SV Girl Scouts to Hold Bridging, Special Awards Ceremony

On Sunday, June 7, Girl Scouts of the Saucon Valley Service Unit will celebrate their Bridging and Special Awards Ceremony in the Saucon Valley Elementary School Cafeteria beginning at 1 p.m. At the ceremony 100 girls ranging from six-year-old Daisy Girl Scouts to 18-year-old Ambassador Girl Scouts are expected to cross the bridge to a new age level of Girl Scouting.

Girl Scout Adults who have reached five-year increments in service and girls who have earned special awards during the 2014-15 program year will also be recognized. The names of the recipients are listed below.

ADULT SERVICE YEAR PINS

5-YEAR SERVICE PIN: Debra Ament, Kristin Eisenhart, Patricia Kramer and Pamela Silverthorn

10-YEAR SERVICE PIN: Kathleen Dettmar, Tasha Kuntz and Tammy Wilkerson

15-YEAR SERVICE PIN: Katrina Fenstermacher, Pamela Gibson, Victoria Riegel, Natalie Roche, Sharon Szmodis and Gabriela Vinson

30-YEAR SERVICE PIN: Dianne Dalrymple

55-YEAR SERVICE PIN: Janet Hoffert

GSUSA OUTSTANDING LEADER PIN recognizes a leader for performance in working with girls that is so outstanding in nature that it merits recognition by the service unit. The recipient must be nominated by a member of the service unit and endorsed by two or more members of the troop. Saucon Valley Service Unit’s roster includes several recipients of this award. This year’s winner will be announced at the ceremony.

UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE AWARD, which was put in place to honor Americans that use their time, energy, talents, and compassion for others to make a difference in the world through volunteering.

BRONZE LEVEL: Niya Creyaufmiller, Hayden Jebitsch and Johanna Zimmerli

SILVER LEVEL: Grace Singer

GOLD LEVEL: Isabella Faroun, Katia Faroun, Kiana Faroun and Micaela Jebitsch

GIRL SCOUT JOURNEY SUMMIT AWARD is earned by girls who have completed all three National Leadership Journeys at their grade level. This award is the highest award a Girl Scout Brownie can earn.

Mallory Brown, Sarah Deibert, Amanda Dettmar, Isabella Faroun, Iris Kubisek, Lilian Kubisek, Emma Luff, Nicole Mindler, Kimberly Moser, Madison Reith and Angeline Young

GIRL SCOUT BRONZE AWARD is the highest award for Girl Scout Juniors and signifies completion of a Bronze Award project. The Junior Girl Scout has gained the leadership and planning skills required to follow through with a project that makes a positive difference in her world.

Kellie Boyle, Niya Creyaufmiller, Kayla Melo, Maia Merriman, Paige Poehler, Emma Rudolph, Hannah Spratley, Alazay Savacool, Sylvia Trujillo, Sophia Vautrin, Avia Weber, Elena Wenger, Autumn Willard and Cathleen Zeigafuse

GIRL SCOUT CADETTE SILVER TORCH AWARD recognizes a Girl Scout Cadette who acts as a leader in her community. The award is earned by completing a Cadette National Leadership Journey and serving in a leadership position at a school, place of worship, library or similar organization.

Harleigh Bennett

BOARD-ELECTED GIRL DELEGATES are elected by their local Council Board of Directors to represent their council and participate in all business sessions and actions of the council.

Lisa Hallock and Brooke Lichak

GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD is the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA, earned by Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts. Only 5.4 percent of eligible Girl Scouts successfully earn the Gold Award. To earn the Gold Award scouts must plan and conduct a “Take Action” project that benefits the community beyond Girl Scouts. The project requires a minimum of 80 hours of work, with the hours being solely conducted by the participant. The Saucon Valley Service Unit is proud to be able to acknowledge one of their own who recently earned her gold award challenge.

Brooke Lichak

To earn her Gold Award, Brooke created and implemented safety and medical emergency training for several middle schools in the Saucon Valley area. Her program has been adopted by Moravian Academy, and will be part of the middle school curriculum for years to come.