2017 All That Glitters Award Ceremony Program

All That Glitters 2017

Award Ceremony

Welcome!

Dear Honorees, Thank you for joining us to celebrate the achievements of Girl Scouts’ most accomplished young leaders. The Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards require leadership skills, organizational abilities, time management, perseverance, and a sincere desire to be of service to the community.

Although the three awards are independent of each other, the Girl Scouts who have chosen to pursue these awards exemplify the courage, confidence and character needed to make the world a better place.

Everyone in the Girl Scout community is immensely proud of these exceptional young women. As you leave today, we hope you will take the spirit of inspiration from the accomplishments and dedication of these young women out into the world and share it with others.

Thank You For the many hours of devotion and abiding belief in each candidate, Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada wishes to acknowledge and thank the 2016-2017 Gold Award Committee.

Kathi Nelson Patricia Kepke Victoria McCrae Beth Osborne Pam Verhaegen Cyndi Fehler, Staff Advisor 2

Program of Events Opening Flag Ceremony Welcome & Introductions of Special Guests Gold Award Introduction Gold Award Recipient Speech Presentation of Bronze Awards Gold Award Recipient Speech Presentations of Ten-Year Awards Gold Award Recipient Speech Presentation of Silver Awards Gold Award Recipient Speech Recognition of Graduating Seniors Gold Award Recipient Speech Crutchfield-Healy Scholarship Recipient Closing

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Mission Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

The Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

The Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be

honest and fair,

friendly and helpful,

considerate and caring,

courageous and strong, and

responsible for what I say and do, and to

respect myself and others,

respect authority,

use resources wisely,

make the world a better place, and

be a sister to every Girl Scout.

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Mistress of Ceremonies Lexie Jensen I’m currently attending California Polytechnic State University of San Luis Obispo and I am studying BioResource and Agricultural Engineering, with hopes to focus on developing more sustainable agricultural practices.

I received my gold award last year and I consider it one of my greatest accomplishments. I completely understand all of the work that every single girl has gone though and my greatest congratulations go out to all of you!

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Ten-Year Award Recipients These Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors began their Girl Scout adventures ten years ago and will each receive their ten-year Award.

Karen Beglin Mckenna Boegle Alyssa Bousquet Autumn Brooks Sadie Byers Iyanna Carroll Jessica Cartwright Jessica Clements Jordan Clements Susan Greeno Maxine Grieve Erika Gustafson Sierra Hall Elizabeth Hermansen Nataly Hernandez Rebekkah Holmes Victoria Holmes Patience Jinks Jordyn Johnson

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Vanessa Koster Gillian Mandel Gwenivere Mcdonald Lainna Medeiros Emma Miner Rhiannon Moore Sasha Mueller Kayla Owen Ashley Parisi Emily Pasillas Kaylie Pinto Margaret Pollock Sophie Pollock Jasmine Posada Mikaela Prestowitz Elena Prisco Cindi Redus Brooklynn Smith Sommer Smith

Graduating Seniors The following Girl Scouts are graduating from high school in 2017. We thank them for their dedication to Girl Scouting and wish them well as they continue on their journeys. We look forward to their participation as adult members.

Monica Arnett Sierra Bedwell Lacey Chappel Tatyana Collazo Siobhanie Cook Natalie Fox Carina Giardina Kamren Gronwold Jenna Higday Victoria Holmes Callie Jackson Katie Jones Kathryn Matuska

Mikaela Mccormick Karly McCutcheon Joyce Pasillas Kaylie Pinto Katie Rackley Brenda Ramirez Megan Reida Holly Strasser Sheyann Tognoni Alexandra Valdez Elizabeth Vallance Hallie Zenz

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The Girl Scout Bronze Award The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can earn. To receive this award, girls must learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on their community.

Recipients Troop 32 Making Friends at the Nevada Humane Society Abbey Munninger Addison Pattalock Amanda Yount Anna Alonso Anna Chilton Annie Crawford Audrey Angold Ava Wulforst Carmella Green Danica LeBleu Jonora Smiley Lauren Jilot Madison Tucker Mia Tsiopos Olivia Baker Olivia Reid Tiera Alonso Troop 101 BFF Tree and Buddy Bench Savanah Stephenson Trinity Schuck

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Troop 108 Don’t Shop-Adopt!

Alexis Chapman Arian EvansZimmerman Aubry Delay Jaicee Hibbard Madeline Williams Madysen Hammond Raimie Freeman Rebecca Smith Sara Cuff Sonialynn Natividad Troop 131 Project Bookworm Isabella Cantalupo Lillian Gustason Luisalei Eteuati Maddelyn Gammel Nora Downs Shirah Burton Troop 155 Money ManagementBuying What We Need Kalli Duke Kirby Coffman Leah Kinne

Troop 155 (cont) Megan Flatt Samantha Linder Sierra Chavez Zoe Dixon Troop 183 Junior Zookeepers Carleigh Small Emily Lehman Guillian Schuening Kayla Coats Kaylie Berg Morgayne Beck Vivienne Pecka Troop 210 Girl Power Ella Dooley Emily Zana Francesca Gehr Haylee Solier Rachel Bush Samantha Amrhein

Troop 229 Girls Guide to Get Moving - Let’s get Healthy Emily Bousquet Lily Elliot Montana Martin Sophia Wellise Stella Peet Troop 282 Pick Me Up Packs Amy Johnston Emily Jones Emmalee Sutton Hailey Teachout Kaylee Christoph Lacy Krug Lexy Krug Lizzie Curtis Madison Curtis Mia Nunez Rebecca Fisher Sofia Zanfirova Troop 287 Save the Bats!

Addy LaCost Alexandria Armstrong Kellan Pandola Natalie Mahler Taylor Wagner

Troop 320 Flagview Intermediate School Playground Upgrades Carlee Gonzalez Elizabeth Fabrizio Isabella Kipling Lillian Taylor Madelyn Dooley Mariel Orozco Vivian Spidel Troop 407 Blessing Bags Hayley Redus Helen Sheldon Linda Bathgate Peyton Searcy Troop 570 Crayons for Kids Rylie Pilkington Ashtine Mundine Makayla Sanders Mya Ubhoff Troop 1019A Be Safe Be Seen Ava Knuteson Mia Colonna Priyasha Landry Seraphina Fayet Sofia Rodriguez

Troop 1019B Buddy Bench Audry Ruiz Kaitlyn Massey Troop 1306 Share a Doll Alyssa Fischer Cassidy RittgersSpackman Faith McCrea Troop 1951 Community Flag Retirement Ceremony and Education Briseyda Rubio Brookelyn McGee Ivy Logan Kelly Strasser Samantha Steyn Troop 2003 Friendship Foster Bags and Blankets Bryanna Daniels Donna O’Connor Emily Ybarra Jenessa Hernandez Makenzie Matt Sarah Flynt

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The Girl Scout Silver Award The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. To receive the Silver Award, girls in sixth through eighth grade must develop a Silver Award project where they apply the skills, knowledge, and abilities learned through Girl Scouting. Each girl spends a minimum of 50 hours fulfilling all the requirements! Their efforts express a special commitment to themselves, their community, their world, and their future.

Recipients Troop 26 Women and Children’s Center of the Sierra Valley Hayley Johnson

Troop 141 Music is da Bomb-Teaching Children the Love of Music Darci Quayle Bethany Matthews Shea McKendree Troop 367 Better Safe Than Sorry Makayla Casey-Marks Troop 367 You’re The Reason For Someone’s Season Jillian Martinez Troop 367 Your Health Matters Emily Cutler 10

Troop 367 The Bookworms Club Avery Marren Troop 417 Hoop It Up! Marrisa Valdez Troop 640 & 1030 Recycling Rocks Danielle Iljana Samantha Elder Troop 1473 Project Cookies & Kittens Elaine Fix Juliettes Zoo Enrichment Sarah Clarke Rachelle Smith

Thank you to our 2016-2017 Corporate Sponsors Savannah Sponsors

Trefoil Sponsors

Cookie Bible Board President

Dr. Elwood Schmidt

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The Girl Scout Gold Award Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn, acknowledges the power behind each recipient’s dedication to not only empowering and bettering herself, but also to making the world a better place for others.

These young women are courageous leaders and visionary change makers. They are our future, and it looks bright!

Recipients McKenna Boegle Madison Evans Grace Griego Kelsey Kjer Holly Strasser

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Gold Award Recipients McKenna Boegle Art and Baking with the Senior Residents at Sierra Manor I became a Girl Scout when I was seven years old. In Girl Scouts, I enjoyed donating my time to the Food Bank, and participating in book, clothing, and shoe drives.

For my Silver award I researched senior living centers and found Sierra Manor Care. I worked with New2U Computers to provide two computers for the residents at Sierra Manor Care, and taught a resident how to use it. While working on my Silver Award Project, I noticed that there were very few residents walking around, so I did some research on senior isolation and found that illnesses and conditions such as chronic lung disease, arthritis, impaired mobility, and depression have been associated with isolation in senior living facilities.

As soon as I realized how serious isolation was, I knew that’s what my Gold Award project needed to address. For my project, I lead baking and sketching classes and even coordinated speakers to talk with residents; including a nutritionist, a complete nutrition manager, mental health teacher, and a high school art teacher.

I’m currently a Sophomore at Galena High School, am on track to graduate early with an Honors Diploma, and plan on studying Biology at the University of Oregon. I received the News 4 Class Act Award for the month of March in 2017 for my work on my Gold Award.

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Madison Evans Camp for Pre-Schoolers I recognized an opportunity in my community where children could not obtain the benefits of a preschool education prior to entering kindergarten due to a lack of financial resources. To fill this gap, I chose to develop a one week educational “Thinking Camp” to help prepare these children for the rigors of elementary school at no cost to program participants.

This volunteer-led camp focused on developing recognition and writing of letters and numbers, identification of colors and shapes, and most importantly, social skill development. Participating families observed great improvement in their children’s academic capabilities and social skills at the end of the program. Volunteers, which included high school and Early Childhood Education college students, commented on how the camp helped them to improve their skills in working with young children.

I’ve been a Girl Scout for 12 years and I’m so proud of my Gold Award project. The most important skill I feel I developed during my project was confidence in talking to local agencies while promoting this valuable program. I’m pleased that the program will continue this summer. I’m looking forward to my senior year at George Whittell High School and aspire to go into the medical profession.

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Grace Griego Community Writes For my Gold Award project, I addressed the lack of creative writing in my community by inviting an author to Bishop to host a creative writing workshop for our local youth. I chose Terri Farley, author of the Phantom Stallion series and her photographer, Melissa Farlow, to host the workshop.

They went to Bishop Union High School, Palisades High School, and Round Valley School. Roughly 80 students ended up participating. The project will be carried on by the Creative Writing Club at Bishop Union High School and the students now have a website (broncowriters. com) to utilize what they learned during the workshop.

I’m currently a Junior at Bishop Union High School and plan to apply for colleges on the east coast soon in hopes of majoring in theater with a minor in creative writing.

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Kelsey Kjer STEM GEMS Slumber Party My Girl Scout Gold Award project aimed at addressing the unequal representation of women in STEM fields through a slumber party for all the girls in my school. It was a huge success and we had a great time. The girls learned a lot about STEM, coding, and women in these fields. After learning about women in STEM, they created presentations on these women and also completed a project in “Scratch,” a website that allows young people to program interactive stories, games, and animations. Locally, the project will become an annual event, hosted by my mentor and computer science teacher, Susan Van Doren, and the senior girls of the AP STEM class. On a global level, I created a website that includes a handbook explaining how others can hold their own event and get involved in addressing the issue and make a difference. It felt really good to take charge and see how this project impacted the girls at my school.

I’m currently a freshman in the Honors Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. I’m majoring in biology, and minoring in chemistry and psychology. I plan on attending graduate school in order to obtain my Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. As a physical therapist, I plan on specializing in pediatrics. I’ve been a Girl Scout since kindergarten, and I am now a lifetime member.

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Holly Strasser The True Importance of Honey Bees My Gold Award, “The True Importance of Honey Bees,” solidified my belief in the value of honeybees as they relate to agriculture and our everyday lives.

Through this project, I can now not only provide plant and animal production knowledge to the people I’m assisting, but also share with them the role honeybees play in making their life-dependent venture successful.

I’m currently a Senior at Carson High School this year and will be attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the fall, majoring in Animal Science with an emphasis in genetic engineering and molecular biology. In 10 years, I plan to be working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an overseas liaison for agriculturally deficient countries, helping them regain their feet.

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Bronze, Silver & Gold Award Dedications Avery Marren, Congratulations Avery on getting your Silver Award! We are so proud of all that you have accomplished not only in Girl Scouts, but in your life.

Love, Mom, Dad, and Carter Donna O’Connor, We are so proud of the young woman you have become.

Love, Dad, Mom, Shani & Nana Elaine Fix, Congrats! You earned your Silver Award during cookie season and made top cookie seller. You’re a Rock Star & an example to Girl Scouts everywhere!!

– Lesa Fix To our Amazing Girl, Hayley Johnson, Yay for persistence! May your life be as beautiful as you are. You’s the bestest Boo ever! We love you more!

Love, Momma and Dad Jillian Martinez, Congratulations on your work to get this Award! We are proud of you and all the positive things you are doing for yourself and others as a Girl Scout.

-Dad, Mom, Luke, and Jack Kelsey Kjer, Kelsey we are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for you! We love you!

-Mom, Dad, and Kaitlyn

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Madison Evans, We are very proud of your accomplishments including earning the Bronze, Silver & Gold awards. We are excited for your future! Congratulations!

Love – Mom, Dad, and Chris McKenna Boegle, You have been an inspiration to me, my co-workers and especially to the senior residents of Sierra Manor. You are going to change the world!

Love - Ann Sullivan, Resident Service Coordinator Sierra Manor McKenna Boegle, Thank you for everything you’ve done for us. WE LOVE YOU and are PROUD of you!

-Billie, Claudia, Connie & Connie, Ernel, Harry, Jackie, Joan & Joan. (Sierra Manor “Gold Award Gang”) McKenna Boegle, From the beginning of this Amazing Journey, we have watched you grow in to an even more compassionate, caring, amazing young woman!

- Mom, David, Kristopf, Susan, Aunt Patti, Aunt Ona, Gina, Uncle Mike, Bonnie, Cucca, Rich, Suzie, Chris, Tod, Steph and Jac!

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