By Town Crier Report

COURTESY OF Teri Waldman Five Girl Scout troops from Los Altos Service Unit 8 placed flags on the graves in the veterans section of the Gate of Heaven Cemetery on May 27 during the Memorial Day holiday.

Seven members of Los Altos-based Girl Scout Troop 321 received Gold Awards at a banquet held in their honor at the Garden House in Shoup Park last month.

The Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, is earned by only about 3,500 young women annually in the United States. To earn the Gold Award, a high school student must earn four Interest Project patches, the Career Exploration pin, the Senior Girl Scout Leadership Award and the Senior Girl Scout Challenge, then plan and implement a Girl Scout Gold Award project, approved by the Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County Council, that requires at least 50 hours of work.

This year’s Gold Award honorees are Yumi Gravé, a freshman at Santa Clara University, Rachel Moshier, a freshman at the University of Puget Sound, Audrey Moyce, a junior at St. Francis High School, Sonal Patel, a senior at Monta Vista High School who will attend UCLA in the fall, Karisa Tang, a freshman at UCLA, Sandra Voss, a freshman at Reed College, and Laura Weiden, a junior at Los Altos High School.

Los Altos Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Cole presented the Gold Award honorees with a proclamation declaring May 20 “Gold Award Recognition Day” in honor of their achievement.