Girl Scouts were shining stars during Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois’ (GSSI) All That Glitters Award ceremony on April 9, 2016 at Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon. Each year, the banquet recognizes Girl Scouts from across southern Illinois who achieve significant accomplishments in community service and leadership. This year, GSSI recognized nearly 100 girls who earned the Girl Scout Silver Award.
The Girl Scout Silver Award, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn, is symbolic of accomplishments in Girl Scouting and community activities as a girl becomes her best self and builds the world around her. The Girl Scout Silver Award project benefits a girl’s community and can be earned as an individual or as part of a group. This year’s Girl Scout Silver Award recipients include:
Belleville: Amanda Aaron, Bailey Burman and Megan Huller
Benton: Gwendolyn Emrich
Bluford: Kadi Petersen
Bonnie: Grace Seidel
Centralia: Lakeisha Barczewski and Madaline Ruez
Charleston: Mikayla Kuznicki
Chester: Hannah Miller and Hannah Wilson
Columbia: Mia Boyer-Edwards, Shelby Crook, Alyssa Elie, Cailyn Haubein and Loren Koenigstein
Coulterville: Rachel Hall
Dow: Alaina Herman
Edwardsville: Isabella Doyle, Makenzie Keiser, Emily Kloostra, Lauren McGarr, Allison Paur, Emily Paur, Kylie Schumacher and Gwendolyn Thomas
Ellis Grove: Jessica Penford
Glen Carbon: Lindsay Ahlers, Jacquelin Anderson, Briann Beyer, Tessa Bunselmeyer, Dakotah Charleston, Abreya Deckard, Justine Dioneda, Erin Dowdy, Hannah Garde, Alanna Kaminsky, Makenzi Keller, Beth Anne Mislan, Nadia Msakni, Connie Reynolds, Autumn Scott, Carli Scott, Lena Tennant and Marcia Williams
Godfrey: Nina Grant
Granite City: Kaylee Barlow, Bree Brock, Katie Reagan and Sierra Smallie
Hoyleton: Elizabeth Bierman
Jerseyville: Abigail Womack
Marine: Samantha Maddox, Holly Plantz and Samantha Tipton
Marissa: Megan Buss, Cassie Campbell and Hailey Krause
Mascoutah: Ashley Szabo
Mattoon: Alyssa Deremiah, Maggie Plush, Hannah Retzer and Katherine Shamdin
Mt. Vernon: Emi’Jha Butler, Brianna McGehee, Brittany McGehee and Zoe Merriman
New Baden: Kristina Hilmes and Alison Smith
O’Fallon: Allison Brantley, Mary Buchanan, Alexa Huller, Elana Melzer, Alicia Reed, Lauren Reis and Jackie Simpson
Paris: Rachel Fiscus, Sarah Fiscus, Mary Floyd, Kadrianne Henry and Linden Hess
Round Lake: Katherine Freimuth
St. Jacob: Denise D’Antonio and Lane Sedlacek
Staunton: Rowan Dothager
Swansea: Elizabeth Tapen
Troy: Natalie Blaies, Katherine Jones and Kassandra King
Waterloo: Lace Brandenburg, Mara Dalman, Elise Dodel, Emma Kramer, Emily Roth and Hailey Runyon
