. good morning. this is news 4 your sunday. >> hello. i'm pat lawson muse. the highest award a girl scout can earn. it distinguish them in the college process. this year, they have demonstrated a higherommitment to service and leadership. joining us are lydia soto harman, ceo of the girl scouts of the nation's capital, and faisa islam. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> tell us what the gold award is about. it's not new, but you certainly don't hear a lot about it.

>> so the gold award is the highest-earned award, as you said. what girls dos look at a problem in their community, a challenge, and they spend over 80 hours doing work to solve that problem. one of the things that we require is that it not only thelps that community bt it has a long-lasting effect after they complete it.ow >> n i know the gold award has been compared to the boy scouts' eagle scout. >> yes. >> that's not a fairis comparon, though, is it? >> the gold award is project based. and unlike a rank, you dono haveve earned the other precious metals on your way to earn being the gold award. i call it the ph.d. in girl scouti, because it really is about having a girl's, what she is curious and concerned about, taking that and making it something that she can improve. >> so there are 225,s this this region?

>> this year. the girl scouts of the ncaion's tal is the largest in the country. we have over 60,000 girls in maryland, virginia, western virginia and the districtf columbia. and it is the highest number we've had in a decade. so it is incredibly exciting that so many gls are using their civic participation to really make a difference. >> you reently started a campaign to spread the word about the good works that the aldward girl scouts areg. doin we want to take a look at thatd right now. >> going out! going up! >> i knew this day would come. when you'd change. whenou'd spend all your time with friends. or on the phone. getting home late every night.

>> here you go. >> you te not same girl i once knew. i knew you would change. d i know you'll keep changing. the word. >> come on, mom. let me s ww youre to put the tree. >> faisa, you are a gold award girl scout. and you were one of the girls e world needs. tell us about your project. >> so, for my project, i established a program called hygiene forme hoss, where i both educated members of prince william county aut the importance of hygiene within the homeless community, and i provided the men and women in the homeless community with hygiene bags, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, hairbrushes and body wipes. >> you have a couple ofpl sam bags there.

>> yeah. >> and how did you choose that particularct proje >> so since 2015 i've been working with my local community center, and hugs "help us grow membersto help give the of the unsheltered community a meal on saturdays, either breakfast or lunch. and've been going to those breakfasts since 2015. and working with them, i realized that they onl hygiene tool they have available is body wipes. and the only time they really get help is during christmas and thanksgiving. so i wanted to create a project that would broaden the definition of helping the homeless and would also give members of this community the things they need to propel, i guess you could say, in prince william county. in 2015, there were over 500 homeless individuals in our county. and majority of these men and women have jobs, but unfortunately, because of their

circumstans, they get fired or, and when they do get fired they're not able to get a new job to put them back on their feet. so i wanted to create a project that would help them get these jobs back and keep these jobs so that someday they cou be someone who has some sort of unfortunately, valid standing in our community. >> you're fulfilling a sincere need in that community. we're talking about gold award girle'couts. and w continue our disc

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welcome back. we're talking about gold award girl scouts. and faisa, you're going to be attending college soon. >> yes, i am. >> where? >> starting augu w, il be going to george mason university, to pursue a degree in edge relations and

government. >> well, congratulations to y w. lydia,t are the rewards for the gold award? >> well, one of the wonderful things about earning the golds awardhat universities are recognizing it as something that is an achievement that needs to be recognized with scholarship money. here in washington, d.c., trinity washington united states gives a $5,000 year scholarship for any gi applies and hass admitted and hs earned the gold award. we're starting to see the universities realize tt by admitting girls w earned the gold award that they are able to bring a caliber of students tei thr universities that is unparalleled. we also have a scholarship program that we provide for girls once they've earned the gold award in our council. >> and they get the award when they graduate high school. >> they gethe itthey complete it. usually it's a junior or senior

in high school. sometimes itakes twoears to complete. so girls are usually a junior or senior by the sitime they're graduating. we tell parents if your child earns the gold award she has her college essay w she will be able to talk very passionately about a problem she has helped to solve >> how has girl scouting changed since i was a brownie and girl scout wa when, how would you say? >> my troupe, i forget our daisy troupers. we are the most active and diverse members of ourervice unit, 80-9. and i think that over the years, i don't know when you were a girl scout, but -- >> it was l ag time ago. we'll just leave it at that. years,is i that over the girl scouting has become something where members of more

diverse muslim community are realizing that you can be a scout. you can be the most american thing that, which is scouting, d you can still be a faithful person to your religion. where i do my scouting, at the islamic community center, a lot of what we do would not be possible witut them. for my troupe silver award, this was before we changed the standards, we built a we raised the funds and everything to build a community playground. and i think that if we hadn't been scouting there since we were in kindergarten and first grade we woun't have realized that it's so important to give back to your community. >> fantastic. >> and i would say the biggest difference i think from when we were youngers that there is a concentrated effort on fou pillars. one being stem. we realize there isug a gap for women and girls going into stem careers. that is an area we are

trated on. the outdoors. we know there is an outdoorde ficiency. there are too many screen-agers. those are areas i think are l reallyer focussed nowadays that maybe 20 years ago we weren't as focussed on. >> how can our viewers get involved? do you need volunteers? >> yes! we do. actually, we have girls who want to participate in girl scouting and don't have adults who can be troupe leade. they ceach out to us. www.gsnc.org. we will help fd a troupe in your community. we need to know the local public schools in your community and we will find a way. even if you don think youro can be a tupe leader but if you ve a special of talent or

passion that you can share and teach girls about environmental science or photography or about anything that can help themave a wider view of the world. because that's really what we want. we know these other girls the world eds, and we know they will be thatf we the adults give them those opportunities. >> we're so glad you're giving them those opportunities. and faisa, congratulations, and all the best to you in your school years and in your efforts to make it better. >> oh, and one more thing. i have a pin for you. girls the world needs. you're one of our girls. >> first pin i've gotten in a lot of years. thank you. just a delight talking with you. >> thank you. >> thank you, pat. and up next,he negro leag legends hall

they are often forgotten legends. the forgotten legends of baseball. pla p of the negro league. next month fans young and old will be able to meet some of the players and learn about their contribution to america's favorite pastime. with us is o found the negro league legends hall of fame. we're delighted to have you with us, wayne. m >> friend. i can say my friend, too. >> yes, you can, absolutely. tell us about the legends hall e.of fam and it's located right here in the washington area. >> right. i started this back in 2003. i was not aware there was a negro league. and short story. i met peanutns j in the bookstore. she introduced me, opened my mind to all these players living among , and i never heard of them. so through that, i contacted a

man named frank evans who lived in montgomery, alabama and took me as his adopted godson. he ge me 100 names that played from the 1920s to the 1960s. and this is 17 years ago, but this has been quite a bit of journey for me. >> you did the history. >> yeah. >> you love baseball. >> yeah. u>> you hooked with all these legends. >> actual real players. >> and is the hall of fame a museum? or do travel around and basically connect with people online and at events? >> we're the new age now. buildings, they're not obsolete, but what i found out with technology moving so fast, i've partnered wit the smithsonian,ly an exhibit with the washington historical society for five years. that's a better partnership, actually. you don't have to own everything. it doesn't have to all be about you. you need to partnerano you c get the information out. >> for those who don't know a

lot about e history of knee gr negro league basebal a give usittle history. >> nbc is the only one who has filmed my ,collection visit incorporation papering for the washington giants for the professional team. people don't talk about that at all. but to say that, the history of the nation's capital, we had washington homestead greats back here in the 1940s. griffith stadium now is covered by howard university. we have a pride day coming up august 9th, visit that to see where home plate used to be at. that's where the negro league games took place. >> we have the team in baltore? >> baltimore. >> eli giants. >> and one in bowie. >> we had so many other teams,

also sand lot teams, but tse players ended up playing sometimes to substituteor when the negro le wue, whichre talking about the national negro league, they would substitute and play for the eli giants or the washington homestead greats right here in the nation's capital. >> and you're telling me there were thousands of baseball players. >> that's correct because they had a southern league. and a league in the northern part where the harrisburg giants played. and these players knew each otr. and we just don't talk enough about this. and i think what's happened is when i say our community, they have been living among us all the time, but a lot of them never even thought about talking about it. >> there were also women in the leagues. >> there were, theree. wer tony stone and pea nut and connie morgan for the indianapolis clowns. >> do you have any idea how many are still alive? >> will, estimate, we're still

finding some. there's a historian out of texas,r. layton. they're comamling nes and information and validating that they ed, and it may be still right now about 100 or so still living. >> and are there any? the washington area? >> well, we have a few living here. and when we talk abouthe negro league. you often compare it to the harlem globetrotters. that was the core we knew out og the league. satchel page. and then you have the younger group that came about. so when you look at it, a younger player right now living today, we call them a younger player would actually be in 80s. i met players in 200 who were 100 years old and played in the 1920s, '25, '26. >> a lot of them have gone. >> yes.

>> but they've left an indelible imint on the game. >> yes. >> they did a lot of things in their communities. i have records of money being donated to the nation's capital by the washington giants who were incorporated in 1909. they gave money back to the ymca. even mccloud, her school, the negro league players would go down and play a game and donate the money to the school. >> you're saying they did more than play baseball. >> yes. >> and break the color-barrier. >> a served in our armed forces, our country. >> we're talking about the negro league hall of fame. and we've gotalome speci events to tell you about after this break. stay with us. we'll be

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hall of fame. and dwayne, you brought a bat. >> yes, i did. >> what is the significance of this bat. >> it was on display at the smithsonian for a while a has autographs from players who ved to be 102 years old. and then i had james tilman and s sonny randall. they were local and are no longer with us. but like the treasures live among us. >> so the founder of the negro league has a relative here. >> his great-nephew is william doug foster jr. and i met him maybe about seven years ago with h father. and found out that his grandfatheras foster's brother. themam foster, and both of are in cooperstown hall of fame. >> ientioned the 100th

anniversary coming up next year. but you have a week of celebration starting on the 8th of august. >> jackie thompson is going to host that for us. >> that is in bowie, maryland. >> and on the website. www.nllhof.org. all th tickets are free. and then friday we go over to howard hospital where old griffith stadium used to sit and take some kids to pg select blue. they're going to meet the kids from d.c. they're going to represent the eli giants and the d.c group will represent the washington stingrays. and they played in the world series championship in the 1920s. >> who won? >> the eli joints won the first half. the home stateay r won the second half. >> you have something coming up?

>> we're going to prince georges stadium and our free car show. >> antique cars. >> a corvette group. i have m soul. they're partnering w th me help host this. what happens isal we have l kinds of cars, little three wheel, i call them tricycles. we're going to have an east-west rtgame. they s it in 1933. so i have my own teams and their own uniforms, and they play seven innings. >> where's that going to played? >> prince grges stadium also. the car show's on the parking t, free. the game is also free, but you have to get you ticket. >> will any of the players be able to attend? >> yes. and also we have drew. messed up. so sorry about that one. >> that's okay. you're on live tv. >> i knee's right.

levi champion dr from the clowns in 1957. nothing is ever perfect. your mind gets going. i'm so excited about it, and i'm also going to have a seven-inning stretch and dorothy malone is going to perform that. and all local talent. >> how much are the tickets? >> ticts, zero. >> they're free. >> they're free. they go online. think can go sign up and get their tickets free. >> this is a way to really keep the history alive. >> yes. >> but also to teach the next generation, isn't it? >> that is so true. because have little league baseball teams, young ladies softball teams come. and wear your it's always good to see that. acause we talkut history. we read about it. we hear a little bit about it, but this is an opportunity to ce it. and we cantinue to do their. >> all right. >> to broaden their horizons. >> you're doing your part t preserve and celebrate baseball history. it's so good to see you. d thank you so much.

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