Bianca Reno from Troop 483 in Downingtown received her Girl Scout Gold Award during a surprise ceremony in her front yard on Aug. 13, 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Reno's final Gold Award interview with Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania was done virtually via Zoom. However, to her surprise, outside her home waiting were Downingtown Service Unit representatives MaryAnn Rodda and Pat McFarland; her troop leader, Pauli Brandt; family; friends; mentors; Girl Scouts; and neighbors who wanted to congratulate her on her accomplishment. Rodda organized the surprise ceremony.

The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement award in Girl Scouting. Earning it means Reno has achieved the Trifecta since she received her Bronze Award in 2013 and her Silver Award in 2016.

Reno's Gold Award project was named "The Queen Bee Project." Her goal was to hold educational events about the importance of honey bees, how they differ from yellow jackets, ways to help the bees, and how to create native plant pollinator gardens. Due to COVID-19, her project had to be reworked to be a socially distanced project, so it became virtual. Reno educated many families via Zoom meetings, slideshow presentations, creating "bee bombs" filled with native pollinator garden seeds, and interactive presentations given by core team member Jan Morabito. Pollinator gardens were created at Bondsville Mill Park so participants could plant their perennial seed bombs after their educational sessions along with creating their own home pollinator gardens.

Painted pollinator flower fact plaques/stones were created for Bondsville Mill Park to increase visitors' awareness of the native pollinator plants and how the plants help the bees. These informational stones provide visitors facts about the native plants in the gardens and their benefits to the pollinator bees.

Reno also created a "Bee Day" program for a local preschool to use once COVID-19 is not a threat. Her program book included crafts, games, large puzzles, informational slides, handouts, and animated interactive bee presentation materials.

It is estimated that over 50 people participated in Reno's project, not including those who shared the knowledge they acquired through "The Queen Bee Project" with others. Due to the virtual nature of the project, some families even participated from out of state. Due to the modifications due to COVID-19, Reno's total number of project hours was more than double the usual number of hours needed for a Gold Award project.

Bianca is the daughter of Luann and Eric Reno and the granddaughter of Rose Marie Orehek of Vandling, the late Lou Orehek and Barbara Schultz of Glen Mills.