls in high school who create sustainable change for a community or world issue. The Gold Award process not only enables girls to help their communities, but it can also help girls build professional skills, earn scholarships, build their network and enlist at a higher pay grade if they decide to join the military.

Houck is a student at Donegal High School.