Girl Scouts shine at Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois' All That Glitters Award Ceremony

Apr 10, 2018 1:04 PM

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GLEN CARBON– Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSSI) honored some of its brightest stars at its annual All That Glitters Award Ceremony on April 7 at Doubletree in Mount Vernon, Illinois. The banquet recognizes Girl Scouts from across Southern Illinois who achieve significant accomplishments in leadership and community service.

Awardees included 19 recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award, which is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn, as well as 107 recipients of the Girl Scout Silver Award, which is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette (grades 6-8) can earn. Girl Scouts who earned both of these awards, as well as the Girl Scout Bronze Award, were also presented with GSSI’s Trifecta Award. In addition, Kaitlyn Barnett from Troy and Lydia Fulton from Worden were named Outstanding Graduating Girl Scouts and received $500 scholarships.

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The Girl Scout Gold Award recognizes leadership and positive impact that Girl Scout Seniors (grades 9-10) and Girl Scout Ambassadors (grades 11-12) demonstrate through a large scale community service project that takes a suggested minimum of 80 hours to complete. Only about 5 percent of eligible girls take the rigorous path towards earning this prestigious award, but those who complete the journey change the lives of others, as well as their own, in significant ways. This year’s Girl Scout Gold Award recipients include:

Belleville: Jill Ann Buettner*
Bluford: Brenna Collins*, Lexi Scrivner*
Edwardsville: Emma Boone*, Makenzie Keiser*
Dorsey: Helena Frisbie-Firsching*
Germantown: Tessa Beckmann*
Millstadt: Megan Scheibel*
O’Fallon: Victoria Birchem*, Samanda Hartkop, Saran Khalid
Roxana: Michaela Tarpley, Victoria Tarpley
Saint Jacob: Katharine Housewright*
Swansea: Katie Crockett, Megan Zaiz*
Troy: Lane Sedlacek*
Wood River: Abigail Kurth
Worden: Lydia Fulton*

Please note: girls with an asterisk (*) by their names have also earned the Girl Scout Trifecta 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 by community include:

Albers

Sophia Bretz
Abigail Crosby
Camryn Hall
Rylee Jansen
Elizabeth Schroeder
Brooke Zurliene

Anna

Jessi Riley
Cierra Thorn

Aviston

Angela Nicklin

Beecher City

Dalanie Bell
Hannah Wells

Belleville

Karissa Biver
Sarah Brennan
Natalie Cohn
Kelly Cohn
Wendy Doolittle
Megan Doolittle
Avery Gomric
Rosie Gomric
Ellie Lively
Regan Moody
Ava Paul
Hope Schmitt
Chloe Sierra
Maya Sorgea

Brighton

Mackeznie Behrends
Abby Van Doren

Carbondale

Alaina Bowker

Centralia

Alyssa Lurkins

Charleston

Emily Gawel

Clay City

Kaylee Norton

Columbia

Paige Bierman
Taylor Bierman
NatalieBusch
Emily Chace
Kalia Jerkatis
Morgan Seals
Jillian Wisneski

East St. Louis

Alexandria Wicks

Effingham

Kaylynn Moeller
Aspen Rehkemper

Evansville

Jena Bievenue

Germantown

Elissa Ottenschnieder

Glen Carbon

Madison Love
Abigail Zajac

Granite City

Kathryn Brinker
Kali Cooper
Kyra Fisher
Caitlin Hahs
Dulce Hernandez
Ninel Hernandez
McKinsey Klaesner
Maggie Moore
Laci Mosier
McKenna Myatt
London Redstone
Kristin Taylor
Skyler Whitlock

Highland

Julia Beil

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Jerseyville

Elissabeth Walsh

Livingston

Kaylee Garner

Marion

Olivia Allen
Hailey Buckingham
Carlie Gunn
Kaitlyn Satterfield
Savannah Sheffler
Victoria Shore

Marissa

Rachel Bievenue
Taylor Wyninegar

Marshall

Evelyn Burress
Sara Smallwood

Maryville

Hope Sampson

Mt. Vernon

Emmali Petersen

Noble

Briana York

O’Fallon

Ayanna Khalid-Manning
Sydney McAuliffe

Piasa

Mallory Clevenger

Pontoon Beach

Hannah Barnes

Prairie du Rocher

Bailee Henry
LeAnn Walker

Royalton

Jacquelyn Walter
Cera Wilson

Shiloh

Alyssa Harris
Kate Heide-Wexell

St. Jacob

Anja Mills

Staunton

Kaylie Stahlhut
Emily Stanton

Swansea

Allison Zaiz

Trenton

Gabrielle Gibbs

Troy

Meagan Blanton
Karsyn Braasch
Allison Dempsey
Makayla Jenkins
Shauna Maher
Ella Manso
Randallynn Nungesser
Jessica Sager
Katie Schaffer

Waterloo

Ivy Anderson
Winnie Blanchfield
Haley Bode
Leryn Hill

West Frankfort

Micahya Banks

Willow Hill

Stephanie Brinson
Alex Osborne

Worden

Victoria Hester

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSSI) is a high-capacity Girl Scout council serving approximately 11,300 girls and engaging 4,550 adult volunteers in 40 ½ counties in Southern Illinois. GSSI Mission: Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The Girl Scouts organization is the world's largest leadership development organization for girls. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives – such as strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Today’s Girl Scouts not only enjoy camping and crafts; they also explore math and science and learn about diversity, good citizenship, leadership and teamwork. Girl Scouting is the place where girls experience the fun, friendship and power of girls together. Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois is a not-for-profit organization supported by various United Ways throughout the region. Girl Scouts is a Proud Partner of United Way.

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