2016-17 Girl Scout Bronze Award Recipients

The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout in grades 4-5 can earn, was created by a troop of Girl Scout Juniors from an individual council and introduced in 2001. It requires a Girl Scout Junior to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working towards this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be. Girls typically spend a minimum of 20 hours working on their projects, after the completion of a Girl Scout Journey and project approval.

Congratulations to the following girls from Southern Illinois who earned the Girl Scout Bronze Award during the 2016-17 school year.

A
Kaylie Adams
Lauren Amlung
Aliayah Anderson
Hope Angle
Morgan Angle
Isabella Armoussou
Mackenna Ashby
Josephine Athy
Chelsea August

B
Elizabeth Back
Ava Baldwin
Keara Barlow
Chelsea Beck
Emma Berg
Jaci Bethel
Franki Boente

Katelynn Bone
Callysta Borders
Tess Brummer
Brianna Brunner
Elise Burk 

Loralei Burress

C
Ella Burton 

Lylah Calhoun
Leah Cartright

D
Alyssa Crossin

Mackenzey Dalla
Kylie Davis
Monica Davis
Paige Dickhaut
Ellie Doolittle
Jada Dougherty 

Savannah Downey

E
Hannah Eade
Reagan Easter
Leah Edwards
Caitlin Eggemeyer
Courtney Ellis
Emma Ellis
Karleigh Ellis
Melissa Ellis

F
Brooke Ferguson

G
Samantha Gibbs
Lia Goedken
Leah Goins
Nevaeh Greer

H
Mia Hardimon
Norah Hardin
Mia Harness
Delaney Harrison
Kaitlyn Hart

Monique Hart
Madeline Healey 

Olivia Heine
Olivia Hemmerle
Adaline Hendricks 

Kyia Henrichsmeyer
Leanna Henson
Makenzie Hillard
Halle Hites
Jayci Hopkins
Madison Hopkins
Kailee Hubbard

J
Alayna Jarvis

Adrienne Jines
Madison Jockisch
Maggie Johnson
Sanaa Johnson

Lily Jurgena

K
Alaina Kao
Allison Kessel
Emma Kilpatrick
Chloe Kious
Morgan Korves
Faith Kossina
Kendra Krause

L
Marissa Lager
Kylie Lee
Haley Linafelter
Sarah Linafelter
Sophie Lingle

M
Kerringtyn Malley
Maggie McGuire
Julia Melosci
Sarah Mensing 

Ashtyn Mewes
Kyra Miller
Cheyenne Missey
Livia Montgomery
Lily-Marie Moss

N
Katie Mueth
Raistlin Noll

O
Melia Oestreich
Abigayle Owen
Emma Owens

P
Emma Patrick
Gabriela Patterson
Margaret Paty
Kiersten Pedigo

R
Ava Rahman
Claire Rantanen
Helen Rickard

Vivienne Runnalls
Ireland Rushing
Isabella Russell
Savannah Russell

S
Rhylee Sauerbrunn
Riley Scheibel
Marlo Schiber
Rachel Schiber
Allie Schrumpf
Emily Schrumpf
Olivia Schulz
Jansen Scrivner
Jaelynn Sebring
Eleanor Sedabres
Mallary Shipley
Catherine Shortal
Abigail Showmaker
Kensall Sigafoos
Annsley Silvia
Melinda Smith
Mikayla Straight
Alexandria Summers
Hannah Summers 

Cheyene Sumner

T
Grace Taylor 

Audrey Thompson
Corrinna Tutterow

V
Julia Venus
Peyton Vest
Deseray VonBurg

W
Morgan Waller

Alayna Walton
Katie Weaver

Hannah Webb
Autumn Whelan

Y
Sophia Yankey

Z
Laine Ziegler

Troop #2921 Earns the Girl Scout Bronze Award for Tree-Planting Project

When rennovations at the Washington County Courthouse required trees to be removed, Troop #2921 from Nashville put their helping hands to action. They researched the importance of trees, using what they learned to write a letter to city officials offering to help. The troop even donated funds they raised during the recent Girl Scout Cookie Program. Their dedication to the project helped them earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award - the highest award Girl Scout Juniors can earn. Great work, girls!

Girl Scout Award Deadlines: Fall 2016

Deadlines are approaching for Girl Scout Award paperwork! 

Girl Scout Gold Award

Final paperwork to be included in the October 1 interview is due September 10. 

Girls who graduated in May need to submit by this deadline in order to earn the award.

Girl Scout Silver Award

Final paperwork deadline for girls who are entering 9th grade is due September 30.

Girl Scout Gold Award

Final paperwork deadline for girls who are entering 6^th grade is due September 30. 

Learn more about Girl Scout Awards


Please contact Program Specialist Courtney Schaefer at 800.345.6858, ext. 1120 or cschaefer@gsofsi.org with questions.

Summer/Fall 2015 Girl Scout Award Recipients

Congratulations to the Summer/Fall 2015 Girl Scout Award recipients! 

Girl Scout Gold Award

The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award for girls in Girl Scouting, 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. earn and shows that she has made a promise to help others, improve her community and world, and become the best she can be.

Congratulations to the following girls for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award: 

Carlie Daffron, DuQuoin; Jessica Drewer, Highland; Maddie Farrar, Edwardsville; Haley Gregson, Waterloo; Emily Hocking, Greenville; Sarozjani Hunter, Shiloh; Alexa Keiser, Edwardsville; Danielle Patton, Mt. Vernon; Eliza Pauk, Edwardsville; Marlaina Snow, Troy; Angela Stratman, Waterloo; Krista VanDriel, Mt. Vernon; Bailee Warsing, Granite City

Watch our blog & social media platforms for profiles on each Girl Scout Gold Awardee! 

Girl Scout Silver Award

Introduced in 1980, the Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award girls in grades 6-8 can earn. It 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 represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of others.

Girls typically spend a minimum 50 hours working on their projects, after the completion of a Girl Scout Journey and project approval.


Congratulations to the following girls for earning the Girl Scout Silver Award: 

Amanda Aaron, Kaylee Barlow, Natalie Blaies, Mia Boyer-Edwards, Lace Brandenburg, Bree Brock, Mary Buchanan, Bailey Burman, Megan Buss, Cassie Campbell, Shelby Crook, Mara Dalman, Denise D’Antonio, Alyssa Deremiah, Elise Dodel, Erin Dowdy, Isabella Doyle, Alyssa Elie, Gwendolyn Emrich, Katherine Freimuth, Nina Grant, Rachel Hall, Cailyn Haubein, Alaina Herman Kristina Hilmes, Alexa Huller, Megan Huller, Katherine Jones, Alanna Kaminsky, Makenzie Kieser, Kassandra King, Loren Koenigstein, Emma Kramer, Hailey Krause, Mikayla Kuznicki, Samantha Maddox, Elana Melzer, Hannah Miller, Beth Anne Mislan, Jessica Penford, Kadi Petersen, Holly Plantz, Maggie Plush, Katie Reagan, Lauren Reis, Hannah Retzer, Connie Reynolds, Emily Roth, Hailey Runyon, Lane Sedlacek, Grace Seidel, Katherine Shamdin, Jackie Simpson, Sierra Smallie, Alison Smith, Ashley Szabo, ElizabethTapen, Lena Tennant, Gwendolyn Thomas, Samantha Tipton, Hannah Wilson, Abigail Womack

Girl Scout Bronze Award

The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Junior may earn and shows that she has made a promise to help others, improve her community and world, and become the best that she can be.

Congratulations to the following girls for earning the Girl Scout Bronze Award: 

Kayla Ahne, Emma Amaya, Rhiannon Anderson, Margaret Ankrom, Rebecca Bagby, Athena Ballard, Madison Banks, Amelia Barfield, Emmalee Bertram, Haley Bode, Ana Boeker, Mary Brinkmann, Summer Burkhardt, Autumn Cheesman, Kristen Chepely, Anna Rose Chor, Mallory Clevenger, Erin Connor, Shyan Courtney, Nikolette Cox-York, Carly Dahm, Emily Davidson, Meegan Deer, Olivia Degenhardt, Kailyn Dewalt, Hayley Dorn, Hope Dunagan, Kayla Edwards, Hope Foret, Mikinzie Galligan, Abby Gawel, Megan Glascock, Katie Hatch, Ayla Hicks, Jolie Hilgedieck, Katie Holtgrewe, Madison Hood, Kabrina Houston, Kinsey Inman, Katie Jackson, Madasyn Jackson, Jade Jarrell, Madison Johnson, Jamie Jones, Alexandria Kampmeinert, Morgan Keefe, Ashley Kempfer, Hailey Keys, Ashley King, Elizabeth King, Sydney King, Amelia Kuznicki, Kyleigh Landi, Kylie Lane, Amber Lankford, Hanna Leath, Delaynie Lee, Raegan Lumpp, Marisa Luna, Molly Malloy, Mikayla Massie, Rory McCormick, Mykenzie McCulloch, Madison Middleton, Taylor Nolan, Ellie Parker, Claire Paule, Haily Peach, Faith Porschen, Marissa Potts, Isabella Price, Kaitlyn Prindable, Hailey Proffitt, Emma Prott, Maddie Quaid, Kaylee Rambo, Grace Range, Brooke Rheaume, Chloe Rheinhardt, Samantha Rittis, Audra Robinson, Morgan Ruesink, Haley Ruffino, Katie Sabo, McKinley Saffel, Kate Schneider, Chloe Seeger, Karli Shockley, Hannah Shular, Molly Smith, Chanel Smith, Jillian Smith, Brianna Springman, Cassidy Staehle, Lauren Suhl, Tiara Talley, Sage Thole, Emily Vandersad, Abby Vandoren, Sarah Vanover, Alyson Vaughn, Kaleigh Voegeli, Emerson Wallace, Elissabeth Walsh, Riely Ward, Kate Wexell, Morgan Williams, Isabelle Wilson, Kalia Winchester, Brianna Wishard, Noelle Wolf, Rachel Yates, Emma York, Stacey Zerbst

100+ Girls Turn in Final Reports to Earn Girl Scout Awards

GSSI is in the middle of a Gold (Silver & Bronze) Rush! More than 100 girls have turned in final reports to earn the highest awards in Girl Scouting!

Due to the influx of final reports this October, processing may take slightly more time than usual - thank you for your patience.  For more information about Girl Scout Awards, please visit our website or contact Awards Program Manager Julie Fox at 800.345.6858, ext. 1119 or e-mail jfox@gsofsi.org.


More About Girl Scout Awards:

The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting, recognizes the leadership, effort, and impact girls in grade 9-12 have had on their communities. Only about five per cent 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.  The Girl Scout Gold Award tradition will turn 100 in 2016.

A Gold Award project is something that a girl can be passionate about—in thought, deed, and action. The project is something that fulfills a need within a girl's community, creates change, and hopefully, is something that becomes ongoing. The project is more than a good service project—it encompasses organizational, leadership, and networking skills.

Girls typically spend a minimum 80 hours working on their projects, after the completion of two Girl Scout Journeys and project approval. Girl Scout Gold Award recipients do well in life! They rate their general success in life significantly higher and report higher success in reaching their goals within many areas.

The Girl Scout Silver Award was introduced in 1980 and is the highest award girls in grades 6-8 can earn. It 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 represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of others.

Girls typically spend a minimum 60 hours working on their projects, after the completion of a Girl Scout Journey and project approval.

The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout in grades 4-5 can earn, was created by a troop of Girl Scout Juniors from an individual council and introduced in 2001. It requires a Girl Scout Junior to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working towards this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be.

Girls typically spend a minimum 20 hours working on their projects, after the completion of a Girl Scout Journey and project approval.

Girl Scout Awards: Upcoming Deadlines

The deadline for Girl Scout Gold Award, Girl Scout Silver Award and Girl Scout Bronze Award paperwork is Sept. 30 for girls who have bridged to the next level.

The deadline for Girl Scout Gold Award paperwork for girls who graduated high school in 2015 is Sept. 19.

Sept 19 is also the paperwork deadline for girls who wish to attend the Oct. 3 Girl Scout Gold Award Final Interviews.

For more information, please contact GSSI Awards Program Manager Julie Fox at 800.345.6858, ext. 1119 or e-mail jfox@gsofsi.org.

Six GSSI Girl Scouts Earn the Trifecta Award

(Left to Right -Back) GSSI Board Chair Dixie Travelstead, Cheyenne Chalkus,
Meredith Layfield, Marissa Schatz (Left to Right, front) Casey Blankenship, Hannah Pavlisin

 

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. Following are the 2013 GSSI Trifecta Award recipients:

Casey Blankenship Troop #8106, Carterville
Cheyenne Chalkus Troop #8587, Salem
Taylor Koonce Troop #573, Dupo
Meredith Layfield Troop #296, O’Fallon
Hannah Pavlisin Troop #915, Lebanon
Marissa Schatz Troop #162, Scott Air Force Base

Learn more about Girl Scout Awards!

Girl Scouts Invited to Celebrate Girl Scout Sunday at Bald Knob Cross of Peace

 

 

Girl Scouts, alumnae, family and friends are invited to celebrate Girl Scout Sunday at the largest Christian monument in North America!    The event will take place on Sunday, March 9, 2014 from 2-4 p.m. at Bald Knob Cross of Peace in Alto Pass.  A ceremony and prayer service will start the event, while a friendship circle will close it. 

 

An exciting program is also scheduled for registered GSSI Girl Scouts that will also kick off GSSI's new Council's Own "Southern Illinois Explorer" badge for Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes. 

 

The program cost is $5 per Girl Scout and will include snacks, craft and fun patch, plus lots of fun and games.   Come learn more about the hidden gems in Southern Illinois!

 

See registration form for program:

http://www.gsofsi.org/pdf/news/Girl%20Scout%20Sunday%20Flyer.pdf

 

Please register by Feb. 25, 2014 to Jaime Watkins, Troop #8552, PO Box 282, Jonesboro, IL 62952.  E-mail bradjaime76@msn.com for more information.

 

Friends and supporters attending the ceremony and prayer do not need to pay a program cost.

 

This event is part of Troop #8552's Girl Scout Bronze Award Project.