GLEN CARBON – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois is pleased to celebrate the outstanding volunteers who earned awards at our annual Recognition of Excellence ceremony. These volunteers exemplify our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

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President’s Award

The President’s Award recognizes the efforts of a service unit team whose exemplary service in support of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience surpassed team goals and resulted in significant, measurable impact toward reaching the council’s overall goals.

Service Unit 101 – serving the Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana area

Service Unit 109 – serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Sustained Service Award

The Sustained Service Award recognizes a long-term Girl Scout volunteer who has continued to provide exemplary service at the service unit level for at least l0 years.

Krysti Connelly from Troy

Serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Sherri Franklin from Troy

Serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Nancy Matis from Godfrey

Serving the Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana area

Living Her Legacy Award

The Living Her Legacy Award recognizes a leader, co-leader, or member of the leadership team that started a troop as kindergarten Daisies and continued the same troop until the girls became high school graduated Ambassadors.

Jennifer Melton from Wood River

Serving the Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana area

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Karie Preston from Edwardsville

Serving the Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana area

Appreciation Pin Award

The Appreciation Pin recognizes an individual’s exemplary service in support of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. This service, which has had measurable impact on at least one service unit, contributes to expanding the council’s reach and surpassing its mission-delivery goals for that area.

Melissa Barnett from Troy

Serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Stacey Eccles from Godfrey

Serving the Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana area

Amanda Vickery from Granite City

Serving the Granite City/Madison/Venice area

Volunteer of Excellence Award

The Volunteer of Excellence Award recognizes volunteers who have contributed outstanding service while partnering directly with girls to implement the Girl Scout Leadership Experience through the use of the national program portfolio or who have contributed outstanding service in support of the council’s mission delivery to girl and adult members.

Kaitlyn Barnett from Troy

Serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Sara Duncan from Troy

Serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Tricia Viviano from Troy

Serving the Troy/St. Jacob area

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois serves over 6,300 girls and engages nearly 3,600 adults in 40 counties in Southern Illinois. Call 800-345-6858 or email customercare@gsofsi.org. Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois is a not-for-profit organization supported by United Ways, businesses, and individual donors throughout the region.

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