ATLANTA--Three members of Girl Scout Troop 1010 and parishioners of St. Joseph’s Church, Dalton, were recently presented the Girl Scout Gold Award by the North Georgia Girl Scout Council. This is the highest award given in Girl Scouting.

Troop advisor Pat Caldwell presented award pins to Dalton High School graduates Alejandra Moreno Hernandez, Farrah Sarmiento and Carrie Hohol. Hernandez and Sarmiento are the first Hispanic youth in the northwest Georgia council to receive the Gold Award.

For their final project the three furnished and completed the play and recreation area for infants and children at the new Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center.

Hernandez and Sarmiento located age-appropriate toys and books and contacted community organizations and leaders for support and supplies for the center. Hohol was responsible for the windows, walls and furnishing of the facility and her crew painted bookcases, sewed and hung curtain valances, placed wallpaper boarders and installed hardware.

Hohol, the daughter of Anthony and Barbara Hohol, has been a Girl Scout for 12 years and has earned Cadette and Senior Leadership Awards, the Cadette Challenge and a 10-year pin. A student at Dalton College, she is a member of the National Honor Society and listed in the Who’s Who of American High School Students.

“I believe that receiving the Gold Award is a great honor and an accomplishment that I will look back on and cherish. This is one of the many goals I have been able to fulfill in Girl Scouting,” she said.

Sarmiento and Hernandez have both previously earned the Silver Award, the second highest award given to Cadette Girl Scouts. Sarmiento, the daughter of Jose and Maria Sarmiento, has participated in Girl Scouts for eight years and is a student at Dalton College.

Hernandez, a Scout for seven years, is the daughter of Kenneth Matos and Carmen Fraire. She plans to attend Dalton College in the fall. All three are members of the parish youth ministry.