Acknowledgments
This project could not have been accomplished without my family, mentors, assistants, and students in my community that supported me. So thankful for my amazing Girl Scout advisor Nadine Van Volkom for your patience and guidance! Special thanks to both Troop 1245 Leaders, Mrs. Van Volkom and Ms. Dolmatz-Finkel for making the time to practice interviewing with me. So much gratitude for Ms. Lewis, Ms. Roth and Ms. Bohan for their kindness and great advice during the GS Gold Award proposal interview at the GS Long Beach Service Center. I also appreciate Malia Carlsen for helping me with my Gold Award proposal and final report. Again, I am so thankful for all of them for encouraging young women like myself to make a difference in the world and become leaders.
A big thank you Mary Hill from Little Company of Mary for certifying me in first aid and CPR, and for answering the many questions that I had. Thank you Megan Pelc and the camp counselors Cameron & Michelle from Midzone for all your support and advice. Much appreciation to Mary Hirsch from the City of RPV for the opportunity to work with the kids in the community. Thanks to Marcella Herrera from PVE Police Department for supporting me at the Prepared Peninsula Expo.
Deepest Gratitude to my energetic and intelligent assistants, Jeannie Martin, Ripley Uyeda, and Isabella Brannan. Having your support made this project extra fun for me! Of course, I can’t forget to thank my loving family! Thanks mom for helping me revise my rough drafts and for driving me to all of my lessons and events, thanks Sophia for your artistic and technical advice, thanks Zachary for letting me practice my first aid presentations on you, and thanks dad for helping me with the technical issues I had in developing my website.
