Caroline of Troop 449, Mt. Pleasant. Her final proposal and
presentation for her Gold Award project, "The Red Balloon"
was approved by The Girl Scouts of Eastern SC's Gold Award Committee
on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Caroline wanted to promote creative writing
in the minds of youth for her Gold Award by starting a literary
magazine created by those young minds. She did not like to read as a
young child. She, herself struggled with both reading and writing
until her middle school English teacher sparked her imagination. She
found an interest in reading and discovered a love for writing short
stories. She taught young students at Belle Hall Elementary in Mt.
Pleasant, SC about different types of writing using the lesson plans
she created for "The Red Balloon." She also taught the
students how to use Google Slides to put their writing together to
create a book. There were over 100 student submissions to the new
student magazine written for students by students. Next year a new
group of students will create the next volume of the magazine at Belle
Hall. The lesson plans have been published online under the title “The
Red Balloon” for any teacher who would like to have their students
create their very own literary magazine. Caroline hopes that her love
of creative writing made an impact on the students. The budding
writers have answered the creative call with a resounding “yes.”
Congratulations to Gold Award Girl Scout, Caroline Hoy who can
sometimes be seen smiling in the clouds of creativity with those
creative kids she mentored. If you listen closely, happiness can be
heard amongst the sounds of children’s’ laughter floating high into
the sunset on the string of “The Red Balloon.
