Girl Scouts were shining stars during Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois’ (GSSI) All That Glitters award ceremony on April 1, 2017 at the Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Each year, the banquet recognizes Girl Scouts from across southern Illinois who achieve significant accomplishments in community service and leadership.
Awardees included recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award, the top individual award a Girl Scout can earn, as well as the Girl Scout Silver Award, which is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. Fifteen Girl Scouts also were honored with the Trifecta Award, which recognizes the outstanding accomplishment of earning the Girl Scout Bronze Award, the Girl Scout Silver Award and the Girl Scout Silver Award. In addition, Kathleen McCracken from Edwardsville, Caroline Stewart from Belleville and Kayli Worthey from Neoga were named Graduating Girl Scouts for their extraordinary Girl Scout careers. McCracken and Stewart received a $500 scholarship funded by GSSI’s Annual Brownie Haunted Camp event, while Worthey received a $1,000 scholarship funded by GSSI’s staff giving campaign.
Please see the following list for a full description of awards,
as well as a list of this year’s awardees:
The Girl Scout Gold Award recognizes leadership, effort and impact that Girl Scout Seniors and Girl Scout Ambassadors have had on their communities. Only about 5 percent of eligible girls take the rigorous path toward earning this prestigious award, but those who complete the journey change the lives of others and their own in amazing and significant ways. This year’s Girl Scout Gold Award recipients include:
Belleville: Amelia Schmitz*, Caroline Stewart*
Carbondale: Josefina Pimentel
Collinsville: Emily Baima*, Elizabeth Burr*, Lauren Carter*
Columbia: Hannah Redinger*, Kelsey Weatherford*
Glen Carbon: Sarah Goldacker
Granite City: Hannah Grotecke, Dakota Smallie*, Shelby Tingley
Highland: Johannah Comish*
Millstadt: Gabriella Holmes*
Nashville: Alexandra Waugh
Neoga: Kayli Worthey
O’Fallon: Elizabeth Boehning*, Caitlin Lloyd, Lauren Lundy, Jordyn Thompson*
Red Bud: Cecelia Cowell*
Swansea: Sarah Eversman
Troy: Kaitlyn Barnett*, Madeleine Renken*
Please note – girls with an asterisk (*) by their names also earned the Girl Scout Trifecta Award. The Girl Scout Trifecta Award recognizes GSSI Girl Scouts who have earned the Girl Scout Bronze Award, Girl Scout Silver Award and the Girl Scout Gold Award.
Anna: Olivia Capel, Hannah Miller
Belleville: Katelynn Allen, Natalee Brannaman, Ayanna Brown, Kennedy Elbe, OIivia Futrell, Megan Gebke, Allyson Nowak, Tia Perkins, Katherine Satterfield, Kalynn Schwoebel, Kaeloni Slawter, Annette Smith, Zoe Smith, Kamela Straub
Breese: Brooke Bassler. Grace Kahrhoff
Carlyle: Alyssa Becker
Charleston: Cheyenne Hunter
Dorsey: Gwynn Frisbie Firsching
Edwardsville: Kamryn Van Arsdale
Effingham: Sydney Hodge
Glen Carbon: Olivia Bell, Madeleine Loyet, Kristen Valley
Granite City: Randi Ulrich
Highland: Allison Workman, Olivia Owens, Fayth Whicker
Hoyleton: Kimberly Stegman
Jonesboro: Olivia Bowen, Annalee Keller, Libby Smith, Jaley Watkins
Lebanon: Emmaleigh Fox
Macedonia: Allie Dial
Marine: Jillianne Martin
Mascoutah: Alexys Nieves, Madison Sanker
Medora: Molly Hasquin
Metropolis: Autumn Cofield, Lily Conkle, Grace Davis, Alexis Frazine, Ashlynn Kommer, Savannah Meadows, Maci Miller, Alexandria Swafford, Anna Thompson
Millstadt: Natalie Hampsten, Alyssa Riley
Modoc: Faith Bailey
Mount Olive: Emma Hahn, Jordin Kierbach, Tori Kierbach, Shannon Minor, Libbie Nowell, Ashley Odorizzi, Hailey Odorizzi, Haley Pruden, Carlie Scheiter
New Baden: Angelika Donaldson
O’Fallon: Kayla Conklin, Emilee Hamm, nAlexa Prouhet, Mia Torres, Makayla Weiss, Sofia Wojtal
Pinckneyville: Railyn Bardle, Emily Skinner, Gabrielle Sprague, Hayley Winter
Red Bud: Abigail Antry, Anna Beshoar, Anastasia Clark, Caitlin Dehne, Savannah Morris, Brooke Porter
Shiloh: Julia Dupuis, Emma Likert, Taylor Massey
Staunton: Honor Baker, Ainsley Baldwin Zurek, Kaylee Seelbach
Tamaroa: Kassity Lee
Thompsonville: Olivia Barclay, Jayma Lindhorst
Trenton: Jordan Linafelter
Waterloo: Aimee Magliulo
Wood River: KayLee Melton. Rebecca Noack
Worden: Gwendalyn Calvo
Outstanding Graduating Girl Scouts Scholarships are awarded to extraordinary Girl Scout careers and can be used by girls to attend the college of their choice. This year’s Outstanding Graduating Girl Scouts include:
Belleville: Caroline Stewart
Edwardsville: Kathleen McCracken
Neoga: Kayli Worthey
Watch for more All That Glitters coverage coming this week here on our blog and on our social media feeds!
