girl scouts of the colonial coastGirl Scout Cadettes Adriana, Lydia, and Kayleigh of Troop 1579 earned their Silver Award by completing their project titled, “Obstacle Course for the Armed Services YMCA.” The three Cadettes knew they wanted to improve the play area of the Armed Services YMCA in Virginia Beach and had several ideas for different games that children could do and when the pandemic hit, they used their innovation to create a socially-distanced game for the kids at the YMCA to play!
“As we were formulating ideas for different games, we started emailing with the administration from the YMCA. In July, we began Zoom meeting communications with the YMCA. In October, we went and measured the area we would be using. We communicated once more through Zoom and scheduled a time to do the obstacle course.”
Once their final plan for an obstacle course for ages 4-12 was approved, they got to work! The girls used spray paint and careful planning to create the obstacle course. The course includes different jumping, spinning and running elements to entertain the players. The girls also created a video to show the children at the YMCA how to properly execute the course.
“We learned perseverance through the struggles we experienced during the delay of our project due to COVID-19,” the girls said. “We also learned how to change ideas quickly and adapt to unexpected situations.” Though there were changes to their original plan, the three were able to accomplish their goal!
Congratulations, Adriana, Lydia, and Kayleigh!
