Each year, the top ten Girl Scout Gold Award recipients in the nation are honored as Young Women of Distinction for their outstanding work. Past honorees have created a brochure about hepatitis B written in Chinese; helped provide residents of a small village in India with free eye care; written a booklet on breast cancer from a teenage daughter's perspective and educated teens on the importance of early detection; and developed a series of self-defense classes with homeless women living in a safe-haven shelter for victims of physical abuse. See more information about past years' recipients:
- Girl Scouts Honors Top Ten Teens 2003
- Girl Scouts Honor Girl Scout Gold Award Young Women of Distinction 2004
- 2005 Young Women of Distinction Gold Award Recipients
- America's Top Girl Scouts Named 2007 National Young Women of Distinction
- 2008 National Young Women of Distinction
- Ten Girl Scouts Honored as 2009 National Young Women of Distinction
- Meet Girl Scouts' 2011 National Young Women of Distinction
