Patti Bardle of Pinckneyville and Christina Rheaume of Highland are GSSI’s June Pearls of the Month. The Pearl of the Month Award recognizes a Girl Scout volunteer who has delivered service beyond expectations and helped to ensure that the approximately 14,000 Girl Scouts in southern Illinois benefit from a premier Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Nominees must meet several criteria, including completion of all required training for his or her volunteer position as well as providing outstanding service to his or her Service Unit or the Council.
Patti is an exceptional leader and event planner. The most recent event she coordinated was “Girl Scout Princess Day,” which attracted over 60 girls. Stations included making a homemade wand and crown, princess etiquette, spa treatment, hair styling and games. With the help of her husband, she built a princess castle that the girls could walk through. She made sure everyone had a wonderful experience. Knowing it would be popular, the SU team also used the event as a for recruitment!
Christina is a very involved leader and event planner. Recently, she organized a new event called “Movie Morning.” It was a family event and included one movie for younger girls and another option for older girls to make it enjoyable for all ages. Donations of food were also collected and donated to a local pantry. Christina plans to continue this event annually and look into new ideas to make the event even better.
