Scout’s Gold Project Mural Can Be Observed, Touched

NORTH CAPE MAY – Tori Tomlin, who has been a Girl Scout for eight years, completes her Gold Project by inspiring others with art and positivity.
While many know about the Boy Scouts Eagle Award, the Gold Award is the Girl Scout equivalent, the highest award that can be achieved in the Girl Scout organization.   
Tomlin, a graduate of Cape May County Technical High School and student at Atlantic Cape Community College, spent weeks creating a mural of positivity at Family Promise of Cape May County.
Family Promise is a national organization with a location in North Cape May. 
The organization is composed of over 800 volunteers from Ocean City to Cape May who help shelter families in need. Family Promise works with congregations where the families sleep and help families find employment, daycare, seek affordable housing and more. 
Tomlin wanted to do something special for her Gold Project, and since she has been helping Family Promise for eight years, it seemed like the ideal fit.
Tomlin’s passion for art inspired her to create a mural “to shed light and positivity to those who are going through rough times” she explained. 
Tomlin chose shades of blue and added texture to her mural for those with sensory disorders. She also chose a quote which inspires promise for the future, “When it rains, look for rainbows. When it’s dark, look for the stars.”
Tomlin’s mural was unveiled at the Family Promise Day Center, the home base for those in the program. The unveiling took place Sept. 26, with staff, family, friends and Freeholders E. Marie Hayes and Jeffrey Pierson in attendance.
At the unveiling ceremony, Tomlin explained the significance of her mural not only to inspire those at Family Promise but to inspire other girls and raise awareness about the Gold Award of which many are unaware. 
She hopes that the Girl Scout Gold Award will have the same recognition as the Boy Scout Eagle Award and to spread equality among the scouts. 
Since completing her project, Tomlin explained she is registered as a lifetime Girl Scout and volunteers with younger scouts. 
She is studying psychology at Atlantic Cape Community College and may become a scout leader in the future.
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