For her Gold Award project, Julie started a program called Teen-agers Against Bullying (TAB), for which she created and taught lessons on how to deal with and prevent bullying.

Julie also made a video to add to the video libraries of Reynolds High School and Reynolds Elementary Schools, as well as a PowerPoint presentation to help teachers learn more about the national problem. Her project will be used as part of the seventh-grade orientation process for sixth-graders moving to the high school.

Julie is a member of Cadette/Senior Troop 53 of Greenville. Members of her troop presented the flag ceremony and presentation of the Girl Scout law at the ceremony.

Jocelyn Libonati, Daisy Scout; Carly Jones, Brownie; and Rebecca Flannagan, Junior Scout, also took part.

Nancy Senger of Penn Lakes Girl Scout Council presented the award to Julie.

State Rep. Rod E. Wilt of Sugar Grove Township, R-17th District; Mercer County Commissioner Olivia M. Lazor; and the Rev. Aland D. Smith, pastor of Hillside church who represented the office of Greenville's mayor, presented citations to Julie. She also received citation from State Sen. Robert D. Robbins of Salem Township, R-50th District,

Julie has been in Girl Scouts for 12 years. She started in Brownie Troop 529, where she earned 13 Try-its, her Brownie wings and her Girl Scout Pin.

As a Junior in Troop 509, she earned 55 badges, Junior Aide Patch, Signs of the Rainbow; Satellite, Sun and World; and Leadership and God and Church pins.

She earned her bridge to Cadettes and moved up to be in Cadette Troop 53.

As a Cadette she earned eight Interest Project patches; Cadette Girl Scout and Challenge Leadership Award pins, Service Bar and Program Aide Pin and Patch; Cadette Community Service Bar; and From Dreams to Reality.

Julie earned the Silver Award, which is the highest in Cadette Girl Scouting, in April 1999, and earned her bridge to Senior Girl Scouting.

As a Senior Girl Scout in Troop 53, she was awarded 43 Interest Project Patches, Senior Girl Scout Challenge, Leadership Award, Career Exploration Senior Girl Scout Troop Assistant, God and Life and 10 Year Award pins; Service Bar; Program Aide, Leadership in Training and Counselor Training pins and patches; and Senior Community Service Bar.

Julie has held positions with Girl Scouts at the local and national level. She attended the 2002 National Girl Scout Convention in Long Beach, Calif., as the only girl national delegate from Penn Lakes Girl Scout Council.

Julie has been chair of Association 6 for the last four years, a Daisy leader for two years, and a representative to speak on the council's behalf to Mercer County United Way.

She read a jingle for cookies for a Greenville radio station, was Patrol Leader for the Girl Activity Patrol, paged for Sen. Robbins and was last year's mistress of ceremonies for the annual meeting.

Julie had the opportunity to camp at all of Penn Lakes Girl Scout Council's camp sites of Camp Roland, Greenville; Trefoil Trails, Hermitage; Lend-A-hand, Conneaut Lake; Hawthorn Ridge, Fairview; and Birdsall Edey, Warren, Pa.

The 18-year-old Reynolds High School senior is main editor and creator of the school's yearbook, Students for Charity vice president, student council secretary, peer mediation trainer, Raiderettes danceline historian and National Honor Society treasurer.

She was freshman class secretary and is a member of Prom Promise, Reynolds Choir, Raiders Against Drugs and also tutors throughout the high school and elementary school.

Julie is on the Secondary Nutrition Advisory Council and the Strategic Planning Committee, and represented Reynolds at a Leadership Conference in Glinodo in Erie.

She had the opportunity while in marching band to perform for two Pittsburgh Pirates' pre-games and in the Apple Blossom Festival competition parade in Winchester, Va.

She is a teacher's assistant for a sixth-grade class in Reynolds Elementary and is a member of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 180.

Julie has enjoyed dancing for the last 15 years and has taught dance for the last six years.

She plans to be a secondary education major starting in the fall at Shenango Campus of Pennsylvania State University, Sharon.