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United Way names girl scout 2010 emily's star
September 24, 2010
The Women's Leadership Council (WLC) of United Way of the Greater Triangle has named Girl Scout Mary Catherine Whaley one of Emily's Stars, an award which recognizes outstanding young teen girls who have demonstrated personal growth and made a positive difference in their community.
As part of attending last year's weeklong WLC-sponsored Discover the Leader in You! Leadership Camp at Girl Scout Camp Mary Atkinson, Whaley learned to build relationships, identify leadership styles, and deal with conflict. She ultimately developed a leadership action plan.
According to Whaley, "Leadership camp really helped me to mature. I now know when I should talk, or sit back and let my friends talk and say what they need to say. This really helps to prevent us from having misunderstandings."
"I'm more confident speaking to a large group of people. I’ve also realized that I should not judge people on first impressions, but give them time to open up. Finally, I've gained a better sense of respect for everyone—leaders especially, because it’s not easy to always do things to fit everyone’s wanted and needs," Whaley says
Whaley's action plan was to provide education and awareness on cancer and how to enhance your chances of living a cancer-free life. Over the past year she has devoted her free time to making wish bracelets for cancer patients and survivors and teaching others how to make the bracelets.
She also facilitated educational workshops for younger girls to teach them about cancer risks, steps they can take to live healthy, cancer-free lives and ways they can spread the word about cancer awareness and help those who are dealing with cancer.
Thirteen-year-old Whaley is the daughter of Al and Beth Whaley of Clayton, N.C.
The Emily's Star Award is named after Emily Andrews, founder of the Women's Leadership Council of United Way of the Greater Triangle.
About Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.3 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls' healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines serves more than 32,000 girl members and nearly 10,000 adult members in 41 central and eastern North Carolina counties (Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Person, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson). The council’s administrative headquarters is located in Raleigh, with additional program and service centers located in Fayetteville and Goldsboro. For more information on membership or volunteer opportunities, call 919-782-3021 or visit www.nccoastalpines.org.
About United Way of the Greater Triangle
United Way of the Greater Triangle improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. United Way of the Greater Triangle serves Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake counties by connecting callers to health and human service programs through United Way 2-1-1. To learn more about United Way of the Greater Triangle, visit www.unitedwaytriangle.org.
 
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